It's early, but anyone else skeptical about Harden + CP3?

That is a reasonable position. We have seen a very limited sample with Paul and Harden out there together.

I have seen a full game extra having gone to Harden's charity game and they seemed to play well off of each other in that situation.

The bigger issue then was Capela not being ready for sneaky CP passes.

 

Did you tag me then change it to mathloom? Lol

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I don't know why people keep wanting all these cutters and movement going on. That's not conducive to MDAs offense. When you have a lot of cutting and movement you clog up the lane for drives. And let's be honest, the guys that will be cutting are not good finishers in the paint so why take the ball out of Harden and Paul's hand to give it to them to finish or make a play? We have shooters on the floor for a reason. It opens the floor and creates driving lanes for harden or paul (two great finishers and playmakers). Just give CP a lil time to adjust. When he gets it rolling we will look very good. Two games in and you already have "analyst" and some fans crying it wont work, Paul is not being utilized correctly he is just standing in the corner, blah blah blah... "yule c"..

 

What reason do we have to worry other than fear of the unknown?

That is what this thread seems to be predicated on:

"I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know if it will turn out ok"

What I have seen is CP being able to quarterback the defense from the PG position something Bev could never accomplish.

I also saw a player who helped keep turnovers low

Finally I saw a player who forced the defense to account for him whether or not he was putting the ball through the hoop.

These are all crucial to our success whether or not Harden runs off 3 screens with CP on the court.

 

No doubt you're right. I would like to see a backup PG playing in a semi-Bev role, to give CP3 rest whenever it's needed.

 

people are taking way too much from that GS game

it was CP3’s THIRD GAME with Harden against an NBA team...

also, CP3 was hobbled, D’antoni said he was playing on 1 leg...he wasn’t even able to finish the game...

It shouldn’t be some surprise that he was in the corner a lot when he was on the court with Harden. Did y’all want him to overexert himself in the 1st game of the season? CP3 clearly wasn’t at 100%, so he let Harden do his thing and run the show while he tried his best to carry the bench units. This is why he came here. The same way we always talk about CP3 taking pressure off of Harden also applies to Harden taking pressure off of CP3. That GS game was 1 example of that.

Building chemistry takes time. We’ve got people borderline panicking after 3 games.

 

Yeah that's true. Warriors do a lot of movement because they are good at that. Harden and CP3 are good at being on the ball.

And what's so bad about standing in the corner? That's the best 3pt shot, and both Chris and James know how to find corner shooters.

That said, I did expect some more layers from D'Antoni and more off ball movement from Harden

 

I thought OKC looked like doo-doo for most of the night last night. Carmelo chucking long twos keeping the ball away from Westbrook. It just so happen that they were playing the KNICKS.

I am not worried IN THE SLIGHTEST about OKC. Our offensive, efficiency machine and new defense will destroy that team.

 

"It's early, but anyone else skeptical about Harden + CP3?"

No.

 

I mean...I'm skeptical until I see it work, but all signs point to it working.

 

No one is forcing you to stick around.

 

There is hyper sensitivity to criticism right now.

I don't think it's a perfectly natural fit, but neither is ball stopping Durant in GSW.

I wonder if we'll ever see Harden in the corner? CP3 hitting him with a pass would be an easy shots for him

 

Well since we got Harden we have averaged 50 plus wins a season. Been to the WCF's once. Semis once and the playoffs every year. That is more wins and playoff wins then the Yao and tracy years. But somehow it's been a failure. lol.I guess we should have been happy with the tanking mode the Rockets were about to embark on in 2012 when they signed Lin to be there main guy at the time when Morey said he had finally convinced les to tank but it all changed when Harden fell into our lap.Hence signing lin was a good cover to tank considering his skill level.

 

Ooooohhhh....two whole years. rookie.

 

lol burned only for two years but apparently a fan for 15 years. hmmmmm something doesn't sound right

 

Paul vs. Warriors: 11 Assists -- 1 TOV

That's a +10 Assists to Turnover difference in case you're not good at math.

Do you guys know how many times Beverley had a +10 A:T difference in a game last season? 0

Do you guys know how many times Beverley has had a +10 A:T difference in a game over his entire career? 1

The Paul/Harden dynamic will take time to really get going. But I think it's a little silly how everyone is focusing on just CP3's points as an indication that he didn't make a positive impact on offense.

Turnovers have been an achilles heel for this offense under D'Antoni. CP3 is historically good at not turning it over, and he showed it in game 1 vs. one of the best defenses out there.

I'm not worried a bit outside of his health. The shots will fall, and he showed off the rest of his game vs. GS.