blazza18 wrote:Jordan must really not like something at the Clippers to turn down more money as well as walk away from two top 10 players.
I think he's overrated anyway and he goes to one of the more overrated teams in the west so it's an ideal fit for me.
I think there's a lot to the whole not liking cp3 thing. I mean Paul is a great player, but there's certain things about him that can be somewhat toxic. He's undoubtedly a massive control freak on the court, that's obvious by his style of play, his insistence on being the sole decision maker. And that overly conservative, methodical approach has cost his teams in big moments on a number of occasions. He's also been majorly hesitant in letting the clips offense run through griffin even when it's been successful. Paul also came in with an attitude like "follow me, do exactly what i say, and we will win" but he came across as a taskmaster or someone who acted superior to his teammates because they were young and unproven. To be fair I think teams need a leader who can organize and bark at guys so the team can perform as one unit, but I think Paul's approach has worn thin. He's never really accomplished anything in terms of team success in his career so his insistence on doing things his way has probably gotten old. Especially considering that somehow cp3 has consistently avoided criticism for his team's failures, it's never his fault, there's always some excuse. It's either jordan can't shoot FTs, Blake isn't a great defender, wing players missed shots, etc. Paul isn't really the guy stepping up and taking blame and has at times been critical of teammates at questionable times.
At a certain point it's just like, well we haven't been able to win with the approach we're taking, and Paul isn't going to change, so time to move on, we aren't going to accomplish anything beyond what we have already.
Personally, I thought during the first round series vs SA that the clips had a chance to reinvent themselves when they started primarily running the offense through griffin, they were much more dynamic and less stagnant than when they were instead merely spamming high PnR with Paul. They looked like legitimate contenders playing that way. And that continued into the start of the Houston series. However when Paul came back they reverted and just looked like crap by comparison with everyone standing around deferring to Paul.