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>Man, if you think the luck of playing with a coach more >suited to his abilities and a great supporting cast makes him >better, I'll just disagree because Paul's offenses, with so >much less talent (he has plenty, but Nash had Amare, Marion, >Barbosa, and at various points, Joe Johnson, Q Rich, Dragic as >backup, Diaw in his best years, Jason Richardson, even Shaq), >have been ranked almost as high, while his individual defense >has placed him among the ten or so best defenders most years >of his career, including this last one. And let's be real; the >team success isn't that different. Neither has made it out of >the West, even if Nash went to the next round and won a total >of 5 games in three visits. > >Nash is amazing, likely a top 5, 6, or 7 PG all-time, but he's >gotten a nice post-retirement sheen that Paul isn't afforded >yet. CP has been better, and he has played at this level (top >10 player, occasional top 2-4 player) for much longer than >Nash did. > >As for the at his best argument, Nash never had a year that >sniffs Paul's almost-MVP campaign that Kobe got in 08-09, and >Paul's had several seasons that outstrip Nash's best >statistically (and, uh, watch em. CP3 might be the smartest >player this league's seen in decades).
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
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