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SECTION 22 - Chris Paul: The Most Overrated Point Guard Of All-Time
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 - The Myth That Chris Paul Doesn't Have Good Help
SECTION 2 - The Myth That Chris Paul is an Elite Defender
SECTION 3 - Why Chris Paul's Playoff Statistics Are Not as Impressive
SECTION 4 - Chris Paul is Not a Top 10 Point Guard of All-Time
Do u have a twitter account bro?
ReplyDeleteNo I do not. I tried twitter for like a month and then deleted my account because it wasn't for me. The 140 characters limit doesn't suit the kind of posts that I like to make.
DeleteCP3 is literally the lb for lb greatest player who ever played the game by every advanced statistical measure. you cherry picking stats doesnt support your point. i can give examples of poor performances for every player in the league.
DeleteChris Paul only has good playoff numbers because
Delete- 10 of 16 series he played are in the 1st Round
- He rarely has to face the best teams
- When he faced a 60-win team and a Finals/Title team he played poorly
Chris Paul vs 60-win and Finals/Title Teams combined (9 games)
- 16.7 PPG - 5.6 RPG - 6.7 APG - 2.2 SPG - 0.2 BPG on 39/36/80
- and 3.0 TOpg - 3.3 Fouls/game
vs 2012 Spurs and 2018 Warriors
Chris Paul vs 60-win + Finals/Title Teams combined (7 games)
- Pre-Iguodala injury
- 14.7 PPG - 5.9 RPG - 7.1 APG - 2.3 SPG - 0.3 BPG on 38/28/82
- and 3.4 TOpg - 3.1 Fouls/game
With stat-padding in 2018 WCF, too
Game 1 - 6 points on 3/3 FG in the last 80 seconds down 12+
Game 3 - 8 of 13 points, 1 of 4 assists after being down 20+ late in the 3rd quarter
- Chris Paul's 2 worst FG% in any series came in the 2012 WCSF and 2018 WCF
- Chris Paul's highest TOpg and lowest APG came in the 2012 WCSF and 2018 WCF, respectively
- The only 2 times Paul played the highest level of competition, he played trash
Kevin Johnson is nearly the same size as Chris Paul and has far more notable playoff accomplishments. So the best pound for pound argument is nonsense.
Kevin Johnson's Playoff Records
1. NBA records for most playoff runs (ppg-apg) of
- 20-8 past the 1st Round (5)
- 21-8 past the 1st Round (5)
- 20-9 past the 1st Round (5)
- 21-9 past the 1st Round (5)
- 22-8 past the 1st Round (4)
- 23-8 past the 1st Round (4)
- 22-9 past the 1st Round (4)
- 23-9 past the 1st Round (4)
- 24-8 past the 1st Round (2) - Tied with Isiah, Oscar, Westbrook
- 24-9 past the 1st Round (2)
- 22-10 past the 1st Round (2)
- 23-10 past the 1st Round (2)
- 22-11 past the 1st Round (2)
- 23-11 past the 1st Round (2)
2. Only player to average
- 22-12 or 23-12 in a playoff run past the 2nd round
3. 2nd all-time, behind Magic Johnson, in playoff runs (ppg-apg) of
- 20-10 past the 1st Round (3)
- 21-10 past the 1st Round (2)
- 21-11 past the 1st Round (2)
- 20-9 past the 2nd round (2) - Tied with Nash
- 21-9 past the 2nd round (2)
- 20-10 past the 2nd round (2) - Tied with Nash
- 21-10 past the 2nd round (2)
Chris Paul's Playoff records
1. Highest AST:TO ratio in a playoff run past the 1st round (min. 11 APG)
Other players have higher AST:TO ratios with less APG however
- Fat Lever - highest AST:TO ratio past 1st Rd (min. 3.5 APG)
- Johnny Moore - highest AST:TO ratio past 1st Rd (min. 8, 9, or 10 APG)
Before riding the coattails of James Harden, with Paul leading the 2018 Rockets in no playoff category besides fouls, Paul was tied for the most all-star teams (9) without reaching a WCF.
Chris Paul does not have the highest AST:TO ratio in the season nor playoffs. Muggsy Bogues has the highest regular season AST:TO ratio of 4.69 to 1
Nate McMillan, John Stockton, and Johnny Moore are 3 players that I know of who have higher playoff AST:TO ratios than Chris Paul.