Prior to the season all the pundits said CP3/Harden couldn’t play together because both liked to be on the ball. In his first 12 seasons, CP3 took 42% of his shots from midrange and 23% from three’s. This season he is taking 28% of his shots from midrange and 45% from three’s. He’s shooting 46% overall and 40% from distance (career avg’s of 47% and 37%). In the games CP3 has played, Harden is shooting 49% and 44% from distance (career avg’s of 44% and 37%). Harden has never shot above 46% as a Rocket.
Not worried about them two shooting. It's Gordon and Anderson that need to get it going consistently. Our 20 million dollar man played 18minutes last night. We got to get him goin
Daryl Morey and Mike D'Antoni get maximum efficiency out of their players. Chris Paul's game has been modernized and he will be good for a long, long time because of it.
Harden just flat out looks better from 3 this year, and is driving better, too. I mean, remember his blistering Nov prior to Paul coming back. For 7 games from Nov 1st to 14th, he shot 46.5% and 42.5% from three. Paul coming back gives him more space and fresher legs, so he's even better. Paul on the other hand is getting looks he probably hasn't seen much before, where he's like, "Really, you're just going to give me this three." And many here predicted this was going to happen for him. Some of that is from us being able to stagger his minutes, too, so he's playing against 2nd units more than ever before.
We are not getting all we need out of Anderson. He played 18 minutes and didn't contribute in the 4th against New Orleans or Portland.
so what. moute went scoreless. not every player is going to be a huge contributor every night. theres a reason they're considered role players
Yes we are. The reason everyone else is going off is because they are blanketing Ryan Anderson 5 feet behind the three point line. With CP3 and JH13 we win 4 on 4 99.9 percent of the time. Against the Warriors, One of Green/Durant/McGee will have to stand outside the 3-point line. Mission accomplished.
Mission incomplete!!!. He's averaged less than 20 minutes per game the last two games which have been out most challenging games of the season. He's not critical to our success l. Matter he had the worst +/- the last two games by you want to give him credit? Forget that. He's better than this and we should expect more of our 3rd highest paid player. The production is opposite reciprocal of the value
He plays good defense, he shoots ridiculous percentages from three, he doesn't take the ball out of Harden/CP3's hands. What more do you want? Ryan Anderson is vital to our style. Absolutely vital, just like Eric Gordon is. It's all about match-ups, and for the Blazer and the Pelicans PJ Tucker is exactly what the doctor ordered.
