When you’re embedded with a team, whether as a fan, analyst, media, employee, etc., it can be hard sometimes to lift your head out of the sand and give perspective on the league as a whole. You watch 82 games of this group of players and maybe a handful of games from everyone else. Naturally, the emotions you feel for the guys who watch every night are going to be stronger — whether positive or negative — than someone casually strolling by.
Case in point: it wasn’t that long ago that there was a debate within the Mavericks community about whether or not the Mavericks should try and trade Kristaps Porzingis for Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons.