Giannis isn't really even a point guard, his time at the point was Milwaukee's desperation...he's a tall small foward with good ball handling skills and playmaking ability... plus he's 6'11 for God sake...should be illegal to have him at the pg
Positions are meaningless in the NBA right now. Think of it more as a the primary ball handler. Giannis as the primary ball handler is exceptional for his size.
Of course he will be better at rebounding, he's like twice as tall. Ditto defense. Not sure about passing.
And all of those factor in. His numbers took off last year when they gave him full control of the reins. Final 26 games of the year, Giannis basically played point and averaged 18.8/8.4/7.5 on 51.5% shooting. I'm looking, but I can't find a 26 game stretch in Lillard's career where he averaged over 7.5 assists per game. Overall, it could be debatable that Giannis is better, even at Dame's primary position.
We don't need our PG to rebound. So I'd take a PG who averaged 25/7 over a whole season than a "PG" who had a 26 game stretch of 18/8.5
People get so caught up in positions and stereotypes. There are numbers that say Dame's best position is shooting guard.
Well when your PG can't shoot a 3 to save his life he's gonna go inside and shoot a higher percentage.
What if the 18/8.5 PG is also an elite defender and the 25/7 guy is a sieve? Does that make a difference? Look, I'm not saying I want to trade Dame for Giannis. I'm simply saying that there's a valid argument to be made on both sides.
He's not a "sieve" and I wouldn't say Giannis is "elite". Either way I'll take the dude that can lead a team to a 2nd round playoff birth over the guy that can lead a team to a solid 32 wins or whatever that loser team had
And then there is the whole... "Leadership" part. Is there even a leader who is clearly better than Dame? I dont think so... not in our current NBA anyhow.
They won 10 of those 26 games. He really needs to win a little more before it's debatable IMO. Lets see how he does when teams adjust to his weaknesses as a PG.
I think positions are more relevant towards defense. Offensively I think you just look for traits from your 3 perimeter players: Primary Ball Handler (Dame/CJ) Secondary Ball Handler (Turner) Lockdown Defender (Turner/AC?/Moe?) Slasher (Turner/Harkless) Multi-Dimensional Scorer (Dame/CJ) Spot Up Shooter (Dame/CJ/Crabbe) I think it's great that we have two primary ball handlers and a secondary ball handler in our starting lineup. How many teams have that? So instead of looking at it like: PG-Lillard SG-McCollum SF-Turner You can look at it like: PBH-Lillard, CJ SBH-Turner LD-Turner SL-Turner MDS-Lillard, CJ 3pt-Lillard, CJ For the Bucks, positions get murkey when you have Carter-Williams and Giannis on the floor at the same time. But you can simply break it PBH-Giannis SBH-MCW LD-Middleton, Giannis, SL-MCW, Giannis MDS-None 3pt-Middleton
In the frontcourt, I think it's simply based on who they defend. Meyers is a C because he's best guarding Centers, while Davis is a PF because he's best at guarding PFs. Ideally, one of your frontcourt players can shoot, and one is an infuse scorer. So these combos work well: PF Aminu / C Ezeli PF Davis / C Leonard PF Aminu / C Plumlee PF Vonleh / C Anybody