We live in an all or nothing culture nowadays. Tune in to the latest Bill Simmons podcast on the trade deadline, and you will hear him say something to the effect of, “What’s the point? They’re not winning a title this year…” more than a half dozen times. And he’s not alone. That same rhetoric came from almost every national writer or commentator when guys like Ryan Anderson or Dwight Howard weren’t traded this past week. Apparently, if you don’t win a title, the season was pointless. By that logic, the careers of John Stockton and Karl Malone were pointless, I guess.
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