Chris Paul is now a Warrior and Draymond Inexperienced thinks Paul will elevate younger Jonathan Kuminga’s sport, like he did with Deandre Ayton in Phoenix.

“I’ll inform you another factor that I feel it unlocks, and I look ahead to studying this from him — I feel Chris Paul will utterly unlock Jonathan Kuminga and his progress,” Inexperienced mentioned on Podcast P with Paul George. “CP is nice with younger guys. Deandre Ayton appeared like a bust earlier than Chris got here to Phoenix.

“No disrespect however extra of a praise to CP however folks didn’t know what Deandre Ayton was gonna change into and abruptly he turned an All-Star stage participant. So, I feel what he’ll do for Jonathan Kuminga and unlocking him is large. Completely big. And I look ahead to studying that from him.”

Paul is a 12-time All-Star and skilled pass-first level guard. He is ready to confidently lead offense, which can be particularly helpful when Steph is off the court docket.

Inexperienced says now that the Dubs have Paul on their roster, it creates a spread and suppleness that wasn’t there earlier than.

“I feel he brings a few issues. Primary, I assumed final 12 months — and Steph mentioned this in his press convention, we ran out of selection and what I imply about selection is in a group you might want to have a spread,” Inexperienced mentioned. “Our group final 12 months didn’t have a wide range of methods to attain, and I feel CP provides one other factor to the menu to deal with the subject of a wide range of methods to attain.

“CP performs completely totally different than Steph, completely totally different than Klay, completely totally different than me and Jordan Poole. I additionally suppose final 12 months, Steph and I acquired break up up loads and me and Steph collectively we’re harmful. Our minutes acquired break up up a bunch as a result of our second unit couldn’t determine it in and out flip, I acquired put into the second unit to assist stabilize issues. That’s like 15 much less minutes a sport we’re collectively. Properly now, CP can anchor that unit, and I feel that could be a huge factor to serving to unlock our group once more.”

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