OCTOBER 21, 12:47pm: Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni has confirmed that the Rockets are being cautious with Paul, as Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle details. D’Antoni said that CP3’s return date remains up in the air, as the point guard’s injury could be day-to-day or “week-to-week.”
“We’re going to make sure it’s 100% well,” D’Antoni said. “It’s hard to put a timetable on it. If it is (a month-long absence), it is. We’re equipped to win, anyway. Obviously, we want him back as soon as he can, but we’re not going to bring him back until he’s completely healthy because we don’t want him limping or not feeling it later on.”
OCTOBER 20, 4:15pm: After a less than stellar individual performance in the Rockets’ season opening win over the Warriors, Chris Paul sat out of Houston’s second game of the season earlier this week. Now, Marc Stein of the New York Times tweets, concerns about the guard’s knee could potentially sideline the 32-year-old for as much as a month.
While Stein adds that the Rockets will officially consider their offseason trade acquisition “day-to-day” after announcing that he’ll miss the club’s home opener on Saturday with a knee contusion, it’s expected that they’ll be particularly cautious with the guard considering that they have every intention of making a long playoff run.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Rockets are bracing for a “possible 2-to-4 week stretch” without their playmaker and have inquired with various agents about adding potential point guard support in the interim.
At full health, Paul is an undisputed superstar and enough of a shot in the arm to give Houston a serious chance of making noise in the crowded Western Conference, unfortunately, the veteran has already missed over 10 games in five of his 12 NBA seasons and appears to be on pace to make it six out of 13.
Paul averaged 18.1 points and 9.2 assists per game for the Clippers last season and was brought over to the Rockets in a blockbuster offseason deal.
Oh my, so the Rockets won that season opener by a point. Also you use Rockets and Clippers interchangeably throughout this article, when Paul only plays for the Rockets now. Please correct this mess!
Chris Paul hasn’t been at full health since the Clinton administration.
Who cares. He doesn’t make them better anyways.
Lol butt sore losers who wanted Paul on their team and he didn’t go.
If James Harden is just going to keep dribbling, it just makes Chris Paul a glorified Patrick Beverly, standing in the corner watching. For them to be what they can be, Harden needs to acquieste to Chris Paul, who is by far their best player; not the other way around. Otherwise, they’re essentially a similar team to last year with slightly different defensive versatility on the wing
CP3 should’ve opted out and signed a long-term deal with the Clips… His run as an elite point guard is coming to a rapid end.
That’s a negative and that’s why they traded him when they could. With Jerry west in the FO now they don’t make those dumb decisions.