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2749060, You listing Kahwi's accolades shifted my take on him
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Oct-22-21 11:52 PM
>Kawhi...well, almost nobody has his resume. 2 DPOYs, 2 FMVPs,
>5x all star, 3x first team, 3x first all defense, 4x all
>defense 2nd team...very very hard to leave him off. It's like
>Giannis - it's just too good of a resume to leave off, even as
>weird as it feels to include newish players.
>

I forgot he won two DPOY's for some reason. By any standard that should get him in.

I think the reason including Kahwi is odd is because 1. he's only 30 and 2. he wasn't really a 'thing' until a few years into his career. So he's only been a great for less than five years.

But then again, Giannis to me is a lock, even though he only has the one ring and is only 26. That's recency bias for you.

I looked over Worthy's stats again, to get a sense of his case to be on the list. According to them, there's a reason he's Big Game James.

I wasn't really a basketball fan when Showtime was a thing, but it was interesting to see that his scoring went up significantly in the postseason. So, between his improved performance in the playoffs, the five rings, and the Finals MVP, he does deserve to be on the list.