Chris Paul sees perfect team doesn’t exist in watching The Last Dance

Chris Paul has a veteran perspective when it comes to watching The Last Dance play out.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul has been in the NBA since 2005, and as a veteran, his perspective on happenings around the league has become more layered with each season.

Paul talked with Maverick Carter and Paul Rivera recently on WRTS: After Party, and he said watching The Last Dance has helped him see that the concept of a perfect team doesn’t exist.

“The more I watch this, you just get a chance to see that there’s no perfect team,” Paul said. “It’s so dope to see even the stories because these stories that we’re seeing now are the reason a lot of us, I know for me, why I’m in the NBA.”

Paul, a 10-time All-Star, went deeper into how he has a different perspective on what he’s learned about in the documentary because of his time in the league.

“Now, to be able to live it and to be in these locker rooms, and be in the NBA, some of this stuff is shocking because you go back and think about it as a kid,” Paul said. “But now that I’m in the league, I’m not surprised because you understand that there’s no perfect teams.”

The league is filled with champions who had a tough journey before winning their first title.

Michael Jordan lost three playoff series against the Detroit Pistons before he and the Chicago Bulls swept them during the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals; Jordan won his first championship that year, as the Bulls beat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.

LeBron James was 1-2 in his playoff career against the Boston Celtics before he and the Miami Heat dethroned them in the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals; James won his first championship in 2012, as the Heat defeated the Thunder in five games.

Champions aside, the NBA has a host of more teams that simply couldn’t ever get over the hump.

Some recent examples are the mid-to-late 2000s Phoenix Suns, along with the Los Angeles Clippers teams Paul captained during the early-to-mid 2010s.

With Paul having his level of insight, he only adds to an underrated notion that applies for any era: No team is flawless.

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