String was ahead of his time. Avon was a dusty throwback to a bygone era whose inability to detach himself from old and unnecessary habits cost his enterprise and the life of the man who helped him build it. In 20 years, when he's out, Avon will be the broke OG boring the young cats with nostalgic reminiscences of what he used to have.
i loved stringer but playing devil's advocate he didn't understand the basic fundamentals of the streets like avon did. like telling bodie and his boys to compromise with rival crews about territory and they end up getting fukked up and run off their corners lol
in a perfect world i would combine stringer's nuanced approach with avon's gangster