I'm curious... for those who believe LMA and DeMar are still perennial all-stars: what will it take for them to lose this tag? A strong case can be made for DeMar, and LMA did indeed carry the team on his back a little bit last season. What would they have to show that they're no more on the level of other stars? Would that be a slow deflating balloon or will it be a quick pop? I could easily see LMA falling off the cliff (sort of like what happened with Pau Gasol) this season.
It's why I question why people prop up the Rockets because they think Cousins is still a star, but from what I've seen, he's so far removed from it. He still has good games, sure. But so does role players.
I post this with the idea that I don't think the bar is very high for any of our young players for them to surpass these two. If Derrick White builds on last year and averages 15/5/5 with great defense, in my mind he's already better than both.
In the bubble (which people hate to use as a sample size), White averaged 19/5/4.
J_Paco