He's not going to win MVP, but I hope no one thinks Russell Westbrook is a more valuable player than Lillard anymore.
I'm with @TorturedBlazerFan. Not in regards to PG13, but in that I can't stand the way Giannis plays.
Why? He plays like a young Shaq. Bullies people inside, spins a few times, and jams in their face. And he's become a terrific playmaker for his size. Harden is the one I hate watching play. Dribbles around for 15 seconds and either flops his way to the rim or takes a stepback. It's annoying how effective he is.
Exactly--take Shaq, give him point guard skill and the ability to defend any position and you have Giannis. How is that not fun to watch?
To me, Giannis is what would be the outcome of taking rookie Lbj with rookie Hakeem the dream and smashing them into one. Neither had a great outside shot coming into the league but got better and i expect Giannis to do the same.
Probably the three most annoying NBA “stars” to me are Giannis, Simmons and Harden cant stand watching any of them...
LeBron saying he wants to trade away teammates for AD in the season is his own fault. He gets some of the blame for that horrible chemistry there. They were better last year with Julius Randle and Brook Lopez in place of LeBron. LeBron isnt the leader Dame is.
Blazers have a better record vs the east than any east team. If Bucks were in the West would they even have HCA?
Well, the Bucks are 20-9 against the West, which is a .690 winning percentage. The Warriors are currently the West's top-seed with a .684 winning percentage. That's effectively a tie. But that undersells the Bucks, since the Warriors' record includes games against the East. If you applied the Bucks' Western winning percentage to the number of games they've played against their conference (.690 x 49 = 34 wins) and their Eastern winning percentage to their number of out of conference games (.776 x 29 = 22 wins) you get 56 wins. That's 2 wins less than their current 58 and 4 wins more than the Warriors' 54. They'd have a 3 game lead on the Warriors (4 more wins and 2 less losses than the Warriors) So yeah, they'd probably have the #1 seed if they played in the West. They've been great, regardless of their schedule.
The math works, but I think we all know that's not really how it works... If they had to play in the west they would have more tough games, which means a lot of wear and tear, a harder season in general, less games they can coast through. Seeing better players more often, etc all that would add up. It's an interesting NBA year though, I think the best Milwaukee can do is 61 wins, which historically speaking isn't anything all that special. It's just that their conference falls flat after Toronto. I think there are legit questions to be asked about if Philly, Boston, or Indy would even make the playoffs out west. I dunno, the more I've thought about it, the more It's like yeah Giannis will win and I really dislike his game but he probably should win. What's crazy about the east is not only the playoff teams aren't even close to the west even the BOTTOM of the conference in the west is better, then the bottom of the east. East has two teams with under 20 wins, West has one. East has 4 teams under 30, the West has 1.
