It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

idk about "traditionally" or what that really means, seems like you could cherrypick cases and just lump them together however you want. I mean for one thing chris paul is so much better than steve nash was it's really not close, but even then nash's suns might make the finals in 2007 if it weren't for that amare suspension, chris paul for instance has legitimately some of the best playoff numbers of all time and has had absurdly bad injury luck both with himself and teammates, also notably has played in the western conference his whole freaking career, like if he played in the east I wonder how this whole narrative goes

I mean take a player who is maybe even more like nash - steph curry - and it hasn't exactly stopped him from dominating the league and winning a ring even before KD arrived

in conclusion I reject the premise and humbly request that chris paul slander cease

yeah steph is the exception but if the exception to guard led teams winning titles is being the best shooter of all time then that's a pretty high bar to clear

idk I mean what does it really mean to "lead" a team in 2019 when all serious contenders are composed of at least 2 superstars, paul or westbrook or nash etc would all definitely benefit from having another stud next to them but then again who wouldn't?

also I assume you mean point guard because I can think of a couple of notable guards who have led teams to titles in the past 25 years or so

nash was a better offensive player than cp3

maybe, but not by that much imo and his peak was so much shorter, and paul is one of the best defensive point guards of his generation

yeah its a tough call imo like paul was a super solid all around player for so long, but nash was really a transcendent offensive player while also being awful on D and injury prone a late bloomer etc, but he was on like 6 of the top 10 offensive trams of alltime

that real gm article is good stuff

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hate to strain my groin

The Celtics and Warriors are bad but the terribleness of the Rockets is inspiring.

Spurs keeping up with the Bucks!

Davis Bertans for MVP

cavs have beaten the sixers and rockets back 2 back watch out for the cavs baby

davis' vegan powers are activated

really letting them play in golden state. i think there were three obvious no-calls on that last possession

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...and somehow they won.

Brad has entered the “there’s more to life than basketball” stage of his (press conference) career.

Meanwhile

I was afraid to speak but today my life was threatened after I was sexually harassed, threatened and manipulated, by someone I respected, my ex boyfriend NBA player Dwight Howard, and his camp also “”catfished”” by his disrespectful ass PASTOR pic.twitter.com/n1I1fwDcUw

— Masin Elijè (@MasinElije) November 25, 2018

rolling thread for chronicling the misadventures of dwight howard, nba center

discussed here

the cursed season

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wow

lakers need to move back to minny and the wolves go to LA, only fair

Rose is good again:

Rose had the basketball world buzzing three weeks ago, when he scored a career-high 50 points in a home win against Utah on Halloween. He made 19 of 31 shots, went 4-for-7 from 3 and delivered both the go-ahead basket and the game-saving block inside the final 30 seconds.

In 11 games since that night, Rose has averaged 22.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists while shooting 55.4 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from 3.

insane

yeah last night I went and compared his numbers to his MVP season and they're really close, like he's scoring at about the same rate on better efficiency, lower usage and fewer assists but more or less having a comparable year

2011 per 36 minutes
24.1 pts, 3.9 reb, 7.4 ast, 1.0 stl, 0.6 blk, 3.3 tov, .445/.332/.858, 23.5 PER

2019 per 36 minutes
23.3 pts, 4.2 reb, 5.4 ast, 0.7 stl, 0.3 blk, 2.3 tov, .492/.478/.855, 20.5 PER

wow

Him hitting 3s has opened it all up

PER must really like assists huh

truly the most cursed possible nba season

lol

It feels suspiciously like the standings will be in chaos all season, then the Warriors will repeat as champs, then the dubs will fly apart next offseason amid acrimony and Twitter drama (except for Klay, who'll express genuine sadness over it, tweet pics of his dogs, and stay friends with everyone).

PER must really like assists huh

― ciderpress, Sunday, November 25, 2018 1:48 PM (seven minutes ago)

assists are good! his usage is also 7 points lower than that season

that makes more sense

wizards playing with some heart. such a weird team

harden with 54 (!) and 10 TOs (!!!) rn

Maybe he’ll get a triple bumble

54-8-13-3 and 11 TOs in a loss

celtics broadcast b-team play by play guy insists on calling kyrie "uncle drew" every * fucking * time

does...does he think that's his real name?

uncle drew w a nice 4x5 game

he's just a dork tbh which is fine if he's relegated to the studio show that i don't watch.

klaaaaaaay

this magic team is fun as hell. bamba/isaac/vooch is a really nice big rotation

wow KD back baby

the celtics scored a reasonable amount of points in nearly every quarter tonight im proud to announce

the jazz.... did not... again

the jazz are behaving erratically someone shd check on them

this magic team is fun as hell. bamba/isaac/vooch is a really nice big rotation

― Spottie, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 12:41 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if bamba and isaac turn out to be be good at basketball that cld be an extremely nuts frontcourt, theyre both extremely stretched out aliens even by nba standards