Scholarship table
I wonder if Wemby could become sort of a Giannis/Durant combo?
He will never be Giannis-like. His game will never be overpowering and physically outmatching people. Durant comps are valid given his build and shooting ability for his size. Giannis is broad and had the frame to put on serious size even when he was a slender 18 year old. Wemby doesn't have that, just like Holmgren doesnt.
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Things could get pretty ugly in Brooklyn. This is a team with significant problems that go well beyond Ben Simmons. I'm not sure Nash will make it through this season.
They have no Alpha. They are a team that could really use a guy like Jae. He would only be the 4th or 5th best player, but they could really use his toughness.
Huge half for Jimmy B. 20, 4, 4, and 3 thefts with zero turns.
Not going way out on a limb here, but Luka will win MVP this year. Giannis, Luka, and Ja may now be the Top 3 players in the NBA. Of course Jokic may have something to say about that.
Lost in Antetokounmpo's dominance, and attacking power game, is that Holiday and Grayson Allen have been utterly brutal on the offensive end shooting the basketball. 33% and 24%?? WTF? On open shots? They need to wake up.
Giannis is the best overall player in the association. When you start comparing Doncic, Morant, and Jokic it gets really tough. Doncic is ridiculously skilled and enormous for a lead guard. Jokic is tremendously underrated as an athlete. The guy can do everything and may have the pieces around him this season. Morant is without question the most electric player we have seen since Dwyane. The guy has a different gear and has improved his jump shot a lot. It's really tough but I would probably go: Giannis, Jokic, Curry, Tatum, Morant, Doncic as my super 6.
Not to sound xenophobic, but the Top 4 players in the NBA are not from the United States (Giannis-Greece, Doncic-Slovenia, Jokic-Serbia, Morant-Mars)
I was thinking the same thing about the top players (add Embid to the list at #5, and he's from Cameroon). This was Stern's vision, to make the NBA a truly worldwide league. I don't think the game is better today than it was in the 80s (too many threes and a lack of D), but the skill and overall athleticism are better.