Westbrook/KD- I used to say “KD is better, but Westbrook is what makes the Thunder a contender because KD can only react and WB generates”
LeBron - “he is just an athlete - in a few years he will be washed. He will never be at the Tim Duncan level”
Booker - “he’s just a big numbers on a bad team guy”
Frankly it tends to not work out the successes are Moses Malone, KG, Kobe, LeBron, and Dwight. Correct me if I’m wrong but other than those players high school players have all underperformed or washed out abnormally fast.
It’s been 2 games
I think you get more out of Wade in 2011-13 but obviously less out of Melo. I think their sheer talent still wins one ring. They get more rings if Melo stays past 2014 and Bosh doesn’t get heart clots. Bosh really unlocked himself once Wade declined.
At 28 he was an all star. 29 he was a 16 and and 10 a night. 30 and 31 he still had like 13-14 pts and 12-13 rebounds a night. At 32 he was back to 16.5 and 10. He fell off in his age 33 season (which was 15 years in). He wasn’t a superstar after 26 but he didn’t suck.
Tier 1 - Clippers (as an org), Embiid, Dame
Tier 2 - Tatum, Suns (as an org), LeBron, Paul George
Tier 3 - Luka, Mavs (as an org), Bucks (as an org), Giannis