OKC Thunder: Why Chris Paul's story of tragedy, triumph and 61 points still resonates. For the duration of his 15-year career, Chris Paul has been regarded as one of the NBA’s top point guards. According to ESPN, he’s the 11th best of all-time. NBA fans are pretty stunned by it. Gilgeous-Alexander, a 21-year-old with star potential, dazzled in his Thunder debut with 24 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Paul and Blake Griffin led a high-flying "Lob City" squad in 2015 to a 3-1 series lead against James Harden, Dwight Howard and the Houston Rockets. A road win on Tuesday will put Phoenix even with the Lakers in the standings, and veteran point guard Chris Paul should be looking to get his fellow Suns teammates involved early and often. We watched a future Hall of Famer meet a historic milestone last night. LIKE FINE WINE. Paul and the Hornets seemed to have a promising future at that point but that was short-lived, as Paul was traded to LA Clippers a few seasons later. Chris Paul just signed a $160 million contract and is averaging 12 points a game. For us tonight, it did." Head coach Gregg Popovich slid over to greet Paul as well. Thunder guard Chris Paul says referee Scott Foster made a point to tell him before the Game 7 loss to the Thunder tonight that he also reffed his Game 7 … He needs to step his game up. Born: May 6, 1985 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina us. 35 year old Chris Paul in tonight's Suns win against the Mavs: 34 pts, 9 Reb, 9 ast, 2 stl, 14/20 from the field, 4/7 from 3. Chris Paul works out with University of Oklahoma players in 2005 when he was a member of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. Christopher Emmanuel Paul Twitter: CP3 (CP3, The Point God, The Skate Instructor) Position: Point Guard Shoots: Right 6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg) Team: Phoenix Suns. "We all have talent in that we can create for each other," Paul said. College: Wake Forest Schroder, Oklahoma City's sixth man last season, had 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and dished out five assists. Looking to the assists subcategory on OddsShopper, Paul has … Chris Paul. 3 weeks ago Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul played very well in a narrow loss to the Nets on Tuesday night. Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul on becoming sixth all-time assist leader. Chris Paul reached toward the Spurs bench to shake assistant coach Tim Duncan’s hand. He needs a signature game, whether it's tonight or in Game 7. 34, 9 reb, 8 ast, 2 sta, 14/20, 4/7 from 3. A point guard who hadn’t dunked in an NBA regular season game in four years threw down an alley-oop.