Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
The New York Times is reflecting on the past decade in the N.B.A., which has evolved perhaps more than any other major sports league.
The choice for the N.B.A.’s player of the decade came down to just two superstars — Stephen Curry and LeBron James.
After all, if it wasn’t Curry holding a championship trophy in recent years, the expectation was that it would be James instead. Nine of the decade’s N.B.A. finals featured at least one of them, and their teams claimed six of the championships.