Deron Williams > Chris Paul

[wdleehi]

Deron Williams is to Chris Paul, what Tracy McGrady was to Kobe Bryant

well said.

actually
Deron is to CP
what Kidd is to Iverson
and I pick kidd every day of the week and 4 times on weekends

Okay. Now I'm really confused. Maybe too much exaggerating by all parties?

ok
dw is to cp
like
Pinky is to brain
like
abott to costello
like
lorel to hardy
like
randy orton to hhh
like
the rock is to stone cold
like
menudo is to metallica

this trying just to keep u Un confused 

like
Salmon is to Potatoes?
Like
Green is to potential?

exactly u get it perfectly

like
scal is to intangibles

Like
Doc is to the caveman.

(or is it"the caveman is to Doc"?  I can never remember.)

[vegas scott]

its not even close...

which is why I suspect you didn't even attempt to make an argument.

It's not even close?  Looking at how Utah is playing and the numbers William's is putting up right now, it's definitely close.  With that said, Paul is the better player, but it's really close.

[moiso]

I just read a Charley Rosen article on foxsports.com in which he compares the two players.  He thinks Williams is the better player now and he says he will certainly have a better career due to his size and strength. I'm not sure I agree with him about Williams being better now, but its interesting that a case can be made for Williams.

[Rondo_is_better]

Chris Paul dribbles the ball for 15 seconds and then either passes or shoots.

The Hornets get like 19 assists a game, and Chris Paul will get 15 of them, because he dominates the ball all game.

His stats make him look better than he really is.

So yes, Deron > Paul

[OmarSekou]

How can you not take CP3? He's pretty unstoppable on offense (he can create for himself or anyone on his team at will), has excellent decision making on both sides of the ball (that's why his team wants him to always control the ball), and has a great sense for the flow of the game.

He may be smaller and weaker, but he is also significantly quicker. Any comments that he's a me first player and has to dominate the ball to be effective are ridiculous. He doesn't have AI's mentality. He looked pretty unselfish last Summer and I'm sure he could adapt to any system.

DWill was plugged into a system he was handpicked for. He's a great player for sure, but he lacks the special quality CP3 has right now, and has accomplished less with more talent around him (Utah might be the deepest team in the league and certainly had a better system in place when both arrived).

The better player is Chris Paul. The better player for Utah might have been DWill, but he's just not playing at CP3s level right now as an individual player. Unless Utah wins some titles this shouldn't even be a discussion.

[Fafnir]

Unless Utah New Orleans wins some titles this shouldn't even be a discussion.

Neither of them has done more than the other in the playoffs, even if one had that is a poor rubric for comparing them. Championships are about the team.

I'm not sure what Chris Paul you're watching, but he does dominate the ball. That may be what his team wants and needs him to do, but it is not pretty PG play. And probably won't be championship level play. I hope you're right that when the Hornets get a talented enough team to win a title that CP3 can adapt.

The example that comes to mind is when the C's played NOs the Hornets announcers were raving about CP3's offense on a possession where he literally dribbled it around 3 picks and then took a 20 foot jump shot as the shot clock went down. Then the next two possessions he just dribbled around the perimeter for 15 seconds and took more jump shot. He made them all, but it wasn't good offense. There was zero ball movement.

[Rida]

Both are superb pgs both top 3 in the NBA in my opinion.

But Deron is not better than CP3.

[Fan from VT]

Again, the two are just on a different scale. Both are very good, but Paul is entering the discussion for best in the league and best point guard ever; Williams is a class below both of those.



http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-090311

[kenmaine]

Bah, I am going for it:

1. Rondo

2. CP3

3. Deron

4-99999. Everyone else

haha yes I love it! Rondo, best Point Guard in the LEAGUE!

but no really chris paul is better.

Switch #1 and #2 and I agree. I love Rondo, but Chris Paul is really the best. Williams looks a bit overrated to me in the games I've seen, but still very, very good.

[Quinn]

Bah, I am going for it:

1. Rondo

2. CP3

3. Deron

4-99999. Everyone else

haha yes I love it! Rondo, best Point Guard in the LEAGUE!

but no really chris paul is better.

Switch #1 and #2 and I agree. I love Rondo, but Chris Paul is really the best. Williams looks a bit overrated to me in the games I've seen, but still very, very good.

I guess Nash is washed up. Nash is still imo the best pg in the league, although as he's old and about to die (jk) its getting closer.

[kenmaine]

Bah, I am going for it:

1. Rondo

2. CP3

3. Deron

4-99999. Everyone else

haha yes I love it! Rondo, best Point Guard in the LEAGUE!

but no really chris paul is better.

Switch #1 and #2 and I agree. I love Rondo, but Chris Paul is really the best. Williams looks a bit overrated to me in the games I've seen, but still very, very good.

I guess Nash is washed up. Nash is still imo the best pg in the league, although as he's old and about to die (jk) its getting closer.

Well, I don't know if Nash is washed up, but he certainly looks like it when they play the C's.

[hoopaddict08]

If I had to chose between the two, I would chose Williams. I've always felt that way, and it's mostly due to his size and strength. Chris Paul will give you slightly better stats, but he is a lot easier to slow down if you put a stronger defender on him than it would be to slow down Deron. I don't believe there is a big gap between the two, but after Paul and Williams there is a huge gap.

[cordobes]

Chris Paul dribbles the ball for 15 seconds and then either passes or shoots.

The Hornets get like 19 assists a game, and Chris Paul will get 15 of them, because he dominates the ball all game.

His stats make him look better than he really is.

So yes, Deron > Paul

That's a stat those who say Paul is on a different level should look: % of team assists. Although the ideal would be to watch a few games from both teams, forget the stats for a minute and understand how different are both systems - and how much that impacts the stats they put so much faith on.