Chris Paul has a big heart

[joseephuss]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6436820

The lessons of Nathaniel Jones

On the moonless night of Nov. 15, 2002, five young boys ran across a park, jumped a 61-year-old man, bound his wrists, duct-taped his mouth, and beat him with pipes until his heart stopped.

All for his wallet.

That man was Nathaniel Jones, the grandfather of future NBA star Chris Paul.

Today, those boys are men, sitting in prisons across the state of North Carolina, some serving 14-year terms, some life. On the TV sets in their prison rec rooms this week, the Hornets point guard has been wrecking the Los Angeles Lakers, averaging nearly a triple-double, the shiniest star of these playoffs.

The five are all about the same age as Paul, same race, same height, and from the same hometown.

They have one other thing in common with Chris Paul: All six wish they were free.

 

[Danny White]

That's very big of him.

That said, I don't know how I would feel fighting for their release if they then turned around and murdered someone else afterwards.

It was a pretty brutal crime they committed, and I think I'd feel better with them behind bars.

Still, hard to not appreciate how much forgiveness something like that must take.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I agree. I wish they were all set free as well, all be it, through the use of Old Sparky.

Burn em all twice I say.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Wow, the respect I have for that young man is off the charts. I can't say that I would have such forgiveness in my heart.

 

[WV Cowboy]

They bound him with duck tape, and beat him with a pipe until dead ??

An old defenseless man ??

5 of them ??

We do not need them to walk our streets ever again.

Something is wrong within them.

We were all young and stupid once, we were all 14 or 15 at some time, and did some stupid and ornary things, but never once thought about doing anything even remotely as bad as this.

Not even close, .. normal boys never do.

Yes, something is wrong within them and they should just keep them inside.

 

[casmith07]

Let em rot. Chris Paul's a better guy than me.