Chris Paul was on verge of being traded to Chicago yesterday?

Agreed. Ok, so torched may be excessive, but his rotations and ability to stay in front of his man declined precipitously this year and resulted in the team defense being more sound when he was off the court, particularly when teams have faster and more athletics points such as curry.

 

It's true but to be honest he was overweight. He hasn't lost his ability to be shockingly good when switched onto big men, nor in his ability to vocally organize the defense when he's on the floor. I don't mind his defense at all, though yes he can't stay in front of the fastest guys anymore.

 

If weight was the primary issue - I doubt the rockets would be looking to trade him. Weight is controllable and injuries can be managed - to an extent. I think he lost a step, which makes playing him alongside harden more of a net negative. On a team with more defense at the two, his skills are still highly valuable for 30+ minutes a game. On ours, it’s primarily when harden sits now.

Sucks that the fall off was so impactful year over year

 

I'm of the opinion the fall off was 50% age and 50% poor fitness.

The Rockets are looking to trade him because he's not worth his salary and his contract is going up. Even if he were not aging, he's a bad contract.

 

The deal was 100% with the contingency that we’d win a championship within his first couple years. This was definitely a short term move

 

I think it has a lot to do with the fact he doesn't control the ball as much as he did in LA and NO. He's second fiddle to Harden here and doesn't do anything else good enough to justify the contract.

Somewhere else , where he can orchestrate the offense …. He's much more value to the dollar than here.

 

He had a chance before with clippers and never got past the 2nd round. He needed to be 2nd fiddle to someone.

 

That's beside the point …. He'd still be better elsewhere than here - somewhere he can run the offense. Here he's just a glorified backup.

 

Yeah better off but not a contender

 

Wouldn't that depend upon who he has around him ?

Say he goes to Philly , that team is loaded for bear. Let him run the offense and they are a lot better.

New Orleans with AD ? …. He can guide that team to the playoffs.

Now you send him to the Lakers …. and all they have is Lebron and CP3 , they struggle to make the playoffs. The pieces aren't there.

Just depends upon who's around him …. No he isn't going to shoulder the load all by himself but he never really has.

 

I was on the verge of winning the power ball yesterday but then I decided not to buy a lottery ticket.

 

I cannot think of any contenders who would have given him that kind of contract.

20+ millions per year sure, but that kind of money and 4 yrs.......I would have given him 50 million but just for 1 year.

And it is rich to do the Incentive thing with Capela and MDA and not Paul who are not as outspoken as CP3 is.

 

I'm not gonna argue against this …. I didn't want them to give him 4-5 years either.


But I think we all know that when that trade happened there had to be a handshake deal to give him the max over that 4 years.

Could he really go back on that without a career altering injury ? How would that affect future player acquisition ?

 

He controlled the ball enough to have an assist to turnover ratio of 1.9 (lol). I think Paul is finished as a real impact player. He probably still has value as a 3-4th option. But we don't have that luxury.

 

Don't say that out loud , a rival GM may hear you ….

We have to convince those rival GM's that its all Harden's fault that CP3 didn't make much impact so they will trade us something of value for that $40m anchor.

 

Lol good luck. Paul, and Capela for that matter, got exposed for the world to see

 

I'm not as down on Capela as most others are …. He can fix the things that gave him trouble.

CP3 on the other hand …. father time is undefeated.

 

Paul 3 fg is 27%, playoffs.
Bad fit for good teams
Good fit for bulls and suns.
That is why they make good offers.