The timeline of the first highly popular Asian player in the MLB, Ichiro, lines up exactly with that of Dirk and Yao.
There’s no significant difference there other than the NBA media making a glaring mistake, and like you said, even that mirrors the delayed acceptance of Ohtani.
The premise that the face of the NBA needs to be American is flawed.
Shohei Ohtani is the new face of the MLB and they’re gaining viewers for the first time in a while
Giannis, Luka and Jokic are perfectly fine faces of the NBA
Mitchell is eying December and February too but January feels right today
Last season Giannis (Bucks) dunked the most of any player and the Lakers dunked the most out of any team.
Two of the best players in the NBA are centers, Jokic and Embiid, but neither of them dunk that much, they’re more finesse than aggression
Maybe the dude that’s leading in advanced metrics, on/off and all 3 major counting stats
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Caste system belongs on nbacj
Is there no limit on Nikola _o_ic’s
You can check KD’s playoff 3PT shooting from around the same age as a sanity check.
Shooting ~30% from 3 for a playoff run is perfectly normal even for the best scorers.
Why exactly are the Magic going to beat out the Cavs and Pacers let alone the Bucks?
All 3 are young developing teams but the Cavs got hit way harder by injuries and the Pacers had Siakam for less then half a season and a hobbled Hali
Will be interesting to see if he can keep it up. Was somewhat unexpected that he shot so well despite the volume spike
s/o Godzilla