Devin Booker has achieved a level of all-around mastery almost by happenstance, the byproduct of toggling between different roles throughout his career. He has become the NBA’s most amenable superstar.
Stars open championship windows, but adding the right mix of role players brings home the rings. OG Anunoby, Christian Braun, P.J. Washington and even Bradley Beal are among the players who will have an outsized impact on who wins in June.
Doc Rivers may be best suited to coach a version of the Bucks that ultimately no longer exists. They once bludgeoned their way to a title behind Giannis and a mathematically-optimized scheme, but this team is older and slower than the 2021 vintage and the rest of the East is better.
Rob Dillingham represents Minnesota’s best and last chance to acquire high-level talent that will complement their current roster. Trading for him wasn’t merely a savvy basketball move, it was a clever piece of front office statecraft.
