Chris Paul’s elbow jumper is one of the deadliest shots in the NBA | Signature Shots

Chris Paul has made a career of breaking down defenses by making the right plays at the perfect times. Simply put, he's one of the greatest point guards of all time, but while everyone knows he's one of the smartest playmakers of the era, he's also an incredible shooter and his

signature

shot, the

elbow

jumper

, is an underrated masterpiece, dancing with the basketball just to throw him off balance a little. It all starts with the play. Paul was born to run the pick-and-roll, also known as the basic game of the modern NBA. Paul is a master of the pick-and-roll and as soon as a teammate sets him a screen, he becomes one of the NBA's most dangerous weapons since the league launched its player tracking system in 2013-14. , no one has been involved. in more pick-and-roll actions than Chris Paul, who has been the ball handler in more than 20,000 such actions in that time period 20,000 even though he played for several teams and coaches in that period, the coaches of three CPs have agreed to let him do his There are two main reasons why Paul is an expert in the pick-and-roll. first, he's a devastatingly great passer, he's the active leader in assists with almost 10,000 for a reason, just look at this nice bag, look at this block, Chris Paul, no one does it better, that's just not fair, but the amazing Corinne of Paul's midrange is a The second big reason he is such a good pick-and-roll player is that he loves to use a screen and sneak his way past his pursuing defender on a big dropback.

His shot chart shows that he is pretty automatic around the

elbow

s. That mid-range action, given his elite passing and shooting, defenders don't have good options and his reluctance to leave a large route to the basket open has freed Paul to launch more than 5,000

shots

of pick-and-roll actions in the last seven. He seasons gutted the modern defensive switch, yes, because he just killed it with the mid-range CP three is equally dangerous as an isolation scorer on that elbow. Check out this classic example from February 2015, when CP 3 was still on the Clippers and they were hosting the defending world champions with the Clippers in possession and clinging to a one-point lead late in the game.

He needs her to kill time and produce points. The point guard calmly dribbles near the middle of the court, communicating to reject a screen from Rob City. His teammate DeAndre Jordan then, with the shot clock winding down, Paul dribbles toward his happy spot with his right elbow. Everyone in the gym, including his defender Manu Ginobili, knows he's going to shoot when Paul gets to the elbow. Ginobili can't be tighter, but that's not a problem. Paul pushes the Argentine with his left forearm and slides the ball back with his right hand so he has all the space he needs to take down one of the most reliable 16-foot

jumper

s. of the league and freeze the game.

Just a few months later, Paul was facing those Spurs once again, this time in Game 7 of a brutal first-round series. Once again, the Clippers needed a bucket and once again Paul dribbled his way into a tough mid-range ER and sunk the series win. over the outstretched hands of Tim Duncan sending home the defending champions Paul has been terrorizing his opponents with central Rangers single-handedly from these key areas for years. Check out these two stats over the last seven seasons. He leads all NBA scorers in this area with 1,021 unassisted baskets here. That's good, but here's where it gets crazy that 79 mba players have attempted at least 500 unassisted

shots

from this area in that same time frame.

Chris has also posted top accuracy numbers by hitting an astonishing 49.5% of those shots in this area. better than Durant better than curry better than dirt In other words, CP3 is not only the most prolific unassisted scorer in this area, but he is also the most accurate when people think of the best leaders of the last decade, of course, which they are quick to point out during the curry. Nash and Dirk, but it's time to add Chris Paul to that list, folks, and if you've left him out in the past, you know it's partly for lack of flair, a lot of times you won't see what I do on SportsCenter.

Now I don't want to see any floaters, they don't want to see mid-range pull-ups, anything else like that, they want to see some dunks and some three-pointers and artists, and you know, my dad told me when I was young, you know, do your job. , you know if they appreciate you for doing your job. Paul has done his job of creating and knocking down jumpers as well as anyone and when you consider the fact that the guy is only 6 1 cp3, the stats become even more astonishing at 35 years old. Chris Paul has already built a Hall of Fame resume, but he's not done yet, and while he's never been to the NBA Finals — ask Tim Duncan on the 2014-15 Spurs — no one wants to see him in a series. of playoffs.

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