Before he was an NBA superstar, before the gold medals, the commercials, or the headlines,

Chris Paul was just a teenager from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and his biggest fan in the

world was his grandfather, Nathaniel Jones.

Mr. Jones owned a small service station on the south side of town for nearly 40 years, and

every summer he brought Chris to work with him,

teaching him the value of hard work. When basketball season rolled around, Mr. Jones would

close up early just to make it to his grandson's games. In November 2002, Mr. Jones attended

the ceremony when Chris accepted a full scholarship to play basketball at Wake Forest University.

He watched, smiling ear to ear, as Chris signed his letter of intent in front of a packed gym

full of family, friends, and classmates, all chanting his nickname, CP3, a nickname Mr. Jones

bestowed upon his grandson and one Chris Paul still goes by to this day.

When the signing ended, Mr. Jones walked with Chris outside the gym. There, away from the noise and cameras, he told his grandson

he would remember that day for the rest of his life. It was one of the happiest moments Chris Paul

and his grandfather had ever known. But that joy wouldn't last.

The very next day, November 15, 2002, 61-year-old Nathaniel Jones was found beaten, bound, and gagged

in his own driveway, murdered in the very neighborhood he'd spent his life serving. His family was devastated.

Days later, Chris stepped onto the basketball court for his last high school season opener with a heavy heart.

He decided to play the game in his grandfather's honor, and that night, he scored 61 points, one for every year of his grandfather's life.

As the clock wound down, Chris was just a few points shy of breaking the state record for the most points ever scored in a high school game.

But in the final minutes, he did something no one expected.

He deliberately missed a free throw and walked off the

court, leaving his total points at 61. Chris broke down, collapsing into his father's arms before he

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