11-20-2019, 01:51 PM
I think CP3 always starts off on a good foot with his new clubs, but by the end he wears everyone down with his personality. It's just a lot, and eventually it rubs off on everyone around him and his teams become as surly and whiny and constantly aggrieved as he is. And to be fair to him, that personality has made him the player he was because it's not easy to make it in the league as a 6'1" point guard without Allen Iverson caliber raw athletic ability. He made himself a great player through a huge chip on his shoulder and force of will to a large degree. But ask yourself what is the ideal situation for that player. It's not going to be with a young group of players, and a young star, going through growing pains and finding their own way because he's going to have zero patience with it before turning into angry dad. Which is okay, I guess, if you're like Jordan and you're undoubtedly the best player on your team and everyone can defer to you because you hold their respect ... but what if you're just the 2nd, 3rd or 4th best player on the floor and constantly pulling rank on players who are better than you. It gets old and people get tired of it. That's what happened in Houston.