What's funny is cp3 gets treated like he's on the level of KD Lebron steph and harden and he's not even close. Those guys have all atleast been to the conference finals and finals. Cp3 is one of the most overrated players on this era. It's hard for me to say that because he is really good but your not ever going to go far with him as your best player. He's handled the ball way to much and his probing style looking for every assist is another form or ball hogging imo. There's a reason why this season doc wanted cp3 to handle the call Less and get it moving. Cp3 didn't like the idea and now it's back to the same dribble dribble pass for a shot.
I think it comes down to the fact that the Clippers' supposed Big 3 includes a center that can't hit free throws to save his life and has nothing to offer on offense other than flushing down alley oops. It might have worked before when the NBA was slower and didn't rely heavily on (perimeter) shooting. Of course a big man that has offense and can shoot free throws is a rare bird in the NBA but you definitely can no longer rely on a DeAndre Jordan -type player to be a part of any Big (insert number here) in today's NBA.
Direct reflection on coaching...Doc Rivers needs to understand that the best way to play the Warriors is to have Blake at the 5, have shooters along side Chris Paul. Having both DeAndre and Blake...clogs the paint and prevents them from having enough space to operate... It really requires coaching to break down matchups and look to take advantage of certain situations. Ofcourse...it would mean that DeAndre sacrifice his starting spot...
the clippers want to be portrayed as a marquee team, and they scream at every call. They have literally been punked by every top team. The only quality wins they have are against the grizzlies that one year when they made that 20 point comeback and the spurs 2 years ago when they beat them, and they should have beaten the rockets but they choked. I mean last year they got hit with the injury bug, but still they aren't that chutch of a team.
Yeah it's weird isn't it? Like don't get me wrong, CP3 is a really damn good player. But he honestly may be the most overrated player in the NBA right now. He sure as hell isn't good enough to win on his own, and can't even make the WCF with a REALLY damn good team around him. As much as I love our squad, it doesn't even compare with what Harden plays with. People have cooled on CP3 a little bit I think, but he used consistently be #2 or #3 on those ESPN NBA Rank things. Which is ridiculous. I also agree with the assist ball-hog thing. It seems like too many NBA players have an agenda, you see the Thunder designed around letting Westbrook get rebounds so he can chase a triple double every night.
Ehhh maybe. It always seems that team's feel they need to match the Warrior's small ball, but GS does it for a reason. Because they're so damn good at it! If you try to run small-ball to "keep pace" with the Warriors, you may get lucky for a while but ultimately the Warriors are way better at running small ball than any other team in the NBA. I've always thought send out your big guy, dominate the boards, and make the Warriors match you. I kept wanting the Rocket's to put Capela in during the entire Warriors/Rockets series last year. Idk, I don't really think there is any formula to beating a team as good as the Warriors. But matching their small-ball lineups doesn't seem to be working.
