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Chris Paul: An Unauthorized Biography
Chris Paul: An Unauthorized Biography
Chris Paul: An Unauthorized Biography
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Chris Paul is an NBA star on the rise. He represents the point guard of the future. He’s an unbelievable scorer, a great defender, and a player who controls the game’s tempo. He creates opportunities for his teammates and challenges them, as well. LeBron James has called him the league’s best point guard “because he had eyes in the back of his head.” Most fans are aware of his exceptional talents, but in order to truly understand Chris Paul, you must first understand where he came from. This book explores Paul’s upbringing, his high school and college careers, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way into the 2012-13 season.

Paul’s unique abilities and interesting life story has fans wondering where his career will take him next. Inside, you will discover where it all started and learn why so many fans love Paul so much. From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about Chris Paul is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of his life.
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Release dateMar 25, 2013
ISBN9781619843356
Chris Paul: An Unauthorized Biography

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    Chris Paul - Price World Publishing

    CHRIS PAUL

    An Unauthorized Biography

    Copyright © 2013 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies

    All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.

    eISBN: 9781619843356

    Table Of Contents

    The Beginning

    High school

    College career

    NBA career

    New Orleans Hornets

    2005–06: Rookie stardom

    2006–07 season

    2007–08 season

    2008–09 season

    2009–10 season

    2010–11 season

    Los Angeles Clippers

    2011–12 season

    2012–13 season

    Fantasy Impact

    International

    Player Profile

    Personal life

    Giving Back

    Endorsements

    The Trade that wasn't

    The Future

    The story of Nathaniel Jones

    Closing

    The Beginning

    Christopher Chris Emmanuel Paul was born May 6, 1985. He is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA.

    Paul was born in Lewisville, North Carolina in 1985 as the second son of Charles Edward Paul and Robin Jones, two years after Charles C.J. Paul in 1983. Charles and Robin were childhood friends who grew up in Winston-Salem and were members of Dreamland Park Baptist before marrying in 1982. A former athlete himself, Charles taught his sons the games of basketball and football, and coached them in various youth events throughout their childhood. Paul was a gifted athlete, going to the national Pop Warner football championships as a quarterback and linebacker on the Lewisville Titans Junior Pee Wee team, and winning several 14U AAU national tournaments in basketball.

    Besides athletics, the Paul brothers spent their summers operating the cash register, rotating tires and changing air filters at Jones Chevron, a service station owned by their grandfather Nathanial Jones on their mother Robin's side. Affectionately known as Papa Chilly throughout the community, Jones had operated the station, the first such African-American-operated service station in North Carolina, since 1964 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Paul describes his grandfather as his best friend and credits many life lessons to him.

    High school

    In 1999, Paul began attending West Forsyth High School in Clemmons, North Carolina, where C.J. was already a star junior at point guard. Despite Paul's talent, he was

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