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You should judge NBA players by 1) the impact of their strengths and weaknesses, and 2) how easy do they make it to win?. Full stop. Anything else is stupid. A shorter way to view it is “how easy is it to build a championship team with them based on their skills?” Judge Players Based
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Kevin Durant is not a top 15 player, and is barely top 20. He is unique, because many have tried to rank him high – putting him Top 10 (and there was a period of time where people wanted to put him top 5 when they thought he was going to win with the Nets).
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You should judge NBA players by 1) their strengths and weaknesses, and 2) how much help they need to win. Full stop. Anything else is stupid. To simplify it more: How easy is it to build a championship team with them, and how hard are they to stop? Judge Players Based on Their Skills and
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People often use Finals Record to judge players. Like “Jordan is 6-0 and 6-0 is better than 4-6”. While people have the right to free speech, that doesn’t mean that what they say isn’t stupid. Using Finals Record to judge players shows a lack of understanding of the game. It Rewards you for Losing Earlier
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No one realizes it yet, but the Thunder are going to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo. When you think about it for just a few seconds, it’s so obvious. The Thunder have the best package for Giannis The Bucks will want a young star and picks. The Celtics can offer Jalen Brown and Derrick White and
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a very good basketball player, but the way is officiated inflates his value and accomplishments. It’s normal for superstar players to get a good whistle. It’s normal for superstars to sometimes get away with things. But typically, superstars have a level of elite, outlier athleticism and skill that makes them undeniably the
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Owners have egos. They like drafting the franchise player themselves and looking like a genius. Joe Lacob is one of these owners. Lacob likes Kuminga. He likes him so much that he is willing to sacrifice Steph’s final years just to make Kuminga work long term. (To be more specific, it’s really because Lacob wants to
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Yes, Steph Curry is the GOAT. Yes, we know, he doesn’t have the most All-NBA teams or most rings or the most stats, but that doesn’t mean that Steph Curry can’t be called the greatest. At the end of the day, a great player isn’t defined by volume stats or accolades – it’s by their
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Kobe Bryant is a basketball legend and icon worldwide. We don’t even need to review the luster of his accomplishments – 5x NBA Championships, 2x Finals MVPs, 18 All-Stars, 9x All-Defensive teams, etc. In fact, some of Kobe’s accolades sell him short – he only has 1 MVP to his name, but many consider Kobe
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It’s funny how LeBron James, in the Eastern Conference, never lost in the 1st round (15 years). But in the western conference, he has lost in the 1st round 3x in 7 years. It’s funny how that works. It’s funny how LeBron made 8 straight Finals in the eastern conference from 2011-2018. But since going
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People have looked at the Celtics the last few years, and many have come to the silly conclusion that they can’t win with this core, and that Brown should be traded or that Tatum isn’t “that guy”. Many of these people are either A) fans of other teams who stealthily want Jaylen Brown to be
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Look at some of the guy who have won rings: Jordan, LeBron, Magic, Bird, Kobe, Shaq, Giannis, Duncan, Hakeem, Curry, Kareem, etc. They each have experienced winning championships as a number 1 option. They all have things in common. What a No. 1 Option is: Generally speaking, there are three fundamental components that make up
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