og15 wrote:For all the Blake haters - CP3 is crapping the bed (in very familiar fashion) against the exact same Bucks team that Blake stepped up against. This is despite all the ref help that the Suns were getting tonight.
Was anyone in this thread "hating" on Blake, who in the world are you referencing your post to?
Come on, this is even embarassing for you. Paul and Blake are in totally different roles at this point, comparing a role player and a star this way doesn't make much sense. Blake stepping up as a role player without much defensive focus is different than a past prime but still playing at star level Paul having a terrible game vs the Bucks with Holiday full court pressing him the whole game. Blake was basically playing Cam Johnson's role if you want to compare among the two teams. I know you're quite aware of this though, but willfully ignoring things is fun sometimes too.
The Nets went up 2-0 vs the Bucks, reasonable, they had HCA, they then lost a close game 3, then lost game 4 where Irving also went down for them half way through. Both teams after 4 games are in the same position, tied 2-2. Are you going to say "good job Paul he stepped up" if he plays well the rest of the series and the Suns lose? Nope, so why reference Blake vs the Bucks?
Paul was laughably bad in the game though, looking somewhat like the "I can't dribble with one hand" version of him vs the Lakers with how loose he was with his handle. Basically he would have been better off just shooting the ball every time he had a turnover trying while to make a pass to someone else. Embarassing performance, especially with how well Booker did.
CP took a kid team to the Finals and earned every penny. Blake stole the Pistons' money for two years and they paid him to go away. The only place he ever led his team--Clippers or the Pistons--was to the nearest bar.
Then he latched onto a desperate Nets team and did slightly better than Austin did for the Nugs.
