The way San Antonio operates makes it incredibly difficult to rate the Spurs individually, or against players on other teams. A recent story on Bball Breakdown did a great job of comparing Kawhi Leonard and Giannis Antetokounmpo from a number of different angles, but the problem inherent in such a discussion is what impact the player’s environment has on how he plays, and what he’s able to do.
So for episode 30 of the Superfluous Poppycock podcast, I spoke with James Holas, a writer for Bball Breakdown and one of the authors of the Leonard/Antetokounmpo story, to discuss Kawhi and Giannis and the roles they play for the Spurs and the Bucks.