Watching Chris Paul frown on the sidelines of the Suns’ playoff elimination proved he is the most overrated superstar in NBA history. All of his plaudits and honors are irrelevant. And no, this isn’t an argument about him not winning a title. There have been plenty of correctly-rated superstars who never won a ring.
Chris Paul is the most overrated superstar in NBA history because his elite trait is to try a little harder than most other players during the regular season. He’s your guy if you need to win a random game in early February. But you’re going with anyone else facing a game seven in the playoffs.
That’s because everyone tries hard in the postseason. Paul is one of the best players in the NBA during the regular season. Then the playoffs come around and CP3’s star is diminished as other superstars step their game up.
Here is a list of point guards who have been better in the NBA Playoffs than the overrated CP3 since 2010:
- Steph Curry
- Tony Parker
- Kyle Lowry
- Damian Lillard
- Kyrie Irving
- Luka Doncic
- Donovan Mitchell
- Rajon Rondo
Not all of those guys have won rings, but each one has proven to be more reliable in the postseason than Paul. He’s in that James Harden/John Wall/Russell Westbrook tier of ball dominate guards that are more effective in the regular season.
This isn’t to say he is a bad player. CP3 is a very good point guard. But one of the best to ever do it? Hardly. The best PG of this generation? Not even. And no banana boat friendships can change that fact. Seriously, if LeBron James really wanted to play with Paul, he would have made it happen.
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Instead, James opted for Dennis Schroder and Westbrook. That should tell you everything you need to know about the point guard.
Watching him misty-eyed on the Phoenix Suns bench as they were being annihilated by Dallas was confirmation of CP3’s status. The emperor has no clothes. Chris Paul was once again exposed as the most overrated superstar in NBA history.
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