Chris Paul..

[spurraider21]

Green was stifling paul a bit near the end, with the backcourt violation and the near steal on the trap with parker. CP3 made his big shots when

a) Duncan got switched onto him

b) manu took him 1 on 1 near the end

[cd021]

There were a lot of bad calls last night. Jordan jumping on the back of Duncan being just laughable. The foul call on Parker was totally legit, he hit his arm before he went up for the shot, not just a grazing hit either, a hard slap and near the elbow and raked it across and off.

I may have only seen the angle from behind. It looked like Parker was backpedaling when Crawford did his scissor kick.I was pissed that Duncan got called for a blocking foul when Jordan tried to jump on Duncan's back.

[dochay]

I may have only seen the angle from behind. It looked like Parker was backpedaling when Crawford did his scissor kick.I was pissed that Duncan got called for a blocking foul when Jordan tried to jump on Duncan's back.

What a joke of a call. Just pathetic. Tough to keep from fouling if all it takes is for someone to jump on your back. Lol.

[Malik Hairston]

Have to admire this dude, tbh..all jokes aside, he had an MVP-caliber season..

[DMC]

So you're going to start riding another PG? Honest question.

[apalisoc_9]

MVP season, IMO.

I said around February that it was criminal he wasn't in the MVP discussion.

Paul has to do everything on the offensive end and he isn't a bad defender either.

If the Chris Paul talk started around January the MVP race would have been about three players.

[Malik Hairston]

So you're going to start riding another PG? Honest question.

I don't like most PGs, tbh, I actually strongly dislike Paul, I just think he's a great player, best PG of my lifetime..

As for Russ, I love him, one of my favorite players, but I think he's actually pretty overrated as a whole..

[Leetonidas]

MVP season, IMO.

I said around February that it was criminal he wasn't in the MVP discussion.

Paul has to do everything on the offensive end and he isn't a bad defender either.

If the Chris Paul talk started around January the MVP race would have been about three players.

Based on some advanced metrics it would appear that Paul is actually a very good perimeter defender and an elite defender at his position, tbh. It's odd he hasn't gotten much talk despite him keeping the Clips steady all year even with Blake out for a long time. But it's probably because he has the perception of being a playoff choker now who can't get past the second round, imo

[apalisoc_9]

Paul is by far the best LA defender, IMO.

When Griffin got injured, Paul and Jordan had to carry their ty ass team..

Paul was the team, IMO...

[BatManu20]

Chris Paul has actually had one of the better under-the-radar seasons in recent history, considering nobody even mentions him in MVP talks.


19 ppg, 10 asts, 5 rbs, 2 stls, 26.04 PER, all while leading his team to 56 wins and the #3 seed in the West. Impressive season, tbh.

[DMC]

I don't like most PGs, tbh, I actually strongly dislike Paul, I just think he's a great player, best PG of my lifetime..

As for Russ, I love him, one of my favorite players, but I think he's actually pretty overrated as a whole..

That's fair. You have to love Russ' tenacity but at the same time you understand the other side of that coin, that he doesn't make his teammates better. He's interested in being a hero, I've thought this about him from the start.

CP3 is a great PG, like you said, but he seems to find more creative ways to his team out of the playoffs than any other superstar of his caliber. It's uncanny.

[Malik Hairston]

That's fair. You have to love Russ' tenacity but at the same time you understand the other side of that coin, that he doesn't make his teammates better. He's interested in being a hero, I've thought this about him from the start.

CP3 is a great PG, like you said, but he seems to find more creative ways to his team out of the playoffs than any other superstar of his caliber. It's uncanny.

I don't think you can win with a PG as your best player like Paul has been, unless you're an anomaly like Aids and his 6'9" frame, tbh..he's been asked to do too much, he's just too small for a team to rely on him to dominate throughout the playoffs against the best teams..

Maybe if Griffin becomes a Karl Malone(minus the choking) to his Stockton, we'll see..

[Malik Hairston]

Damn, have to admire his leadership, tbh..

[Malik Hairston]

Have to admire this , tbh..has been dealt iffy supporting casts his entire career and has been unfairly scrutinized, he wasn't going to be denied tonight..

Some players would have pretended to be hurt after going 0-8 from the field and sat out the 2nd half, tbh..