Jokic won a title with Aaron Gordon as his sidekick. Most of Wilts sidekicks are in the HOF

To be fair Jamal Murry played All-NBA level in that playoff run.

I read Wilt as basically Giannis’ body with Julius Randle’s brain. He seemed to often play suboptimally, in line with his own quixotic whims. Easily tilted by Bill Russell’s mind games. His scoring efficiency is pretty underwhelming for his career, so that fading bank shot probably hurt more than helped.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5925721/2024/11/18/kareem-abdul-jabbar-the-basketball-100-book-excerpt/

Jokic won a title with Aaron Gordon as his sidekick. Most of Wilts sidekicks are in the HOF

So are most of the Celtics. 😉

Is Jokic playing their rules or are they playing his???

His rules and context are gimmicky. I’ve explained why.

He’s still awesome.

As for Wilt, something never adds up with him. Struggled to win a title with great teammates. Maybe the defense was really bad, I don’t know.

I saw him play at the tail end of his career. Defense was not the problem even then. He was a threat to block 10 shots on any given night. Early in his career he probably tried to do too much scoring, but generally I think the Celtics were just better.

He’s the most complete and best offensive player that has ever lived. It’s not particularly close either. That’s how I see it.

Love to see those guys try to guard him at the three point line….

This has the causal arrow pointing the wrong direction though. The only reason guys have to be guarded closely at the three-point line is because the shot generates 50% more points even though it’s not even close to 50% more difficult. (Which is also the reason the shot is more “efficient.”)

That’s math, not basketball.