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I mean, I just feel like he’s declining like basically every other player does once they’re around that age. And he doesn’t have the ball in his hand as much because there is a SIGNIFICANTLY better player than him that has it instead. Put him on some other team and he probably still may.That is a valid point about Russ but to be a Top 75 and being passed around and playing for four franchises in four years is kind of embarrassing IMO. Athleticism definitely declined with age but not having the ball in his hands anymore is because he is not that anymore. The final aspect I would consider him getting the yips with his jumper. He has had a lot of baaaddd misses.
Guys like Bron, KD, Curry, Duncan, Kobe that have still been awesome at that age/stage of career are freaks. Reason why they are some of the very best to ever do it. They’re the exceptions, not the rule.