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[mvossman]

It's an interesting conversation. 

Are Luka, SGA and Harden so great, or do they just have the ball 99% of the time? Is the fact that they have the ball simultaneously making them great AND ultimately holding their teams back? I think Haliburton is (or was) becoming close to that same level of player, only with the understanding that his job was to get his teammates into position to score, not always score himself. But, does an offense predicated on beautiful ball movement need a player that good to succeed? When you see a great offense clicking on all cylinders, working with synergy, does it always include 1-2 guys who could put up Luka/Harden style of play if they wanted?

Its a good question.  Have we seen a team like that win the finals?  The closest I can think of is Warriors, but they had an elite creator in Curry.  I don't know that Toronto played beautiful basketball, but they had a committee of quality creators (DeRozan, Lowery, VanVleet, Siakam) but didn't do anything until they got a true elite creator in Kawhi.  It seems like you need that elite talent regardless of your offensive style, but with beautiful ball movement that guy might only need to be 30% usage instead of 35.