Doesn't really matter. The only thing that matters is that CP+Beard will have more assists and less turnovers than Beard+Beverley.
I expect Harden's points to increase and his assists to decrease. Paul should give Harden a lot of open looks, unlike anyone else Harden has played with so far. Contrary to belief, Harden doesn't need the ball in his hands to shoot well. He has always been a good catch and shooter as well.
Harden's scoring and scoring efficiency will increase and his assists and (thankfully) turnovers will decrease. In MDA's system I suspect Paul will average close to ten assists with Harden dropping back to around 8 assists I around 4 or maybe slightly less turnovers. Paul will probably have close to a 4:1 assist turnover ratio. On a side note (non Rockets): If Rubio is healthy he'll probably lead the league in assists by a healthy margin. (And the Jazz, with both Hayward and Hill gone, effectively replaced by Rubio, Hood, and Mitchell, will be as good or better then they were last season, and a team that other teams want to avoid in the playoffs.) Rubio is going to light it up in SLC and they will love him.
Not a chance. He'd have to beat out all but 5 of these guys to have a shot... Draymond Durant Jordan Griffin M. Gasol Davis Cousins Kawhi Millsap Jokic Towns George Nurkic Gobert Carmelo (possibly) Do you really think Clint has a better chance than, at the very least, 10 of those players? If so, can you please list them?
I came in here because on the home page of Clutchfans, thread reads as "Who will be the ass..." I am disappoint.
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Was just gonna post that... Not sure who will be the ass-ists leader but we know damn well who will be the ass leader!
