Graduating from college after more than 15 years of reservation, NBA star Chris Paul plays incredibly big

Putting aside education to pursue a career in basketball is very common among NBA players, especially when they often leave school after only 1-2 years to be selected in the NBA Draft.

Most players choose to forget their studies and focus entirely on their basketball career. However, there are still a few who apply to reserve their academic results, then return to school to complete the courses when the basketball career has gradually stabilized. Chris Paul is one of the few mentioned above.

After nearly two decades since entering college, Chris Paul finally graduated over the weekend. The NBA star performed a special ceremony at Winston-Salem State University, graduating with a major in mass communications.

Paul thinks he doesn't want the school to be too formal and considers him a normal student. Of course that didn't happen, especially with the fame of Chris Paul.

"I told people not to take things seriously, let everything be as normal as possible," said the player who plays for the Phoenix Suns club.

“There are a lot of students here who have studied very hard to get good grades. They and I are no different. They probably just want to graduate normally, and so do I."

Even though he just wanted to have a normal graduation ceremony, Chris Paul's actions were not normal at all.

Chris Paul spent a few minutes interacting with his "comrades", most of whom were 10-15 years younger than him, not long after that he immediately went to the airport to take a private plane back to Phoenix to prepare for the match against the Pelicans taking place. out yesterday.

Receiving a scholarship to Wake Forest University in 2003, Chris Paul played for two years for the school's football team before being selected in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Competing until 2020, Paul decided to return to school to complete his college degree. He applied to transfer to Winston-Salem State University and completed the entire course in 16 months, mainly through online learning.