The 37-year-old Paul is indeed too stable, he can get an annual salary of 30.8 million at this age, the happiest should be the sun, because Paul is really fragrant compared to the Lakers' Wei Shao. In short, Paul is a Hall of Fame-level super point guard, if you can impact a championship in his career, it is best, even if it can't be done, I believe that Paul's jianghu status is Stockton's level, and the Suns have been no. 1 in the league so far this season, the Suns have shown a strong competitiveness, Paul's mentality and performance are also the rising power of the Sun, the question is Paul will not be tired? Despite the Suns beating the 76ers 114-109 in the Feb. 9 game, was Paul really okay playing back-to-back for 42 minutes?
Suns coach Monty was asked about Paul playing back-to-back for 42 minutes, Monty said he communicated with Paul, and Paul told him that there was no problem, so Paul played back-to-back 42 minutes after playing a 34-point game, Paul's professionalism is worth affirming, he really has no problem, cutting 16 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals is too fierce, but the Suns have problems.
What's wrong with the sun? First of all, as far as Paul is concerned, he is indeed tired, in the past 3 games Paul played 32 minutes, 34 minutes and back-to-back 42 minutes, Paul's shooting rate suddenly dropped to 38.9%, personal turnovers rose to 6 consecutive times in a single game, Paul is obviously a little tired.
Secondly, the Suns want to compete for the regular season championship, and it is understandable that they choose to go all out at the moment, if the Suns want to continue to try to impact the championship, then the Suns' problem is too big, because the Warriors are already the second in the league without full strength.
At present, the Warriors have won 9 consecutive games, with a record of 41 wins and 13 losses + a win rate of 75.9% ranking second in the league, second only to the Sun's 81.5% win rate, looking at the data of the record list, the Sun is obviously dominant, in fact, the Sun is crazy to use Paul, Booker and Ayton to complete the guarantee of the record, but what about the Warriors?
Sorry, so far this season the Warriors have not played to the fullest, we should be very clear, although Wiggins is the champion and is the top salary and selected for this year's All-Star starters, but no one wants to deny it, chasing dreams is the hidden giants around the Splash Brothers, and only the combination of dream chasing + Tang Shen + Curry is the strongest lineup of the Warriors, but this season so far the Warriors' big three have only been together for 7 seconds, which shows that the Warriors really did not try their best.
Tang Shen returned from injury to find the state, even if it is, Curry also got the rotation time because of some injuries, and many times Curry also has to give way to Poole and other teammates, which shows that the Warriors can achieve the second achievement of the league, in fact, did not do their best, it is completely casual, according to the existing personnel to play the game, Curry also got a rotation during the 9 consecutive wins, on the contrary, Paul is really playing when the father is playing, back-to-back 42 minutes, Paul himself has no problem, the problem is to throw to the Suns' championship plan, If you go into the playoffs, according to the current situation of the Suns, against a team like the Warriors, the Suns do not necessarily have the advantage, because Paul's physical strength is consumed too much in the regular season.