Post#1 » by mkwest » Fri Nov 2, 2012 6:22 pm
“To see how much Bled has grown,” Paul said. “To see where his confidence went just from last year to this year, he knows nobody can mess with him . . . .”
“I love it because then I can attack from the wings,” Paul said. “I can get into the gaps and I can let Bled attack a few times and at times the defense may miss me.”
“We’re going to be scary if everybody focuses their scouting report on C.P., Blake and D.J.,” Bledsoe said. “We’re going to be scary this season.”
Waiting to get on the floor, Bledsoe says he uses the first 8 or 9 minutes of a game to scout the opposition and study his all-star teammate.
“I really just pay attention to the game and see how they’re playing Chris,” Bledsoe said. “So I know what to do when I get into the game as far as picking up the pace and slowing it down and picking my spots. I really base a lot of that off how they’re playing Chris.”
Paul laughs when he hears the speedy Bledsoe talk about slowing the pace down. Bledsoe has worked with Paul so much over the past year that he is beginning to see some of his moves in Bledsoe’s game, which is great for the young point guard but will soon become a nightmare for opposing teams this season.
“I told Bled I’m going to start copyrighting all my stuff,” Paul said. “Bled’s starting to slow down and cut back and play to the speed that I do. That’s the thing that makes him so talented. I can’t play at the speed that he plays at but he can play at the speed that I play at. He can do it all. It’s crazy.”
Arash Markazi,
ESPN Los Angeles
