This season's Suns have so far won 5 wins and 3 losses, ranking fourth in the West, the overall state of the team is still very stable, for them, the biggest goal of the season is to rush out of the West and strive to reach the Finals again! Since the beginning of the season, the core of the team, Booker, has played very well, averaging 33.3 minutes per game and being able to get 24.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists!
In addition to Booker, the team's most stable play this season is the veteran Chris Paul, so far this season, Paul averaged 32.6 minutes per game, can get 12.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 12.1 assists and 2.3 steals, it seems that Paul's personal offensive ability seems to have a very obvious decline. To know that averaging 12.9 points per game is the lowest value in Paul's career, even lower than his rookie season average, for Paul personally, this season may be a turning point in Paul's career!
Although his scoring average this season is a career low, his average assists per game has reached a new career high, and even in his peak seasons, he has not averaged 12 assists per game. It can be said that this season's Paul is really based on the attack of his teammates after his debut. Just like the last reversal to beat the Eagles, when the game chased points, no one on the team was able to stand up to help the team, this time Paul stepped forward and used his mid-range jumper and three-pointer to help the team get through the difficulties!
And Paul's use of the ball so far this season is the lowest in his career at 17.8%, and this season Paul's average number of shots per game is only 9.3 times, which is also a career low. These two statistics prove that Paul's playing style has slowly changed, he is more pursuing the efficiency on the field, the physical work on the field is handed over to the young people, he can perfectly connect the team on the field while ensuring his offensive efficiency, and if he can do this, he can already bring enough help to the team!
It can be said that although Paul this season's data is not the data of top stars, there is no doubt that his role on the court is the role of the All-Star, and he is also the absolute core leader of the Suns, and this season under his tandem and leadership, this Suns team is still one of the strongest teams in the West!