Switch Westbrook with Chris Paul, Thunder are winning the title

[DoubleClutch]

That's enough coli for me today.

MeLo was considered better than Durant by many only 3 years ago.

I'd take scoring title healthy melo over the KD I saw in these playoffs.

KD defense is solid though.

 

[DoubleClutch]

This might be the dumbest shyt Ive ever heard...

But the fukkery that would ensue with Sabo in NY playin wit Iso Melo

Melo and Sabo would be the goat nyc duo and you know it

 

[Pimp]

just as much as KD and Russell have

Kd and russ been to the finals, Western conference finals.. Chris Paul ever make it past round 2?

 

[Rigby.]

All that said Westbrook averaged more points, rebounds , and assist than Chris Paul.

You think CP3 would've had that many offense destroying and game ending turnovers/stupid ass decisions?

 

[Pimp]

You think CP3 would've had that many offense destroying and game ending turnovers/stupid ass decisions?

I think they would have lost in the 2nd round like he always does.. put westbrook on the clippers they going to the finals

 

[Rigby.]

only 3 years ago

only 3 years ago was a long ass time in the NBA breh

3 years ago LeBron was still vastly considered the greatest in the league, Steph was still a bytch but he couldn't play more than 14 games in a season, so nobody saw that he was a cocky bytch, OKC was still the young bloods in the West, the Pacers weren't imploding, the Knicks actually had the ability to make the playoffs and the Blazers were still trying to figure out how to waste one of the most talented young starting 5s in the NBA

 

[Rigby.]

I think they would have lost in the 2nd round like he always does.. put westbrook on the clippers they going to the finals

Seeing as how CP3 does make that entire team better with his precision passing, I doubt it. CP3 is probably the best floor general at the position honestly. Dude did more to get this team to the playoffs than Westbrook has done individually at any point in his career (remember when KD went down and Westbrick couldn't get the team to the playoffs at all). DeAndre would be doing even less shyt, JJ might be alright, even tho he'd probably be forced to have less plays ran for him than now. Blake would probably get less touches because Westbrook essentially only concedes to Durant because the nikka has to respect Kevin. He doesn't HAVE to respect Blake, and seeing how most of Blake's impact comes from being one of the best at his position on creating offense, he's fukked. Overall, Russ might have solid stats, but he'd probably have the team looking like a very similar team he played with, i.e the Thunder last year, where they don't go anywhere.

 

[Pimp]

Seeing as how CP3 does make that entire team better with his precision passing, I doubt it. CP3 is probably the best floor general at the position honestly. Dude did more to get this team to the playoffs than Westbrook has done individually at any point in his career (remember when KD went down and Westbrick couldn't get the team to the playoffs at all). DeAndre would be doing even less shyt, JJ might be alright, even tho he'd probably be forced to have less plays ran for him than now. Blake would probably get less touches because Westbrook essentially only concedes to Durant because the nikka has to respect Kevin. He doesn't HAVE to respect Blake, and seeing how most of Blake's impact comes from being one of the best at his position on creating offense, he's fukked. Overall, Russ might have solid stats, but he'd probably have the team looking like a very similar team he played with, i.e the Thunder last year, where they don't go anywhere.

You're saying westbrook couldn't get OKC to the playoffs without Durant? They were tied with New Orleans for 8the slot but NO had the tiebreaker.. Fun fact for the haters that use this argument. Westbrook was out for 15 games that year so OKC played 15 games without westbrook and Durant but he STILL got them tied for 8th spot. Had he played them 15 games they would have been a 5 seed.

 

[Rigby.]

You're saying westbrook couldn't get OKC to the playoffs without Durant? They were tied with New Orleans for 8the slot but NO had the tiebreaker.. Fun fact for the haters that use this argument. Westbrook was out for 15 games that year so OKC played 15 games without westbrook and Durant but he STILL got them tied for 8th spot. Had he played them 15 games they would have been a 5 seed.

Think about it like this breh, after their 71st game of the season (if I remember correctly they were in the lead for the spot), they went on to lose 7 of their 9 games. You can't allow the train to fall off the wheel during that season ending stretch breh, that's inexcusable, especially when you see NO having their best stretch of the season. If they just flipped one of those Ls, they make the playoffs, I gotta put some of that on the floor general

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Westbrook with MELO would win a title.

*logs off and goes back to sleep*

 

[DIMES]

yeah because Chris Paul is some winner

Kd and russ been to the finals, Western conference finals.. Chris Paul ever make it past round 2?

lmfaoooooo chis paul been out the first round 2 times

every single western conference team has made the conference finals since 2000 except...

hornets/pelicans and clippers

both of pauls teams

fukk that dude

westbrook already been to 3 conference finals and a finals

Top 5 point guard of alltime. Arguably #2

So, yes, Paul has been through a number of ups and downs with both the Hornets and Clippers, but he’s come very close to making the conference finals on several different instances, which is a harder task than you think:

• First, at the end of his wondrous 2007–08 season, Paul’s Hornets fell to the Spurs in seven games in a brutal second-round series. It came down to a defensive clash in Game 7, with Paul playing all 48 minutes. Paul averaged 23.7 points, 10.7 assists, 2.6 steals, and only 2.3 turnovers per game for the series, shooting 50.4 percent against the defending champs.
• The 2014 matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder may be Paul’s most memorable individual shortcoming, but it shouldn’t be considered as his alone. Yes, the end of Game 5 was not Paul’s best moment(s), and proved to be a pivotal point in the six-game series loss, but he also willed Los Angeles to a Game 1 victory (on the road) after having one of the most impressive playoff games of this generation. Following the Game 5 heartbreak, Paul’s 25 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds in Game 6 weren’t enough, and an overall strong series for Paul wasn’t enough to overcome a better, more complete Thunder team.
• The most notorious letdown is last season’s debacle against the Houston Rockets. After dethroning the 55-win Spurs with his “hamstring game” and a miraculous shot over long-time friend Tim Duncan, Paul and the Clippers had Houston in a 3–1 hole despite Paul having missed the first two games of the series to nurse his leg. The Clippers then dropped Game 5, choked Game 6 away — getting outscored 40–15 in the fourth quarter at home — and then lost Game 7 in Houston. In Games 6 and 7 combined, Paul shot 19-of-39 (48.7 percent) from the field and 16-of-17 from the foul line, with totals of 57 points, 21 assists, 12 rebounds, and only six turnovers, but once again, it’s the result that mattered most.

Over the last couple seasons under a new head coach, Paul has experienced his most exceptional years as a passer. Over his last 156 regular-season games, Paul’s accuracy has been off the charts, like a machine that rarely ever has system errors:

• 2014–15: 70.1 passes made per game, to only 1.41 bad-pass turnovers per game. 5,749 total passes with only 116 bad-pass giveaways.
• 2015–16: 61.9 passes made per game, to only 1.36 bad-pass turnovers per game. 4,579 total passes with only 101 bad-pass giveaways.

Basically, in the last two years, Paul has thrown an average of 48 passes before he commits a turnover. Most of the NBA’s current point guards are in the 30s


In his 11th season as a pro, Paul lifted his percentage from 10–16 feet (the typical mid-range area people think about) to a ridiculous 52.7 percent clip. It was miles higher than MVP Stephen Curry’s (44.7 percent), Damian Lillard’s 36.8 percent, and a lot of other prominent stars in the league today. So while he’s holding the crown as a passing luminary, Paul also should be considered for the shooting throne


damn I need to make a thread on this

 

[stepbackj34spud]

You can't win a title with CP0 pounding the ball man.

 

[joe cool]

Westbrook has energy and can get the team on the break and attack the rim, but he just doesn't make other players better or really control an offense.

 

[Pimp]

Top 5 point guard of alltime. Arguably #2

So, yes, Paul has been through a number of ups and downs with both the Hornets and Clippers, but he’s come very close to making the conference finals on several different instances, which is a harder task than you think:

• First, at the end of his wondrous 2007–08 season, Paul’s Hornets fell to the Spurs in seven games in a brutal second-round series. It came down to a defensive clash in Game 7, with Paul playing all 48 minutes. Paul averaged 23.7 points, 10.7 assists, 2.6 steals, and only 2.3 turnovers per game for the series, shooting 50.4 percent against the defending champs.
• The 2014 matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder may be Paul’s most memorable individual shortcoming, but it shouldn’t be considered as his alone. Yes, the end of Game 5 was not Paul’s best moment(s), and proved to be a pivotal point in the six-game series loss, but he also willed Los Angeles to a Game 1 victory (on the road) after having one of the most impressive playoff games of this generation. Following the Game 5 heartbreak, Paul’s 25 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds in Game 6 weren’t enough, and an overall strong series for Paul wasn’t enough to overcome a better, more complete Thunder team.
• The most notorious letdown is last season’s debacle against the Houston Rockets. After dethroning the 55-win Spurs with his “hamstring game” and a miraculous shot over long-time friend Tim Duncan, Paul and the Clippers had Houston in a 3–1 hole despite Paul having missed the first two games of the series to nurse his leg. The Clippers then dropped Game 5, choked Game 6 away — getting outscored 40–15 in the fourth quarter at home — and then lost Game 7 in Houston. In Games 6 and 7 combined, Paul shot 19-of-39 (48.7 percent) from the field and 16-of-17 from the foul line, with totals of 57 points, 21 assists, 12 rebounds, and only six turnovers, but once again, it’s the result that mattered most.

Over the last couple seasons under a new head coach, Paul has experienced his most exceptional years as a passer. Over his last 156 regular-season games, Paul’s accuracy has been off the charts, like a machine that rarely ever has system errors:

• 2014–15: 70.1 passes made per game, to only 1.41 bad-pass turnovers per game. 5,749 total passes with only 116 bad-pass giveaways.
• 2015–16: 61.9 passes made per game, to only 1.36 bad-pass turnovers per game. 4,579 total passes with only 101 bad-pass giveaways.

Basically, in the last two years, Paul has thrown an average of 48 passes before he commits a turnover. Most of the NBA’s current point guards are in the 30s


In his 11th season as a pro, Paul lifted his percentage from 10–16 feet (the typical mid-range area people think about) to a ridiculous 52.7 percent clip. It was miles higher than MVP Stephen Curry’s (44.7 percent), Damian Lillard’s 36.8 percent, and a lot of other prominent stars in the league today. So while he’s holding the crown as a passing luminary, Paul also should be considered for the shooting throne


damn I need to make a thread on this

#stillaintmakeitoutthe2ndround

 

[Pimp]

Chris Paul has 2 big men and surrounded by shooters in LA yet westbrook still average more assist than him?