Chris Paul and James Harden exclusive interview with Rachel Nichols | The Jump | ESPN

[@andoversandlot8491]

Harden got the please don’t ask me about choking in the postseason look on his face

[@VaddyFC]

Andover Sandlot sleep

[@zaytheguru2542]

You still think that ?

[@NevaEva11]

Gonna be the nicest duo in the league this year.

[@Ahmad-qj6ij]

Chill Russell nope Kemba and Dwight

[@kqvinhd1998]

You high? I can name you at least 5 better duos

[@cwali]

Kavin Karunathilaka Just stop. These dudes play styles match each other so well.

[@kqvinhd1998]

Warriors Fans Weren't fans 5 Years ago. Ball dominant guards that will struggle on Defense complement each other? Especially when CP3 is getting a bit old

[@Stinkmeaner-_-]

Nobody Here. L john wall and beal

[@tommychao7111]

Chris Paul the type of ninja to work out all day but still have the body of Paul pierce

[@bobndomleonardi]

big difference between this video and the one with LeBron and wade

[@cwali]

No shit

[@Dkim822078]

Polo Lean yeah it's like they're two totally different pairs 🤥

[@cwali]

Did you think maybe that one pair has been friends since 2003 and the other hasn't played an nba game yet?

[@jamais412]

Yung Afrika lol I think they just wanna get out on the court real bad they seem very serious and really want to win

[@houston8713]

lol they dont even look like they want to win

[@Ticho214]

1:55 "That was a bar." lmao

[@asher6901]

Calf Roper 😂😂Went back and Harden really just said that

[@mauricejohnson1068]

Dang bro this was 3 years ago 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@4ktkaram395]

Almost 7 now 😐

[@willychance7000]

#MyMVP

[@Nani17334]

WillyChance W

[@itscarlito9694]

WillyChance *stfu bitch Russell Westbrook is your MVP if you don't like it get out*

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

Its Carlito lol

[@igot5onit423]

That thumbnail looks like they in detention

[@mauricesanfordhunchoway9282]

redrum murder Right. 🤣🤣

[@joshloach9016]

😂😂😂

[@mariahgunn7101]

Chris seems like a good fit for this team.

[@fisherfoo2266]

Chris Paul, the Maestro, the Point God!

[@sunnyballeralert]

Longevity for cp3 is kind of impressive

[@ReeseTheComedian]

Let’s go Houston !

[@Avstinali]

Harden sleepy af

[@E7Suspect]

These guys got married over summer

[@josephjackson1183]

lol, makes you wonder is something going on...

[@jamesharden3timedpoy466]

E7Suspect and a divorce the next year 😂

[@itsyoobiiEman]

when is James harden going to grow out his hair??

[@TheCoryCChannel]

Or play defense

[@Nani17334]

TheCoryCChannel not funny

[@sovereign3351]

I thought it was funny...

[@spmrs13]

IVDestroyerzzVI Jc best way to 😍

[@TheCoryCChannel]

"he gots a job" ...and I am the one living in my moms basement...jesus christ. Stay triggered buddy. I like Harden.....I like him more than he likes playing defense though.

[@blaynebittencourt5076]

Wow cp3 looks like he hasn't aged a bit ! What a monster pg wish he could've won something with the clips but they would always get hit with the injury bug/: but hey watch out for the rockets they are on a different level with cp3 in the lineup

[@JamesJones-nj8np]

James and chrish best back court in nba

[@theheart9681]

"I dont know if it was runningv out of gas.." Well I bet you know one thing, Ginobli busted that ass

[@hamamelisintermedia2859]

TheHeart96 never forget!

[@LovePeace2025]

old manu ass just got lucky cause the world knew that james would shoot the ball cause that was the last second. y'all spurs dick sucker will be pounded this year.

[@MrStensnask]

Deadly duo

[@druniversex7223]

Look at both of there eyes they looking in the same directionso that when the interviews starts they have to read from something internet the back its not even there own words

[@omar-oj8rm]

Wow harden really helped cp3 finally make it to the western conference final.

[@rioccentric7103]

Now they are the best in the West

[@gunnyo50]

Beard boy in the house. Always impressive seeing a young nigga like Harden with a epic beard like that.

[@deejayfromapple1282]

when you get paired up with someone you don’t know to make a presentation

[@druniversex7223]

Lets be serious smart people look at this picture of harden in paul u can see that they are being mind controlled

[@patwitte4163]

LMAO

[@Frank-hv7xj]

Next exclusive interview PG & Hoodie Melo!

[@mauricesanfordhunchoway9282]

Francisco Ontiveros 💯🤣

[@farrasskicker]

lmao

[@glzen2563]

If I were to go back in time to 2012 with this video how would you react?

[@johnlove8163]

They need another roll player

[@j.27-d6o]

i really hope my nigga cp3 gets a ring before he goes out.he been workin so hard all his life and him retiring without winning one finals would be a crime

[@Hibachi1]

This video randomly popped up on my recommended 💀 crazy to see the comments from three years ago and seeing how bad they aged 😂😂

[@DaCleva1]

Rockets need somebody like deandre jordan, a big that plays defense and grabs boards, u don't have to call plays for and can run up and down.I can see harden throwing lobs to him all day.What y'all think?

[@ivorian_king33]

Da Cleva 1 clint capella?

[@jinzhang8341]

I know these are "I-thought-we-would-be-able-to-go-to-conference-final-with-Melo" faces...

[@oogiedaboss]

Jin Zhang all day bro lmfao

[@Slim-Boss]

Lol yea right. Or maybe go without melo faces 😂😂😂

[@hcc7139]

They’re doing just fine without melo’s bum ass lmao

[@farrasskicker]

@@oogiedaboss melo who? lmao

[@faiselmawari6328]

Compared to the wade and bron video this shit depressing

[@joejones6560]

What's up with the thumbs down?

[@gerrodrichardson7846]

Chris Paul is Steve Nash 2.0 he's going to get crazy assists

[@jakelee9183]

Paul in red don't look right..

[@bkngesi]

The energy is so flat here 😕 It's like they don't want to do this.

[@manugulati1105]

Houston strong

[@dallahbills5958]

Fucking dynamic duo

[@blackmario7963]

How many rockets will the Rockets pass?

[@NobodyTouchesJordan]

Chris Paul's "no help" in his playoff career 1. Having a 20+ ppg teammate in all four 2nd-round series exits (2008, 2012, 2014, 2015) 2. Had Blake Griffin lead the Clippers in scoring in each of their last three 2nd-round exits (2012, 2014, 2015) 3. Having a 22-24 ppg and 11-15 rpg teammate in 3 of his 4 series wins - proving he can't consistently win without a stacked amount of help. 4. Having teammates Blake Griffin and Deandre Jordan lead all players on both teams in PPG, RPG, BPG in each of his last 2 series wins, of 4 total series wins in his career (2014 and 2015 1st Rounds) 5. Clippers being good enough to steal a 1-1 split on the road against the 2015 Rockets without Chris Paul. Griffin averaged 30-15-9 on 52% in those 2 games without CP3 to set him up. 6. Blake Griffin shooting 66% in the 4th quarters / OT of the 2014 Playoffs. From 2001 - 2017 when shot-by-shot data is available, this is the 2nd-highest 4th/OT FG% anyone has shot in a playoff run after Dwight Howard's 68% in 2009 (minimum 40 FGA) If Chris Paul actually was anywhere near as good as his apologists claim, he easily would have easily made several WCFs with that help. And a minority of CP3 fans have the audacity to claim he's in Magic Johnson's league. Would you honestly expect a real top 5 all-time PG to never make a Conference Finals while losing to 0 Finals/Title teams and having that much help? Any true top 6-7 all-time PG, perhaps even lower, easily would have done so and some of them would make the Finals or win it all. The Rockets go as far as James Harden, not Chris Paul, takes them. If the Rockets win a series, Chris Paul will not be the best player in more than half of his career playoff series wins (Blake/Deandre led all players on both teams in PPG/RPG/BPG for 2 of his 4 series wins). The only way for the overrated Chris Paul to pass the 2nd round is to play second fiddle, he's a follower not a leader.

[@darreneverett8738]

Nobody Touches Jordan The problem is Blake was injured all the fucking time, and his team was the one who always choked not him.

[@darreneverett8738]

Nobody Touches Jordan It also takes way more than those players. You need a good bench whick they did not.

[@darreneverett8738]

And since you seem like a stat head give this article a read fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-not-chris-pauls-fault/

[@NobodyTouchesJordan]

Blake was only injured in 2016 and 2017. Players have led their teams deeper in the playoffs than CP3 while dealing with more injuries 2005 Suns Steve Nash led them to the WCF despite Joe Johnson missing more than half the 2nd round due to a broken orbital bone 2006 Suns Amare missed the entire playoffs and Raja Bell was suspended for the elimination Game 6 against the Lakers. Raja Bell also missed 2 of 6 games in the WCF against the Mavericks. Steve Nash still led both teams to back to back WCF while averaging over 20-10 in both playoff runs. This makes him the only player with Magic and Kevin Johnson to average 20-10 in multiple playoff runs lasting 3 rounds or more, despite dealing with far more injuries than CP3 That article bring little statistical evidence to prove that it's not CP3's fault. They just brought up the draft acquisitions and didn't look at any of the factual stats I posted in the original post. it doesn't mention that CP3 had - a 20+ PPG teammate in all 4 second-round exits - Blake and Deandre leading all players on both teams in PPG/RPG/BPG for 2 of his 4 series wins - CP3 had 22-24 PPG and 11-15 RPG from a teammate in 3 of his 4 single series wins - never faced a team that went on to make the Finals after beating him. 2017 1st Round vs Jazz CP3 had 2 points on 1/9 FG in the 2nd half of Game 7 CP3 had 0 points on 0/8 FG after the 11:00 mark of 3rd quarter also not mentioned by that article it removes all the evidence that shows CP3 chokes and only nitpicks at the negatives of his teammates while never mentioning their positives. It mentions that CP3 has good playoff stats, but it doesn't mention that he played 9 of 13 series in the 1st round and never faced a team that went on to make the Finals. playing almost all his series in the 1st round and never facing the best teams makes it far easier for him to put up big stats compared to true greats. Rod Strickland 1994 - 1997 Playoffs 4 of 4 series in 1st round 21.7 ppg - 5.1 rpg - 9.5 apg 2.9 TOpg - 45% FG Chris Paul 2008 - 2017 Playoffs 9 of 13 series in 1st round 21.4 ppg - 4.7 rpg - 9.4 apg 2.7 TOpg - 48% FG 1994 - 1997 Strickland faced 2 championship teams to CP3's 0 Finals/Title teams. Averaged more PPG, RPG, APG on less efficiency and slightly more TOpg. Obviously CP3 maintained his stats for a longer time so he's better, but the point is the same that it's much easier to put up big playoff stats in CP3's ideal circumstances.

[@NobodyTouchesJordan]

"and his team was the one who always choked not him." False 2008 WCSF Game 7 CP3 0 points on 0/2 FG, 1 ast to 1 TO in the last 6:50 2009 1st Round completely outplayed by Chauncey Billups 2012 WCSF CP3 - 13-4-9 on 37%, 4.5 TOpg Griffin - 21-8-2-1-2 on 47% 2014 WCSF CP3 - 2 TOs in the clutch of Game 5, fouled Westbrook on 3 outplayed by Westbrook for the series 2015 WCSF blew a 3-1 lead Gmae 6, up 13 entering the 4th quarter 4th quarter CP3 1-6 FG, 1 reb, 0 ast, 0 stl, 0 blk before a buzzer beater 3 in garbage time to make it 2-7 2017 Game 7 2 points on 1/9 FG, 4 ast to 2 TOs in the 2nd half

[@Slimsh4dy360]

point god

[@stepdaddy1400]

Chris Paul get hurt this season James Harden needs to go back to Oklahoma City to win a championship

[@nickk8852]

0:35 Damm chris paul's hair is getting kind of week ...hope he doesn't have Lebrons future...

[@lorenzoedgar6111]

This woman is just trying to piss them off lmao

[@unodos847]

LOL this so awk compared to Lebron D-wade interview

[@domb5561]

ECA CCS l

[@ChachinAKAChino]

Chris Paul has a really long neck.

[@Cali_bred89]

Littlefoot lookin ass

[@bryonj.5526]

Naw I think it's more like a small head lol

[@MrJreed1000]

y are these dudes wearing jerseys? lol....did they get dressed up for this interview?

[@hkbessieford851]

So that's what winning does to you huh? You can tell the difference between this one and the D Wade Bron one lol

[@tungyichuang2937]

Indians blew a 3-1 World Series lead, and then blew a 2-0 Division Series lead this year. Cleveland = Chokeland

[@adithya291]

"We had a really good year. Which no one expecteded" james harden @ 3:10

[@lachietaylor3310]

She asking questions like CP3 chose to go to the Rockets... he didn't choose... Clippers traded the curse to the Rockets.

[@sjchac]

He was a FA dummy. He opted out. The Rockets and Clippers agreed on a sign and trade to make it work.

[@NirodimosNeedAKing]

lol my boy harden needs to shave a lil bit of his beard to put it on cp3's head

[@Darealstreetmoney]

Hall of famers

[@raiderscat]

They losing to the Spurs

[@Ugafan247]

I wonder if James Harden keeps that big ass beard his whole career

[@scarfaace]

Why James’s arms look white 😂

[@klaycurrygoatdonkeykingdur3696]

It's the lighting

[@raheem201231]

Maybe he beaching

[@infinitknowledge7905]

"dem 🚀's is taking off" !!!

[@1986-r2c]

Two chokers!

[@wxtchmemove-x1181]

Fuck What You're Talking About ! Gtf out of here catfish and go to golden state videos

[@losmor6077]

What you think now

[@CaptinSwerv]

Harden trippin clearly Russell Westbrook basically had no help last year

[@spreadlove7761]

It's LEBRON'S FAULT for superteams...think about it, if KD never joined Warriors making them a 4 all star team...LeBron would probably 3peat

[@2handleneeds]

boi ur stupid

[@namontaylor2701]

low key he dis form a superteam in the heat

[@KAWTELENUH]

and the celtics wernt?

[@spreadlove7761]

TailorGamer 22 a superteam is now 4 all stars in their prime not 3 what is a BIG3? 😂 a BIG 3 will only make you a 2rd exit nowadays

[@BrianCheng24]

L

[@braebilly]

Chris Paul cut the beard 🤔‼️. Good or bad?

[@okcthunder270]

Billy Briscoe More like who gives a fuck? It's his beard

[@ChachinAKAChino]

Billy Briscoe He looks like E.T. the extra terrestrial

[@r237632]

To give way of harden's beard, cause harden owned having beard

[@User-jn7gf]

Woah criw paul has a mohawk and beard

[@joshuawordlaw1992]

Dang there are a lot of sad people in these comments

[@PvtJeelani1290]

Ohh hey there's Curry and Klay's sons

[@HiChrisss]

James is making me fall asleep

[@realtalkwithjordan8026]

Chris Paul need to get in shape man

[@stevesmith3579]

I wanna hear Rachel cuss😃

[@johnlove8163]

Rachel

[@Beezy844]

Why the always laughing at these photoshoots?....ain't nothin funny

[@teeray1400]

Chris Paul got a lollipop neck

[@marcpena5606]

You can tell harden still salty af about not winning mvp this team is gonna be a trainwreck

[@6sols988]

marc pena uhuh yep best record in the league total train wreck

[@jmacHtown56]

😒😒😒 A clown is someone who chokes in the 2012 NBA finals. A clown is someone who got their feelings hurt because steph curry beat him for league MVP. A clown is someone who gets benched in a playoff game and pouts while their team overcomes a 25 pt deficit without them. A clown is someone who chokes in game 6 vs spurs without Kawai Leonard then goes to the strip club afterwards to celebrate 😂😂😂😂

[@leomujica9778]

jmacHtown56 Why you mad 😂

[@wnbacoach3494]

This is the biggest W I’ve ever seen Let em know

[@lildagga2064]

Major W

[@spreadlove7761]

jmacHtown56 dang Harden smh

[@sovereign3351]

Shots fired!

[@sociallyawkward9633]

Lol they gone lose

[@armontimuzic6785]

Imagine if they had like Dirk with them 😳

[@keving199825]

I see no chemistry between these 2

[@oscarsaucedo6640]

Kevin Gonzalez stfu kevin go work at UPS

[@joshsullivan5840]

Kevin Gonzalez have you just not been paying attention at all

[@beno122196]

D

[@chrisscott1776]

CP3 made a foolish move...who told him to go to Houston

[@6sols988]

Chris Scott yh real foolish bruh

[@liammulgrew55]

Facts because he joined the team that beat him after he was up 3-1 and choked the 3-1 lead to them just to make a cakewalk to his 1st Conference Finals Appearance after Harden and the Rockets made the Conference Finals without him which is the reason why CP3 will never be in the same conversation as Harden All Time because without CP3 running to Harden's team he would only have 1 Conference Finals Appearance in his entire career All thanks to D Book and the injuries that helped him get there in 2021 💯

[@stevesuk4569]

It might just be me, but Chris Paul seems like a nice guy, very intelligent guy. But in terms of Basketball I think people give him a bit too much credit. I think the guy is overrated.

[@g..._anthony27]

👎🏼 Rachel Nichols is Terrible

[@tyreebrown7392]

Chris Paul is great but he's not that guy to get them over the top lol

[@cwali]

Tyree Brown you high

[@rickhill9297]

Uh he's a top 10 pg of all time could be top 5 1.Magic 2.Stockton 3.Oscar 4.Kidd 5.Cp3 and I mean playing like a true pg not the best at scoring but definitely one of the best at passing, handling and staying consistent with shooting and finishing doesn't have very many cold times

[@cwali]

Facts. so underrated. It's sad.

[@Angelp99]

Tyree Brown you're dumb asf, well he proving people wrong, Rockets #1 in the West and 6-0 when Chris Paul is in the lineup playing

[@6sols988]

Tyree Brown yep nd r now 51-13 so far so yh

[@AuburnFanSince2010]

I'll take the three dogs in OKC over these two chokers

[@mmmmkay7035]

So how’s that going for you?

[@Slimsh4dy360]

how's that working so far in Okc with westbrook's stat padding head ass

[@AuburnFanSince2010]

Some Kid Playoffs

[@Slim-Boss]

Russell Westbrook Fan since 2010 smh......

[@frankedmund1229]

Russell Westbrook Fan since 2010 yeah how is westbrick and the chokelahoma city thunder doimg ?

[@OGMillyMillz]

They ain’t winning shit. Mavs Nation, baby!

[@OGMillyMillz]

F5maintenance that’s not true. 😐

[@basedereh1265]

OGMillyMillz you guys gonna be the 15th seed

[@OGMillyMillz]

Russell Westbrook and your favorite player not getting a ring with PG13 and Melo.

[@andreingramakadjscrewrip7372]

OGMillyMillz Stick to the Cowboys. Mavs are straight ass.

[@wxtchmemove-x1181]

OGMillyMillz lol we shit on the mavs

[@bumsnshit4372]

Spurs still best team in texas