What is a super giant? I personally think that it must have enough honors, explosive data, and strong team leadership ability. Contributes greatly to the team, can attack and dominate the game, and influence the outcome of the game. Popularity and commercial value are also required. In short, it is not difficult to become a superstar, but the threshold for becoming a superstar is much higher. Don't look at the more than 400 people currently in the NBA. There are many stars and superstars, but there are only 5 people who have reached the super giant level. We can get to know who these five people are today.
Jokic holds two MVPs, and he is still in his prime. He is one championship away from becoming a god. He is too important to the Nuggets . Without him to connect the team, the team would be in disarray. He is the best center in the NBA today, with comprehensive skills, excellent team leadership, and top-notch offensive ability. The team's playoff is guaranteed and is the favorite for MVP all year round. Such Jokic deserves the title of super giant. As for commercial value, centers have never been high, so don't be so harsh on Jokic.
Not to mention Antetokounmpo, that is a grand slam of honors. He has MVP, DPOY, championship and FMVP. He is now a combination of offense and defense. The Bucks are also the most competitive team in the Eastern Conference Finals in the East. Apart from his poor shooting, he is really perfect in the small ball era. If you have data, you have enough honors and you are hard-core. If you accumulate more data in the future and get more double points, you will definitely be able to enter the top 15 in history.
Durant Not to mention, even if he doesn't go to the Warriors, he is still a super giant based on his honor. During the Warriors period, he won 2 championships and 2 FMVPs, which made his historical status crazy. Now he is also guaranteed to be in the top 20. Now Durant is still killing everyone, the team is also winning streaks, and everything is back on track. He has played for a long time, has many honors, accumulated enough data, is popular and has high commercial value. Now Durant is still one of the league's leading stars.
Curry has nothing to say. If it were not for the injury, the Warriors would have been at least the top three in the Western Conference. He is still at the end of his peak, he has also won the FMVP, and there is no shortcoming in career honors. He is the leader of the small ball era, and he almost holds the record for three-pointers. The team won 4 championships in 8 years and led the team well. At the same position in history, it is second only to Magic. The commercial value is also huge, and the fan base is also large. Such Curry is naturally a super giant.
Finally, there is James . At the age of 38, people are speechless. He can still average 25+ per game easily. If Jordan is the highest mountain, then it is the longest river. Honorary 4 championships + 4 FMVP + 4 MVP, 13 times first team in history, all kinds of records in hand. Now he is better than 95% of the players. With popularity, influence, and commercial value, he is still among the super giants.
As for why Leonard is not qualified, he is also a combination of offense and defense and can take over the game at critical moments, but he has flaws. His body is too glassy. There is no super giant in history who takes one year off and two years off, and then takes various turns. He doesn't have enough data accumulation and few big honors, so he is above the superstar, below the super giant, to be precise, he is almost a super giant!
