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Originally Posted by JudasRising20
What's wrong with Giannis? He's putting up monster numbers again in points and rebounds. He's a MUCH better defender than Jokic. Jokic is averaging two more assists per game than Giannis and two more rebounds; however, he's scoring four less points than Giannis.
Their offensive numbers aren't enough in Nikola's favor to make up for the defensive superiority of Giannis.
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Nothing at all - I think there's a fine argument to be made for Giannis as well.
My point is mostly as to Embiid - there's just not a lane for him, IMO.
If you want to lean into stats, you can say that Jokic's extra assists and boards more directly impact the scoreboard than Giannis and that with his range being better he has more impact on his team offensively by being able to space the floor more.
And then lean into the 'aggregate' stats to point out that yes, his offense DOES do enough more than Giannis's defense to be more valuable given that he has him edged in WAR and VORP.
But for Embiid, there's just not a path through those two that I can reasonably argue.