Who’s the best player on the planet? The misconception about the “All-Star Break” is that it signifies the midway point of the NBA season. In reality it is only the official, unofficial (if that makes sense) half way point of the season. By the time the All-Star game is played most NBA teams would have played between 52-55 games in a 82 game season. It doesn’t take a mathematician to recognize that 41 is half of 82 and thus the All-Star break signifies more two-thirds of the way through the season. The real (mathematically correct) midway point is well…..right now (about mid to late January). Most sports writers are probably going to wait until the All-Star weekend to give their mid-term picks for Most Valuable Player (MVP), Coach of the Year (COY), Rookie of the Year (ROY), etc. I, on the other hand, decided to dive into this yearly tradition when it should be done, when most teams have played around 41 games (yay, I know how to do math!). Let’s just dive right into it. Who a...
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