Impact : How close were AD and Jrue in the 2018 season?

[1993Playoffs]

Saw a recent discussion about this and wanted to see other people’s opinion , in the regular season and playoffs in real time I remember thinking holiday was the best player in the playoffs but I didn’t catch their regular season

Thoughts. ?

[Doctor MJ]

Saw a recent discussion about this and wanted to see other people’s opinion , in the regular season and playoffs in real time I remember thinking holiday was the best player in the playoffs but I didn’t catch their regular season

Thoughts. ?

Okay, here's my general thoughts as someone who was extremely hyped about AD before he was drafted:

* AD's capabilities are even greater than I thought when he was in college, particularly on offense.

* AD in the playoffs has on a number of series had looked like the best defender of his generation, doing things like pwning JJJ or Bam.

* AD's off-ball threat is way ahead of the other great bigs of today. I expect, for example, that if Lillard has joined AD instead of Giannis, things would have gone better.

* But AD does not seem to be a guy who can maintain his impact day in and day out the way you need to to max out RAPM studies. Some of that is injury, but I think some of it also is the fact that in a playoff series he can really zero in on a particular context with the help of his coaches, and he tends to get the better of guys who are more impactful by RAPM.

* By contrast, Jrue for a long time WAS a guy who regularly gave you something close to his top impact all season long, and thus, by RAPM studies, not really a surprise that he can look like the better player.

* I should note that Jrue also excels in the playoffs and is known for crippling opponent's lead guards, but regular season-wise, I just think he's a more reliable player.

[Special_Puppy]

Not very close. AD was like the 4th best player in the league that season while Holiday was closer to the 17th best player