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NOLA.com wrote:It's the first time Paul has received the honor. Jamaal Magloire was the last Hornets' player to get the award, during April 2004.
"It just shows that he's come a long way," Hornets Coach Byron Scott said before Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center. "The things we keep saying about him, that he's one of the best point guards in the league -- young or old -- is starting to come to true. He's a coach's dream because he's such a good player."
Paul ranks first in the NBA in steals (3.0), third in assists (10.2) and 20th in scoring (21.5), while helping the Hornets equal their best start in franchise history after 31 games (20-11).
"It is an honor to receive this award and to be recognized in a conference with so many great players," said Paul. "I have to give a lot of credit to my teammates, and I look forward to us continuing to work together toward our goal of reaching the playoffs."
Paul, however, has a difficult stretch games ahead this week in which he will go against former Hornets point guard Baron Davis on Friday and Phoenix's Steve Nash on Saturday.
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Chris Paul will be on the Jim Rome show today:
Stream live here:
http://www.sportsradio1280.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html
Recorded replay (in case you miss it live):
http://www.sportsradio1280.com/pages/rome.html
Stream live here:
http://www.sportsradio1280.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html
Recorded replay (in case you miss it live):
http://www.sportsradio1280.com/pages/rome.html
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Yep just saw that it was posted and was coming here to say so, will have a listen when I get home.
http://www.sportsradio1280.com/pages/rome.html
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Paul Makes Leap to Extraordinary
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Paul Makes Leap to Extraordinary
From Hoopsworld
Jan 15,2008
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=6921
Paul Makes Leap to Extraordinary
With another game on the line, the ball found Chris Paul in an instant, as if it could be nowhere else.
On his previous flight with the ball in his hands, he had driven the Hornets to a three-second fast break, it finishing with a Rasual Butler slam to a three-point New Orleans lead. But in the final seconds, the Rockets were back in front, up by one after two Yao Ming free throws.
In a blur, Paul was past a David West screen, upon Yao Ming and lofting the game winner over Yao's reach.
It was spectacular, and at the same time, seemed ordinary, as if he could have done just that at any time, whenever needed.
That, it seemed - and has throughout the season - to be where he has taken his game, to that point where promise is replaced by accomplishment, undeniable ability by reliable productivity. This is the point where Paul has taken that most difficult and important step, from a coveted talent to the reason his team wins.
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Jan 15,2008
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=6921
Paul Makes Leap to Extraordinary
With another game on the line, the ball found Chris Paul in an instant, as if it could be nowhere else.
On his previous flight with the ball in his hands, he had driven the Hornets to a three-second fast break, it finishing with a Rasual Butler slam to a three-point New Orleans lead. But in the final seconds, the Rockets were back in front, up by one after two Yao Ming free throws.
In a blur, Paul was past a David West screen, upon Yao Ming and lofting the game winner over Yao's reach.
It was spectacular, and at the same time, seemed ordinary, as if he could have done just that at any time, whenever needed.
That, it seemed - and has throughout the season - to be where he has taken his game, to that point where promise is replaced by accomplishment, undeniable ability by reliable productivity. This is the point where Paul has taken that most difficult and important step, from a coveted talent to the reason his team wins.
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Paul's emergence gives Hornets star power they desperately n
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From ESPN
Jan 17,2008
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Paul's emergence gives Hornets star power they desperately need.
NEW ORLEANS -- A woman at the cash register of a sports-themed shop frowned and shook her head side-to-side when asked how a new batch of New Orleans Hornets hats were selling.
Then she pointed to a rack of Chris Paul jerseys with the No. 3 on the back.
"We are selling some of those," she said.
The Hornets might need a transcendent star -- like the Pittsburgh Penguins of the 1980s needed Mario Lemieux -- to make it in small-market New Orleans for longer than just a couple more years.
That could be Paul, the polite, engaging, baby-faced 6-foot point-guard whose torrid start to the season has begun to generate a buzz around the NBA.
His numbers arguably are better than any other point-guard in the league, and the upstart team he leads has kept pace with the giants of the Western Conference through nearly half of this season.
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Jan 17,2008
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?sec ... id=3201503
Paul's emergence gives Hornets star power they desperately need.
NEW ORLEANS -- A woman at the cash register of a sports-themed shop frowned and shook her head side-to-side when asked how a new batch of New Orleans Hornets hats were selling.
Then she pointed to a rack of Chris Paul jerseys with the No. 3 on the back.
"We are selling some of those," she said.
The Hornets might need a transcendent star -- like the Pittsburgh Penguins of the 1980s needed Mario Lemieux -- to make it in small-market New Orleans for longer than just a couple more years.
That could be Paul, the polite, engaging, baby-faced 6-foot point-guard whose torrid start to the season has begun to generate a buzz around the NBA.
His numbers arguably are better than any other point-guard in the league, and the upstart team he leads has kept pace with the giants of the Western Conference through nearly half of this season.
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WadeKnicks2010 wrote:Knicks fan here, Well deserved. He's also an MVP candidate. Too bad the Hornets have so few fans. You really have a nice team.
We also have mention Chris as an MVP candidate, but there is a lot of discussion between kobe and lebron.
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