This "seamless integration to ANY team" we hear people bringing it up everywhere without a second thought. Is that guaranteed to be a positive attribute over others? I mean I am sure Tony Allen, Bruce Bowen or Jrue Holiday can be seamlessly integrated to any team. OK, I know you will say, how about limiting it to first option players that can be seamless integrated to any other team? We keep digging then.
Still, being easy to integrate to any system does not necessarily mean you are better than some others who cannot be integrated as easily. People often look at an ISO player and think, hmmm that guy cannot be integrated to other teams, he just dribble dribble does his own thing while making his teammates worse, leave them hang and dry, frustrated - at the same time ignoring this ISO guy also contributes massively by attracting double teams and throw easy pass to scrubs for them to have 5-6 bunnies every game. In a way, that ISO can be easily integrated to any teams as well, including having him playing with 4 grandmas because he just does his own thing regardless of the system in place. Have Steph play with 4 grandmas who cannot set screens for him? It won't look good. See the flaws in this whole integration stuff?
On the other hand, Steph also relies on Kerr's motion offense massively. He needs guys to set screens (illegal or not, different topic) for him to be able to run around and get open shots. We have a beautiful name for it - off ball ability, or gravity. In
the other thread where we saw his abysmal clutch shot stats - in a vacuum 1-on-1 situations he is just not big or strong enough to create a shot out of nowhere without the help of his teammates. Steph truly relies on a mature offensive system that knows the in and out of Kerr's motion offense to ignite his gravity, and I think it's a safe assumption to say he wouldn't be as efficient as some of his peers if you throw him into 4 G- leaguers and expect him to carry them to a playoff spot. Look no further than LeBron.
I think overall this thread is a disservice to both Lebron and Steph, by trashing Lebron to hyping up Steph to make a ill timed, kneejerk, chest thumping hot take thread right after the finals. That's why I always say, don't knee jerk after a finals, it's just one series, 7 damn games. You don't define player's career over 7 games, let alone an era.
