From the earliest Queen Bee Paul, to the legendary veteran who is now regarded as the god of point guards in the field of advanced data, Chris Paul has continued to circle fans for more than a decade, and the glory of the traditional point guard who has maintained a winning spirit and let the transmission first continue to the small ball era of attacking point guards, and he is also fighting for the phoenix suns and is fighting for the first NBA championship ring in his life.
Any NBA star always has some untold anecdotes, and Chris Paul is no exception. In this article, I'll select ten anecdotes about Chris Paul that aren't necessarily widely known for fans, old and new, to get a more complete picture of the legendary point guard. Of course, due to space limitations, if there is a choice of lost pearls or discussions, you are naturally welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share.
Paul and Duncan attended the same university
In the field of American universities, Wake Forest University is a first-class university. However, in the American basketball world, Wake Forest University is not a popular name, but they have bred two NBA superstar players: Duncan and Paul.
In fact, Duncan had a considerable influence on Paul's upbringing. When Paul began his basketball fanaticism as a teenager, it was The years when Duncan led Wake Forest University to the highest glory of team history. In addition, the team's emphasis on team spirit and discipline attracted Paul, which is why paul was willing to go there after graduating from high school.
Second, Paul once deliberately missed a penalty in honor of his deceased grandfather
This story, presumably many old Paul fans know, new fans may not. In his third year of high school, his grandfather, who had loved Paul since childhood, was robbed and unfortunately killed at the age of 61.
That season, in a high school game against Parkland High School, Paul felt hot and scored 61 points. In fact, Paul played a 2+1 at the end, but he threw the ball high into the sky when he was on free throw, deliberately passing it off, in honor of his deceased grandfather.
Outside of basketball Paul's favorite sport is bowling
If the best player in the NBA is Steve Nash, the best bowler in the NBA is Chris Paul. In bowling, Chris Paul has a fairly high level of achievement and a fairly high success rate in scoring full marks. In addition, Chris Paul has served as an ambassador for the American Bowling Association and has personally organized many "Paul Cup" bowling tournaments.
Chris Paul hates being touched on the head the most
For some NBA players, touching the head of an opponent or teammate in a game may not be malicious behavior, but in Paul's cognition, he is very disgusted with this kind of behavior, and when he is touched by his opponent or even teammate, he will feel very unhappy and will definitely make a counterattack. In the interview, Paul once revealed the reason why he did not like to be touched, because he thought that this kind of action could only be done by adults to children, and he did not like to be treated like this.
5. Chris Paul's personal chef is Korean
Chris Paul's requirements for diet are very high; for Asian cuisine, Paul is never averse. Since the Clipper era, Chris Paul has hired a Korean immigrant chef named Seong Hwang as his personal chef, and the two have worked together to this day.
Chris Paul was once stolen from a pair of AJs while in school
Chris Paul was a fan of Joe and AJ, and later became a partner of AJ sneakers. Regarding AJ, though, Chris Paul had a not-so-good memory of his time as a student. Back in sixth grade, Chris Paul bought a brand new pair of AJ sneakers and locked them in his locker. Later, the pair of AJ sneakers disappeared, and Paul had already experienced the dangers of the people around him while reading.
7. Paul's goddess was Madonna
Everyone is a boy, there is always a goddess they admire from childhood to adulthood, and NBA stars are naturally no exception, such as Scarlett Johansson is the white moonlight in Durant's heart. For Paul, her goddess was Madonna, who was much older than him. When he was a rookie, Paul still had Madonna's album in his backpack, and was later discovered by his teammates who liked to tease Paul, and the whole team also publicly asked the rookie Paul to perform Madonna's famous song "Vogue".
Whether it is the club or the national team, Paul has been a bag boy
Rookies run errands for veterans as little brothers, which is an unspoken rule in the NBA league. When he entered the Hornets, Paul often had to help his teammates carry bags in and out of the stadium, get on the team bus, run errands to buy donuts and drinks, and even sing for his teammates, of which P.J. Brown bullied Paul the most actively.
On the stage of the national team, Paul also left a famous scene for Janguave to carry a bag, which is actually not difficult to understand why Paul is very disgusted with others after becoming famous and playing style.
When James's second son was born, Paul waited outside to accompany the birth
Back in June 2007, the Cavaliers' finals with the Spurs were underway, and James's wife, Savannah, was about to give birth to her second son, Bryce, and Paul accompanied James in childbirth, witnessing Bryce's birth.
Because the Cavaliers still have a game the next day, Paul also replaces James to guard the hospital to take care of his sister-in-law and children, Paul is very affectionate, and his friendship with James is really extraordinary. Thereafter, Paul became Bryce's godfather.
10. Misunderstanding about the Four Heroes of wind and dust
Back at the end of July 2008, the Dream Eight team came to Macau, China to attend the event and prepare for a short training session. As soon as they got off the plane, energetic James, Anthony, Wade, and an unknown group of people (not Paul) decided on their itinerary and took a private car from the Veinenis Resort to the pier to have fun and relax in the dust.
Because the three Janguawe are too conspicuous, they were captured by the media all the way, and afterwards they were also in the newspaper, and the fans also knew. Because Chris Paul had a good relationship with them, they were jointly named "Four Heroes of the Wind" or "Banana Boat Brothers". However, in fact, Paul did not hang out with them at all that night, although it was a joke, but the dust hat buckled on him a little wrong.