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Should The Clippers Move On From Chris Paul?

TylerDurden

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I dont know... i have always appreciated his ability, but i think he's starting to develop a reputation for his lack of ability to "take control" of his team and will them to a win. In all honesty, aside from that one year in new orleans that he took over in the playoffs, i have thought he is vastly overrated.

What do you think?

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Yeah, im not saying i wouldn't want CP3 here, lol... but i think for what they expect of him, it just won't work.

And then, in all honesty, i think they played some of their best basketball this round when cp3 was out with his injury. I think to a degree, he holds Blake back from being the player he can be. And it just feels like this is their ceiling with him.

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As a fan of that 07-08 Hornets team I can't stop laughing that he's never been on a better team than that. I so enjoyed watching him get his ass kicked today. He forced his way off that team to go to one of the worst franchises in the history of the NBA. It's so wonderful to see.

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Paul is a phenomenal PG. He's gonna be a Hall of Famer. There hasn't been a better pure PG in the NBA over the last 20 years. Only exception is possibly Tony Parker, but he has Duncan and Popovich- an all-time top 10 player and top 5 HC.

Here's the thing though, outside of Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson there isn't really a PG that has led his team to a championship as the best player. And Magic was surrounded by HOFers and Robertson is probably a top 5 all-time player.

PGs just don't win championships. History has shown if your PG is one of your top 2, or even 3, players you aren't winning a title.

Not to mention Paul has never had a great team around him. Blake Griffin is vastly overrated. Everyone else on that team are just role players.

And I don't even like Paul. But he's a great player, and the only elite pure PG in the game today. Curry, Rose, Westbrook, Lillard, Harden, etc aren't PGs and guys like Wall, Irving, Walker, are average.

Paul and Parker are the last elite traditional PGs left.

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As a fan of that 07-08 Hornets team I can't stop laughing that he's never been on a better team than that. I so enjoyed watching him get his ass kicked today. He forced his way off that team to go to one of the worst franchises in the history of the NBA. It's so wonderful to see.

 

 

Oh waht coulda been for CP3, traded to the Lakers until the asshat Commish overruled it.

Now just more underachieving. 

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Chris is a great PG, and in a playoff setting, he can put a team on his back maybe for a game or two. He can't put the team on his back for a whole series, though. Especially not this late in his career. Funny, his best shot at a ring came while he was with Hornets. That clippers team ceiling will always be the second round.

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Here's the thing though, outside of Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson there isn't really a PG that has led his team to a championship as the best player. And Magic was surrounded by HOFers and Robertson is probably a top 5 all-time player.

 

Isiah (best PG of all time) led his team to 2 championships. Only one of the top 10 teams in NBA History to have just 1 player in the top 50 (as voted in 1996 50th anniversary).

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