I mean, there are 30 teams in the league, and half of them is not even trying to win now and if they had a First-team All-NBA level of star somehow, that star'd likely leave for a contending team. It doesn't really narrow anything much to make a list of 10. I guess Heat, Grizzlies and Cavs may be sad.
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Remembering the old times, it's kinda crazy that a guy who plays 65 games a season for 35 minutes a game - basically below 60% of the season - is leading the league in totals.
Thats probably true for a decent number of guys though.
How can "the highest in NBA" be true for a decent number of guys in NBA.
It's the same like when people constantly complain that UEFA competitions are "greedy, only money, they only want big clubs" etc., but then we have Champions League games and 99,9% of the attention is for the big clubs lol. The small clubs only exist to be the background for them. But when asked in general, they hate that "greedy UEFA" thinks like that completely unlike the fans.
Omfg, people who are the best in the world at doing something very popular are making money off it, this is so dystopian and I am such a victim that I am forced to suffer through this.
There's like a million football teams in England that don't make any money and play purely for pleasure man. If you say that "football" has gone wrong because one club is making money, then it says something mostly about what you see as football, not the actual whole football lol.
The trade was highly seen for Clippers. On Reddit, Clippers were seen as the overwhelming favorites for the 2020 NBA championship that summer. Oklahoma was expected to be 100% outside of the playoffs, usually around 12th in the conference (yes, after the Chris Paul trade).
Just saying those facts probably can make you imagine the vibe. Definitely it was not AS amazing for Clippers as people were sure then.
Some would say that the only lesson is that you cannot predict injuries, and the trade indeed was super amazing for Clippers. Kawhi Leonard had injury issues, but seemed to have just proven that if he goes to a good team where he can rest for half of the games, he's amazing. And Paul George had played almost all games in the previous 4 years.
Reactions for the Thunder's haul were very mixed. "Trade grades" from A to D. I was pretty high on Shai (now I'm a bit less), but most people were not so high. Some people expected better players for one of the league's best in George. Gallinari was also a very controversial player, some said he was great... some not. Trade picks were called a great get by majority, but few others said that picks that far (again, Clippers were expected to be 1st for many seasons) were not of great value. This one is still midway - so far, Thunder got Tre Mann at 18th, Jaylen Williams at 12th, and they still have two more picks from that trade in 2024 and 2026, there is also a swap possibility in 2025, so it's still a bit abstract to say exactly what they got back for Paul George. Overall I think most people said that OKC got a good get considering the situation, and that it was a very nice deal of the standard "present for future" type.