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What teams will be perennial championship contenders starting in 2-3 years? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by schwockem@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Many teams are currently in their window (Bucks, Celtics, Suns, Sixers, Nuggets, etc). Who are the teams that are still 2-3 years away, but will be championship juggernauts for years to come?

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[–] misterdave75@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Paolo scored 20 ppg in his rookie year something that last two guys before him to do were Luka and Blake Griffin. Paolo is at 19.4 right now, which is a bit below last year, but mostly that's him recovering from his first four games where he was not playing well. I'm pretty sure that was because of how Steve Kerr was using him over the summer and it took him a few games to break out of it honestly.

Take off those first four games and he's averaging 21.9 shooting 47.7 and 45.5 from 3 (yes it's true). That 3 point number is even more impressive when you consider he was at 22% after the first four games. For November he's 51.4% from 3.

Now, most guys don't actually peak and start showing top five NBA hints until their 4th year in the league. So for example Steph Curry, Kobe Bryant, Giannis, Jokic were all sub 20ppg prior to year 4. SGA did it the first time in year 3 which is faster than most. Paolo is ahead of those guys, even at 19.4 he's ahead of SGAs second year. Point is, just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.