Apprentice
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Since the playoffs, I've noticed everywhere that CP has caught most the flack for the Rockets early exit to the Warriors.
While I do agree Chris Paul had an underwhelming playoffs for his stature, I don't think James Harden has been properly assessed in his play during the 2019 playoffs.
Chris Paul obviously is not the same player we (clearly not the coli) grown to love, but he still is one of the higher tier point guards in the league. With CP and Harden both active, the Rockets have the highest win % in the league in the two year span they played together.
Chris Paul in the last two years in games that he played and Harden didn't, led the Rockets to an 8-5 record averaging 21.5/10.5/6.1 on about 57% TS including this 23 and 17 game at oracle vs a fully healthy Warriors squad this year. Even outplaying Harden in game 6 (although he had a bad series imo)
During the 2018-2019 season, James Harden iso'd 1280 times this season. That's 200 more times than 2006 Kobe, who had Smush Parker and Lamar Odom as his two main scoring options. It made sense for Harden to iso like this when EG, CP and Capela were missing games and the Rockets were featuring G-league players in the rotation; but when CP came back I think that style of play should have stopped.
I don't think it's fair how we say players like Kyrie, LeBron turn stars into role players but we apply to that to same narrative to other players and their situations.
Chris Paul ran the offense through isolation in select possessions as the Rockets do, even as washed as we say CP is; he's still in the upper percentile in the league in isolations along with players such as Paul George, Brad Beal and Luka Doncic
Russell Westbrook is in the 30% percentile, with the likes of Dwyane Wade, Reggie Jackson and Andrew Wiggins. In my opinion, Westbrook even at this stage of his career is still not a better offensive player than Chris Paul and he's played with some of the top wings of this generation and has had very underwhelming performances time after time. I'm confused as to why people believe with the Rockets are to any greater than they were two years ago. They won 65 games and were like a Paul injury from a Finals appearance.
If Harden was having struggles with arguably the best playmaking guard of all time who felt like James Harden wasn't doing things to become a champion, I don't see how this changes with Russ who isn't a shooter and is the most effective with the ball in his hands.
I have to ask those who think so, how are James Harden and Russell Westbrook going to work with one another?
While I do agree Chris Paul had an underwhelming playoffs for his stature, I don't think James Harden has been properly assessed in his play during the 2019 playoffs.
Chris Paul obviously is not the same player we (clearly not the coli) grown to love, but he still is one of the higher tier point guards in the league. With CP and Harden both active, the Rockets have the highest win % in the league in the two year span they played together.
Chris Paul in the last two years in games that he played and Harden didn't, led the Rockets to an 8-5 record averaging 21.5/10.5/6.1 on about 57% TS including this 23 and 17 game at oracle vs a fully healthy Warriors squad this year. Even outplaying Harden in game 6 (although he had a bad series imo)
During the 2018-2019 season, James Harden iso'd 1280 times this season. That's 200 more times than 2006 Kobe, who had Smush Parker and Lamar Odom as his two main scoring options. It made sense for Harden to iso like this when EG, CP and Capela were missing games and the Rockets were featuring G-league players in the rotation; but when CP came back I think that style of play should have stopped.
I don't think it's fair how we say players like Kyrie, LeBron turn stars into role players but we apply to that to same narrative to other players and their situations.
Chris Paul ran the offense through isolation in select possessions as the Rockets do, even as washed as we say CP is; he's still in the upper percentile in the league in isolations along with players such as Paul George, Brad Beal and Luka Doncic
Russell Westbrook is in the 30% percentile, with the likes of Dwyane Wade, Reggie Jackson and Andrew Wiggins. In my opinion, Westbrook even at this stage of his career is still not a better offensive player than Chris Paul and he's played with some of the top wings of this generation and has had very underwhelming performances time after time. I'm confused as to why people believe with the Rockets are to any greater than they were two years ago. They won 65 games and were like a Paul injury from a Finals appearance.
If Harden was having struggles with arguably the best playmaking guard of all time who felt like James Harden wasn't doing things to become a champion, I don't see how this changes with Russ who isn't a shooter and is the most effective with the ball in his hands.
I have to ask those who think so, how are James Harden and Russell Westbrook going to work with one another?
bout to cost him at least $500K a year...$2 million over the life of the contract 
