Thanks, Gemini

Insane work with the adjectival antecedent aka yoda

No that’s Paul Pierce

Ya’ll wanted space for Bradley Beal tho 😗

Even before his drastic downturn this season he was still a very good mentor for Wemby just last year. Definitely helped improve his game a good bit. 

Exactly. I never understood the ring taunting for an all-time great that spent the entirety of his prime with New Orleans and the goddamn Clippers of all teams. He made those loser franchises genuinely competitive for a few years, played until 40, and set records in this league.

Let him receive his platitudes in peace

They need to send him to Sacramento so we can experience winning

There is luck involved in winning, no matter what anyone tells you. The biggest factor is always putting yourself in the right positions to win, with a little luck. Chris put himself in those positions, even if he didn’t make it all the way. It takes a whole lot of winning to even get close.

man i hate rings or nothing culture, so fucking stupid

He is a winner. Just not an ultimate winner.

This.

A lot of players help teams win more games, many of them are 0-time all-stars. But we don’t give them “[position] god” or “HoF” bc of it

Dont talk about my goat Jeff Teague like that

Ok but if winning isn’t the measure of success then you should at least say what the measure is.

15th it’s not a question, because they don’t have low standards or high standards, they don’t really have any. They’re basically hypemen.

But players like Danny Green aren’t 3x champions for nothing. Everyone thought Kawhi would be the championship mercenary, and then Jrue won 2 titles in 4 seasons on 2 different teams and Kawhi never made it back.

If Chris Paul is talked about as an all-timer, there’s obviously a responsibility to win to prove it. Or else take less money against the salary cap, cause evidently he can’t win as a #1 or #2.

Suns to a higher level

Like getting backdoor swept by a team that played clumsy, inebriated basketball all postseason?

Sure but not in basketball. At least not for guys that played in the NBA and are American. 

Same as soccer. Winning the Olympics is fun but it’s not on the level of the World Cup, Euro’s, Copa, or even the Champion’s League. 

It’s a little hyperbolic but I think it’s a fine enough thing to say for any player that was legitimately great at their position.

I think as far as pure PGs go he’s up there with Nash’s and Stockton’s of the game but I can’t think of ANYTHING he’s done that changed the landscape of the game lol

Changed the landscape. He brought up the Clippers, almost beat the Warriors in the Finals in 2018 (I’m just gonna say it was the Finals cuz LeBron had no one), took the Suns to the Finals, provided valuable leadership to OKC, and took a nice rest in Golden State.

someone didn’t watch young chris paul

He was one of the legends of his time, was part of some of the fast-paced dynamic offenses of the era, and was president of the NBPA (which Booker mentions).

Edit: Also, he’s real close to being a top 5 PG. Maybe not quite, but right up there. And I’m not sure that that’s the only standard of making an impact, anyway.

Yeah same here. I respect his game, but since he was drafted we’ve had like three or four PGs who’ve changed the game more!

Russ Steph of course Dame Luka

One of the inner circle greatest point guards ever

I want him going into NBA “corporate” as VP of Referee operations. After all, who better to point out cheaters at a casino than an ex cheat? You want a guy who can fix the rules to stop obvious foul baiting and shit like that? There is not a single person alive I’d trust more to do that then CP3.

I think he did a ton of work with the players association as a player, wouldn’t be surprised if they had a role for him.

Your just saying things lmao i watch every suns game and bookers playmaking has improved so much. Bookers court vision and general bb iq has improved a ton due to cp3. He is 15th in ppg right now and 13th in assists oh the horror what a trash player.

Booker is way better now especially as a passer, he’s just adjusting to the primary 1A option again after years with Durant and the Olympics. But I know you’re probably just a disingenuous hater who probably doesn’t even watch the game so I don’t even know think this explanation was worth it

I know Steph plays the point too but him and CP play massively different roles. He’s second all time in assists and almost doubles Steph’s career assist total.

CP really is the last of a dying breed of point guards. Hali is the closest thing but outside of him, no one comes close imo.

Steph is considerably younger than CP3, but the lines blur.

Jarvis, I’m running low on karma

Tbf this comment aged well lol

Hey we made the playoffs with KD in ²³⁄₂₄. 2nd round in ²²⁄₂₃ when he was traded.

That’s quite something for you to say that, I mean Booker is in the NBA and you are probably in your couch so…

Apparently not. Now it’s Mortgage Matchup Center