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In The Works today: visualizing the science of rebuilding and how to sell the league short.But first, Chris Paul, LeBron James and how time will crush us all.
Legacy? We Talking About Legacy?
Last weekend, when Chris Paul slayed the Miami Heat, basketball fans the world over lined to proclaim CP3 completely, totally, and unequivocally back. This was the same peanut gallery that, since the summer months, has been bellyaching over the legacy of one LeBron James. We somehow know what we will be thinking about LeBron James years from now, but have already forgotten what Paul did two years ago.Apparently, we have no memory, not even barely even a short-term one. Yet we're capable of thinking about the big picture of history, a kind of memory that most nation-states find themselves largely immune to.
It wasn't so long ago that Paul was not only the consensus best point guard in the league, but also already on track to be one of the greats at his position. It would be one thing if he had been annihilated by injuries, rendered inactive so as to forfeit his place in the sky. Except Paul did play 45 games in 2009-10, averaging 18.7 points, 10.7 assists, and 2.1 steals. The Hornets had problems, and these weren't quite the numbers we had grown accustomed to from the perennial All-Star. Still, no one would say that Paul has resurrected his career. We had all just forgotten about him, or let infidels like Deron Williams and Rajon Rondo enter the picture.
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