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#3 Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
Chris Paul needed his Suns teammates to play at a high level to get the team to the NBA Finals. The best of the bunch is two-time All-Star Devin Booker. who is having a breakout year in his first playoff appearance.
Averaging 27 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists this postseason, Booker is easily one of Paul’s best teammates, even though they’ve only played together this season.
According to Chris Paul, one of the key reasons why he joined the Suns is because of Booker, and the partnership between the two has been as seamless as things can be. In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Booker torched the Clippers for 40 points and had a triple-double with 13 rebounds and 11 assists.
This season, the sweet-shooting Booker has averaged 25.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. Though he didn’t make an All-NBA Team this year, his time should come soon.
#2 Blake Griffin (LA Clippers)
Just as Jordan enjoyed his best years with Chris Paul as his running mate, so did Blake Griffin. The Clippers were affectionately known as Lob City because of all the alley-oop dunks that Paul dished out to Griffin and Jordan throughout their time together.
Griffin was named the Rookie of the Year the season before Chris Paul arrived in LA, and the two quickly formed a point guard-power forward bond that reminded some of Utah Jazz legends John Stockton and Karl Malone. Together with Jordan, the trio reached the playoffs all six years and reached the semi-finals thrice.
The athletic Griffin averaged 21.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game with Paul around. During their heydays together, Griffin became a five-time All-Star and a four-time All-NBA Team member.
#1 James Harden (Houston Rockets)
No other teammate of Chirs Paul has ever been as good as James Harden. The Beard and CP3 played just two seasons together, but it was quite a partnership. In their first year on the same backcourt in 2018, Harden became an NBA MVP and led the league in scoring for the first time with a 30.4 points-per-game average.
Moreover, they reached the Western Conference Finals together, though they fell in seven games after Chris Paul suffered a hamstring injury in Game 5 and never returned to the court. The next year, Harden registered a career-high 36.1 points per game and was a finalist for the MVP award.
In two seasons with Paul as his teammate, Harden averaged 33.4 points, 8.1 assists, six rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.
Though this was a short-lived partnership, it was perhaps the most success Paul has ever had during his career in terms of how deep he went in the playoffs. Harden is also simply the best teammate he has ever had.
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