People talking about team records are silly. That hasn't changed. I'm just genuinely interested in y'all crowning him #3 this early either way. Hyped to see him in FIBA play.
You know you don't fit in with those ones, as for me personally placing him there, he defends better than Love, produces offensively as well as Dwight and Dwight and CP3 both sort of slip a bit lately with advancing age (NBA wise at least) and have slowed more in health terms. Harden doesn't defend even close to as good as Davis is offensively, I can hear an argument for Russ, but there are some efficiency issues in that argument that Russ backers could not deny, Blake flops and falls all over the court and he doesn't defend like AD either, and if the Clippers called the Pelicans right this minute, the Pels would hang up laughing hysterically.
AD impacts both sides of the court, efficiently, without any other player around him that helps take pressure off of him, in a loaded conference, at the age of 20-21, and in terms of the "team" success people want, I saw him do it in college enough to believe he'll get there at some point.
We saw Kobe's growth jump.
We saw KG's growth jump.
T-Mac
LeBron
Dwight
Durant.
AD is heading that same way, and none of these guys put up a PER over 26 in their second full seasons AND still impacted the game on defense. (Bron came the closest PER wise, but he was not even remotely close as good defensively his 2nd year in the league)
AD is 3, right now, and I don't worry a bit about it.
