This is a very interesting hypothetical. No trolling, I would take LeBron in this scenario every season from 2012-2020, 2009 as well. I can't in good conscience take him in 2011, that looming Finals performance would be too big of a deterrent to me. 2010 would be tough too with how those final 3 games against Boston played out. I just don't think...
It's possible. There were a couple of top-ten teams with strong interest according to DraftExpress. He's killing it in many teams' statistical models they leverage to make draft picks. Edey's range is late lottery (10-14) to late first round.
He was not outshined lol. Lebron stat-padded because of injuries but when it came down to winning games in the 4th Steph just outplayed him. Steph had better numbers in both RS & Playoffs when you factor in efficiency and winning. Just because the media was heavily biased towards Lebron doesn't mean that Steph wasn't the better player.
There is no chance they pick Bronny in the first round. They have a second rounder they can use and Rich Paul can tell everyone else not to take him, which they probably wouldn't do anyway.
How was Lebron outshining him in 2015? Literally the worst shooting in NBA finals history in the last few decades. And Lebron was put on single coverage all series while Curry was doubled on the other end.
Yeah thought so. Sucks because I think Lakers might have otherwise went into rebuild mode, now they're gonna draft Bronny just to keep Bron here longer.
People interpret things different ways but there's a difference IMO between having the best season and being the best player.
To me best player is a hypothetical meaning if everyone is at their optimal health and in equal circumstance, which player do you want if you need to win a game or a series or a postseason etc.
I guarantee you way...
In fairness to Kyrie, that Nets team in a normal circumstance probably could have won a title.
COVID/vaccine rules and injuries never really gave that squad a fair chance, those three guys played like 16 total games together, with a record of 13-3.
Wouldlove to see the Celtics get Edey, even if they have to do a small trade up. The main thing they don't have a huge, strong center and such a player may be valuable next season.
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Or they could trade that pick on draft night. I would say there is a good chance of that.
Pretty sure the restrictions on trading draft picks is for future picks.
Meh. Maybe he outplayed him but it wasn’t a head-to-head matchup so it’s not really fair to compare. Ant was checking him on one side and Kyrie wasn’t on the other.
Sounds like hating to me. Acting like he hasn't developed at all as a player & leader is just being dishonest IMO. He admitted he wanted to be the man when he forced his way out of Cleveland, he no longer has that mindset from what I've seen.
He had games in these POs where he didn't look to shoot and was more of a decoy/playmaker which helped...
After Cavs lost Irving and game 1 in 2015..... LeBron and Delly proceeded to win the next 2gms. Then Kerr inserted the eventual FMVP to try to slow LeBron down which made Steph an afterthought.
Kyrie is why they're a championship favorite now, but you're right that PJ and Gafford are why they changed their season around.
They always just needed some better post defender and more rebounding.
I am not a fan of Curry, but IMO he was the best those two seasons. The sentence "in the league" takes into account the Regular Season and the playoffs, and during the Regular Season he shined more than LeBron those seasons. In the finals LeBron was better, but in the previous +90 games Steph had a bigger impact.
But what has he done outside of "winning" with peak LeBron (1 season) and making the finals with Luka who had a 34/10/9 season?
I mean seriously. Before LeBron came to Cleveland, Irving-led Cavs had an atrocious record. Boston was fine without him when injured and have now made multiple finals since his departure.
He's played with nothing...