Personal Information

Chris Paul

Team: New Orleans Hornets

Position: Point Guard< /p>

Jersey number: 3

Height: 1.83 meters (6 feet)

Weight: 79 kg (174 pounds)

Birthday: 1985 -05-06

Draft: No. 4 in the 1st round of 2005

School: Wake Forest

Nationality: United States

2007-2008 season salary: 3.62 million US dollars

Contract status: 4 years, 14.7 million US dollars, signed on July 6, 2005, expiring in the summer of 2009

Personal growth experience

Chris Emmanuel Paul was born in Louisville, North Carolina on May 6, 1985. His parents, Charles and Robin, gave birth to an older brother, C.J., a few years ago. Paul's family is the kind of ordinary family you can see everywhere.

This family has a lot of sports fans - Charles is a die-hard fan of the Dallas Cowboys (Translator's Note: a team of the National Football League), while Chris inherited his mother's Robin side of the family. athletic ability, including her father Nathaniel Jones.

The man known as the "cold father" lives not far from Winston-Salem. He was the founder and owner of Jones Chevron and the first African American to operate a gas station in North Carolina. Jones is a local legend. Everyone knows him, likes him and respects him.

No one is closer to that "cold dad" than Chris. He enjoys working with his grandfather, helping him replace the air filter with a new one, wash the windshield that tells him to stop refueling, etc. Chris considers his "cold dad" his best friend. There was nothing to talk about between him and him.

Chris also has a good relationship with his brother - so good that sometimes his brother C.J can't stand it. The younger brother always follows behind his older brother. C.J. and his friends often treat him as a liability. With his simple heart, he never knew the right time to speak.

Chris learned love, discipline and basketball from his parents. Charles and Robin played an active role in their two sons' lives. Chris and C.J. received a lot of encouragement and expectations - they had to study hard and get good grades in school; they weren't allowed to swear; they could only play CD-ROM games on weekends. If kids dare to misbehave, they know what's waiting for them - a wooden paddle with "Correction Plate" written on one side and "Victim Signature" on the other.

Because of Chris, Charles bought a pair of Fisher-Price basketball hoops and tied them with red rope to make a court in the basement. Then he watched his son play basketball. Having grown up surrounded by Wake Forest, Chris is a die-hard ACC fan (and of course Michael Jordan). The Demon Deacons (the name of the Wake Forest school team) has always had a good foundation, especially after Tim Duncan arrived in 1993.

As a child, however, football was the sport he cared about most. Although he wasn't physically strong, the kid had speed, was smart, and was a charismatic leader. He was deployed at quarterback, running back and defending, and his coach never let him leave the field. Charles rarely misses a game - this allows him to concentrate on the game. When he learned that one of Chris' football coaches was paving the field with cement, he asked the coach to build a basketball court for his son on a nearby hill.

When Chris was preparing to start college at West Forsyth High School, he had no illusions about making the varsity basketball team. C.J. is the best player in this school. However, Chris still played with the JV team for two years, but he was still 4 inches short of 6 feet. As a teenager, he had no way to fight against taller and stronger opponents.

After C.J. went to Hampton University to receive a basketball scholarship, Chris finally started to perform in his third year of high school. The kid had grown nearly 4 inches, almost 6 feet tall, without losing any speed or agility. He led West Forsyth to a 26-4 record and a berth in the state 4-A championship game. Along the way, he averaged 25 points, 5.3 assists and 4.4 steals per game. Those numbers, combined with his easy smile and gentle personality, made him Central Piedmont's Player of the Year.

Self-evaluation

“Even today, many people know me because of my grandfather.”

“As long as I can help the team win , I will do anything.

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"I miss my teammates; I miss beating North Carolina and Duke; I miss going to class the next day; I miss the people cheering me on the whole game. ”

“It’s a profession now. But you still have "Little Butterfly" (a children's story) in your belly before every game. ”

“I’m just excited that God gave me this opportunity. ”

“Sometimes the fans are just too nice. "

"I try to break into the paint like Steve Nash, pass the ball like Jason Kidd, and dribble like Allen Iverson. ”

“I often have to thank the top defenders in the league, and I think my performance has reached this level. ”

“I want to be a winner my whole life. ”

“I don’t make everything too flashy.

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