Scott noting Paul's playing time

Hornets coach likes 35 minutes for PG

Jimmy Smith-Times Picayune
On the surface, it appears that Hornets point guard Chris Paul is playing more minutes each game than Coach Byron Scott would like.

Through Sunday's games, Paul's 37.5 minutes per game rank him 16th in the league, just one-10th of a minute higher than teammate David West, who ranks 17th at 37.4 minutes a contest.

But for a self-admitted gym rat, 10 1/2 minutes of rest per game is more than enough, even though the Hornets' blowout victory Saturday night over Memphis afforded Scott the chance to rest his entire starting five all of the fourth quarter. Paul received his second-shortest workload (30:22) of the season.

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