Considering the calendar of the NBA season schedule is, it has never made a whole lot of sense (at least not to me) to use the end of the year as a chance to reminisce. The NBA "year" is only a third of the way completed by time the New Year arrives, and a whole lot can change between the end of one season and the start of the next despite both taking place in the same calendar year, so to it doesn't really make for a tidy package. For instance, how does one go about gauging the Trail Blazers' in 2019 between the team making the Western Conference Finals to end the 2018-19 season and struggling through the first few months of the 2019-20 season?
ESPN Names Lillard Fourth-Best Player Of 2019
