Very short sample but his biggest usage % since the 17-18 season ( 29.1) The 39.3% usage in the 4th quarter stands out ( 24.1 last season , 15.8 ( !!) in the playoffs )
Great game. Felt like the tide was turning in the 3rd when Sabonis was taking over (feels funny saying that), but he was fantastic and hit a 3 that iced the game. Great 3 game stretch.
"what's changed?" uh...we actually try to involve him, on purpose. it's not like he magically got better at age 29. we just stopped being stupid--and we still have some room to grow here, imo.
LeBron enticed AD to demand a trade from the Pels with a promise that AD will be the focal point, it has now happened 5 years later
In all seriousness, you do need an alpha, but to have a backup one that has the ability to do what he just did from time to time is pretty dang valuable.
More on the usage front The confidence he fired that with... different guy. Seeing him slotted as THE guy and not a spare body to fill out the starting 5 is a beautiful thing. Going to be hard for the media to ignore him this year.