Let us presume that Chris Paul has a decent couple of regular seasons left, doesn't go far in the playoffs, and retires. How would you then describe his career?
Referring to topic shared by Eric, the popularity of NBA players among not basketball fans, I’d like to give to You a significative example.
During the Finals I found out, thanks a picture, that here in Italy, not so far from my city, it was possible to purchase the celebrative t-shirt of Dubs win of 2016 ( yes, You read well).
Italian mostly follow soccer, few are fans of Italian basketball league, and less of Nba, therefore it was the perfect market where it was possible to sell (I’d rather preferred to burn them, it was really a bad signs, despite I’m not superstitious).
Likely on 2028 here it will possible to buy the green shirts of C’s victory of 2022…😂
“Best player in the game” is precisely as vaguely defined as “Honorary Warriors For Life”, so I won’t get into that but the whole “household name” discussion gave me a new perspective.
In my opinion, each NBA era gets defined by its household name players (and there are only really one or two per era), at least since the 80s. Yes, for NBA nerds, we can dice it fine or asterisk this or that, but for most people it’s:
1980s roughly: Bird and Magic era
1990s: Jordan era
2000s: Kobe and Shaq era
And in the future, this time will be remembered as
2010s: LeBron and Steph era (or Steph and LeBron era)
Which is pretty f’ing amazing considering a few years back we were just grateful his ankle was holding up and annoyed that David Lee got the 2013 All-Star appearance over him
Any legs to the observation Stephen A Smith made this morning about hearing from “too many people” that Jonathan Kuminga lacks focus and discipline in terms of the way he carries himself off court? I’m going to be honest I have no clue what exactly SAS is referencing. Is it his preparation? Is it his lifestyle?
I had a dream that the Warriors were doing badly in a series until unexpectedly Pau gasol came back from injury and they started kicking ass. Upon awakening, I am wondering how much of an asset he really would be. Peak Pau was a great scorer around the rim, and was always a good passer; but he never played the modern game. I don’t know how good he’d be in the Warriors pace and space system, and I know that he would get exposed on defense trying to defend on the perimeter off of switches. What do you think? [Edited to add: Prime Pau, not at current age.]
https://theathletic.com/3536939/2022/08/24/jazz-lakers-patrick-beverley-trade?source=user-shared-article
Ugh
When do the Warriors go to the White House?
Let us presume that Chris Paul has a decent couple of regular seasons left, doesn't go far in the playoffs, and retires. How would you then describe his career?
Referring to topic shared by Eric, the popularity of NBA players among not basketball fans, I’d like to give to You a significative example.
During the Finals I found out, thanks a picture, that here in Italy, not so far from my city, it was possible to purchase the celebrative t-shirt of Dubs win of 2016 ( yes, You read well).
Italian mostly follow soccer, few are fans of Italian basketball league, and less of Nba, therefore it was the perfect market where it was possible to sell (I’d rather preferred to burn them, it was really a bad signs, despite I’m not superstitious).
Likely on 2028 here it will possible to buy the green shirts of C’s victory of 2022…😂
“Best player in the game” is precisely as vaguely defined as “Honorary Warriors For Life”, so I won’t get into that but the whole “household name” discussion gave me a new perspective.
In my opinion, each NBA era gets defined by its household name players (and there are only really one or two per era), at least since the 80s. Yes, for NBA nerds, we can dice it fine or asterisk this or that, but for most people it’s:
1980s roughly: Bird and Magic era
1990s: Jordan era
2000s: Kobe and Shaq era
And in the future, this time will be remembered as
2010s: LeBron and Steph era (or Steph and LeBron era)
Which is pretty f’ing amazing considering a few years back we were just grateful his ankle was holding up and annoyed that David Lee got the 2013 All-Star appearance over him
Amen: https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/why-cant-steph-curry-be-nbas-best-player-after-warriors-latest-title
Any legs to the observation Stephen A Smith made this morning about hearing from “too many people” that Jonathan Kuminga lacks focus and discipline in terms of the way he carries himself off court? I’m going to be honest I have no clue what exactly SAS is referencing. Is it his preparation? Is it his lifestyle?
Current thing on NBA Twitter is to ask non-fans to name 5 NBA players. Idea is to see who is REALLY a "household name".
After viewing the evidence I can safely say the only current players who qualify are Steph and LeBron, period.
With honorable mention for players like Booker and Tristan Thompson who have dated and optionally cheated on Kardashians.
https://twitter.com/DragonflyJonez/status/1561799043856343040?s=20&t=68bEUbhEzF5_cCYHF51r0g
https://twitter.com/YungFeeny/status/1562061618921541637?s=20&t=68bEUbhEzF5_cCYHF51r0g
KD needs to be booed each and every time he steps on the court in NJ.
I had a dream that the Warriors were doing badly in a series until unexpectedly Pau gasol came back from injury and they started kicking ass. Upon awakening, I am wondering how much of an asset he really would be. Peak Pau was a great scorer around the rim, and was always a good passer; but he never played the modern game. I don’t know how good he’d be in the Warriors pace and space system, and I know that he would get exposed on defense trying to defend on the perimeter off of switches. What do you think? [Edited to add: Prime Pau, not at current age.]
lol KD