Chris Paul Joins Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman and Others In The Elite List Of NBA Players Writing Books To Inspire Children

The “Point God”, Chris Paul, has followed in the footsteps of the Black Mamba, Kobe Bryant. CP3 has now written a children’s book of his own called “Basketball Dreams”. It’s about how his grandfather helped him in achieving his dreams of playing basketball. Chris looked to his grandpa Papa Chilly as a model for the virtues he could embody in both basketball and life.

As the first Black business owner of a service station in North Carolina, his grandfather taught him about respect, faith, kindness, generosity, and the will to achieve. He served as Chris’s source of motivation. His lessons helped Chris develop into the famous NBA player—and individual—he is today. Chris Paul had already released a book named, “Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big” before this.

Kobe Bryant too, as said above, wrote children’s books. Bryant’s first book was “Wizenard Series Training Camp”. The story was about the West Bottom Badgers, the worst youth basketball team in the league. They turn things around with their coach and some magic. His media company posthumously published “The Wizenard Series: Season One”.

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He also wrote “Legacy and the Queen”, and “Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof “. His last book was ranked number one in the New York Times middle-grade hardcover list.

Kobe Bryant and CP3 aren’t the only NBA stars to write children’s books

There have been many other players who wrote children’s books. NBA stars are very popular with the young ‘uns. Hence, it led to a huge boost in sales.

NBA legend Dennis Rodman wrote, “Dennis the Wild Bull”. A bull named Dennis is the subject of the tale. The bull is rounded up for the rodeo but manages to get away. At the rodeo, he makes friends with two more bulls—a Mexican and a white bull—and brings them home with him. The book demonstrates that it is “OK to be different,” according to Rodman.

Former Suns star Amar’e Stoudemire also wrote a children’s book. Stoudemire and Scholastic Press agreed to a contract in August 2011. Stoudemire penned a collection of middle-grade chapter books titled STAT: Standing Tall And Talented. The former Knicks forward referred to the series’ debut book, STAT: Home Court as biographical. The book was released in August 2012.

Others who have written are Metta Sandiford-Artest and Carmelo Anthony. Both have published bedtime and inspirational stories for kids, respectively.

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Chris Paul has followed in all of their footsteps. Will the book be great for children to read? Absolutely, as the point god’s life would be inspirational for any child.