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     Saarang Kurra Bewarse Username: Saarang Post Number: 1396 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 66.25.5.81 Rating: N/A |
Simmons is back with trade value column after 3 years...very funny and interesting http://tradevalue.theringer.com/ The last time I posted an NBA Trade Value piece, the following things were still alive: the Obama presidency, Lob City, Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, Facebook’s likability, Snapchat’s upside, Netflix’s downside, Grantland and The B.S. Report, KD and Russ, Hinkie and the Process, Olympic Melo and Hoodie Melo, Duncan and Pop, Kawhi and Pop, LeBron and Kyrie, Skip and Stephen A., Bill and Jalen, Kanye and common sense, Roy Hibbert and verticality, Charles Barkley’s “Nobody can win an NBA title by shooting jumpers” theory, and, of course, a world where the words “President Trump” provoked reactions like, “Stop it, you’re on drugs,” and, “If that happens I’m moving to Canada.” Those were simpler times. We believed that LeBron had come back to Cleveland for good. We believed that Bruno Caboclo was two years away from being two years away. We believed in good shots that weren’t layups or 3s. We believed that Giannis was a human being with human flesh. We believed that Dwight Howard just needed to find the right team. We believed that the tortured Warriors would demolish their fans in the end. We believed that Father Time would eventually defeat Vince Carter. We believed that, no matter how dumb an NBA franchise might be, they’d never be dumber than the Sacramento Kings. Sure, not everything has changed. We still laugh when Knicks fans convince themselves that some A-list free agent is definitely coming. We still joke that the only creatures who could survive a nuclear holocaust are crabs, locusts, and Chris Wallace. We still enjoy when anyone pretends the NBA actually has tampering rules. We still marvel at the brilliance of Curry and Klay, wonder about AD’s ultimate ceiling, argue about LeBron versus Jordan, play the What-If Game every time someone gets injured.  |