The media repeatedly misstates usage - usage measures shot attempts, not how long someone holds the ball
So Klay could lead the league in usage if he shot 30 times per game - this is closer to how Jordan led the league in usage - he shot the most without dominating the ball and stopping ball movement.. Expert jumpshooters like Jordan, Kobe or...
Keep in mind the teams/players theyre playing AGAINST are also way better than what MJ faced. Players are just better throughout the league in general. So that part evens out. And then you just have to look at what is Ant Man doing at 22, vs. what did MJ do at 22? And from there it's case closed.
The Wolves have a great core - a really awesome core - Ant has 2 all-defensive teammates in Gobert and McDaniels, while KAT isn't bad defensively either - he played great defense on Jokic, while averaging about 20 ppg..
So Ant has a great defensive cast and the same kind of offensive help that MJ had.. He might have a little more because guys...
What about PG for KAT?
Towns can shoot his threes while Zu plays inside. Since Zu can actually convert baskets inside the paint this already makes him a better pairing with KAT than Toodles is.
PG can give the Wolves someone who can score and free Edwards up from excess defensive attention.
Granted PG's age doesnt align great with Ant...
Exactly - ball-dominators have a massively losing record on the championship record collectively (Lebron, Magic, Luka, CP3, Harden, Westbrook, Oscar)
compared to the massively-winning record of expert jumpshooters (MJ, Curry, Kobe, Bird, Dirk, Kawhi)
And I'll give it a rest after this Finals, which will prove my thesis once and for all
In this clip MJ literally went hard right and got cut off so bad by Reggie he had no choice to go left for one dribble, immediately went back right and double pump shot it entirely with his right hand.
Maybe Luka due to assassin mentality - he isn't a "nice guy" or corny like Lebron, Magic, Oscar and other "passers".. You saw Snoop - he was like 'holy shit'... Magic and Lebron were never badass like that.. That's some Kobe or MJ shit right there.
Also, it should be noted that Lebron, Oscar, and Magic needed to form super-teams (team-up with...
You expect a big guy in his prime who is the DPOY, and has won 4 times in 7 years, to be more of a presence instead of getting torched regularly
If he didn't have all those awards people wouldn't really notice his mediocre defensive performance
Gobert was getting flambéed by Jokic in round 2, as well as in the Luka stepback gamewinner. I'm sure the rest of the Wolves didn't hold a fridge.
Defense takes a team effort against star players.
The media says that Ant needs a "pippen", but he already has one and simply cannot carry it like Jordan did
KAT played better than Pippen offensively, while the Wolves had all-defensive players Gobert and McDaniels - so Ant has his "pippen's" but just needs to learn how to carry them like MJ did.
Why do you let this account for this guy post here? Is it because traffic is so low? How many times does he repeat himself before you finally let him go?
It's true - 1987Lakers lost the main argument that ball-dominators have a MASSIVELY losing record collectively on the championship level (Magic, Lebron, Oscar, Westbrook, Harden, Luka), while expert jumpshooters have a massively winning record (MJ, Curry, Kobe, Bird, Kawhi, Dirk)
Since he lost this argument, he looks for typos or small mistakes...
You guys lose the main argument and live off typos or small, meaningless mistakes
The unrefuted point remains that Bird and other expert jumpshooters have a winning record on the championship level collectively, like Magic, Lebron, Luka, Oscar, Westbrook, Harden and other ball-dominators have massively-losing records on the championship level...
Ant has 4x DPOY in Gobert and he also has another All-Defender in McDaniels
That's more defensive help than MJ ever had... :confusedshrug:
So Ant has greater defensive help... He has 2 pippen's in Gobert and McDaniels, while also having KAT (who is a good defender and guarded Jokic well)
so there's no excuses - Ant doesn't need more help...
3ball You stand in the line just to hit a new low, you're faking a smile with the coffee to go. You tell me your life's been way off line, you're falling to pieces every time. And I don't need no carryin' on
'Becauseeeee………….
you had a bad DAY
You're taking one DOWN
You sing a sad song just to turrrrrrrn it around!
You say you don't...
He would have been had the rape controversy not existed
If you look at the timeline, the NBA was pumping him up as next Jordan and rigging series in his favor until that moment, then they abandoned him and rigged the Detroit series in favor of the Pistons. They were desperate to find the next big thing so they went all in with Lebron but it...