from that 2008 Hornets team:

-he made Tyson Chandler a threat on the pick and roll
-David West has game but with CP3 he was damn good
-stojakovic was at the end of the road but paul still got 3 pointers from dude.
-he played with morris peterson as a starting 2 guard
-his bench players were julian wright, hilton armstong, bobby jackson, and bonzi wells

I challenge you to name the starting 5 for the hornets 2011 playoff team

and the clippers roster isn't designed to exceed. Blake griffin offensive moves are poor. NBA players knows he's going to spin in the post. No good options at two guard, a center that cannot score even in pick and roll.

all the other point guards in the league have played with another top 10 player ( parker, westbrook) or enough good players to really exceed ( rose, celtics)

stack CP3's best supporting cast against any support cast of Parker, Westbrook, Rose, and Rondo and CP3 always has to do more with less