If you’re going to comment some generic answer about why do we always set unreal expectations for players I don’t want to hear it. It’s an NBA sub and I like the hypothetical.
Maybe? I feel like people vastly underestimate how good the best player on a title team usually is. The last six Finals MVPs have been Jokic, Curry, Giannis, LeBron, Kawhi and Kevin Durant.
Almost 100% of the time the best player on a championship team has to be an MVP level player. I’ll go back to 2010 just to have a clean finishing point, but you can go back further too.
2010: Lakers (Kobe)
2011: Mavs (Dirk)
2012 and 2013: Heat (LeBron)
2014: Spurs (Duncan, but tbf this was mostly team ball)
2015: Warriors (Curry)
2016: Cavs (LeBron)
2017 and 2018: Warriors (Curry and KD)
2019: Raptors (Kawhi)
2020: Lakers (LeBron)
2021: Bucks (Giannis)
2022: Warriors (Curry)
2023: Nuggets (Jokic)
Every single one of those teams had a player who had won an MVP, except for the Raptors who had Kawhi, a guy who very well could’ve won an MVP if he had ever played enough in the regular season for it. With that in mind, the only players not on that list already I could see be the #1 on a championship team is Luka, Embiid, and Tatum. In the future I could see a few different people get to that level like Ja, Ant, even Zion if he ever stays healthy long enough to put it all together.
Yes, if all the other players are almost as good as him, but he is just a scootch better
Yes but not in the way you may think. Haliburton is like the modern day version of Steve Nash. Nash could potentially lead a team to championship but certainly not as the primary scorer, I see it the same way with Haliburton, he could lead a team to a championship and be the best player on the team but not as its primary scorer.
Tyrese Haliburton is overrated as hell, he just plays for a decent team. His 3 pt % is inflated, he has never closed out a game and he’s terrible on defense
team is ass without him, has been his whole time here
Probably not if we are being honest. He is great. But only one guard has been the best player on a championship team in recent history and that is Steph Curry. Is Haliburton Curry level? Maybe he can reach that level, but I wouldn’t bet on it yet.
He can be a very good primary ballhandler and No. 2 scoring option, but idk about being the best player.
i think the rise of Haliburton has a lot to do with Carlisle and the Pacers OF than we gave them credits for
I don’t think so, but I do think he’s good enough to elevate a roster to championship contention if that makes sense