For the first time in his profession, Chris Paul will go well with up as a Warrior this upcoming NBA season and will probably be coached by one in every of the greatest in five-time champion Steve Kerr.
Kerr and Paul met up for the first time since the commerce throughout Summer League in Las Vegas and Kerr had an necessary message for the 18-season veteran proper off the bat.
“I watched Steph [Curry] and Chris work out together,” Kerr mentioned on NBA Today. “We’ve talked about our team. One of the things I told Chris was, we have to be more controlled this year. Last year, we were number 29 in the league in turnovers, in other words, second worst in the league, but we had the fastest pace in the league. That’s not a great combination. And one of the things I love about Chris is that he controls games. And, so I told him we need his ability to control the game at key times for us and he knows he’s going to adapt to some of the stuff we do. Especially when he’s playing with Steph, throwing the ball ahead, playing with a little more pace.”
Draymond Green has been closely relied upon as the Warriors facilitator in the previous however it wanted a shake-up after the shortcomings of final season.
So together with taking strain off Curry, Kerr thinks that Paul can even have the ability to be coordinate for Steph and Klay.
“So I kind of like the idea of finding a better balance this year and being more under control, but still being, you know, really lethal offensively,” Kerr mentioned. “And then of course, you know what Chris does in pick and roll and his midrange game, he always gives you a chance in every possession to get a good shot. And he’s, you know, one of the great point guards of all time. So we’re lucky to have him.”
No doubt Kerr and Paul have had a really totally different relationship over the years to what they’ve now.
The Dubs and Paul had been fierce rivals, particularly throughout Paul’s Rockets period the place Paul remembers the franchise played the entire season to prepare for one group – the Warriors after all.
But earlier than then, CP3’s Clippers group beat the Warriors 4-3 in the first spherical of the 2014 Western Conference Finals.
“You know, one of the funny things about this league is that you compete against people and especially if you see someone in the playoffs, over and over again like we did with Chris in Houston,” Kerr mentioned. “And then hastily you’re teammates otherwise you’re teaching somebody and also you giggle at moments like this the place, you recognize, you’re at one another’s throats for a lot of your profession.
“It jogged my memory a bit little bit of after I performed. Reggie Miller and I performed in opposition to one another in school after which the professionals as effectively. I used to hate Reggie. And then we turned broadcast companions and have become nice pals.
“I feel like that’s kind of how it’s going to be with Chris. We’ve all hated him, you know, because we were competing and he was so good. And now that’s our guy and we love him.”
Only will time will inform how useful CP3 will probably be in the Bay this upcoming NBA season.
