Paul doesn’t lament his decision to play for a school that, at the time, increased his odds to make the NBA. But he wouldn’t mind seeing more top-shelf prospects in the future make a different decision. “I’m not where I am today without my experience at Wake Forest,” Paul said. “But I was also lucky to be right down the street from Winston-Salem State University…Honestly, deep down inside, I wish I’d had an opportunity [to attend an HBCU]. They mean everything to me. I think that the funding, the facilities, the facilities when it comes to athletics, it’s one of the biggest things that has to change. When I was coming through high school and college we all thought that we had to go to these big schools to be seen to be showcased. But in today’s world with social media, if some of these kids got together and went to different HBCUs, imagine the attention that these schools would get.”