Yeah it’s SGA or Wemby. I’m going to lean Wemby because if you have him on your team you just instantly have a top tier defense and crazy spacing

I’d say wemby just for the absolutely insane defensive advantage you gain. It’s easier to find someone 90% as good as SGA offensively than 90% of wemby defensively.

Wemby

Wtf are the comments on about ? Sure SGA might be the most “well rounded player” but with guys like jokic all you need is 3 and D guys and maybe 1 more ball handler and the team is done. It’s the basic lebron (and others) hileocentric type roster building

Giannis is hardest to build around and Wemby is the easiest

Wemby hands down and it’s not close. You can’t teach height or other. Dude is everything you want in a player to build around. He just needs playmaking guards and 3&D wings and you’re a contender.

2nd place SGA: Tall, athletic combo guard who excells at both sides of the floor. You could write his offense is better than Luka’s, what you can’t argue is defens

Wemby because being the by far the best defender in the world and an efficient offensive player is incredibly modular

SGA is pretty plug and play. Wemby is sneakily more difficult than people think, he’s still more of a play finisher than a play creator. Luka and Jokic are similar, two defensive negatives (Jokic maybe a little worse because of his position) but have the highest ceiling imo from an offensive output standpoint. Giannis is easily the most difficult although he’s similar to Wemby, except Wemby has an incling of a jumper.

1.SGA
2.WEMBY
3.LUKA/JOKIC
4.GIANNIS

Edit: also I know the real purpose of of these threads is to jsut shit on Luka but whatever I’ll engage

Weirdly, I think it’s Luka. Instant offense. just surround him with high level role players.

I mean, Jokic is a rather solid all-arounder with a great sense of passing, rebounding, and playmaking, plus shooting. I think he makes everyone around him look better.

Jokic

Jokic is the easiest to build around. He is 45 wins for the most part. Just stack on him

Giannis is way easier to build around than reality shows and people realize. It’s the same mode as LeBron. Put shooters around him and let him do his thing and kick out when needed. If giannis could shoot even decently it would be him in my opinion by a wide margin.

SGA right now is probably the answer, but Wemby should get there. Wemby needs a vet guard to handle the ball and control the offense at the moment because he has pretty poor offensive IQ based on what I watched and while he is a good playmaker and ball handler, the extra work saps his energy. Bro should be even more dominant in the paint/boards and is not that yet

Build around in what sense?? Each of them are easy to build around if their teams have assets and cap space lol

Image-wise…Luka lwk is on a disadvantage since he never really had a team built around him until 2024 (and 2026 with Lakers) Mavs gambled and traded for a hurt KP and THJ during his rookie season, so no assets, and their cap space was fcked since.

Ironically the answer is Luka. People just think he’s fat/washed because he’s only had 1 good roster his entire career but he clears the rest of these players besides wemby

Luka took Reggie Bullock to a WCF so him for sure

SGA

Shai the most complete player but it’s not all that difficult to build around any of them imo

SGA is my guy but it’s def Wemby or Joker. It stinks that Denver has done NOTHING to help Joker as he’s just wasting away there smh.

Wemby

In terms of who has done the most with the least help, Jokic and Luka are easiest to build around. Jokic plus a couple NBA quality shooters equals playoffs. Luka plus an NBA level big equals playoffs. Haven’t really seen much success from the others without really good teams behind them.

RemindMe! 10 years. Wemby is by far the best player in the league, check back in on this in 10 years.

Wemby 100%. Almost any other player matches up well with Wemby.

Any of the others less so. For instance SGA and Luka together not a great fit IMO

In their prime it’s Giannis, 2 way monster which none of the others are yet (Wemby)

Luka NEEDS elite defensive around him. Then offense is best when heliocentric.

SGA is pretty easily to build around too but best when heliocentric as well

Jokic needs an Aaron Gordon Type to be at his best. Offense is best when playing through the post with Jokic with lots of movement.

Giannis needs a Stretch 5 + 3 other shooters. It will mostly involve Giannis bullyball + shooter.

I’d take Wemby for sure. You start with a defensive stretch 5 then you can plug pretty much anyone and any style.
- Current Spurs style
- Imagine a SGA/Luka-esque co star. Wemby would be offensive #2. Defensive #1.
- Once Wemby improves, I’d imagine more of the possessions will look Jokic-esque
- I’d love to see a double big look with an AD-esque PF + Wemby twin tower
- Imagine a warriors death line up with prime steph, klay, kd, draymond + Wemby
- Imagine the title run bucks with Wemby instead of Brook Lopez.
- the list can go on and on.

It’s almost a crime for basketball fans we don’t get to see him in all these different styles, but maybe it’s for the better…. He’s already scary good.

I’d say Jokic. He can play with anyone and make them better. Even a primary ball handler would work because they could alternate with Jokic to give him more freedom and rest.

Wemby. If you actually look at the Spurs roster this past season, it was really janky. Our starting lineup was basically 2 point guards, 2 shooting guards (Vassell and Champagnie), and Wemby.

Wemby

He can just do anything. Mainly speaking, he’s really good offball.

You can pair him with a ball dominant star. Literally any players skillset is complimented by him.

Wemby.

SGA. Wemby’s durability is a huge question mark. As is his playoff conditioning if he keeps having to play reduced minutes.

Jokic is Steve Nash but a center. Easily him

I’ll always take an elite C to build around if the goal is a championship. Give me Wemby, every time.

The question was which player is easier to build around. People might choose SGA over Joker because he’s “better,” but I’d still bet it’d be easier to build a championship roster, everything else equal, starting with Joker.

No elite Cs on the board, then I’m going a PG like Shai, after that, an elite wing like prime Kawhi.

Maybe I’m biased with 40+ years of Warrior fandom and only having a few years of Bogut as a solid C.

Steph Curry

SGA being a guard that can’t shoot the 3 that well in the playoffs is a pretty big limitation that people are missing. Out of all these players, he’s been stopped the most in the playoffs and that’s with having the best cast around him.

After that it gets harder. I’d say Giannis is next. Having a non shooting 4 in the modern game is tough. He basically needs a stretch 5 to be viable I feel and that’s a pretty rare archetype.

Luka next. The defense is bad, but as a point guard you can survive with bad defense. Playmaking and shooting he brings is incredible and the only thing putting him down a bit is the need for a rim running center, but that’s easier to find than a stretch 5.

Maybe a hot take but I have Jokic as the 2nd easiest. Yes he’s not great defensively, but they won the championship without having a team full of defenders. If you look at the squads that won, that Nuggets team had by far the worst defensive cast. 3 at best decent defenders in Murray, MPJ, and Jokic starting and they still won. AG and KCP aren’t all defense or DPOY defenders either. Every other player mentioned had stronger defensive cast around them which obviously would’ve helped hide Jokic’s main weakness a lot. On the other side of the ball, I don’t think there’s any player that’s more versatile. Being able to play off ball, on ball, in the paint, outside the paint, etc. I can’t really think of a player that hasn’t been able to play with Jokic.

Wemby. One of the greatest defenses of all time automatically along with the ability to stretch the floor. It remains to be seen how his offense holds up in the playoffs. He was pretty bad in the finals and really inconsistent in the Thunder series as well, but projecting growth in that department, he should be the easiest to build around. Basically just needs a playmaking PG alongside a rebounding and sturdy 4 which shouldn’t be hard to find.

Everyone saying Wemby or maybe SGA but I would probably pick Jokic. Good centers are hard to find in today’s NBA and someone who can play huge minutes and you can run the offense through makes it so much easier to find other players to fit around. Wemby hasn’t yet shown the passing or ability of minutes or durability of Jokic. A center that averages a triple double is who I would build around

Joker easily

Anthony Edwards.

I’d go Wemby just because working out a good defense is the hardest thing to do.

But if I wasaking a team it would be Joker just cause I would enjoy the team the most.

Wemby, for sure. Best prospect since LeBron, unteachable size, plays well on offense and defense.

Jokic

Giannis

People are saying wemby and sga a lot rightfully so but jokic man instant top 5 offense in the league and durable just need a few defensive pieces

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The question is no longer hypothetical for Jokic. Nuggets have done it in his tenure with the team.

Jokic

With Wemby it’s easy to know your weaknesses (and there’s less of them), but actually filling them is hard. I’m not a fan of SGA in the slightest, but the players required to build him a good roster are much easier to find. You won’t be losing trades or reaching in the draft if you have SGA.

Jokic makes his teammates better to a larger degree than the others, and has as many titles as any of them. But with far more personal accolades. He’s finished top 2 in MVP six straight seasons… it’s Jokić

Easily Wemby. If you have Wemby, you instantly fill the rarest position with a superstar and don’t need to overpay to just to fill a hole at center. Way easier to fill out the roster with guards and wings than it is to find a championship starting center all while keeping the team salary in check. Guards and forwards are much easier to find positive value contracts that are available to sign or trade for than a championship level C.

I literally can’t imagine a team build wemby doesn’t improve

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I mean from an archetype perspective yeah. They both need a specific type if unit around them to make up for the defensive side. Jokic is better but they are the same archetype

Jokic because he’s so versatile offensively and can make everyone a threat almost regardless of skill set.

SGA with bad roster, lottery team, Wemby with bad roster, lottery team. Luka with bad roster, playoffs. But everyone says Luka is the hardest to build around.

Brunson

my heart wants to say Jokic because i just love watching him run an offense so much but you gotta go with Wemby. he’s so young and so dominant on the defensive end.

Luka is so easy to build around, i don’t understand what people talk about in this thread. He’s like Jokic, they are two of the best playmaker we saw in the last 30 years.

I mean, Luka went to the wcf with Bullock, DFS and Powell. So just give him below average offensive players and you still have and elite offense.

Of course Wemby is unique and he’s the answer to the question, but if you are a top 5 in the league building a round you is never a problem.

VW

Wemby first by far. he answers the most questions, protects guys and can fit with a high usage star. as his offense evolves, he’ll be a better fit there too.

Jokic second. so many guys have thrived in a Jokic system where he controls everything. you can see it when they leave Denver and fall off a cliff.

SGA third. he’s just an iso bucket and holds up defensively. we haven’t really seen him get fully schemed against though because his teams are always so stacked, so not 100% sure.

Giannis fourth, Luka fifth. both need a specific style of five-out spacing to really unlock. Giannis seems like he would fit with anyone but he really wants to attack from the wing into a lot of space. it sounds crazy, but it’s not super different to someone like Harden. Luka is a savant with the ball but he needs 3 and d guys everywhere to protect him. you can’t just throw him on a random team and expect to win.

Luka and SGA (or any guard superstar really) pretty much needs the same sets of players around them (they can carry the offensive load so just surround them with defense and shooting). Jokic is kind of similar.

The two two way players. Next question.

Wemby easily. - He gives you a 10-15pt advantage each game just of the blocks.

Wemby is the easiest and best player to build around and this is coming from a okc fan.  He fits any build and requires no specific players around him, although he would be best with a pass first point gaurd.  Shai as great as he is reduces ball movement, because a Shai iso or pnr is just the best option everytime so its going to naturally stagnate rest of the offense.  He is actually pretty great off ball, just so much better on ball.  Jokic is 3rd because the only requirement to winning a chip with him is having an elite pf defender that can protect the rim and a really strong perimeter defender to limit rim attempts.  He needs some shooting but every star does.  Giannis is probably 4th, he needs a very specific team built around him and really needs a rim protecting center that can shoot but other than that he really just needs shooting and a secondary playmaker.  Luka has not won yet so we don’t know what it would take or if it is possible, but he is definitely the hardest to build around because of his defense and his heliocentric style.  He basically needs exactly this build, a rim running center, 3 elite 3 and D guys and a elite 6th man.  

Wemby.

Gives you an extremely high floor defensively, is remarkably portable, doesn’t need a high volume of shots, etc.

I see no obstacles to building around him tbh.

Brunson

Me

Wemby without question