10-30-2019, 03:54 PM
(10-30-2019, 03:34 PM)j0Shi Wrote:(10-30-2019, 10:43 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: If the finisher/scorer is good at it, then that's the correct play as well, so by your definition, just about everyone with the ball is a playmaker first.
I disagree but that's ok. There's a nuance to it that's quite important to be honest. There are just those players that make others around them better. Booker for example is a classic scorer. I think Durant and AD are as well. Curry in the meantime is a playmaker, as well as LeBron.
Examples for scorers in recent Mavs memory are Barnes and DSJ. Mavs wanted them to become playmakers, but they never developed into it.
I think it's inaccurate to call anyone making mid to upper 20's in ppg a playmaker first. The volume of shooting first has to come into play at some point.