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Originally Posted by Assani Fisher
Please name all of the 22 year olds that are top 2 in MVP voting that fell off the map(not counting injuries).
This past year he was top 5 in the entire league(and many would say he was #1).....barring injury, why would you think he'd fall off?
Because the ones who fall off outnumber the ones who keep it up. There are a BUNCH of players left who had great starts to their careers that won't be picked for a while because of either dramatic declines, injuries (of which there is reason to be concerned with Paul), or peaks that ended by 30.
Just conceding that a short PG with foot/ankle issues is worth picking above the best "pure" PG of all time (Magic is something of an anomaly) based on one great year is just nuts.
There's always a "next big thing", so many fall by the wayside. CP3, talented as he is and as great a year as he had, is a dog to end up with a career as good as Payton or Kidd, let alone Stockton.