This week, we highlight GOAT-level play from 35-year-old Stephen Curry, catnip for hoops nerds in New Orleans, unseemly player foibles and make a plea to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks ... how about a jog?
1. The varied brilliance of Stephen Curry
What a thing: a four-time champion and two-time MVP is having perhaps his greatest season as he approaches his 35th birthday.
Curry is averaging 31.4 points -- second highest of his career, about 1.5 above his unanimous MVP campaign of 2015-16. The shooting splits are straight comedy: 52% overall, 44% on 12 (!