Originally Posted by kflo

point is that lucas doesn't complement that team, nor does dj complement lucas. neither was an efficient scorer, and neither had a reliable shot to spread the floor. isiah / blackman was much more of a well rounded offensive duo. the problem, again, with the '76 team is that they don't spread the floor well offensively, and they're not dynamic creatively. the '81 team is simply much more well rounded offensively, and much deeper offensively as well. i'd feel much more comfortable with the '76 team if you had dj at the point and a well rounded, efficient scoring sg with range, but that isn't the case. instead, the team offensively is just dantley (or english) and somewhat of a mismatch with parish, although the extent to which he can really dominate is a bit sketchy, as he really wasn't a bulk scorer. and blackman / dj was far closer talent wise than isiah / lucas. and there are teams where blackman's scoring would be a bigger asset than dj's all-around game, whereas lucas in no circumstances comes very close to measuring up to isiah.