My Take
Honestly, Chris Paul might be the most cerebral player I've ever watched run a basketball game. At 6-foot-nothing in NBA terms, he had no business becoming one of the greatest point guards of all time — and yet here we are, "the Point God" leading the league in assists five times and breaking the all-time record for steals six times. What I love about CP3 is that he never needed to be the flashiest guy on the court; he just needed to be the smartest, and that was usually enough. From Wake Forest to the Hornets to a decade of chasing a ring across half the league, he played every single game like a chess match where he already knew three moves ahead. That 2021 Finals run with Phoenix felt like the whole basketball world holding its breath for him. A genuinely special player.
Overview
Christopher Emmanuel Paul Sr. (born May 6, 1985), nicknamed "CP3" and "the Point God", is an American former professional basketball player. Regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time, he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, an NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, two Olympic gold medals, and led the NBA in assists five times and steals a record six times.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chris Paul
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・ポール
- Reading
- くりす・ぽーる
- Born
- May 6, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Ox
- Origin
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- West Forsyth High School
- University
- Wake Forest University
Awards & achievements
- 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
- 2006 NBA All-Rookie Team
- 2006 Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award
- 2008 All-NBA Team
- 2009 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 2012 All-NBA Team
- 2012 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 2013 NBA All-Defensive Team
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.chrispaul3.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cp3/
- Xhttps://x.com/CP3
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.