falcolombardi wrote:anyone else feeling jokic trajectory is reminiscent of giannis ?
he is in pace to win back to back mvps while probably being booted out od the playoffs uncerempniously
it seems like all these mvp players follow a similar trajectory, they start their early prime in the middle of their 20's were their skillsets and iq Match up with their youth and best athletism/"motor" win mvps, break regular season métrics then falter somewhat in the playoffs against more experienced players
then they enter their full prime where their regular season work rate slows down but they are more effective in the playoffs despite no longer dominating the mvp races with videogame boxscores
then they enter their early 30's late prime where they are diminished athletically and have to pick their spots but are the smartesr amd more skilled they will ever be
jokic right now is in that early prime with the otherworldy production, like giannis was before, then harden before, then curry before, then durant, then lebron before all that in 2009
where they break the stats and look like the new greatest thingh ever during the regular season before the next big thingh comes and outproduces them in regular season
I think the real interesting question that we can maybe start asking: if you had to bet your house on it, who finishes higher all-time, Jokic or Giannis? Are they like Magic and Bird, in the end, where based on who you ask, one will be higher than the other?