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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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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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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Many sports fans get confused when they see how their favorite players from the NBA and NFL such as Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal or Tom Brady are rather… petty and sensitive to criticism. Heck, people in general tend to get upset or perplexed when successful people care so much about how others think. Welp,
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Why use championships to grade players? Is Basketball not a team sport? Are there not other variables involved in the game?
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Some of you detractors like to discredit Bron Bron’s accomplishments by saying that he plays in a weak east. You scoff at his 8 straight Finals appearances by saying it’s too easy for him. Look, I’m not trolling here. Obviously the east hasn’t been as good as the west in the last 20 years, and
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