Who knew that Chris Paul could still throw it down?
Apparently not a lot of people.
Social media went insane on Sunday night when Paul showed he could still get up at age 34, throwing down an alley-oop off a pass from Russell Westbrook and finishing with a two-hand jam.
Honestly, with how high he got up, Paul looked like he could’ve competed in Saturday night’s dunk contest.
The play came with 7:37 left in the second quarter and Team LeBron trailing Team Giannis 12-10. He even got a little extra hang time on the rim.
The dunk was met by a standing ovation from his teammates on the bench.
The fact that Paul could still dunk was shocking to a lot of the media members that regularly cover the NBA.
Although Tim MacMahon sighted Basketball Reference saying the dunk as Paul’s first since the 2015-16 season when he was with the Clippers, Twitter users were fast to point out that Paul threw down a dunk in game four against the Utah Jazz last year.
Paul has thrown some beautiful lobs of his own during Sunday’s game, including one in the first quarter to Ben Simmons who finished with a monster slam.
