Chris Paul: 'Carolina Wanted Me to Walk On' Posted Apr 4, 2023 Former Wake Forest basketball star Chris Paul is one of the greatest players in school history. However, on Sunday on "The Bird & Taurasi Show", he revealed something many people never knew. That the North Carolina Tar Heels wanted him to walk-on for them. "They asked me if I could walk on. We couldn’t afford that. It was Matt Doherty at the time." (On3.com)