07-07-2025, 03:28 PM
(07-07-2025, 03:09 PM)mvossman Wrote: 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.
Well-expressed.
I tend not to be on your level of pessimism overall, but I do agree that Flagg, our "rich man's Pippen," will eventually need a "poor man's Jordan." If Flagg is good enough at what he does, a typically-option-two guy like Kyrie might be good enough. But as it stands, this roster is extremely parched for creators.
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