So who is our best player so far?

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Luck - is the combination of skill and opportunity

Branch Rickey call luck "the residue of hard work and design," but I still think that's substituting a punchier word for what's more accurately termed "good fortune." I can also go for, "The harder I work, the luckier I get," if I'm using "luck" in a more idiomatic way, but I still think it's not quite right.

Luck generally has more happenstance in it, an element or near-entirety not necessarily determined by what we put into it. In your definition, the opportunity may be unexpected, unpredicted, or oddly presented, and thereby more akin to luck. But the skill component, preparation, effort, persistence, and such seem distinctively different from luck, while certainly upping the odds that good fortune may result.

 

[BNich]

The guy is a game changer. Even if he doesn’t score, his blocks lead to easy baskets down at the other end. He is easily the best player on the team followed by Bouk

Easy baskets at the other end? Haven't seen many of those.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Easy baskets at the other end? Haven't seen many of those.

I'm sure ( I hope) @tcf15 or @Storrs South will put together a highlight compilation of Akok's season and you'll see that his blocks lead to easy baskets at the other end. Vital is a beneficiary of them

 

[Matt1010]

CV and it's really not close. He leads the team in every important advanced stat including Box +/-, Win Share, Win Share/40, PER, etc.

 

[BNich]

I'm sure ( I hope) @tcf15 or @Storrs South will put together a highlight compilation of Akok's season and you'll see that his blocks lead to easy baskets at the other end. Vital is a beneficiary of them

IT'S A TEAM SPORT