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>an overall offensive and defensive threat AD lapping him.

Offensive, I totally agree. AD has him beat there for sure. And that matters.

Defensive? Nah. Giannis is a Top 3 defender in the league. He doesn't create as many turnovers, but he's a better stopper and he's beyond deadly on any and all switches. There's a reason why Giannis led the NBA in defensive win shares and defensive BPM the last two seasons. He's right on par with AD imo.

Plus Giannis is two years younger than AD. It's definitely reasonable to think Giannis may not even have peaked yet-- which is crazy considering he just won two MVPs, lol.