I grew up watching Manu and witnessed Lillard as a man.
Manu is an all time great but Lillard is a better player hands down.
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Better OFFENSIVE player sure. Meanwhile, Dame’s been a negative on defense his whole career while Manu was actually a tremendous defender for years. Was significantly better than Kobe on that end by the analytics. So if Dame’s an A on offense and a D on defense and Manu’s an A- on offense and a B+ on defense, that still leaves Manu as the better overall player.
Manu won sixth man of the year in his best statistical season. He was a good player but he was at best the third or fourth most important player on his team most nights.
Manu was a great player, but if we’re giving him credit for what he could’ve done with the green light, we need to give guys like Dame credit for what they could’ve done playing next to someone like Timmy.
Dame 100% does not belong there
Manu was a career bench guy, who played third banana on championship teams. He wasn't better than Lillard the disrespect has gotten out of hand.
By choice and strategy. He'd have started and excelled on any team
We can't just assume that his body would have held up or even his production when schemed for as the main guy. People use the same arguments against guys like Klay.
The point of those lists is to generate outrage and thus discussion and sharing. So any qualms you have with the list are a feature not a bug
Dame shouldn't have been on it either.
Shows you how stupid people are. NBA is a cool kid circlejerk
Manu has that loyalty gene that Lillard never ever had /s
Manu’s in the same class of players as Kevin McHale. Absolutely top 75 material from the bench. Indispensable