Arvydas Sabonis arriving in the NBA at 31 after all the injuries is one of basketball’s biggest what-ifs. The version America got was already really good. Europe saw something else entirely.
Pippen could guard point guards and power forwards in the same playoff series, a huge reason the Bulls defense was so suffocating. Draymond won Defensive Player of the Year switching across every position from 1 through 5. Both versions of positionless defense, just built for
Luka can pull up, survey the whole floor, and fire a cross-court skip pass in one motion that takes most guards three separate reads.
Paul mastered that out of the pick and roll for years. Nash basically built an MVP case on it.
Trae's brought that same live-dribble vision into
Moses Malone somehow gets skipped over in all-time conversations. Three MVPs, a Finals MVP, 27,000+ points and maybe the greatest offensive rebounder ever. His resume is ridiculous.
