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Deron Williams?
Deron Williams was a superstar in his prime, there was a serious debate about who was the best PG in the league, him or CP3 and Chris Paul was an MVP candidate for some time.
That debate was real quick though
It was at least 5 years at least. I’d say from 07-2012 it was a debate.
No? Just because Deron declined fast doesn't mean the debate of who was better at their prime died.
Someone debated who was better in their prime? They must be dumb as hell, because that obviously isn’t close. It only sort of made sense when CP3 was battling/coming off injuries his last 2 season in NO and D Will was at his peak his last 2 in UT, though CP3 was still better. Arguing that D Will was close outside of 09-11 would be absurd.
A ton of people did. Now it's clear who the better player is in terms of career overall but at their peak there was a debate.
It's a similar case with Duncan and Garnett. Duncan is overall is by far the better play but both at their peak there's a debate.
Gen alpha is so cute
Edit: lol look at em vote
It was a good 4-5 years, youngblood.
it was a few years of media aggregation to have something to talk about. CP3 was clearly the better player to almost everyone at the time.
That’s just blatantly untrue. Oh to be young again.
I was well into adulthood during this. I remember.
Oh that’s crazy. You were a grown person and thought the media was aggregating to prop up a Jazz player over league darling Chris Paul. That’s wild. You should look into memory care.
No they were creating discussion. Totally different point to it. It was actually more about CP3 criticism half the time for not winning more. Deron Williams just had similar stats and was clearly the next best pg for a few years. But the gap was always there.
Yeah the media always uses the UTAH JAZZ to create a media firestorm. I take it all back. Great point.
It wasnt about Utah. The Jazz were the secondary actors there. It was about hating on CP3. Even at his best Deron Williams was a tier below CP3. To compare them as similarly effective players is to be wrong on purpose to get people to watch and be mad.
Looool
Stop rewriting history with hindsight. Look at what people were saying about AD when the Lakers won in 2020. It’s easy to see it was ridiculous today, but wasn’t then. D-Will was that dude for a few years, and it’s not debatable.