The Golden State Warriors have started the season 6-2 and newcomer Chris Paul is a major reason why the team has gotten off to a strong start.
“It’s figuring it out,” Paul said in an interview with Logan Murdock of The Ringer. “It’s going to be a process, but at the same time, you want to win in the process.”
Paul is averaging 8.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.8 assists for the Warriors while shooting 36.0% from the field, 13.8% from beyond the arc and 85.7% from the free-throw line. The future Hall of Famer has 62 assists and only six turnovers.
“I just think it’s a process,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. “This is how it was with Kevin (Durant), and I think this is how it’s going to be with Chris. It’s a process of the player trying to fit in with us and us urging the player to be himself.”
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Paul has started six games and come off the bench twice. The 12-time All-Star can focus on passing and playmaking with the Warriors since Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins are the primary scorers.
“He connects all the lineups,” Curry said about Paul. “He’s a gamer, a competitor, he lives and breathes basketball. And even at his age, he knows how to influence games with his brain and his IQ.”
Added Thompson: “It’s been awesome. I mean, anytime you get to play with a Hall of Famer, you got to learn a lot, and I just, it’s been a joy to play with him. It takes a lot of pressure off of Steph and our ball handlers because he’s one of the greatest to ever handle the rock.”
The Warriors have won four championships in the Curry-Thompson-Draymond Green era. Paul is one of the greatest players in NBA history, but he has zero titles. It will be fascinating to see if Paul can win his first ring with the Warriors.
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“It’s been cool, man,” Paul said. “In anything, as you get older, you learn things, you appreciate things more, and I think more than anything, we’re competitors before anything. So I’m excited to see what we all can do.”
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