winforlose wrote:TimberKat wrote:agree with 200%. However, role players cannot fill the star/stat gap because what separates a role player and a star player is the consistency of how often they put up star numbers. Corey Brewer could fill the super star gap but only one night (52 points) of his career.winforlose wrote:The truth is most teams need 2 or 3 stars to contend, regardless of position. But role players can fill in the stat gap and that can be more than enough. For example, if Jaden or Naz score 20 and grab 10 to 15 other stats (stocks, rebounds, assists,) then they are that nights star. Add Randle, NAW, DDV, occasionally Mike, and sometimes Rudy to this mix and you have more than enough star power on any given night. Likewise a Jaylen Brown or Kyrie Irving or Chet/JW can have a bad game and their team lacks star power that night.
Which is why having 6 or 7 who can do it often enough is good enough. Please point out Houston’s 3 stars to get the 2 seed. Please point OKC’s 3 stars to get the 1 seed back to back years (Chet and JW are not stars without SGA,) or better yet the Nuggets stars 2 and 3 (Joker is a given.) If only Jaden, Naz, NAW, DDV, Rudy, and of course Randlehad shown the ability to step up in the right situation. They may lack consistency, but they the ceiling for it.
This is where we have different philosophy
I like to get another all star not name Beal who could fill it 80% of the time and let DDV fill the other 10%. If I go by salary to great games, a 50mil guy will have more great games than two 25mil guy. Unless it's Zion.
