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Cavs Spoil Bucks’ Big Day, but LeBron and Giannis Suggest Best is Yet to Come

A common expression you’ll hear is that the NBA is a copycat league. The best teams generate the trends that win, and everyone else follows suit. In much the same way, it’s also a league that has always been shaped by its best player. The NBA has existed in LeBron James’s image ever since he left for Miami, with lineups skewing smaller and faster, oversized playmakers returning to prominence, and superstars dictating where and for whom they play each summer. The latest shift has seen the league’s most talented bigs step out as legitimate perimeter threats. Along that particular vein, when it comes to the next top dog, Giannis Antetokounmpo has begun to broach the conversation.