LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul examined his crooked knuckles and the surgical scars that form tiny road maps on his hands. His hands, though, are the indispensable tools of his trade, no matter how gruesome they look. “I’ve got the worst fingers,” he said. Paul, the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers, long ago established himself as one of the N.B.A.’s premier defenders. “His hands are so damn quick.”Three days after Rivers offered this assessment, Paul paid the price for possessing such gifts.

Source: New York Times March 22, 2017 19:15 UTC