10-30-2020, 08:26 AM
Giannis would obviously be risking a huge hit to his "legacy" (for whatever that's worth) because A) he'd be joining someone else's team and B) Luka would have the ball in his hands, which would make it impossible for it ever not to be Luka's team. I would think Giannis' days of winning the MVP would be over, for sure. Not sure if that matters to him or not. It probably does on some level.
The thing that truly makes me wonder about whether he'll leave Milwaukee is the whole "ball handler" issue, actually. Giannis can clearly handle the ball just fine, as he is a one man terror in transition like the league has seldom seen, if ever. But, Milwaukee's solution in the half court is to play him on ball, too, like he's Lebron. I think that approach has a clear and fairly low ceiling (could be dead wrong), but does HE feel that way? Is the team playing that way because they're not smart enough to give him a better playmaker, or has HE, the star, influenced them to build around him in THAT role? If it's the latter, then Dallas has ZERO CHANCE of convincing him to come here, regardless of what's best for him.
Regardless of any of the above, I wouldn't give up on this path until he is officially off the board. As we've discussed for months, not suggesting an approach where that's the ONLY way you can succeed, but I'm also not closing that door if I can help it.
The thing that truly makes me wonder about whether he'll leave Milwaukee is the whole "ball handler" issue, actually. Giannis can clearly handle the ball just fine, as he is a one man terror in transition like the league has seldom seen, if ever. But, Milwaukee's solution in the half court is to play him on ball, too, like he's Lebron. I think that approach has a clear and fairly low ceiling (could be dead wrong), but does HE feel that way? Is the team playing that way because they're not smart enough to give him a better playmaker, or has HE, the star, influenced them to build around him in THAT role? If it's the latter, then Dallas has ZERO CHANCE of convincing him to come here, regardless of what's best for him.
Regardless of any of the above, I wouldn't give up on this path until he is officially off the board. As we've discussed for months, not suggesting an approach where that's the ONLY way you can succeed, but I'm also not closing that door if I can help it.