A 1997 photo of a teenage Chris Paul smiling alongside a rookie Tim Duncan made the rounds online over the past couple of weeks.
'Tim, in that picture, he had just gotten drafted,' Paul said during Tuesday's news conference welcoming him to the team.
It started when rumors swirled that the San Antonio Spurs had their sights on Paul for the upcoming season — a deal finalized earlier this week.“It’s young Chris Paul and old Tim Duncan," the caption on social media read.Paul and new forward Harrison Barnes, Paul described his photo with Duncan in more detail. It turns out that as a kid, Paul played on the same AAU basketball team as Duncan’s nephew Shane.. “Tim, in that picture, he had just gotten drafted.
Paul also played pickup basketball around that time with current Spurs assistant coach Darius Songaila, who was on the Wake Forest team from 1998 to 2002.
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