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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 2719944, member: 1329"] Paul's stats were from that article I linked. Stats you posted are current, thank you. Accidentally used the wrong line for Zeke, his last season instead of the average, up until the turnovers which that and after were right. 2am blunder. Updated Paul playoff per game ranks among the absolute elite PGs in NBA history: Tied for 5th most points, tied for 3rd most assists, tied for 3rd most rebounds, fewest turnovers, most steals, and 2nd best shooting %. Thomas's ranks: Tied for 6th in most points, tied for 3rd most assists, tied for 3rd most rebounds, 6th fewest turnovers, tied for 2nd most steals, tied for 7th best shooting %. [B]Paul is still top 5 in every category and notably he still outperforms Isiah in literally every. single. category. [/B]But Ringggzzzz. What a terrible playoff performer. Paul doesn't have the Birds, Magics, and Jordans, specifically, but he did run into his own dynasties. His whole career has been in the supercharged West. He lost to the Spurs x2, Kobe's Lakers, Carmelo's best team, and James Harden's Houston. His other 3 losses are with him hurt or with Blake gone (and he was phenomenal in both of the series without Blake on the Clippers). Isiah clearly came through in the playoffs, though, right? Especially in the clutch? His play on the injured ankle in '88 was truly incredible. Of course he missed the icing shot in that one. And then presumably still playing hurt put up 4/12 to lose the series. Obviously that's poor luck, but time has a way of making you forget that in the 2 years before they won, he shot 42% for the 2 full playoff series they lost including the aforementioned game 7 and a 2nd game 7 in '87 with 10/28 shooting. Or the clinching game 6 of the series before in '88 where they won despite him shooting 3/11. Or 2 years before when they were eliminated and he shot 12/28 in the clinching game with 5 turnovers. Or that he shot 40% for the full series they lost the year after their titles. Or that he shot 34% the year after that for the full series they lost to the KNICKS. Paul has had some stinkers, too. But he did just have a 41 point (on only 22 shots), 10 assist, 7 rebound, 0 turnover game in a clinching game last round, which is better than any single Zeke game in the playoffs by game score. Nobody else has ever had over 40 points and 0 turnovers in playoff history. Overall, he's been better than Zeke in the playoffs. If his Joe Dumars wasn't Austin Rivers, we might not be having this conversation. [/QUOTE]

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