Milwaukee will be just too high an obstacle this time. With Kyrie on his top performance, ''big'' Al, an All-star-Hayward, we would have a chance, but I just don't believe we'll be on that level.
are you claiming that Giannis is produces enough to overcome top 10 player in the NBA Kyrie, All star level Hayward AND prime time playoff Al?
Not even Lebron would be able to pull a team past that, cause outside of Middleton, who is a 2nd tier nba player (Non allstar level player) who does Giannis even have? Brogdon will be coming off an 8 week layoff. Bledsoe is Bledsoe. soooo Brook Lopez?
I dont see it.
If the team performs as it should, and makes shots at a 45% clip the Bucks will lose in 5, 6 tops.
I love Kyrie, want him back and think he's one of the best guards in the league.
But since when is he a Top-10 player in the league??
I'm interested in who you think is clearly and easily better than him.
Davis, Durant, Giannis, Harden, James, KD, Embiid, Curry and Kawhi immediately come to my head. That's 9. I think he's right in contention for #10 with Jokic, PG, Westbrook (although I'd argue that Westbrook is actually that good at contributing to wins), Dame and KAT.
Personally I hay George above Kyrie, this year especially, but Jolic, Westbrook, Dame and Kat are all below him.
And I dont think I have embiid in the top 10 either.
His performance drops in the playoffs, he takes alot of bad shots, he is not a great shooter, and he has the benefit of the refs and massive usage.
On Lower Usage Kyrie has delivered a higher OWS, only 1 point lower defensive win share, Higher Win Share, Higher win share/48, higher obpm, higher bpm, higher vorp.