Chris Paul Biography

Christopher Emmanuel Paul Sr., known as CP3 and the Point God, is an American professional basketball player born on May 6, 1985. He has earned recognition as one of the greatest point guards in basketball history, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, and two Olympic gold medals. Paul has been named to 12 NBA All-Star teams, 11 All-NBA teams, and nine NBA All-Defensive teams. Selected fourth overall in the 2005 NBA draft, he joined the New Orleans Hornets and rose to elite status, finishing second in MVP voting in 2008. In 2011, a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers was arranged but later voided by the NBA, which temporarily held ownership of the Hornets. In 2017, he was traded to the Houston Rockets, helping the team achieve a franchise-record 65 wins in his first season. He played one season with the Rockets before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2019 as part of a deal involving Russell Westbrook.