Missouri's Miguel Paul Apparently Fibbed About Being Related to Chris Paul

Miguel Paul is a short point guard for Missouri. He wears number three on his jersey. His last name is, obviously, Paul. His nickname is MP3. So when you see that his claim in the most recent Mizzou media booklet that he is the "first cousin of New Orleans Hornet Chris Paul", well, you don't blink twice.

But you probably should. Michael Kelly, a senior at Missouri traveled all the way to New Orleans to do a story about the two cousins and their success on the hardwood, and was met with a shocking little surprise.

As Matt Moore, Mizzou alum says, "the hits just keep on comin'!"

[...] Chris said he had no idea who Miguel was.

As he was walking out of the Alario Center after practice, Chris said he had never heard or met Miguel.

[...]"I'm shocked at the fact that this may not be true because Miguel said all of this stuff and you have all the comparisons at Missouri,'' Kelly said.

But that's not all! Miguel had previously done an interview -- in November of 2008 -- for the Columbia Missourian in which he talked about how he and CP3 met in Raleigh ... and how he didn't want to go to Wake Forest because "I wanted to create my own footsteps, go my own way ..."

Presuming that this is all false -- and it has to be, right? -- where does this stand on creepy/stalker/identity theft levels? I mean, he didn't pretend to be Chris Paul, but he certainly did pretend to be his relative. And while I would absolutely want to emulate CP3 in all facets of my life if I were a point guard playing college basketball ... well, this is just a little to Finkle-Marino-esque for my tastes.