07-09-2023, 02:20 PM
(07-09-2023, 02:07 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Wild is a bit of an overstatement, I went team by team and counted roughly 12 that are probably better (I put Tatum over him because I know I’m biased against Tatum). To me he lands in the Mitchell/Harden/Booker range around top 15, but there are a lot of younger guys right on the older guys heels.
See that´s what I mean. Booker just up 34/7/5/2/1 on nearly 60/50/90 shooting in the play-offs, and people still have a hard time to accept that he´s alot closer to Luka than Irving. There is a reason the Suns have lost to the eventual champions in the two of the last three play-offs and it´s not CP3 or Durant, while Kyrie´s teams never got to two wins in the 2nd round.
Players better than Kyrie
Jokic
Embiid
Giannis
Doncic
Curry
Booker
Edwards
Tatum
Butler
Leonard
Lillard
Davis
LeBron
Durant
arguably
Morant
Mitchell
Brunson
Fox
Sabonis
Murray
Bridges
...and a few other depending how much emphasis you want to put on defense (Adebayo/Brown).
One thing is unquestionable. If they want any chance to make it into and out of the 1st round, Kyrie better play like a top 20 player next season.