Shanemansj13
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It is about all of those things and more. You're literally just removing factors that matter until your narrative fits.
Rosters determine what a player is asked to do. The competition they face also determines how they are going to perform with those rosters and how they perform in both the regular season and playoffs. Giannis has had better rosters in a weaker conference and hasn't been able to get to the finals including the past 2 years when he was favored to get there.
If his ballhandling is so great, why were the Heat able to make him disappear enough to get a gentlemen's sweep against him. It seems that if he was that good, he'd be able to use them to get at least 1 more win.
Bc he doesn't have a jumpshot...I mentioned that was his weakness and I said AD was a better scorer, which is close. AD was not a leader on New Orleans. Giannis was more of a the leader on MIL. Like I said, it doesn't even mean Giannis is a much better player.
Laker fans think AD wins a championship and all of sudden he can lead a team to the Finals and is a leader...that has all to do with Lebron. Maybe in the future AD will be a leader bc Lebron can show him his ways...but there is nobody leading Giannis and he won 66 games.
If you want to talk about teams and talent I wouldn't even say Giannis had better players around him, or it's at least close.
Remember New Orleans still had Cousins and he was dominate when he played.
They had a younger Rondo who was the floor general and leader of the team.
They had Holiday a very nice two-guard and better than any guard on MIL by far. He put up Middleton type of numbers.
MIL probably had the better role players around the core but there isn't much of a difference talent wise. Cousins, Holiday and Rondo ain't bad. So really I don't care about that discussion...it's more about the players traits as a leader and can he lead a team. AD wasn't a leader in New Orleans, plain and simple. Giannis needs to take steps at becoming a better leader but they didn't win for other reasons. Plus he got his team one win away from the Finals last year vs that stout Raptors team...everyone seems to forget. Like I said, I'm not even saying Giannis is a better player but you have to be a facilitator, leader and main floor general on the team...AD hasn't done that, he's done it for spurts.
How many bigs are facilitators in the league right now? I can name two and one isn't AD...it's Jokic and Giannis.