Beijing time on February 7, as we all know, Paul is one of the famous point guards in the history of the NBA, no matter which team he joins, it will bring a qualitative improvement to the team, but in the Rockets of that year, he did not have a good time, and when he was a guest show in recent days, he recalled the Rockets career of that year, and said that some people do not care about winning or losing, you still need to coax him.
Paul said in an interview: "For me, it feels like playing with someone who doesn't really care about winning or losing a game, it's very difficult for me, in my first season with the Rockets, I swear with Ariza, Tucker and I argue, which is what I want to see, because it proves that they care a lot about winning or losing the game." ”
"But you know, some players you have to coax, but at the crucial moment of the game, I don't have time to coax you." Paul continued. From Paul's language, it can be seen that Paul is very angry, although Paul did not name names, but many media speculated that Paul was talking about Harden.
As far as Paul's current historical position is concerned, some of the role players in the team are not worth his coaxing, and only a star like Harden can make Paul so angry. In the first year of joining the Rockets, Paul and Harden led the team to the Western Conference Finals, but in the second year, the contradiction between Paul and Harden began to erupt.
The two had multiple arguments during the game, and during the playoffs, Paul and Harden even fought each other without passing, which eventually led to the team losing! The Rockets boss also said in an interview that Paul's four-year, $160 million contract was the largest garbage contract in NBA history, and eventually Paul was traded to the Thunder.
In addition, Paul also said that in the 2007-08 season, he was the best candidate for MVP, that season Paul averaged 23 points and 11 assists per game, was the team's assist king and steal king, but that season Kobe Got MVP, Kobe Bryant averaged 28.3 points, 6.3 boards and 5.4 assists per game. Paul said: "You look at this league, it's scoring. If you score a lot, then you have a great chance of getting an MVP. ”
Today's Paul, has been successful with the Suns, he joined the team in his first season to lead the team to the finals, this season has been two consecutive 10+ consecutive wins, the current record is at the top of the league list, and finally look forward to Paul at the end of his career, can get a championship trophy.