Chris Paul is a basketball player.
Christopher Emmanuel Paul ( born May 6 , 1985 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . He attended Wake Forest University for two years of college basketball where he helped the Demon Deacons achieve their first ever number one ranking . He was selected fourth overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets and traded to the Clippers in 2011 . Off the court , Paul has served as the National Basketball Players Association president since August 2013 . CP3 Youth Camps is a youth basketball camp organization based in Winston-Salem , North Carolina , United States .