"He’s going to revolutionize the game," one says. "We’ve never seen anything like him," another offers. When asked the time honored question: Who would you take to start a franchise, a third responds, "You mean, besides Anthony Davis?"
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I don't even know if that guy has a ceiling.
"Next 3 Years: Durant vs. Davis vs. LeBron", now that's a damn tough question. I think I'd go Davis.
I really believe he has GOAT potential. His offensive ceiling might even be higher than his defensive ceiling, which is just ridiculous.
How is getting the ball to him going to nearly double his rebounding?
"Next 3 Years: Durant vs. Davis vs. LeBron", now that's a damn tough question. I think I'd go Davis.
I really believe he has GOAT potential. His offensive ceiling might even be higher than his defensive ceiling, which is just ridiculous.
Before he is in that convo, he has to do something in the playoffs, in fact he has to MAKE them. He has the talent to do so this year, so if they somehow miss the playoffs, the temptations have to be brought back just a bit.
He'll eventually need to make the playoffs and do something to prove himself. But we're at the stage of his career where we can just sit back and enjoy his ascending talent without worrying about career narratives.
He has a chance to be the best player who has ever played the game.
Playoff basketball is where these questions are answered. Running off great stats in the regular seasons means squat -- especially as an aging western conference conserves its energy for the post season.
This is a nonsense comment. Holiday, Anderson, Asik, and Evans are all good players. There's no second top 25 player there like real contenders have, but there is some real talent in NO.
He'll eventually need to make the playoffs and do something to prove himself. But we're at the stage of his career where we can just sit back and enjoy his ascending talent without worrying about career narratives.
He has a chance to be the best player who has ever played the game.
Ehhh I think they have the talent to do so. Holiday is a legit PG. They have good shooters in Gordon and Anderson. Evans does a little of everything. And Rivers hasnt been awful.
I am not saying this is a make or break year for Davis. Thats silly. However, sooner or later he is going to have beat good teams in the playoffs before we put him in the GOAT conversation. Thats my point.
I am sure when he gets to chicago, he will get a few rings ;)
ive seen at least a healthy portion of most of their games, and about my only knock is that i dont think he is quite as great defensively yet as his blk and stl stats would suggest. You cant overlook the volume of his slash plays on that end though, but he still has a little way to go before he is an actual dpoy level impact guy
Nice job lumping 2 of the greatest ball dominant players of all time in with Kareem. No way Kareem makes this team any better in his prime than Davis can. The other two? Well when you are a ball dominant player of course you can make a greater difference immediately.
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Like Magic, Bird & Kareem did as young players. Put any of those 3 on NO right now in place of Davis and NO easily makes the playoffs.
Nice job lumping 2 of the greatest ball dominant players of all time in with Kareem. No way Kareem makes this team any better in his prime than Davis can. The other two? Well when you are a ball dominant player of course you can make a greater difference immediately.
So you don't think Kareem deserves mention in an all time top 5 list?