Jarxzz | United States

1 | 21 minutes ago

Obviously?

iggymcfly

1 | 8 minutes ago

Channing Frye makes official statement: water is wet

NoTrillionaires

1 | 12 minutes ago

And obviously robert horrys career is better than pierce and AI combined

StillwaterJerry | Suns

1 | 9 minutes ago

Huh?

AttitudeDismal3817 | Hornets

1 | 8 minutes ago

Chris Paul’s a better basketball player than AI, buddy

MediocreJay41 | Kings

1 | 16 minutes ago

This is the coldest take ever lol. Common sense as hell.

RiskPlays | Pistons

1 | 6 minutes ago

You think if you polled the average nba fan they would take CP3 over AI? I agree he had an objectively better career but I don’t think Paul would win that poll lol

Stock_Discount_2833 | Lakers

1 | 19 minutes ago

Very different styles, but yeah. I’m taking CP3.

Admirable_Whole8261

1 | 15 minutes ago

One of the most efficient pg’s ever that was also an acl injury from beating the best team ever? That’s fair

mrizvi | San Francisco Warriors

1 | 11 minutes ago

They weren’t winning that series lol

Prudent-Skirt9656

1 | 8 minutes ago

It did go to 7 didnt it? Seems at least fair to say there was a chance.

mrizvi | San Francisco Warriors

1 | 4 minutes ago

Zero chance. Rocket are the little brother.

captcanuk

1 | 3 minutes ago

Pretty revisionist thinking. Rockets up 3-2 when they lose their second best player for the series. Still have a chance to win in Game 7 and shoot ⁷⁄₄₄ from 3 (16%) and lose by 9 points including 27 missed three pointers in a row. If they hit 3 threes, 22.7%, they tie the game.

soycameron | Trail Blazers

1 | 5 minutes ago

Boy yall lose in 6 if CP3 doesn’t get hurt in game 5.

mrizvi | San Francisco Warriors

1 | 4 minutes ago

Yall got swept by draymond

super_nomad1

1 | 4 minutes ago

AI needs a hyper specific team configuration for his strengths to work for winning, CP’s a better fit on almost every team configuration. There’s just more value to CP’s game. Almost want to say hes able to contribute to winning more but neither of them ever got there :(

EmphasisOk8298

1 | 15 minutes ago

Allen Iverson beats the 2001 Lakers in 1 game and it’s his crowning achievement he can coast on despite having zero playoff success otherwise.

Chris Paul and Harden beat an even better team 3 times and it’s meaningless because they didn’t make the finals. This is genuinely the logic of most NBA fans.

Outrageous-Region675

1 | 6 minutes ago

Oh okay Mr tough guy

DenseSign5938

1 | 6 minutes ago

One of my favorite players to watch but he has to be the single most overrated player ever based on that one run in a weak ass conference where his team advanced despite him playing terribly in the conference finals.

LegitimateMoney00 | Knicks

1 | 20 minutes ago

It’s simple. If we are going peak for peak, Iverson is better. But if we are talking about longevity and who had the better overall career, it’s CP3.

Edit: For all y’all saying “CP3 had a higher peak”, Iverson won an MVP and took a subpar NBA team to the Finals. Those are both more significant accomplishments than CP3 has ever achieved in his career, he clearly had the higher peak.

Jarxzz | United States

1 | 18 minutes ago

Huh? CP3 definitely peaked higher

slickhomieblackboy

1 | 15 minutes ago

Ivo led a team to the finals as an mvp

DenseSign5938

1 | 9 minutes ago

Iverson had an efg of 36% in the eastern conference finals. Thats horrendous. Chris Paul lead his team to the finals with an actually elite performance, including a close out game 6 where he scored 41 points in a ridiculous 81 TS%.

Jarxzz | United States

1 | 10 minutes ago

What’s your point?

Chris Paul still peaked higher as an individual basketball player

likesound

1 | 19 minutes ago

Peak CP3 is still better. You can plug him into any team and the eastern conference was terrible in the early 2000s.

tangential_quip | Lakers

1 | 15 minutes ago

But if you needed one game, who are you taking?

likesound

1 | 14 minutes ago

CP3.

Jamessthehuman | Timberwolves

1 | 14 minutes ago

Chris Paul

EmphasisOk8298

1 | 13 minutes ago

Iverson’s entire playoff reputation is based on one great game he played in 2001.

If you pick him for one game you are much more likely to get a 35% shooting night though if you look at his full resume.

DenseSign5938

1 | 5 minutes ago

The guy significantly better at both offense and defense.

Jeffreedisme | Pacers

1 | 13 minutes ago

Iguodala.

slickhomieblackboy

1 | 12 minutes ago

Hypothetical situations my boy. Keep it real

CaptNarwhl

1 | 18 minutes ago

I think CP3 had the better peak honestly..AI was definitely influential and more flashy but CP3 was definitely the better basketball player

Kiriegloom | Bulls

1 | 15 minutes ago

Bro nobody remembers peak CP3 I guess

Dongsquad420BlazeIt | LAL

1 | 12 minutes ago

I do, he absolutely smoked us in the playoffs

jumpinmp | LAL

1 | 11 minutes ago

I don’t think that’s a crazy take. I’m not 100% sure I agree with it, but Iverson is 1 of 36 dudes to win an NBA MVP. That is some real rarified air.

blackmicheal | Supersonics

1 | 5 minutes ago

Also, cp3 threw a Halloween party and zero teammates showed up. If iverson threw a Halloween party there would be a line out the door of former teammates trying to get in

Driveshaft48 | Knicks

1 | 18 minutes ago

CP3 has a better peak than Iverson

Your thesis is correct that its simple. But you have the wrong arguement. CP3 is better than Iverson is every aspect of basketball

3luejays | Raptors

1 | 12 minutes ago

Not field goal attempts. AI clears easily in that category lol

jumpinmp | LAL

1 | 14 minutes ago

CP3 was never a better scorer than Iverson.

At Iverson’s peak, he was arguably a better ball thief.

Other than that, I feel like CP3 easily dominates in pretty much every other category.

Driveshaft48 | Knicks

1 | 11 minutes ago

Lmao CP3 was a much more efficient scorer at their peaks. Anyone that thinks Iverson was a better scorer just views the ppg on the box score

jumpinmp | LAL

1 | 9 minutes ago

You need points to win games.

Nobody pretends John Stockton was a better scorer than Iverson because of Stockton’s efficiency.

Driveshaft48 | Knicks

1 | 6 minutes ago

Yep and Iverson was much worse at getting points for himself and teammates than CP3

BruceBrownMVP | Nets

1 | 8 minutes ago

CP3 had more steals than turnovers over the 07/08 and 08/09 seasons combined… While leading the league in assists per game (11+) both seasons.

And he averaged 22 on 49/37/86 lmao. Respect the point god.

Current_Cut_2667

1 | 7 minutes ago

That Sixers team was good because they were the best defense in the NBA.

Alexspacito | Raptors

1 | 5 minutes ago

There is absolutely no way people think Iverson had a better peak or career than Chris Paul.

CaptNarwhl

1 | 10 minutes ago

By that token I guess D rose is better than CP3 cause he has a MVP. AI won that MVP, leading a defense first team. He was a phenomenal player, Paul was better. He’s a top 10 (or 5) PG ever

UnionHelpful8135

1 | 11 minutes ago

Why are half the clips these days just a zoom in of a man with headphones and the caption “Dion Waiters said Chris Webber had better gameday attire than KG 🤯🤯🤯”

Like… this isn’t… anything

IntelligentAd5460

1 | 17 minutes ago

i probably agree but theres always something in the back of my mind the feels cp3 gets off the hook for things other stars never do

99Sold

1 | 15 minutes ago

If you wanna be technical, CP3 never made it past the 2nd round as the clear first option of his team

The thing Embiid gets clowned on endlessly for

Objectively CP3 is an amazing player but you’re right he isn’t criticized the same way other superstar and mvp level players are

DenseSign5938

1 | 8 minutes ago

That’s literally all anyone ever talks about lol is his lack of team success. By all individual metrics he’s very much a top 20 player all time if not higher.

Kiriegloom | Bulls

1 | 7 minutes ago

He played for the Hornets AND Pelicans at the same time when he got drafted. Then he went to the Clippers. Not his fault on god

Papa_Ahlron

1 | 6 minutes ago

Not a fantastic take imo. CP3 was one of the last true point guards, as such he was more quarterback of the offense than “clear first option”. His greatness comes from a different era of how his position was played.

99Sold

1 | 3 minutes ago

Doesn’t really matter how you define it. He never made it past the 2nd round as the clear best player on his team

mentyaf

1 | 13 minutes ago

Well…yeah? One is one of the greatest PG’s ever who consistently elevated his teams and one is one of the greatest scorers ever who, while seeing some success, wasn’t exactly known for elevating his teams lol.

rawspeghetti | Celtics

1 | 18 minutes ago

Considering the injuries that took his burst and the bad luck he’s had in the playoffs, we probably saw one of the worst possible versions of CP3’s career

BigPapaLegba | 76ers

1 | 15 minutes ago

This doesn’t feel like a controversial take to me

guitarpatch

1 | 15 minutes ago

Every modern dribble on the perimeter is an extension from Iverson and what was allowed from that point forward. One of the most influential players in the game

jcampo13 | 76ers

1 | 15 minutes ago

I’m a Sixers fan but I can be objective here. Chris Paul is on a substantially higher tier than AI. I don’t even think they are all that comparable.

Chris Paul is one of the greatest retired players ever to not win a ring. Off the top of my head he’s only really clearly behind Malone and Barkley imo.

FreshSqueezedChode

1 | 10 minutes ago

Yeah

ScumxSavage

1 | 9 minutes ago

I think A.I is more “ talented “

Like .. he’d murder cp3 1v1

BUT .. cp3 has all the intangibles required for sustained success

It’s one of those “ who’s better / better career “ things .

joshdl405

1 | 7 minutes ago

Two different players in two different eras of the NBA. These arguments are just plain silly

lightninja987 | IND

1 | 6 minutes ago

reddit is gonna love this take

soycameron | Trail Blazers

1 | 6 minutes ago

Is this at all a debate?

Beetle919 | Hornets

1 | 17 minutes ago

AI and Tim Duncan were captains of the most embarrassing team USA of all time and avoid all the flak for it

UndercoverDimension | Heat

1 | 4 minutes ago

I give him a pass for that. He was fine, could have shot better but the team was poorly constructed.

pourovermerchant

1 | 17 minutes ago

agreed. top 5 pgs ever is magic, Steph, Isiah, cp and big O

eyf_zombay | Lakers

1 | 14 minutes ago

Water is wet

slickhomieblackboy

1 | 10 minutes ago

Analytically CP3 might be better but he ain’t take his team to the finals or win a mvp or win scoring titles. He ain’t got that dawg in him. You cant measure the intangibles 🤌🏾

Prudent-Skirt9656

1 | 4 minutes ago

The MVP is a big point he can hold over CP3 but Paul’s resume of awards is far larger than AI’s if thats what we’re measuring. Both ringless too unfortunately would have loved an AI ring and a cp3 clippers ring.

Chrispaulisgarbage | Raptors

1 | 14 minutes ago

Lowry had a better career than both

Sad_Tune5638

1 | 7 minutes ago

A championship doesn’t make Lowry’s career better.

[Road Trippin’ Show] Channing Frye says Chris Paul had a better career than Allen Iverson: “I think Allen Iverson is the one of the top three most influential players ever to play basketball. But I think if we’re looking at careers, Chris Paul’s career is better than Allen Iverson’s.”