JackHandy said:
Kind of dispels the notion that James is the best player on that team, doesn't it? He misses the playoffs, Davis shows up, he wins a ring, Davis gets hurt the next year, can't win again. It's pretty obvious which straw stirs that drink imo. |
Naw, that is not how it works. In order for that to be true then AD would be the person that could take the Lakers to the championship alone which is not the case. Instead a championship team needs a team and most importantly all the pieces need to work on offense and defense to win. Davis gets hurt and that's like 20 to 30 points but not only that his defensive contribution alone is missed. No one player in this day and age can win a championship alone. You only have to look at Portland and Dame, or the Mavs and Donic. Hell, even the Clippers would have lost if both Kawhi and Paul did not have a stellar night. Its never one player and its very obvious that the Lakers need both LB and AD to even have any chance because the rest of the team was struggling hard. You cannot put this lost all on LB because it was only so far either LB or AD would take this team without each other. Its the whole reason AD came to the Lakers because he could not do it alone and need that next level talent to push through.
LB is definitely not the same player at 36 just like MJ was not at that age but I would say he is still the best player on the Lakers because of all the different aspect he brings to the team not just scoring.
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