“Look, LeBron is LeBron because of his ability to get other people involved and Giannis has all the ability to do the exact same thing,” Pat Connaughton recently told The Athletic. “And I think it’s just the more he sees his people guard him as an MVP, as a Finals MVP, the whole thing, he’s starting to anticipate how he can affect the game without just scoring.” “As he gets better and better at that, he’s going to be able to have his way in this league. I mean, we’ve seen it with all his freakishness, but that passing ability and that ability to read a defense and almost be a step ahead of a defense, it’s that mantra of he’s playing chess, not checkers.”