![]() So The Beard is still getting his, even while ceding some of the offensive control to Paul. So far, Harden’s game hasn’t only not suffered playing with another so-called “ball dominant” guard, it’s flourished.Īccording to The Ringer, Harden’s usage of 32.4 when Paul is on the court is only slightly less than his season average of 36 and last season’s average of 34.2. In fact, in the five games since Paul’s return, The Beard is sporting averages of 34.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 8.2 assists on 49.5 percent from the field and 46.4 percent from three. 64CGnlaInz- Trent Arnold November 28, 2017 Reminder: Chris Paul and James Harden will be just fine. Sure, his scoring this season is currently way down, but it’s only a matter of time before Paul gets his shooting legs under him (he’s hitting just 38.6 percent from the field so far this season) and when he does, we’ll surely see plenty more of the 23-point, 12-dime nights we saw last week versus the Denver Nuggets. In his past three contests, it’s been a mind-boggling 39 assists and 2 turnovers. Perhaps most impressively, Paul has 65 assists and just 7 total turnovers in his six games. Paul’s number (though an admittedly very small sample size), is currently at the highest level he’s seen in several years. He’s currently averaging 10.8 assists per game, which would be good enough to lead the NBA had he played enough games (interesting enough, Harden is the actual leader, with 9.8 dimes per game). But the Rockets are 6-0 with Paul in the lineup, including that season-opening win over the defending champion Golden State Warriors, and CP3 has been as good as advertised. I even said that one myself, silly me.īut through six total games of CP3 (five since he’s been back from injury) the Rockets are proving all sort of doubters wrong, from the outright haters all the way down to those like me who thought it would take at least just a few games. At the very least, there would be a short adjustment period. There was speculation that things might not go so great once Paul returned and started barking orders and Harden had less control over the offense. ![]() ![]() We even heard it again while the Rockets were winning when CP3 was out with a knee injury. Some even predicted (or were hoping for) a disaster in Houston. Chris Paul and his clinical style would never mesh with James Harden and his more freewheeling approach. In the lead up to the season, we heard every reason why the Houston Rockets would falter after combining two future Hall of Fame point guards together in the same back court.
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