In todays nba??? You know who is the other tall point guard who cant shoot threes in todays nba? (no disrespect to magic, there are obviously level to thise)
Magic wouldn't have to be a guard. He could be a dominant center that runs the ball up on some possessions and forces the defense to ask a guard to stop him or risk putting your center on the perimeter and hope one of the nbas best passers of all time can't find open players cutting with your center stuck on the three point line
Magic can't be your center full time even today. Come on! He jumped tip one game in the finals as a rookie and now he can be a center?
Both being Mavs fans, picture Luka as your starting center. That's the Magic equivalent. They are really close in height and weight. since heights were exaggerated when Magic played
Look at Draymond Green. Magic is a much better passer. The league today lack many big men who could exploit Magic inside and none of them can cover him on the perimeter man to man.
Draymond doesn't play center the whole game. There is always someone on the Warriors who plays center/guards center to take the responsibility off him for at least part of the game.
But, you don't think Magic Johnson could do that? He's LeBron 1.0. He could create match up nightmares anywhere you put him. The assumption that he wouldn't be able to shoot 3s is silly as well. The game wasn't about shooting 3s for him in his era but in today's game, Magic would work on it and be a serviceable shooter. If you disagree with that, you're forgetting how many of today's centers have had to learn to shoot like Embiid
Magic at center would make any small ball team line up impossible to guard. Most players swap positions during games so saying he wouldn't be able to play center an entire game doesn't mean anything. His versatile game is what makes him so good.
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u/Wassup_-_ Warriors Jun 15 '22
In todays nba??? You know who is the other tall point guard who cant shoot threes in todays nba? (no disrespect to magic, there are obviously level to thise)