LOS ANGELES – Chris Paul, the Clippers’ sure-fire Hall of Fame point guard, listed them off one after another.
“F-E-L-O-P-Z-D. D-E-F-P-O-T-E-C”
He recited the 20/25 and 20/20 lines on the eye chart in rapid succession. He didn’t pause to squint. He didn’t strain a single muscle on his face.
He made it – pardon the pun – look easy.
There was a small catch, though. Paul wasn’t reading from anything at all. There wasn’t an eye chart inside the Clippers practice facility.
He’d memorized the 15 letters, maybe in an effort to convince eye doctors he didn’t need to correct his vision.