According to NBA insider Kendra Andrews of ESPN, being the floor general for the Golden State Warriors’ second unit will be Chris Paul’s main role, regardless if he starts or comes off the bench.
Paul started versus the Phoenix Suns on October 24 in his first regular-season game with the Warriors and finished with 14 points, six rebounds and nine assists in 34 minutes. The 12-time All-Star shot 4-of-15 from the field, 0-of-6 from beyond the arc and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line.
“I’m really excited,” Paul said after the Warriors-Suns game. “There are a lot of good things we did tonight, a lot of not great things, but the freedom — the pull-up 3s that I got a chance to shoot — when we are playing with guys that shoot it as good as Steph [Curry] and Klay [Thompson], consistently … you got a lot more space out there.”
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The Warriors lost to the Suns by a final score of 108-104. Golden State superstar Stephen Curry, who finished with 27 points, liked what he saw from Paul.
“It’s who he is as a player — understanding the momentum and how things are going, having a feel out there on the floor as a point guard to know when to keep pushing, settle it down, what play to call,” Curry said. “We all trust him to make the right decisions and the right plays. That comfortability is there now and it’s only going to get deeper.”
Draymond Green didn’t play against the Suns due to an ankle injury, so Warriors head coach Steve Kerr started the game with Paul, Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson and Kevon Looney.
“Chris is so good — the way he controls the game, hits big shots when you need them, nine assists — he gives us a different dimension,” Kerr said. “We’ll start figuring out the little nuances and actions we want to use with him. But he’s just a great player.”
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The Warriors are back in action on October 27 when they take on the Sacramento Kings.
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