Seeing talks about this year’s offseason free agency, elite shot creators like BI and Demar just aren’t that valued in today’s league compared to someone like Lauri who is a great offense. Even from a production standpoint, the Pacers with the top-rated offense don’t have many shot-creators on the team. I wonder if the NBA will see an offensive transition from its second-tier star players (aka stars not like Luka/Shai) to focus more on play finishing and becoming somewhat like an elite offensive role player.
Shot creation is important for every star player, the issue is that most good teams already have good shot creation. BI and Demar are good shot creators but they’re not elite.