Sure it’s possible, but we also overlook just the natural fuckery in NBA games. There’s a good chance they beat someone bc Pistons have a good night and they had a bad night type of thing
RealPrinceJay
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That’s nice. Here’s a list of the best players on title teams over the last 30 years:
Jokic, Curry, Giannis, LeBron, Kawhi, KD, Duncan, Dirk, Kobe, KG, DWade, Shaq, Billups, Jordan, Olajuwon
Outside of the always outlier 04 Pistons(who may have had the greatest defense of all-time) and Chauncey Billups, every guy on this list is an MVP level player at their peak, top-25 all-time talent. You could easily argue ~8 or 9 of a top-15 all-time is in this group.
Houston has nice pieces. I like what they’re building. History shows though that there is a hard ceiling on you if you don’t have the high end talent that historically wins you championships.
Good amount of if, and all-star Sengun + one borderline star is nowhere near the top end talent of a true contender. Teams that win titles these days pretty much always have a superstar at a top-25ish all-time level of talent, and still other actual star players around them.
I like what Houston is building, but there is a level of top end talent necessary to win it all, and barring any highly unexpected development curve I don’t see that guy there at all.
I don’t see the high end talent on the rockets that would make a genuine contender
Wait, has rebounding been a complaint? His rebounding numbers are good for a guy playing PF.
Tyrese Haliburton is Steve Nash 2.0, a future MVP, and might be as good as anyone in the NBA on offense
25/4/12 on 52/46/92 splits for 68%TS on 5:1 A:TO
And it's not like he's playing heliocentrically
Stat lines like a hyper efficient 33 and 16 are becoming standard for Haliburton. He's as good of an offensive player as anyone in the entire league so far.
Amazing top 3. Chet’s already providing star level impact. Wemby could be the GOAT.
But adding to that, Ausar is that guy. He really needs a 3, but that guy is such a good basketball player
Troy Weaver and Monty Williams have made a ton of questionable decisions.
De’Aaron Fox is having an incredible start to the season and more people should be talking about it.
This wouldn't be the first time Fox has been on a hot streak from deep. He was 41%3PT through 15 games last year, and then shot 30%3PT the rest of the way. Fox has been one of my favorite players in the league for several years now, but we should be patient in making any conclusions from his 3pt shooting.
It's a great start to the year and I hope he keeps it up. In today's league I wouldn't put him at top-3 amongst even guards though. Luka, SGA, Hali all having better start to the year off the top of my head
Wemby, Ausar, Chet
3 rookies in the top 5 is insane
Also using totals instead of per game feels… fishy…
Hali should be at least 4th imo. He’s arguably having a better offensive season than Jokic(not overall as good though. Jokic contributes rebounds and is actually a better defender)