‘Chris Paul is a dirty player and not a leader’: Skip Bayless rips CP3 apart ahead of Game 7 vs Rockets

Samir Mehdi | 02/09/2020
Skip Bayless on Chris Paul

Skip Bayless takes a jab at Chris Paul for generating bad team chemistry with constant feuds on prior teams.

On the latest episode of Undisputed, Skip Bayless was asked, “Who is it easier to root for? Houston Rockets’s Russell Westbrook and James Harden, or Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chris Paul?”

To this, Skip replied, “I have always found it difficult to root for CP3 because too many times, wherever he’s been, he has fallen into feuds and then fallen apart with a co-star.”

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This was an obvious reference to Chris Paul’s falling out with Blake Griffin on the Los Angeles Clippers and his sour relationship with James Harden on the Houston Rockets.

Skip Bayless added on with, “He’s just hard to handle.”

Skip Bayless talks about Chris Paul taking ‘cheap shots’ at players

Shannon Sharpe kept reiterating the fact that Chris Paul is the “ultimate leader” leader but Skip quickly fires back with, “How can he be the ultimate leader if he has a career long reputation of cheap shots and dirty plays?”

This is referring the makes times Paul has done some questionable things on the court, including, striking Ben McLemore in the groin in Game 3.

Is Paul a bad locker room guy?

Though there have been several times on past teams that Chris Paul has not been the best teammate, there is no doubt that the Oklahoma City Thunder have great chemistry, largely due to the fact that Paul’s teammates trust him and think of him as their unquestionable leader.

This is very evident on the court especially with Dennis Schroder and Chris Paul.

Skip Bayless did add one positive note that, “Chris Paul’s teams have done well when he is the leader of that team, with no other co-star.”

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Samir Mehdi is a senior strategist for the NBA division at The Sportsrush. Ever since he was 13 years old, he’s been obsessed with the game of basketball. From watching Kobe Bryant’s highlights on YouTube to now, analyzing and breaking down every single game on League Pass, Samir’s passion for the game is unwavering. He's a complete basketball junkie who not only breaks down current games but also keenly watches ones from the 60s’ and 70s’ while also reading comprehensive books on the history of the league. Samir’s life revolves around basketball and he hopes that shows in his work. Aside from work, he loves to spend time in the gym and with his friends at social gatherings.

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