If I had to bet I’d say Luka, Jokic, Tatum, Giannis and Shai. Not in that order.
Zion I’d call a bit of a dark horse now but if he can be consistently healthy for a couple of years and the Pels develop then I could see it.
DidiGreglorius
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The reason is that LeBron is a much better basketball player than Kobe. But looking at your posts in this thread it seems like all you can do is run down memorized lists of awards, so of course it makes no sense to you.
To answer your question, though, teams win championships, not players. If LeBron played the same in all of those finals as in reality and his team just lost, his ranking wouldn’t change at all.
I hate to burst the Warriors hate bubble but we’re still at the stage of the season where random variation in 3 point shooting matters a lot.
- Klay — 34% on 7.5 attempts
- CP3 — 16% on 3.4 attempts
- Wiggins — 15% on 2.4 attempts
- Kuminga — 18% on 2.2 attempts
They definitely need a legit 2nd option to contend and maybe not all of these guys reach their prior heights but things aren’t gonna stay like this for them.
Current Jokic over a full season has a completely legit argument as the highest offensive peak of all time. If his current numbers hold up and Denver finishes top 2, I don’t see how you can give it to anyone else.
Two centers hasn’t worked in the NBA in like a decade. End of story.
Rookies are almost never efficient scorers and it seems like people forget that every time a mega hyped guy debuts. LeBron was 42/29/75 his rookie year.