I don't think he can be either, but I don't think he needs to be in Toronto.
Wow. I guess I'm out of touch with the thinking of Celtics fans.
KG was the leading playoff scorer on our championship team. He was also the leading scorer in the fourth quarter of our playoff games during that run. How can he not be the best scorer on a good team, then? He's already proven that he can be.
I'm so confused.
I dunno I looked at the numbers and you're right about last year. 20.4 for KG compared to 19.7 for PP. I am really surprised by that. I wonder how much weight the 26 finals clincher blowout carries there, because I can not remember being awed by Garnett's scoring at all. Maybe its just an anecdotal memory thing.
I am not sayign that KG can't score. He can. I am just saying I do not believe he can score at a 20ppg clip anymore, or if he did he'd need to take way more shots, which would hurt his consistency.
Even in his unadulterated prime he wasn't a huge scorer. 24ppg is an awesome average, but its 4 pts higher than his career average of 20ppg. He's a guy who makes/made/will make (hopefully...lets not forget that there is a real NBA too and I hope Garnett rocks in that) his bones on efficient scoring coupled with elite rebounding and defending. In that regard he complements this Raptors team very well.
Honest question: If I told you Garnett led the Celtics in scoring this year would you be confident it was a good year?