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In the playoffs ball movement becomes less vital. Having two elite iso scorers who are also elite mid range off the bounce>ball movement
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Olo has the qualifications, you have Vince, Paul and Dirk in the same draft (to be fair, no one knew about the german until he toasted everyone here in San Antonio)
I just think his age and mid major conference played a factor as to why he was dominant, scouts were fooled.
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Utah is one of the best ball movement teams in the league but in the playoffs their lack of iso creating and scoring bites them in the *** every year
Don’t mean squat if you don’t a guy(s) who can take advantage of one on one or need to beat double teams off the dribble
Don’t mean squat if you don’t a guy(s) who can take advantage of one on one or need to beat double teams off the dribble
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AD is kind of the poster child for it, but there’s just a trend these days to prematurely say certain guys are up next/Top 5. Think is has to do with LeBron fatigue and people wanting to be early in recognizing great players. It’s happened with Giannis a bit to, but Giannis has arguably delivered more than AD has.
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Don't get how Oden is a bust, injuries got to him which led to depression
Kwame & AB were legit bad at basketball
Kwame & AB were legit bad at basketball
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On the other hand, let's not forget the tear he went on during the second half of the 2018 season into the playoffs.
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It’s also more difficult I’d say for big men to take things by the horn. Guys like George harden even Giannis can take charge more so because they can initiate
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Who says I was judging it? You can't judge something that hasn't taken place yet.
The Warriors' ball movement is always praised by their assist numbers. Everyone always goes nuts about how whatever amount of their field goals were assisted on.
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Yep. That was my larger point (aside from pointing out that the Clips offense has been really good whether you have Jawun Evans, SGA, Pat, Shamet, they've still been a top 10 offense, PG and Kawhi aren't hurting that)
But to your point, that's why I'm cautiously so optimistic with LAC. Big wings who can just get theirs regardless of defense (AND can defend on the other end) are like the +200 Million dollar players in the league. There's only a few (Lebron, Kawhi, PG if he plays how he did most of last season, KD) and for the Clippers to have TWO of them seems like a luxury that can take them deep into the offs.
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Well, that was your only evidence in reference to the topic
Westbrook Iverson etc have routinely had high assist numbers
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Also when you have an egalitarian style offense assist numbers might not even reflect that
In this iteration of LAC I don’t expect that but ball movement won’t matter as much anyway
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imo AD is overrated
Can’t stay healthy
Hasn’t won anything yet
Super Talented
But is he really top 5 or is he just a more athletic Kevin Love?
Can’t stay healthy
Hasn’t won anything yet
Super Talented
But is he really top 5 or is he just a more athletic Kevin Love?
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I don't think AD is overrated at all. Just playing in the wrong era.
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No doubt. To be clear, I’m not saying AD isn’t a great, great player. He is. I just don’t think he’s done enough to warrant how highly some people rank him on the list of best NBA players.
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AD is no doubt talented but I think he's more of an overachieving beta than an underachieving alpha
I can't put him in any top 5
I can't put him in any top 5
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Adam Morrison, major bust.
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Wtf
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Everytime the terms alpha and beta come into the discussion i cant help but smh
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Major Bust!
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Houston could have really used him
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Alpha, Beta, Legacy, carry a team, all terms that need to be left out of the player discussion argument 
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Brooklyn is gonna be *** without KD
And that's not including the possible regression of KD post Achilles injury
And that's not including the possible regression of KD post Achilles injury
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A good wager would be whether the Nets finish a top 4 seed 
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Dawg...off the wrist alone. My favorite young player now. That's my guy.
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