Oh, no doubt, and that's my point. Jokic needs running mates like Jrue and Middleton, but Murray and MPJ (as a collective) aren't that. The stars will need to align for the Nuggets to get players like that to surround Jokic with. Giannis would still be stuck in 1st/2nd round exit status if the Bucks didn't get him the right help.
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Giannis won 60 games and got to the ECF (an OT away from going up 3-0 on Toronto) with Eric Bledsoe and Middleton.... Yeah Khris is really good but not much better than Murray and Bledsoe always been a heavily flawed player. Even Monte Morris probably better.
Giannis is just a far more complete, impactful and well rounded player than Jokic
