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Originally Posted by candybar
Literally none of these are drop steps - was 90's basketball so bad that anyone could play D1 without literally having any understanding of the fundamentals or were you uniquely unskilled? Do you not know what a drop step is?
Also, this is all basic stuff that is mastered by all kinds of youth players that won't sniff NBA and none of this is particularly advanced from an execution standpoint (in fact, you can see that his footwork is often a bit sloppy, especially when he was younger). Like how behind are you to think that these are amazing from a skill standpoint? What stands out here is athleticism compared to other NBA players at the time, not skill.
Show me where Ant finishes on that level off a 1-step vertical (drop-step)?
It doesn't exist.
And you'll claim that a 1-step vertical isn't a drop-step (it is) but regardless you're missing the point - Ant lacks the goat skill and power off a one-step vertical that MJ had,... Look at all those crazy finishes that MJ had with zero ball-dominance or setup time required - THAT'S how you elevate teammates - you don't dominate the ball like a jackass... And of course we're talking about perimeter players - surely there are bigs with more powerful and dominant drop-steps.
So again, show me where Ant demonstrates a drop-step, hop-step, jab-step or first-step on the level of what I showed for MJ?.. These are fundamentals that Ant mostly lacks.. His first step is good but it requires set-up time - he doesn't know how to explode from a triple-threat position (pre-dribble, stationary position) or post-up position, so his first-step is unpolished, in addition to being slower.
Ultimately, Ant is just like all the other modern lebron-bots - they dominate the ball at the expense of teammates, so that when the team loses, it's blamed on teammates instead of his weak brand of ball and inability to elevate teammates.. It's exactly like the 09' or 10' Playoffs with Lebron getting upset massively, or Giannis, Embiid, and Luka losing with good rosters - all these losers - none of them have good fundamentals and understand how to play the game like low time of possessions players (Curry, Jokic, MJ), who knew how to elevate teammates..
Tbh, I know KAT was hurt a couple years ago, but he's basically stunk and declined since Ant has taken over the team, so once again we don't see the teammate development for Ant that we saw with MJ - MJ's teammates grew by leaps and bounds alongside him, while today's ball-dominators and fancy dribblers see teammates crater...