Bigger Miss ?
Dallas with Jalen Brunson playing 10 mins of game 7 few years ago / not resigning him.
PHI spending $180m on Tobias Harris to so they can watch Jimmy Butler go to the ECF or Finals almost every year.
If AD was so good, like y’all say- they wouldn’t be fighting for playoff spots and down 0-3.
The league has evolved beyond his capabilities.
To win with a big he must be capable of
A. Playmaking
B. Dropping 40 when needed
C. Can get iso buckets late in the 4th
If you can’t score 6ppg in the 4th of the playoffs over your career- you can’t win a chip as the Bus Driver.
And def not on a single playoff run.
You have to have a bucket getter on the inbounds to a set defense.
Steph, Bron, Jamaal Murray, Jokic all average well over 6.
Jamal Murray 7.2
Stephen Curry 7.1
LeBron James 6.9
Kevin Durant 6.4
Nikola Jokic 6.0
Anthony Davis 5.7
Jayson Tatum 5.5
Joel Embiid 5.2
Jamal Murray is nearly 50/50/95 in the 4th quarter of playoff games with 7.3ppg for his career (50 games).
KD for example averages 6.3.
Coldest MFR alive.
10 inconvenient truths about 10 of your favorite players:
#10 Joel Embiid is the most overrated player in the NBA. Maybe of all time.
He averages 5ppg in the 4th quarter of playoff games on 43%.
Most bigs can’t put the ball on the floor and create in the half court of a playoff game- which is much differ than the 3rd quarter of a regular season game.
In the 4th of a playoff game, you are inbounding to a set defense that schemed for you.
Theres a reason he’s never seen the conference finals.
PS posting up isn’t efficient enough vs modern teams. It’s too low of points per possesion.
If AD was so good, like y’all say- they wouldn’t be fighting for playoff spots and down 0-3.
The league has evolved beyond his capabilities.
To win with a big he must be capable of
A. Playmaking
B. Dropping 40 when needed
C. Can get iso buckets late in the 4th