(I know that's shocking to everyone here lol) - and this is perhaps the most impressed I've been by him, because of the adversity of mileage/age that is on his body. 17 seasons with Ironman distance benchmarks every.single.year in the playoffs.

He's been in the Finals more than 50% of the time, which is an under-appreciated, and crazy stat. If you told a rookie superstar that you'd be in the Finals every other year for your entire ~20 years in the league - they wouldn't even believe you.

But this year - to lead the league in assists and quarterback his team with his ridiculous +/- rating and impact on the game, is just bananas. Only other player I can even think of who could redefine/optimize their game like this was Wilt (albeit not in year 17) - who also once led the league in dimes just to troll reporters who criticized him for being selfish.





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