Kiz vs. Singer: Have Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic left U.S. basketball in their dust?

Kiz: Lucky Nuggets. No Greek Freak in uniform Monday night in the Pepsi Center. But the rest of the NBA may ’t avoid Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Reality. The most persuasive players 25-years old or younger in the NBA are Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (Serbia) and Antetokounmpo (Greece) and Luka Doncic (Slovenia), who’s almost unstoppable when he runs the stage for Dallas. All three of those young stars that are foreign are strikingly tall and impossibly proficient for the positions they play. Have they changed how coaches think about the game? And should U.S. gamers be taking notes?

Singer: Let me add one more to your list: Toronto’s Pascal Siakam, of Cameroon, is one of the most interesting international forwards in the match. But whether all the aforementioned players embody the “positionless” match the NBA is now. Yes, Jokic won center last season, but I don’t see some centers in the league who could double as a makeshift quarterback. Nuggets trainer Michael Malone has said that Jokic’s match is simply restricted when the Nuggets could ’t think of a method that was new to set up him. The same goes for Doncic along with the Freak, whose skillsets transcend positions.

Kiz: Golden State’therefore rise to power was constructed about Stephen Curry, a little, thin point guard with mad shooting range. There will always be a location for ball from the NBA, but I guess what Houston is now trying, by attempting to win with no man on the floor, has badly misjudged the league trend. The future belongs to both talented bigs which doesn’t just possess range over the jumper and the eyesight of a point protector, but also can score by exploiting on a size advantage against defenders in the paint.

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Singer: Misjudged or even re-calibrated? Show me the rings the Rockets won with Capela and James Harden. Let’so return to Golden State for a minute: their vaunted “Death lineup” featured Draymond Green at center. I’m not stating Houston’s braintrust was wrong or right, but I do charge them. Based on which team Houston faces in the postseason (and boy, wouldn’Can it be fun if it was Denver), the playoffs might offer an immediate referendum on their decision. I’ll feel much better about taking aim in their grand experiment once we determine how it stays up.

Kiz: The match will forever owe a debt. Magic Johnson made us believe a tall dude can run the stage. The shooting of Dirk Nowitzki revealed just how far a big could elongate the floor. But when (and when ) LeBron James ever decides to hang up his sneakers, the future of this league belongs to Giannis, Luka and Joker. They’re evolving and placing the template to future NBA stars. Think Zion Williamson is currently itching to crash this party?

Singer: Unquestionably. And when following season ’s GM poll comes out, I’ll be interested to learn how many would require Zion to start a franchise within the other three. As physically as they’re, LeBron and Luka came to the league as passing savants. Zion doesn’t have this in his luggage. What he’s is a brute dominance on par with Shaq, Shawn Kemp and Larry Johnson. Looking at the way Jokic shreds the way and shields Zion pulverizes backboards, how cool is it that the league can be dominated in ways that are diverse?



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