LOS ANGELES – Chris Paul memorizes how an opponent’s defense reacts, then exploits the system.
He can also do the same thing when the opponent is an eye exam.
“Line 8 on the chart says, ‘F-E-L-O-P-Z-D,’” Paul recited from memory Wednesday morning. “And Line 9 says, ‘D-E-F-P-O-T-E-C.”
Why stress to read the lines if the meticulous preparer could just remember them?
But 10 years, ever since Paul’s father and brother had LASIK eye surgery during Paul’s rookie year in Oklahoma, Paul’s family stayed on him to do the same.
And for 10 years, it never happened.