Comments on: Chris Paul: CP3, Baby-Faced-Assassin, or Small Cannon?

By: ccc

ccc — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:09:15 +0000

Glad to know he likes “Small Cannon” . I was the one called him this first in a chinese website. “Paul” sounds like cannon in Chinese . For me, small cannon is lovely, agile, and destructive.

By: didier

didier — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:21:19 +0000

I alway call him the “franchise” with my boys. Thats been said about a lot of players though. When ever he does an interview i think hes a “class-act”. c.p. Is easy to refer to him as-i dunno

By: atthehive

atthehive — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:03:50 +0000

@Mark Yeah CP3 is his childhood nickname since he’s the third C. Paul in his family (his dad and his bro). So I dunno if that counts or not

By: Caleb

Caleb — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:32:33 +0000

I’m with atthehive, but at the same time I have to say that “Grief Merchant” is fantastic.

By: $nave

$nave — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:35:37 +0000

Chris Paul is the Soul Stealer, Free Dealer, Opponent Killer

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:18:29 +0000

atthehive, didn’t CP accept ‘CP3′, just for historical purposes?

By: atthehive

atthehive — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:44:28 +0000

Personally, I like the fact that he has no legitimate nickname. CP’s so unique among other NBA guys in that he has no tattoos, has no earrings, has no giant palatial mansion, has no entourage, has the same car he had as a rookie… and on and on.

Other guys can name themselves ‘Superman’ or ‘Mamba’ or ‘King’ or what have you, but it feels fitting that Chris Paul is just ‘Chris Paul.’

By: chefcdb

chefcdb — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:45:39 +0000

I like the Grief Merchant. Fits in well with the story about his grandfather and CP’s game in his honor in high school, and CP does leave opponents shaking their heads sadly as he beats them down. Turiaf had that hang dog look more than once tonight after Chris drilled a jumper over him. You could also make it rhyme with Thief Merchant for his steals, although Man of Steals is also pretty good.

Overall, I still prefer MVP

By: CvP

CvP — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:22:32 +0000

Chris Paul sucks? yea right! Whoever made that comment CLEARLY isn’t watching the Chris Paul everyone else is watching. Chris Paul is the real deal!!! And he’s definitely doing his thing on the court.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:05:05 +0000

Baby-Faced Assassin actually came roughly during his rookie season when Dime Magazine posted a feature of CP, coining him the ‘Baby-Faced Assassin’ aka ‘The Second Coming of Isaiah’

I’d call him ‘God Incarnate’, but Jesus already took that one. I think ‘CP’ will suffice for me.