GelbeWand09 wrote:pepe1991 wrote:GelbeWand09 wrote:
But its the same for Luka. Whats the difference of constructing a team with shooting around Giannis & defense around Luka?
I still take Giannis, because you know you got easy a top 5 offense & defense team, with some shooting around him. Dallas got a bunch of high level defenders and are still only 18th in def. rating, because Luka only plays one side of the game. I love watching Luka, even before the NBA, but so far Giannis is the safer bet to get a elite team.
Luka is actually average defender, nothing special but doesn't really blow up their defense.
Right now i would take Giannis, mostly because he is more experienced and few years older.
But if you are in playoffs and you need somebody down the streach to make right plays, 2,3 years from now, i would trust Doncic to do it way more than i trust Giannis. Mostly because Doncic already showed in other competitions he is composed and calm in high pressure situations, where Giannis due his lack of shooting is pretty much one trick pony, he'll attack you off high pick&roll and you will set double "wall" of defense in front of him to stop penetration.
One of main reasons Greece still can't do jack ***t with GIannis is how he plays in half court. For same reasons Raptors beat them last year. On open court he is probably the greatest player of all time, but there is no much open court in playoffs.
Oh also Doncic will make his +80% FTs where Giannis nowdays shoots airballs for whatever reason, and his 3 ball is nowhere to be found.
Where Giannis can in some scenario end up being top 5 player ever , i think key for him to unlock " championship" mode is to find elite playmaker. God, imagine if he leaves Bucks for Dallas
Yea there future playoff performances gonna play a huge role, but we have to see Luka 1st there. I can see Luka be the better future playoff performer for sure. My biggest questionmark is his 3Pt shot, he is well below avg & if i remember correctly was in europe too already. Against playoff defenses designed to stop him, he needs to hit those on a higher clip to make noise in the playoffs. I hope Dallas reaches the playoffs, really wanna watch Luka do some damage there. I'm really curious to see Giannis this year too. Except Philly i can't see a team defending him like Toronto last year (Toronto maybe still does, but Giannis literally destroys Siakam everytime). Philly got the pieces but they don't have any late game playmaker and shot maker at all. I'm not sure Philly even comes out of the 1st round if they doesnt get there **** together. Embiid looks bad so far, even on defense & Simmons is still useless in the 4th quarter.
Luka and Harden are great shooters, but they make thins hard on themselfs.
Do you know that Luka has less assisted 3s than Harden ?
RIght now it's more about who Luka plays with, it's not like Hardaway or Seth Curry will make plays to get him open.
Philly will have issues with outside shooting, Korkmaz is fine, i still think they should have kept JJ .
Right now they are miserable from outside ( Richardson 31%, Horford 31%, Harris 25,5%).
Bucks biggest adventage over Philly is fact that Simmons plays like poor man Giannis and struggles from same areas, just is much worst.
Embiid looks slow. I was betting for him to score <25 points against Cavs, guy was horrid, scored 14
If i'm Celtics i would just push for Adams trade ( or Noel, or any center who can defend) and i'm going for Eastern Conference.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. -John Lennon
Bogdan 21 ppg & 6 apg while shooting over 50 FG% & 57 3P% over the last 6 games. For Sac maybe even a bad thing. Can't see them able to resign him, when he plays like this after the contracts they gave out already and Fox & Bagley still coming up.