Chris Paul Has Uncovered The Big Secret, The Clippers Problem Was That He Had The Ball Too Much10/17/2017 LBS- In clips from his new mini-documentary series for ESPN that were released on Thursday, the Houston Rockets guard criticized the culture of his old team, the LA Clippers, and also expressed displeasure with the role he played there.
“The whole thing with our team, a lot of people see the wins and losses and stuff like that, but it’s the culture of our team,” said Paul, per The Disorderly. “If you ain’t trying to contend with the Warriors then what are we doing? You know what I mean? The Warriors haven’t lost in the playoffs. If you’re not trying to contend with them what are you doing? “I had the ball in my hands way too much,” the nine-time All-Star continued about his time with the Clippers. “I’m tired of dribbling and having to do so much. I would love to be able to get on the wing and shoot the ball.” ----- And in today's chapter of revisionist history, we discuss how the Clippers basically sabotaged themselves by entrusting the their former control freak of a future HOF point guard with the outcome of too many possessions. Yeah, I know it's weird that the "author" of said chapter was the same person repeatedly demanding the ball and yelling at his teammates to get into position while dribbling the goddamn air out of it, but who am I question the legitimacy of this ridiculously retrospective literature? After all, if there's anything we learned from the long, successful stretches in which Chris Paul was injured it's that Blake Griffin was totally hesitant and not at all capable of taking command of the offense when given the opportunity. That's obviously why the puppeteer of said offense absolutely had to do what he loathed the most which - according to him - is basically whatever the fuck he wanted to? I guess? Look, I don't doubt that CP3 feels a weight off his shoulders in being able to hand the ball off to James Harden and become nothing more than an extremely dangerous, stationary shooter from time to time. That's a role he should be embracing considering his age and his usage rate over the last decade. That said, I temporarily thought my eyes would never roll back into place after reading him say that he had the ball too much like he wasn't grasping it tighter than the elementary school kid who sooner rather than later started spending recess shooting hoops by himself.
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