NBA's Chris Paul -- Busts Sweet Ass Running Man ... In Lip Sync Performance (VIDEO)

Chris Paul is still trying to be the best in the world ... not at NBA basketball (Clippers are DONE) ... but at the running man.

CP3 is a contestant on Thursday's "Lip Sync Battle" and broke out the dance social media is obsessed with during a performance of New Edition's "Candy Girl."

It's definitely a more classic take on the move ... but if you watch closely at 17 seconds there is running ... and there is man.

Take that, Kyrie Irving.