It's obvious IT performed better last year than Kevin Love this year.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.fcgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1_hint=Isaiah+Thomas&player_id1_select=Isaiah+Thomas&y1=2017&player_id1=thomais02&idx=players&player_id2_hint=Kevin+Love&player_id2_select=Kevin+Love&y2=2018&player_id2=loveke01&idx=players
Maybe what Moranis was getting at is that an entire NBA team (top to bottom, offense, defense) wasn't designed around Kevin Love like it was for IT and he could perform similarly if that were the case. I think that I would probably agree with that because Love has consistently been regarded as a top 30 player (sometimes 20, 10, 5). IT had one season in which he was maybe top 10. The evidence strongly points to ITs success being more the system than the player and that Love is an actual star.
This is basically what I've been arguing. That the stats don't actually tell you who a better player is. Kevin Love is a better player than Isaiah Thomas and he has been every single year IT has been in the league, despite the fact that IT had a better statistical season last year.
Then Kevin Love is the biggest underachiever in recent memory. Players are measured in achievement and production, not some unrealized potential.
Production Rates
TS% - RB% - AST% - STL% - BLK% - TOV% - USG%
Age 23 - 6th in MVP voting season
56.8 - 19.0 - 10.0 - 1.1 - 0.9 - 9.2 - 28.8
Age 25 - last year in Minn
59.1 - 18.7 - 21.4 - 1.0 - 1.0 -10.3 - 28.8
Age 29 - Current Season
61.3 - 18.7 - 9.4 - 1.2 - 1.3 - 9.3 - 25.5
How about per 36 totals
Points - Rebounds - Assists - Steals - Blocks - Turnovers
Age 23
24/12.3/1.9/0.8/0.5/2.1
Age 25
25.9/12.4/4.4/0.8/0.5/2.5
Age 29
23/12/2.1/0.9/0.5/1.9
His actual on floor production, his rates, etc. are pretty similar on an actual per minute basis. He is playing less minutes and taking less shots, but is scoring more per shot. He is rebounding at almost an identical percentage of available rebounds even with playing next to the best rebounding SF since Bird.
The reality is numbers diminish when you go from a #1 option to a #2 or #3 option. Ask Chris Bosh how that went. I mean his last year in Toronto Bosh was a 24/11/2.5 player. His time in Miami with James he was basically a 17/7/1.5 player (getting worse every season) to a low of basically 16/6.5/1 and then James leaves and Bosh jumps back up to 21/7/2.
Heck even former MVP's who join more talented teams see their production drop. Curry dropped 5 ppg when Durant joined him. Durant dropped 3 ppg. James in his Miami move dropped 3 ppg. But it doesn't mean any of those players aren't still just as good as they were before they had new teammates.