It’s midway through the 2018-19 NBA season, do you know who your league leaders are? Portland Trail Blazers fans who pore over basketball-reference.com will be pleased to see their big three of Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, and CJ McCollum are among the top 20 players in several statistical categories.
From an offensive standpoint, Dame unsurprisingly takes the cake, sitting comfortably in categories like field goals, three-pointers, and free throws made. McCollum joins him on many of these offensive lists.
But the real encouragement comes from seeing Nurkic’s name on many prominent lists.