Toni Kukoc, states who he thinks the best current NBA player is

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Toni Kukoc was a versatile player, a 6’10” forward who played the three and the four but on the court was often more of a ballhandling guard that Phil Jackson and other coaches could plug into different roles. Whatever needed to be done to beat a team, Kukoc could help do it.

Kukoc likes that versatility in other players, too.

“Basketball doesn’t require a playmaker anymore, somebody that you always look for that has to bring the ball up the floor. In this era, there’s so many players with multiple skills, that it’s almost a waste of time to look for the playmaker when someone can push the ball and get into the offense."

“Plenty of times LeBron is mistaken as a point guard, which is awesome. Kevin Durant, to me in my personal opinion, is the best player in the NBA. He can easily bring the ball up the floor. That’s a style that the triangle offense allowed that any one of us could run the point or be a post person or fill the corners. It’s not requirement to have a point guard, you can have skill players with 3 or 4 guys on the same team playing multiple positions.”

Kukoc is right.

For that matter, Kukoc is right about how the game has evolved, the idea of a classic playmaking guard isn’t dead but it’s not critical to an offense anymore. The triangle offense was ahead of its time in that way; it didn’t want or need a pure point guard — Derek Fisher thrived in the system, Gary Payton chaffed against it — it wanted versatile players. Scottie Pippen brought the ball up a lot. So did Kukoc and Jordan. It was situational, and the guards — Ron Harper, John Paxson, Steve Kerr, B.J. Armstrong, or whoever — had to be able to work off the ball.

Link to his post:

 

[NYC Rebel]

LOL @ taking a shot.

He took no such shot at his play style.
I understand why he feels the way he does. Makes sense

 

[Why]

What he saying true
But he didn’t have to mention Lebron

 

[Flex Luger]

Okay

 

[Remote]

Tony Kukoc: "In this era, there’s so many players with multiple skills..."

Meaning that the skill level has improved, and thus players are better and well-rounded.
Thanks for confirming that, Tony.

The NBA no longer needs 1 guy whose sole responsibility is to dribble the ball up to half court, drop it off to your SG or Center and stand around not doing shyt while we all watched 1-on-1 playground basketball. Or did you forget how basketball was played in the 1990s?

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

That's not a shot at LeBron
He's saying in today's game teams have multiple guys that can handle the rock or set up plays. Players are capable of doing more things. That's why basketball has been headed to positionless basketball.

 

[Hey_zeus]

Position less basketball with free motion which is what the basis of the triangle. It's a reason why Bill Walton was calling the Bulls the team of the future in the 90s. Kukoc is right.

 

[MVike28]

Mental illness brehs, get some help

 

[NYC Rebel]

Position less basketball with free motion which is what the basis of the triangle. It's a reason why Bill Walton was calling the Bulls the team of the future in the 90s. Kukoc is right.

Exactly. Lots of folks in here have been saying this for a whipe.

amazing shyt is that we also are seeing it in football on defense. Jamal Adams and Isiah Simmons when he gets in the league are friggen hybrids

 

[krazykid18]

a pure scorer who is versatile will always be the most dangerous player or best player in the game....

But Lebron only knock is he doesn't allow anybody to be a playmaker and he play off them... he sets the table for everybody, helps them eat and then cleans the table up in my opinion that is too much and it doesn't allow his teammates to grow so when he needs them they don't show up because in his system they are incapable of understanding that moment

but that isn't a lebron issue, it is a coaching issue, i always feel Miami head coach gets too much praise because the Big three in Miami was a huge letdown because he never learned how to turn Bosh and Lebron into a combo and then let Wade be the third wheel would have made them more deadly especially seeing what Lebron and Ad are doing because Wade being a guard could have gotten his whenever he wanted too

 

[kdslittlebro]

He didn't go into any detail about why he believes so. Being able to bring the ball up the court doesn't mean he's better than Bron, when we know Bron can also do that. I'm not arguing for or against him, but I would have liked him to actually explain why he believes so.

It could almost be mistaken for clickbait, but he didn't actually shyt on anybody.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Tony Kukoc: "In this era, there’s so many players with multiple skills..."

Meaning that the skill level has improved, and thus players are better and well-rounded.
Thanks for confirming that, Tony.

The NBA no longer needs 1 guy whose sole responsibility is to dribble the ball up to half court, drop it off to your SG or Center and stand around not doing shyt while we all watched 1-on-1 playground basketball. Or did you forget how basketball was played in the 1990s?

Not necessarily saying skill level has improved

Just that the play style and systems that coaches implement are different

 

[Remote]

Not necessarily saying skill level has improved

Just that the play style and systems that coaches implement are different

Skill level has improved breh.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Skill level has improved breh.

Thats irrelevant to me saying that i dont think thats necessarily what kukoc was saying

 

[etrofllenrod504]

Luka does the same as LeBron but the white boys gobble his balls.