What teams does Chris Paul root for?
Chris Paul has three teams attached to his name, and they sit at three different levels of certainty. The Dallas Cowboys are the one he has claimed himself. FC Barcelona is a club's account of remarks he made on camera. Wake Forest is the college he attended, and nothing supplied shows him calling himself a fan.
What team did Chris Paul root for growing up?
The Cowboys are the team he has followed since childhood. Chris Paul was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on May 6, 1985, and grew up in nearby Lewisville with his older brother, Charles Paul Jr. He told the LA Clippers' site (nba.com) in August 2013, "I've been a die-hard Cowboys fan since I was a small child."
Nothing supplied connects the fandom to Dallas by geography. It is a fandom that began a long way from the team's home city, in the Lewisville area of North Carolina, and he has said it goes back to childhood.
Dallas won Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, the year Paul turned 8, Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994, the year he turned 9, and Super Bowl XXX in 1996, the year he turned 11.
What is Chris Paul's favorite NFL team?
The Cowboys, by his own account. The August 2013 nba.com quote is the main statement, and other outlets described the same fandom over the following years without any sign of it fading. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth wrote on August 2, 2013, that "Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan." Fox Sports repeated the phrase on September 13, 2015: "Paul is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan." The Dallas Morning News reported on November 22, 2016, that "he posted a picture to Twitter of himself in a brand new Ezekiel Elliott jersey."
Paul is not alone among athletes in this. Shaquille O'Neal, Luka Doncic, Allen Iverson, Dirk Nowitzki, Tyrese Maxey, Cade Cunningham, Chris Bosh, Dennis Rodman and Julius Randle have each said they are Cowboys fans. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Russell Westbrook, Cooper Flagg and Paige Bueckers have been reported as fans, and LeBron James used to be one.
What is Chris Paul's favorite soccer team?
FC Barcelona is the team tied to him, though the evidence is weaker than for the Cowboys. The club's own site reported on August 21, 2019, that Paul "also spoke to the Barça TV cameras, confessing that he and his kids are fans of soccer, and especially the blaugrana." That is the club paraphrasing what he told its cameras, not a quote from him, so it stands as a report of his remarks rather than a statement in his own words. The supplied material gives no start date for the interest and no sign that it has ended.
Kobe Bryant has also been reported as a Barcelona fan. Jaylen Brown is listed as a former fan, and that one is disputed.
What is Chris Paul's favorite college team?
Wake Forest is his college, but it is a background tie and not a stated fandom. Paul played there from 2003 to 2005, in Winston-Salem, the city where he was born, and Wake Forest retired his No. 3. Those details show a connection to the school. They do not show him describing himself as a Demon Deacons fan, so no such claim is made here.
How does it line up with where he played?
His NBA career took him through the New Orleans Hornets (2005 to 2011), the Los Angeles Clippers (2011 to 2017), the Houston Rockets (2017 to 2019), the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Phoenix Suns (2020 to 2023), the Golden State Warriors, the San Antonio Spurs and a second stint with the Clippers. None of the teams he is tied to as a fan come from that list. The Cowboys and Barcelona are outside the NBA, and the one college tie is the school he left for the draft in 2005, when the Hornets took him fourth overall.
Questions people ask
Does Chris Paul like the Dallas Cowboys?
Yes, and he has said so himself. He told the LA Clippers' site in August 2013 that he has been a Cowboys fan "since I was a small child."
Does Chris Paul like FC Barcelona?
Reportedly, yes. FC Barcelona's club site reported in August 2019 that Paul told its Barça TV cameras that he and his kids are soccer fans, especially of the blaugrana.
Does Chris Paul like the Wake Forest Demon Deacons?
The supplied material shows a tie, not a stated fandom. He played at Wake Forest from 2003 to 2005 and his No. 3 was retired there, but he is not quoted calling himself a fan.
What is Chris Paul's favorite NFL team?
The Dallas Cowboys. He has said he has been a fan since childhood, and outlets from 2013 to 2016 described him the same way.