Paul is out of tune with this Clippers team, which is firmly marked by Harden.

To be honest, Paul's current situation and use are rather embarrassing. If he wants to shine elsewhere, he should be allowed to do so. Now they are delaying each other.

At present, Paul is incompatible with this Clippers. The current Clippers are firmly imprinted by Harden, and their style is all Harden's. However, Paul has his own set of basketball logic, while the Clippers players are all prepared for Harden. Therefore, combined with Paul's own degradation, Paul will make people feel very useless on the court. But in fact, if you change players on a different team, Paul can actually be better than the Clippers.

The reason why Paul and Harden were successful in the Rockets was because Harden still had a strong scoring ability at that time, so they could get along with Paul. Now their scoring has seriously degraded, and they focus on organization. A team has two main attackers with distinctive styles. One side is destined to be weakened a lot. The Clippers are Harden's team, and Paul's role will only become more and more marginalized. What the Clippers need is a second-unit offensive ball-handler, not a ball-handling balancer like Paul.

On the Clippers, Harden is the only one who can break through with the ball. In addition to Jones Jr., he can only catch the ball and make a jump. The others do not have strong breakthrough capabilities to cause damage. It’s difficult now.

Paul is definitely old, but what role is he playing now? He is just a substitute, and due to the employment of the Clippers, Paul's playing time is less. So what do you expect Paul to do in these times?

If these are the jobs the Clippers are giving Paul now, then I don’t think Paul is doing anything bad. The Clippers’ current tactics do not arrange any work for Paul. Paul has basically no work in the transition period. Once he passes the top of the arc, he retreats 45 degrees or to the bottom corner, and the tactics basically cannot go there. During this period, Harden may be on the court to control, and Collins, Dunn, and Luo will be the points to digest the ball. The tactics are arranged in this way and Paul can play very few points.

In addition to these, Paul has less time alone, and the Clippers' pick-and-roll initiative is really low. I don't know if it's because he doesn't practice it or what, but Paul has always liked to use the pick-and-roll as an initiator. This contradiction leads to constipation in some rounds and no tacit understanding, so what Paul can do in his current physical condition is even more limited.

This is a question of trade-offs. Should Paul change his tactics more when he is on the court? At least try first to see if it works. At present, there is no such opportunity to take advantage of it. Let’s talk about Paul’s defense. I don’t understand why many people keep saying that Paul can’t guard this or that. This is the picture of the game I saw. On the defensive end, Paul is still completely up to standard.

Now that he is old, some situations will be passed over, but just because of these few rounds, can Paul be said to be a colander? Then many people will be a colander if they stare at these. I think it is still unknown what Paul can do. At least I don't think Paul will always be used like this. The Clippers have added many new players this season and need to be adjusted in actual combat. It can be seen that many times in these games there is still not enough tacit understanding. I believe that the old players have some advantages, so we will wait and see.

I just think that many people have a bias in Paul's positioning now. Paul's job content is so much now and he shouldn't ask for too much. If you play poorly a few times, just serve as a substitute and perform poorly. It won't be too late if he fails to perform if given more opportunities.