re: Pels tied for 3rd by oddsmakers as likely landing spot for Giannis if he leaves

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Lacks basic basketball skills? What?

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I think a better way to say it is that he is not a primary ball handler that can get his own shot. A good team can defend him by “building a fricking wall” in the paint. It’s hard to win a championship with a “big” as your best player unless you have a fantastic number 2 that can function as a primary ball handler. Ball handlers are just more impactful than off ball players. At this moment Giannis doesn’t have the ball handling or passing skills to be a number 1 on a championship team.

Simmons and Russillo have been talking about this on their pods, it makes sense and I’ve even mentioned it on here and the msb in past years (not specifically about Giannis, but more so ball handlers being more impactful than bigs, regardless of who is “better”).