Just for fun: if you could see any player from past eras play in today's NBA, who would you want to see?

[tlance]

And he averaged 30 for the season -- which means he went over 30 later, because that is how an average works.



Only 22 players in the league average over 35, and 4 of them are Knicks.

So again, no. Do your homework.

He averaged 29.7 for the season which is under 30

Embiid is averaging just under 30 minutes this year because of his injury management and conditioning.

Bet you can’t find 2 more top 40 players getting under 30 minutes a game from the last 5 years.

 

[dtgold88]

You do know that comments here are not ephemeral, right?

I wrote "That he thinks he does probably explains a lot about why he had one of the worst rookie seasons that a highly-rated #1 pick has ever had.".



Exactly because I do not -- unless I am speculating about the future.



The only stat that really matters.



Yes, I know all about Duncan's career. He is one of the most overrated players in basketball history right now. I will explain this to you in painful detail, if need be, as I've done it dozens of times before. If not for a goofy rule, he gets drafted by Vancouver, and no one even remembers him 6 months after his retirement. He was a loser everywhere else he ever played, and would've been in Vancouver as well.



Again, top draft picks are top draft picks precisely because they are supposed to help the team win games. That's the whole point of the operation. And generational players are supposed to make a big difference, immediately. And they all have. Even most of the rest of #1 picks have made a big difference, if healthy.

One guy stands almost alone on the other side of the equation. Make all the excuses that you want for him, but the fact that you need to make those excuses is the point. No one else needs those excuses.

"loser everywhere else he ever played"? Such as?

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Dr. J, Wilt the Stilt, Bill Russell, Moses Malone and Bird. All great players in their eras. Would be interesting to see how their games would translate.