Is AD the Neymar of Basketball

[IgorK]

Equivalent talent in their sport, hyped from a young age, top 5 players but feels like haven't fulfilled their full potential, a bit injury prone, overshadowed by GOATs but have also won big, didn't dominate their own gen (Giannis, Embiid, Hazard, Debruyne etc) might soon get eclipsed by the next gen (Zion, Luka, Haaland, Mbappe)

AD won a ring. He's fulfilled his potential.

he had GOAT hype

Maybe from buffoons, sure, but not from people who actually watch basketball.

[trueballer7]

This is schizophrenic stuff

[clyde21]

Neymar is easily better than hazard and solidly above debruyne at their peak. Curry/harden is a better comp in terms of talent and league standings. They all have a massive amount of haters too

now way is Neymar better than KDB lol

[Stickmann]

Neymar is easily better than hazard and solidly above debruyne at their peak. Curry/harden is a better comp in terms of talent and league standings. They all have a massive amount of haters too

now way is Neymar better than KDB lol

He is, much better goal scorer, similar playmaker.

[Zan Tabacco]

Everyone listed AD in their top 5 last season.

I could see that because steph and KD were hurt. But with them playing top 5 is in concrete IMO

Lbj
Kd
Steph
Kawhi
Giannis

Your first 3 are concrete. Kawhi and Giannis not so much. I’d take Harden, Luka & Jokic over Kawhi. Probably Embiid too.

meh those guys haven't done anything to be ranked ahead of Kawhi at this point. Harden will never be better than him.

[Pablo Escobar]

This is very disrespectful to Neymar

[iggymcfrack]

Neymar’s a clear top 3 player year in and year out. AD’s very good but he’s a half step down from that. LeBron, Giannis, Kawhi, and Steph have all been clearly better over the last 5 years.

[EasternHeretic]

AD won a ring. He's fulfilled his potential.

he had GOAT hype

Maybe from buffoons, sure, but not from people who actually watch basketball.

I think it was his 3rd season where the hype was unreal

[durden_tyler]

Who is Neymar?

[aggerrard]

Hm... Haven been following Neymar. Is he that much better than peak Suarez or Salah?

Yes. A lot better than Salah and tad better than Suarez.

Yea, nope.

Peak Suarez is easily better than peak Neymar. Not even a discussion to be had. Salah's first season at Liverpool is comparable to the best of Neymar's seasons.

Neymar is living on his name - obviously a very talented football player. But look at his career. He has no business being talked about as one of the all time greats or even a top-5 player in his generation.

[aggerrard]

Neymar’s a clear top 3 player year in and year out. AD’s very good but he’s a half step down from that. LeBron, Giannis, Kawhi, and Steph have all been clearly better over the last 5 years.

Not at all no. Not even a top-10 player right now.

[EasternHeretic]

and neither won the mvp/ballondor

[Drygon]

Neymar is far greater at his sport than AD is at his.

Neymar is among the few queens on the sport's chessboard. He's a brilliant playmaker, who was only overshadowed by arguably two of the five greatest players ever sharing his timeline.

AD isn't a dominant NBA player. He couldn't lead a team anywhere. He's arguably the greatest #2 option however. He's more Benzema than Neymar tbh.

Eh, not a good comparision. Benzema won LaLiga & single-handedly carried Real Madrid for 3 seasons after Cristiano left.

Since 2018-19 season (from April 2021)

Karim Benzema: 85 goals

Sergio Ramos (centre back): 28 goals

Gareth Bale (left Real Madrid in 2019): 17 goals

Casemiro (defensive midfielder): 15 goals

Marco Asensio: 15 goals

Vinícius Júnior: 15 goals

Luka Modric: 13 goals

Toni Kroos: 10 goals

Isco: 9 goals

Rodrygo: 8 goals

Mariano: 6 goals

[Lexluthor]

Does anyone get tired about soccer talk on this board . Can I talk about the nba playoffs on the soccer board