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Off the court, Paul is a notable [[Ten-pin bowling|ten-pin bowler]] and a sponsored spokesperson for the [[United States Bowling Congress]] (USBC). He has participated in numerous celebrity and youth bowling events as the head of the CP3 Foundation to benefit programs in [[Louisiana]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], and charities in Winston-Salem.
Off the court, Paul is a notable [[Ten-pin bowling|ten-pin bowler]] and a sponsored spokesperson for the [[United States Bowling Congress]] (USBC). He has participated in numerous celebrity and youth bowling events as the head of the CP3 Foundation to benefit programs in [[Louisiana]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], and charities in Winston-Salem.


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==Early years==
Chris Paul was born in [[North Carolina]], the second son of Charles Edward Paul and Robin Jones after Charles "C.J." Paul. Growing up, Chris and C.J. took summer to work at their grandfather's gas station.

===High school===
Paul played at [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth High School]] in [[Clemmons, North Carolina]], where he was a 2003 [[McDonald's All-American]] and was named North Carolina's Mr. Basketball for 2003 by ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]''. Paul averaged 30.8 points, 9.5 assists, 5.9 rebounds, and 6.0 steals per game as a senior in leading his team to a 27–3 record and the Class 4A Eastern Regional finals. That same year, at the beginning of the season, Paul scored 61 points in honor of his grandfather, Nathaniel Jones, who, days before, had been beaten to death. Paul scored one point for every year his grandfather lived. When Paul reached the 61-point mark, he intentionally missed a free throw, then took himself out of the game even though the state high school scoring record of 66 points was well within reach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=CP3Book-091007|title=No tall tales in CP3's children's book|last=Clemmons|first=Anna Katherine|date=October 7, 2009|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=July 27, 2010}}</ref>


==Summer circuit==
==Summer circuit==

Revision as of 19:08, 8 September 2010

Chris Paul
No. 3 – New Orleans Hornets
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1985-05-06) May 6, 1985 (age 39)
Lewisville, North Carolina[1]
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolWest Forsyth
CollegeWake Forest
NBA draft2005: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the New Orleans Hornets
Playing career2005–present
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Orleans Hornets.

Paul was born and raised in North Carolina. Despite only playing two varsity basketball seasons in high school, he was a McDonald's All-American and accepted a scholarship with nearby Wake Forest University. After his sophomore year with the Demon Deacons, he declared for the draft. Since being selected 4th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by New Orleans, Paul has been a NBA Rookie of the Year (2006), a three-time All-Star, and an All-NBA and All-Defensive team honoree. He led the Hornets to the second round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. He has also won an Olympic Gold Medal with the United States national basketball team.

Off the court, Paul is a notable ten-pin bowler and a sponsored spokesperson for the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). He has participated in numerous celebrity and youth bowling events as the head of the CP3 Foundation to benefit programs in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, and charities in Winston-Salem.

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Summer circuit

Though he did not win a state championship while in high school, Paul did take the Winston-Salem-based Kappa Magic (alongside future University of North Carolina rival Reyshawn Terry), to the 2002 National U-17 AAU Championship over an All-Ohio team led by 2003 McDonald's All-American Drew Lavender, taking home the tournament's MVP award in the process.[2]

College career

Paul attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He played there for two years leading the Demon Deacons to two NCAA Tournaments, and one Sweet Sixteen appearance. In his freshman year he was named the ACC Rookie of the Year, and National Freshman of the Year by several publications. Paul also earned ACC All-Defensive Team honors during his time at Wake and was among the Consensus First Team All-Americans in his sophomore year. By the time he declared for the 2005 NBA Draft as a sophomore, he had finished near the top of almost every offensive category at Wake Forest.

NBA career

2005–2006: Rookie stardom

Paul was selected fourth overall by the New Orleans Hornets in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft. Due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that summer to the city of New Orleans, Paul did not play his first full season in New Orleans. Instead, the team played in various arenas and relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Hornets only played three games in New Orleans Arena.

Paul led all rookies in points, assists, steals, and minutes, earning him the 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Paul was a near-unanimous winner for the award, but one voter (Ron Boone, television analyst for the Utah Jazz) gave Deron Williams his vote instead of Paul. This, along with the fact that both were taken back to back in the draft and play the same position, has led to an on-court rivalry between Paul and Williams.[3] Their rivalry began on December 1, 2004 when Paul led his No. 1-ranked Wake Forest into Champaign to face Williams' Illini. Illinois thrashed the Demon Deacons 91–73 and took the top spot from there into their run to the 2005 NCAA Championship Game. Williams had 8 points and 11 assists while Paul was held to 10 points.

Paul finished the 2005–06 season averaging 16.1 points, 7.8 assists, and 5.1 rebounds. He was also the only unanimous selection to the 2005–06 NBA All Rookie First Team and was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month every month in the 2005–06 season. After the season, Paul won the ESPY Award for Best Breakthrough Athlete. He recorded his first triple-double on April 2, 2006 against the Toronto Raptors with 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists.

2006–07 season

Still playing in Oklahoma City, Paul followed up his impressive rookie campaign with a solid sophomore season. He improved his scoring average to 17.3 points, and improved his assists average with 8.9 per game. He averaged 4.4 rebounds per game. Paul's season was riddled with injuries though, as he was limited to playing in only 64 games.

Paul was not named an All-Star in 2007, but he was named to replace Steve Nash in the 2007 PlayStation Skills Challenge during All-Star Weekend. He played in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and dished out 17 assists and had 9 steals, both T-Mobile Rookie Challenge records. When interviewed during the Rookie Challenge, Paul vowed that he would be an All-Star next season, as the All-Star Game would be held in New Orleans.

2007–08 season

Paul in a game against Boston

The 2007–08 season brought the full return of the Hornets to the city of New Orleans. Emerging as a true superstar, Paul averaged 21.1 points and 4 rebounds,[4] and led the NBA in steals with 2.71 per game and assists with 11.6 per game.[5] He was selected by NBA coaches to play in the 2008 NBA All-Star Game which was hosted by the city of New Orleans, thereby fulfilling his vow from the previous season. Paul's teammate David West was named as an All-Star reserve and Hornets coach Byron Scott coached the Western Conference All-Stars. During All-Star Weekend, Paul participated again in the 2008 All-Star PlayStation Skills Challenge winning the first round but losing in the final round to Deron Williams. Paul sparked a 4th quarter comeback for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game, but the East held on to win 134–128. He finished the game with 16 points, 14 assists and 5 steals.

Paul continued his stellar play following the All Star game, leading the New Orleans Hornets to one of the best records in the West. After a 37 point, 13 assist, and 3 steal performance by Paul against the Chicago Bulls on March 17, 2008, Paul led a 4th quarter comeback win,[6] the Hornets ascended to the top of the standings in the Western Conference. On April 4, 2008, Chris Paul helped the Hornets clinch a playoff spot for the first time since the 2003–04 season. The Hornets ultimately finished the season with a 56–26 record, the best record in team history, and finished #2 overall in the NBA Western Conference standings. Paul ended the season leading the NBA with 11.6 assists and 2.71 steals per game,[5] and registered a steal in all 80 games he played in.

In Paul's first NBA playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks, he scored 35 points, with 24 coming in the second half,[7] along with 10 assists and 4 steals.[8] In Game 2, he scored 32 points and set a franchise playoff-record 17 assists, leading the Hornets to a 127–103 victory to go 2–0 against Dallas.[9] After splitting Games 3 and 4 in Dallas, the Hornets eliminated the Mavericks, 4–1, in Game 5 for their first ever playoff series victory behind a 24 point, 11 rebound, and 15 assist performance from Paul.[10]

He finished second in MVP voting, behind Kobe Bryant, who beat him with a margin of 306 votes.[11] He was selected for the All-NBA First Team, 3 votes shy of a unanimous choice.

Paul has reportedly reached an agreement on a three-year extension with the Hornets with a player option with a fourth year, with a total value of $68 million.[12]

2008–09 season

Paul guarded by Javaris Crittenton in a March 2009 game.

For the second season in a row Paul finished the season as the league leader in assists and steals. He also scored a career best 22.8 points per game on a career best percentage of 50.3%. Paul participated in his second NBA All Star Game starting for the Western Conference All Stars. On December 17, 2008, against the San Antonio Spurs, Paul broke Alvin Robertson's 22-year-old NBA record by registering at least one steal in 106 consecutive games.[13] The new record reached 108 consecutive games before ending on Christmas Day against the Orlando Magic.

After the season, Paul was selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team first team, and the All-NBA second team. He was also fifth in the 2009 MVP voting, receiving two first place votes and a total of 192 points.[14]

2009–10 season

After a 3–6 start to the season, the New Orleans Hornets fired Scott on November 12 and replaced him with general manager Jeff Bower, who has been involved with the franchise since 1995.[15] Paul stirred controversy by announcing his displeasure with the move and thought the team management should have "consulted with me and asked how I felt before it happened", but clarified that he didn't expect to be asked to give approval.[16] The next day, Paul suffered a left ankle sprain against the Portland Trail Blazers that resulted in eight missed games as the Hornets went 4–4.[17] Once Paul returned on December 9, New Orleans won 18 of their next 28 games, including a six-game winning streak. He earned his third All-Star appearance as a reserve guard, finishing third with 1,055,789 votes behind Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash.[18]

In early February, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing revealed a torn meniscus in Paul's left knee after it was tweaked in two consecutive games in late January.[19] On February 4, he underwent arthroscopic surgery performed by renowned sports physician James Andrew in Florida. Sidelined for nearly eight weeks, Paul, who was averaging 20.4 points and an NBA-best 11.2 assists, missed 25 Hornets games and the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, where his reserve spot was filled by Denver Nuggets point guard Chauncey Billups.[20] On March 22, Paul returned to action since January 29 against the Chicago Bulls, and was inserted in the starting lineup for the game against the Dallas Mavericks, moving Darren Collison out of the starting lineup, who started at point guard during Paul's absence.[21]

International

Chris Paul
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing National team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Japan National team
Paul playing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Paul has earned 10 caps for various junior national teams. He made his debut for the senior United States national basketball team on August 4, 2006 in a friendly against Puerto Rico. Paul made the final cut and remained on the Team USA roster for the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Team USA finished with an 8–1 record and defeated 2004 Olympic gold medal winner Argentina for a third-place finish. Paul set a Team USA World Championship total assist record with 44 assists, to go along with only 9 turnovers.

He participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the USA went unbeaten en route to the gold medal, defeating 2006 world champion Spain.[22] Playing as back up to starter Jason Kidd, the "Redeem team" captured gold for the first time since the 2000 Olympics.

Awards and honors

  • First Team: 2008
  • Second Team: 2009
  • First Team: 2009
  • Second Team: 2008

NBA records

Consecutive games with a steal: 108, April 13, 2007 to December 23, 2008

Most games with at least one steal, season: 80 (2007–08)

2nd in NBA history

Seasons leading the league in steals: 2 (2007–08, 2008–09)

Consecutive seasons leading the league in steals: 2 (2007–08, 2008–09)

Steals, half: 7, first half, vs. Dallas Mavericks, February 20, 2008

3rd in NBA history

Highest average, assists per game, career: 10.0 (3,446/345)

Steals, game: 9, vs. Dallas Mavericks, February 20, 2008

New Orleans Hornets records

Regular season

Free throws made, career: 1,634

Highest average, assists per game, career: 10.0 (3,446/345)

Assists, season: 925 (2007–08) (11.6 apg)

Assists, game: 21, at Los Angeles Lakers, November 6, 2007

Assists, half: 14, second half, at Los Angeles Lakers, November 6, 2007

Games with 10 or more assists, season: 59 (2007–08)

Point-assist double-doubles, career: 150

Point-assist double-doubles, season: 56 (2007–08)

Point-assist double-doubles: 8, twice
8, March 5, 2008 to March 19, 2008
8, March 25, 2008 to April 6, 2008

Triple-doubles, career: 11

Triple-doubles, season: 6 (2008–09)

Steals, season: 217, 2007–08 (2.7 spg)

Steals, game: 9, vs. Dallas Mavericks, February 20, 2008

Steals, half: 7, first half, vs. Dallas Mavericks, February 20, 2008

Rookie

Paul's rookie year was 2005–06.

Highest free throw percentage, season: .847 (394-465)

Free throws made, game: 14, at New York Knicks, January 21, 2006

Free throw attempts, game: 17, at New York Knicks, January 21, 2006

Assists, season: 611 (7.8 apg)

Assists, game: 16, vs. Golden State Warriors, April 5, 2006

Steals, season: 175 (2.2 spg)

Steals, game: 7, vs. Utah Jazz, February 22, 2006

Playoffs

Highest average, assists per game, career: 11.0 (187/17)

Assists, game: 17, vs. Dallas Mavericks, April 22, 2008

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 NO/Oklahoma City 78 78 36.0 .430 .282 .847 5.1 7.8 2.2 .1 16.1
2006–07 NO/Oklahoma City 64 64 36.8 .437 .350 .818 4.4 8.9 1.8 .1 17.3
2007–08 New Orleans 80 80 37.6 .488 .369 .851 4.0 11.6 2.7 .1 21.1
2008–09 New Orleans 78 78 38.5 .503 .364 .868 5.5 11.0 2.8 .1 22.8
2009–10 New Orleans 45 45 38.0 .493 .409 .847 4.2 10.7 2.4 .2 18.7
Career 345 345 37.3 .473 .353 .848 4.7 10.0 2.4 .1 19.3
All-Star 3 2 28.0 .472 .200 .000 4.7 13.0 4.0 .0 12.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 New Orleans 12 12 40.5 .502 .238 .785 4.9 11.3 2.3 .2 24.1
2008–09 New Orleans 5 5 40.2 .411 .313 .857 4.4 10.4 1.6 .0 16.6
Career 17 17 40.4 .480 .270 .800 4.8 11.0 2.1 .1 21.9

Personal life

Paul is an official member of the Nike Team Jordan brand. He was one of only three athletes (Derek Jeter and Carmelo Anthony being the others) to have had his own shoe made with the brand.[23]

Paul was the cover athlete for the video game NBA 2K8.[24]

Paul and New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush are close friends and live in the same complex in the Central Business District of New Orleans. They also share a personal chef.[25]

Chris Paul and LeBron James, are best-friends. Paul stated that "He's like my brother" [26]

Chris Paul and Utah Jazz Point guard Deron Williams, are close friends.

During the second season of ESPN's It's the Shoes, Paul revealed to Bobbito Garcia that the "CP3" nickname comes from family tradition. The combination of his initials and jersey number is strictly a coincidence. His father (Charles Paul) and older brother (C.J. Paul) are nicknamed CP1 and CP2, respectively. Paul also notes that all three men's initials are CEP."[27]

Whenever Chris scores during a Hornets home game the PA Announcer will simply say "CP3!" and then play a sound byte of legendary pro wrestler Ric Flair's famous "Wooooo!" quote. Flair, who is an avid Hornets fan and whose loyalty stuck with the team even after they relocated from his hometown Charlotte to New Orleans, attended every Hornets home game in their 2008 Western Conference Semi-Final Series against the San Antonio Spurs and introduced the starting lineups at a home game against the Golden State Warriors.[28]

In 2008, Paul appeared on the NPR news quiz show "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!," where he went three-for-three in the "Not My Job" game.

Chris Paul was named the best point guard in the NBA by Gary Payton.[29]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Cpaul/Cpaul_bio.html
  2. ^ Player Bio: Chris Paul
  3. ^ Bucher, Ric (2008-11-03). "HOW DO YOU KNOW ... WHO'S BETTER?". ESPN: The Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
  4. ^ Yahoo.com Chris Paul 2007-08 Game Log
  5. ^ a b NBA Stats: 2007-2008 Regular Season
  6. ^ Chicago vs. New Orleans - Recap - March 17, 2008, ESPN.com
  7. ^ Paul, Hornets climb back from deficit to take Game 1 from Mavs
  8. ^ Mavericks 10, Hornets 204 - boxscore
  9. ^ Paul dissects Mavs' D, dishes out 17 assists as Hornets go up 2-0
  10. ^ Paul, Hornets finish off Mavericks in five to move on to second round In the second round, they lost in 7 games to the San Antonio Spurs.
  11. ^ Kobe Bryant Wins Most Valuable Player Award
  12. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8303924
  13. ^ Paul has steal in 106th straight game as Hornets win
  14. ^ "2009 MVP Voting Results". SportsIllustrated. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  15. ^ NBA.com Staff (2009-11-12). "Struggling Hornets fire Scott; Bower to take over". NBA.com. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  16. ^ Reid, John (2009-11-12). "Chris Paul taken aback by New Orleans Hornets' firing of Byron Scott". The Times-Picayune. Advance Publications Inc. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  17. ^ Smith, Jimmy (2009-12-04). "Chris Paul leads New Orleans Hornets to 98-89 win over Minnesota Timberwolves". The Times-Picayune. Advance Publications Inc. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  18. ^ Hornets Press Release (2010-01-28). "HORNETS: Chris Paul Named Western Conference All-Star Reserve". Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  19. ^ Associated Press (2010-02-01). "Hornets' star Paul out indefinitely with knee injury". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  20. ^ Spears, Mark J. (2010-03-03). "Billups to replace Paul in All-Star game". = Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2010-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  21. ^ Stein, Marc (2010-03-22). "New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul returns to lineup monday against Dallas Mavericks". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  22. ^ US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal
  23. ^ Air Jordan CP3 - Chris Paul Signature Shoe - NiceKicks.com
  24. ^ Chris Paul Gets NBA 2K8 Cover
  25. ^ "Debutante Baller", ESPN The Magazine
  26. ^ [1]
  27. ^ YouTube - Chris Paul on Bobbito's It's the Shoes
  28. ^ [2]
  29. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/One-on-One-Gary-Payton-talks-television-Sonics;_ylt=ApVOmNewdCUbWlCaQMwJQOC8vLYF?urn=nba,126975


Awards and achievements
Sporting positions
Preceded by Captain of New Orleans Hornets
2007–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by NBA Rookie of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ESPY Award
Best Breakthrough Athlete
2006 		Succeeded by

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