Slartibartfast wrote:Rerisen wrote:FWIW while I'm not convinced on Chris Paul's past or even current ceiling as measured by some statistics, I do think he'd be a relatively strong fit with Butler.
I think Rondo needs to control the ball a little *too* much to be maximized, such that it diminishes Butler, but not in a way that is maximizing the team. Jimmy is good enough to do significant playrunning every game, just not as much as a LeBron or Harden, the problem is when Jimmy has the ball, Rondo is a big liability off ball, and makes it harder for JB, which in turn makes people think Jimmy stinks as a playmaker.
Chris Paul could run the majority of your offense, let Jimmy do 25-33% of the playmaking as well (in fact I think this is what Chris Paul has needed himself!) but when Jimmy has the ball, CP3 would not be a liability due to his excellent shooting.
But how or why he would come here, other than being friends with Wade -and Wade said he's not going to recruit 'just to have a friend on the team' - is much harder to rationalize.
CP3 is actually one of the biggest control freaks in the league. He has every right to be, given his extraordinary efficiency, but he's not a guy who cedes control to others. Rondo's shooting makes things a lot harder on his talented teammates but he has a much more extensive history of co-existing with playmaking wings.
Yes...as you say, he has every right to be a control freak because he directs the offense well and is a true leader. That said, for whatever reason whether his team-mates were not good enough or he ran into bad match-ups during playoffs or injuries, his teams didn't even go to a conference final in his prime. That is not a good sign. There is a problem which is more complex than just saying he didn't have the proper cast.
Now he is older, beat-up and is not used to off-ball game. He is not going to develop or become one at this age. Look at how Wade/LeBron faded on the Heat once one of them declined. Jimmy is the younger/ascending star right now.
I am just not a fan of getting CP3 on this team. There was a time CP3 might have been great for the Bulls...4 years back as soon as Derrick tore his ACL. But, as a Bulls fan....I have had enough of 30+ stars coming to a stripped/no-talent Bulls team. They need to stop paying for past accomplishments even if he adjusts his game or so we think.
Wade didn't adjust, Pau didn't adjust. This is not a plug and play acquisition. Say the Bulls get Durant. That is a better fit and easy to integrate.
