Chris Paul Named an All-Star and Leads the NBA in Assists

Plant-based point guard Chris Paul has been named an NBA All-Star for the 12th time. The league's head coaches picked the Phoenix Suns guard as a reserve for the Western Conference, alongside teammate Devin Booker, for the game in Cleveland on February 20.

It's his third straight selection and ties him for 15th on the all-time list. At 36, Paul is leading the league with 10.4 assists per game, ranks second in assist-to-turnover ratio and third in steals. He is running the offense for a Suns team that has started the season 41-9, the best record in the NBA.

The milestones keep coming. In October he became the first player in NBA history with 20,000 career points and 10,000 assists, and in November he moved up to third on the all-time assists list. He already holds the record for career assists in All-Star Games, with 128.

Paul switched to a plant-based diet in 2019 and stuck with it. Last February he teamed up with goPuff to put more plant-based food on the delivery app, much of it from Black- and Brown-owned brands, and he told VegNews:

I’m passionate about the benefits of a plant-based diet and look forward to working with goPuff to build out their plant-based offerings to include a selection of my favorite brands, many of which are Black- and Brown-owned, onto their platform today.

He's also a Beyond Meat ambassador, alongside fellow NBA players Kyrie Irving and JaVale McGee. Few guards are still this good in their 17th season.

We first reported that Paul had gone plant-based after working on The Game Changers, and months later he was named to his 10th All-Star Game. Last summer he led Phoenix to his first NBA Finals.

Twelve All-Star nods and counting. Powered by plants.