Want to play a game?

November, 18, 2010
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Harper By Zach Harper
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This fun little game is courtesy of Peter Newmann of ESPN Stats and Info.
We have two players available for your selection. We'll call them Player A and Player B. Both were on teams that won 50-plus games last season. Both were on teams that made the postseason. Both currently play on teams that have another superstar on them. Both players are currently their team's second-leading scorer. And both players primarily play point guard for their teams and are high-quality defenders.

Player A vs Player B: 2010-11 Season

Player A: 23.3 PPG, 44.8 FG Pct, 5.5 RPG, 8.1 APG

Player B: 22.1 PPG, 44.6 FG Pct, 5.8 RPG, 8.9 APG

Player A is 22 years old. His birthday was Nov. 12.

Player B is 25 years old. He'll be 26 on Dec. 30.

Player A is making about $4 million this season, which is seventh-most on his team.

Player B signed a $110 million contract in the offseason and is making about $14.5 million this season.

Who would you rather have?

Player A has never been an All-Star. He has never been a scoring champion. He has never made an All-NBA team. He has never been an MVP. He has never won an Olympic gold medal.

Player B is a six-time All-Star and a two-time All-Star Game MVP. He is a former scoring champion. He is a six-time All-NBA performer. He is a two-time MVP. He won the 2008 Olympic gold medal on Team USA.

How about now?

Player A is Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Player B is LeBron James of the Miami Heat.

That is sort of a fun little game, right?

The point of this isn’t to say Russell Westbrook is better than LeBron James (unless you’re really looking for another reason to disparage the Heat; then you should have at it). It’s just funny how stats and attributes can seem so even when we take away the star names of the players.

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