The leading man on the chip holder must land inside the top-5 players in the world list if that isn’t already a rule, it should be. His pure hatred of losing guarantees his squad a date in the postseason.įinally, we can’t forget Giannis was the best player on the champion Bucks last season, a place in the sky few players ever fly toward. Despite his shooting flaws, he has the most “Kobe” in him out of any player in the league right now. He goes 100% on a Tuesday night in Orlando in front of 10,000 fans. Still, Giannis’s night-in and night-out determination pushes him into the top-5. In fact, Giannis might not have won the title last year without the addition of Jrue Holiday and Middleton’s transformation from an excellent 3-and-D player to a bonafide star. Fans have been hard on AD’s performance without LBJ, but Giannis went 3-7 without Khris Middleton in the lineup this season. Giannis Antetokounmpo: Giannis’s offensive deficiencies can make him easy to game plan against. Don’t sleep on “The King.” Two nights ago in Indianapolis, James dropped 39 on the Pacers, helping secure the victory for the Lakers, while simultaneously putting the league on notice that when healthy, he’s still one of the surest bets to push his squad into the playoffs in the NBA. LeBron James: LBJ is 36-years-old, and he’s been injured much of the season. More importantly though, in the playoffs, after Kyrie Irving went down with an injury, and James Harden struggled with a hamstring issue, Kevin Durant averaged 35.4 PPG in the second round of the Eastern Conference Finals against the eventual champion Bucks, coming inches away at the end of game seven from propelling his Nets into the next round. Kevin Durant: He was injured much of last season, but while on the court, KD showed he has the most gravity in the league, attacking single coverages like he was by himself. Stephen Curry: Last season, he “dragged” a Golden State Warriors team featuring the underwhelming core of Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Oubre Jr, James Wiseman, Juan Toscano-Anderson, and Draymond Green into the play-in (which is part of the playoffs) by averaging 32.0 PPG and 42.1% from deep off of a staggering 12.7 attempts per game. The top players in the league pull off what Kobe managed in 2006: They guarantee a playoff berth.ĭuring this modern version of the NBA, who ensures their squad the postseason?
Giannis is hitting 42.9% of his shots from 16 feet to the three-point line, but he’s only taking 8.4% of his attempts from that range, well short of two shots per game, and not enough to unclog the middle of the court against a set defense in the postseason. Dig deeper, though, and you’ll see that Giannis will still have problems in the playoffs keeping opposing defenders honest with his outside stroke. Giannis has worked tirelessly to improve his shooting form, and we can see his numbers have risen steadily over the years. Davis’s overall stroke is solid, though.Ĭompare AD’s shooting numbers to the only other player in the NBA who has the same type of defensive impact, Giannis: This season AD’s shooting an awful 18.9% from deep off of 1.9 attempts per game. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.On offense, AD has only one hole in his game, his three-point shooting. on WISC-TV following News 3 Now at Six.ĬOPYRIGHT 2021 BY CHANNEL 3000. The Amy Awards air Monday night at 6:30 p.m. You can read more about this year’s honorees in this month’s Madison Magazine.
Tonight, meet the women who have overcome professional and personal challenges to be successful in their careers. The Jocelyn Scholarship honors Jocelyn Gannon - who was the picture-taker of the Gannon family and aspired to be a professional photographer - by going to a young woman who might pursue photography in the future.Īmy’s husband, Mike Gannon, has decided to give financial gifts to all five winners through the Amy & Jocelyn Memorial Fund. The Amy Award, The Strategist, The Free-Thinker and The Teacher awards commemorate the kind of person Amy Gannon was and the work she wanted to accomplish at Doyenne. The Amys consist of four awards for professional women and a scholarship for a young woman aged 18 or younger from the Madison area. A big part of Amy Gannon’s life’s work was uplifting others, particularly women and especially those who often found themselves without a seat at the table.