Durant is the best player in the planet

[hater]

this is the clearest thing so far this season.

props to the lock to the HOF and probably best SF in history of the game.

:tu

[lefty]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GyHgYg5RMT4/UXLOF3KdLwI/AAAAAAAALUo/E8e5SFG_EPI/s1600/Matt-Stone-Trey-Parker.gif

[sendman]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view7/2426873/j-d-exploding-head-o.gif

[TDMVPDPOY]

beta and best player on the planet doesnt sound right

the sooner westbrick returns the sooner we see durant return to his usual cuck role

[james evans]

i saw a guy tonight getting locked down by a 36 year old player that's past his prime. i dont know what anyone else saw

[JohnnyMax]

Lets compare Durant's first 7 years to Kobes first 8 years. Durant played 1 year of college so we will be fair to Kobe and give him 8 years.

Kevin Durant
http://i.imgur.com/kvjMTAm.png

Kobe Bryant
http://i.imgur.com/YuhCmEt.png

[Rogue]

and OKC is probably also the best city on this planet for OP because he can buy meth there for only half the national average prize.

[AchillesHeel]

KD is the best scorer since MJ and is having the best individual season since MJ.

While I've been hard on Beta, he's done really well without Alpha and has kept the team at the top of the Conference on his own, you have to give him credit right now.

But there's a lot of basketball to be played in the Regular Season so I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up averaging similar stats as last year and Bron took over again.

It's crazy how just a year ago people thought Lebron was a once in a generation type of a player, KD has easily been on the same level, if not above this very season. :wow

[james evans]

kd is a better scorer than lebron, but that's it. lebron does everything else better. stackhouse in his day could fill up the stat sheet too and so could gilbert arenas, so i wouldnt say those guys were better than lebron either.

[Chomag]

Meth is one powerfull drug.

[irishock]

:lmao "KD has been on the same level as LeBron"

[testies]

as an opposition, Durant with the ball gives me way more fear than LeBron.. I actually was begging for LeBron to shoot jumpshots in the finals.. he's not the best player on the planet, and its pathetic, laughable, ridiculous that people already want to talk about him like he's top3 in history or something.. not even top15 and i'm beingn serious

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao LeBron haters reaching based on a fluke streak from Beta

[djohn2oo8]

At home Kevin?

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[djohn2oo8]

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[thunderup]

At home, djohn?
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[djohn2oo8]

:lol Horse Champion

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0214/nba_g_durant2_sw_576.jpg

[Spur-Addict]

In the planet? Interesting. Must've been the only guy who could survive the heat.

[Phillip]

KD is the best scorer since MJ and is having the best individual season since MJ.

While I've been hard on Beta, he's done really well without Alpha and has kept the team at the top of the Conference on his own, you have to give him credit right now.

But there's a lot of basketball to be played in the Regular Season so I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up averaging similar stats as last year and Bron took over again.

It's crazy how just a year ago people thought Lebron was a once in a generation type of a player, KD has easily been on the same level, if not above this very season. :wow

:lmao no

[Phillip]

as an opposition, Durant with the ball gives me way more fear than LeBron.. I actually was begging for LeBron to shoot jumpshots in the finals.. he's not the best player on the planet, and its pathetic, laughable, ridiculous that people already want to talk about him like he's top3 in history or something.. not even top15 and i'm beingn serious

you obviously dont know anything about basketball

kindly shut the hell up, for your own sake

[Jodelo]

as an opposition, Durant with the ball gives me way more fear than LeBron.. I actually was begging for LeBron to shoot jumpshots in the finals.. he's not the best player on the planet, and its pathetic, laughable, ridiculous that people already want to talk about him like he's top3 in history or something.. not even top15 and i'm beingn serious

:lmaofaggot

[TDMVPDPOY]

this guys is nothing more then a over glorify tmac

[AchillesHeel]

:lmao no

Very useful post, prove me otherwise, bro.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

:lol it was funny watching a past prime manu lock down durant 1 on 1.

[Koolaid_Man]

this is the clearest thing so far this season.

props to the lock to the HOF and probably best SF in history of the game.

:tu

He's alright..just ain't got no rangs...plus he eats his boogers :lmao

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[jimbo]

Are we gonna act like Lebron didn't average close to these numbers during the playoffs in 2009 tbh? (I didn't realize they were actually better numbers until I looked them up)

35.3 9.1 7.3 on .510% shooting in 14 games :king


For reference Durant is putting up these numbers

January
36.9 5.8 5.8 on .524% shooting in 12 games. :(

[Phillip]

Very useful post, prove me otherwise, bro.

Prove that Durant's season is as good or better than Lebron's season last year. If you even can begin to argue that it's potentially better (which you suggest you can), than there ought to be quite a bit of obvious, conclusive evidence.

[D-Wade]

Biggest knee-jerk ever. Wade in 09 looked this good too, if not better. So did LBJ in 09 and yes even Bean in 09. Until Durant does something worth a damn in the postseason, it just means he's a really good player. But better than LBJ?! Bullshit. Dude hasn't even proven that he's the consistent go to alpha on his team.

Can't wait to see what happens when Russ gets back.

[AchillesHeel]

Prove that Durant's season is as good or better than Lebron's season last year. If you even can begin to argue that it's potentially better (which you suggest you can), than there ought to be quite a bit of obvious, conclusive evidence.

Ok. Same TS% as Lebron last season, higher WS/48 and is on pace to have higher WS in a single season than Lebron's ever did and his current WS/48 is higher than Bron's has ever been.

Raw stats: KD is averaging 31 ppg on 50/41/88 shooting with 7.7 rpg 5.1 apg 1.5 spg 0.8 bpg

Lebron averaged 26.8 ppg 8 rpg 7.3 apg 1.7 spg 0.9 bpg on 56/41/75 shooting

KD has led his team to the top seed in the Western Conference, beating the 1st,2nd,5th and 6th seed just in the last week, averaging 43/5/5 on 73%TS, beating the Spurs on a b2b after beating Portland.

Oh, and he's doing this without a legit 2nd option on offense.

[djohn2oo8]

Ok. Same TS% as Lebron last season, higher WS/48 and is on pace to have higher WS in a single season than Lebron's ever did and his current WS/48 is higher than Bron's has ever been.

Raw stats: KD is averaging 31 ppg on 50/41/88 shooting with 7.7 rpg 5.1 apg 1.5 spg 0.8 bpg

Lebron averaged 26.8 ppg 8 rpg 7.3 apg 1.7 spg 0.9 bpg on 56/41/75 shooting

KD has led his team to the top seed in the Western Conference, beating the 1st,2nd,5th and 6th seed just in the last week, averaging 43/5/5 on 73%TS, beating the Spurs on a b2b after beating Portland.
:lol regular season, Pizzaface got his dookey pushed in by Tayshaun Prince in the playoffs

[AchillesHeel]

:lol regular season, Pizzaface got his dookey pushed in by Tayshaun Prince in the playoffs

This discussion was about regular season stats, currently KD is on pace for one of the greatest regular seasons ever. We don't know what will happen in the playoffs.

[djohn2oo8]

This discussion was about regular season stats, currently KD is on pace for one of the greatest regular seasons ever. We don't know what will happen in the playoffs.
Being the best player on the planet isn't about regular seasons.

[Bill_Brasky]

I remember when LeBron would routinely put up godlike numbers and the same faggots slurping KD now would cry about rings.....

[AchillesHeel]

Being the best player on the planet isn't about regular seasons.

Past achievements have 0 to do with the present. We can only compare players by regular season production if we want to determine who's playing at the highest level at this current time. And it has clearly been Beta.

[DAF86]

The last time a poster created a thread like this one he got utterly embarrassed.

[scanry]

^ can't blame him tbh. He just came of backdoor sweeping the Spurs and he was on a role.

Lebron had other plans though.

[thunderup]

^ can't blame him tbh. He just came of backdoor sweeping the Spurs and he was on a role.

Lebron had other plans though.
That's why I've grown to respect the fuck out of Lebron. Nigga was on a mission that year. Flip the roles now. It's our fucking time. It's KD's time.

[Cry Havoc]

That's why I've grown to respect the fuck out of Lebron. Nigga was on a mission that year. Flip the roles now. It's our fucking time. It's KD's time.

Yep. Agreed. January is definitely beta's time. :lol

[scanry]

^ Not really. The Spurs had him beat and Allen saved his legacy tbh. The Spurs & the Pacers match up really well against them. I don't think OKC can last 6 games.

[thunderup]

Yep. Agreed. January is definitely beta's time. :lol
:lol you again
:lol computer faggot geek who follows basketball
:lol keep telling yourself that regular season doesn't matter after every decent team wipes the floor with your old ass team

[jimbo]

Ok. Same TS% as Lebron last season, higher WS/48 and is on pace to have higher WS in a single season than Lebron's ever did and his current WS/48 is higher than Bron's has ever been.

Raw stats: KD is averaging 31 ppg on 50/41/88 shooting with 7.7 rpg 5.1 apg 1.5 spg 0.8 bpg

Lebron averaged 26.8 ppg 8 rpg 7.3 apg 1.7 spg 0.9 bpg on 56/41/75 shooting

KD has led his team to the top seed in the Western Conference, beating the 1st,2nd,5th and 6th seed just in the last week, averaging 43/5/5 on 73%TS, beating the Spurs on a b2b after beating Portland.

Oh, and he's doing this without a legit 2nd option on offense.

Because of how winshares are calculated, the Heat's final 43~ games would almost certainly give Lebron a higher winshare amount for that stretch given that they were 40-3.

Same thing for the 66 win Cavs. Almost certain you could find a stretch in there that would match the Durant stretch. It's too much effort to calculate winshares by hand though.

[DJR210]

Are we comparing him to players in the Earth's mantle, or core?

[Phillip]

Ok. Same TS% as Lebron last season, higher WS/48 and is on pace to have higher WS in a single season than Lebron's ever did and his current WS/48 is higher than Bron's has ever been.

Raw stats: KD is averaging 31 ppg on 50/41/88 shooting with 7.7 rpg 5.1 apg 1.5 spg 0.8 bpg

Lebron averaged 26.8 ppg 8 rpg 7.3 apg 1.7 spg 0.9 bpg on 56/41/75 shooting

KD has led his team to the top seed in the Western Conference, beating the 1st,2nd,5th and 6th seed just in the last week, averaging 43/5/5 on 73%TS, beating the Spurs on a b2b after beating Portland.

Oh, and he's doing this without a legit 2nd option on offense.

:lol higher WS/48 when its a mere .001 higher.

Lebron had a considerably higher eFG%, higher rebound %, assist %, and higher PER.

Durant is taking probably 4-5 more shots per game than Lebron did, when you add in FGAs and FTAs, so of course his scoring will be a bit higher, but Lebron is a considerably better floor leader and defender.

Are you seriously comparing this stretch that Durant is having, to Lebron's stretch last year where he shot under 52% in only 3 out of 26 games, and led his team on that 27 game win streak, despite Wade playing hurt and even missing some of the games?

Yea Westbrook has been out, but Reggie Jackson is no joke himself. He looks fully capable of being a 15-20 PPG scorer, and has basically done just that since Westbrook went out. He's not Westbrook, but he's better than people think, and has a lot of talent. Don't make it seem like Durant is doing this with no help, just because Westbrook is out.

[Cry Havoc]

:lol you again
:lol computer faggot geek who follows basketball
:lol keep telling yourself that regular season doesn't matter after every decent team wipes the floor with your old ass team

:lmao On a basketball sports forum of another team calling other people "computer faggots".

[FkLA]

This reminds me of the time benefactor claimed Durant>King after the first game of the '12 Finals. :lol

[irishock]

At home, djohn?
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burn

[BatManu20]

Lebron is still the better player, but Durant is the best player offensively by a mile. And he's on a hot streak, the likes of which we haven't seen since Kobe in 2007 tbh.

[RsxPiimp]

Durant is no doubt killin it right now.

[jdiggy0424]

Until KD can play both sides of the floor consistently, he will never be better than Lebron.

Remember everybody it is still January. You make your mark when it matters, and that's in the playoffs.

[TIMMYtoZO]

:lol The haters are getting all giddy over Durant now. They are hoping he can be the one to stop Lebron in June. Indiana and OKC will be the 2 hopes for the haters this season, tbh.

[Phillip]

Lebron is still the better player, but Durant is the best player offensively by a mile.

better offensive player by a mile? lol no

better shooter, sure.

but ball handling, passing, vision, finishing, absorbing contact, penetration, foot work, post moves, transition offense... all go to Lebron without question.

[hater]

:lol The haters are getting all giddy over Durant now. They are hoping he can be the one to stop Lebron in June. Indiana and OKC will be the 2 hopes for the haters this season, tbh.

nobody is saying Durant will beat Lebron in the Finals. Obviously basketball is all about matchups and like poster above said, Miami is matchup nightmare for OKC. And I agree they would not last 6 games vs. the Heat. It would take KD to play at Jordan levels and Westbrook to play at top PG level in order to have a chance in hell vs Miami. Miami has fast strong defenders that would not allow scrubs like Reggie Jackson, Lamb and African Policeman Ikaka shine.

Only slow weak teams like the Spurs make those scrubs look like allstars :lol

I also agree Pacers and Spurs matchup better with Heat. But at this point only the Pacers IMO. Spurs look like the game 6 collapse finally caught up to them. (As I predicted) Will they ever recover? chances are NO. but one can only hope MVParker can at least carry the team throughout.

[hater]

oh and while we on the subject of 1 on 1. KD would take a shit on Lebron on a 1-1 game.

Sure, ppl will say, Lebron will power through the Ethiopian every single drive. But people forget the Ethiopian has a 7 foot 2 wingspan. Nigga pretty much got the same wingspan as Hakeem :lol

in the end basketball is not a game about power, the best shooter will usually win on a 1-1.

advantage KD :lmao

[djohn2oo8]

oh and while we on the subject of 1 on 1. KD would take a shit on Lebron on a 1-1 game.

Sure, ppl will say, Lebron will power through the Ethiopian every single drive. But people forget the Ethiopian has a 7 foot 2 wingspan. Nigga pretty much got the same wingspan as Hakeem :lol

in the end basketball is not a game about power, the best shooter will usually win on a 1-1.

advantage KD :lmao
lol retard

[hater]

lol retard

:rolleyes then how do you explain a skeleton leading MVP and scoring competitions 40 games into the season genius?

[KaiRMD1]

All Durant is is scorer. He is the best scorer in the game but not much else, hence why LeBron is light years away from him. Why else did he get cuckold by the Grizzlies last year?

[djohn2oo8]

:rolleyes then how do you explain a skeleton leading MVP and scoring competitions 40 games into the season genius?
lol what are you talking about? Basketball is more than just scoring. Also, Jump shooting teams do not win rings. Teams with a post presence with POWER win rings. And because he's leading the league in scoring does not mean he would beat LeBron one on one.

[KaiRMD1]

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/000/322/111/Screenshot2012-02-01at1.10.44PM_crop_exact.png?w=650&h=365&q=85

[ElNono]

lol arguing with "Spurs in 7", "Lebron will never win it all as the man"...

[Clipper Nation]

oh and while we on the subject of 1 on 1. KD would take a shit on Lebron on a 1-1 game.

Sure, ppl will say, Lebron will power through the Ethiopian every single drive. But people forget the Ethiopian has a 7 foot 2 wingspan. Nigga pretty much got the same wingspan as Hakeem :lol

in the end basketball is not a game about power, the best shooter will usually win on a 1-1.

advantage KD :lmao

NBA basketball is five-on-five, these hypothetical one-on-one debates are always retarded....

[ElNono]

NBA basketball is five-on-five, these hypothetical one-on-one debates are always retarded....

:lmao when they reach for 1 on 1 you know they have no leg to stand on...

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao when they reach for 1 on 1 you know they have no leg to stand on...

:cry "But, but, Player X scores more than Player Y, he would totally beat Player Y in one-on-one!" :cry

It's the same "logic" that fans of Kirby and other chuckers use to defend their player, one that conveniently ignores all the other aspects of winning basketball (efficiency, shot selection, ball movement, rebounding, team defense, etc.)...

[hater]

disagree. When discussing best player in the planet topics, 1 on 1 scenarios are useful. Agree, not overly important but I just brought it up because Phil Jackson brought it up today when discussing Kobe and Jordan :lmao

[Clipper Nation]

disagree. When discussing best player in the planet topics, 1 on 1 scenarios are useful.

How is a hypothetical one-on-one matchup at all relevant to who's better in a five-on-five league? :lol

[hater]

How is a hypothetical one-on-one matchup at all relevant to who's better in a five-on-five league? :lol

ask Kobe

:lmao

[ElNono]

tbh, I don't even remember Lebron breaking a sweat when he flat out abused beta in the Finals...

[ElNono]

:lol that's true though... Kirbystan goes directly to 1 on 1 when his team is sucking up a storm to try to salvage Kirby... but it's exactly why they don't have a leg to stand on

[DAF86]

All Durant is is scorer. He is the best scorer in the game but not much else, hence why LeBron is light years away from him. Why else did he get cuckold by the Grizzlies last year?

He averages 5.1 assts, 7.7 rbds and 1.5 stls per game. He's a pretty damn good defender too.

[hater]

look I'm not going to argue about the efficiency of 1 on 1 discussions

neither am I disagreeing Heat would wip OKC ass thus resulting in Lebron beating Durant

I'd even go ahead and pick Lebron over Durant in an NBA draft today. But I'd make sure my #2 pick is the best, most clutch shooter in history for insurance purposes :lmao

still the best basketball in the world is being played by the Ethiopian as of today. Plain and simple

[ElNono]

lmao Oden > Durant

tlong get in here and :downspin: this shit

[ElNono]

neither am I disagreeing Heat would wip OKC ass thus resulting in Lebron beating Durant

I'd even go ahead and pick Lebron over Durant in an NBA draft today.

:lol well, that was quick

[HarlemHeat37]

Lebron is clearly a better player than Dominos, that isn't really arguable, tbh:lol..

However, Dominos has been the best player THIS season, and he's simply a better player than Kobe, McGrady, Carter and any other wings since the 90s, outside of Lebron and Dad Killer, tbh..

[james evans]

:lol higher WS/48 when its a mere .001 higher.

Lebron had a considerably higher eFG%, higher rebound %, assist %, and higher PER.

Durant is taking probably 4-5 more shots per game than Lebron did, when you add in FGAs and FTAs, so of course his scoring will be a bit higher, but Lebron is a considerably better floor leader and defender.

Are you seriously comparing this stretch that Durant is having, to Lebron's stretch last year where he shot under 52% in only 3 out of 26 games, and led his team on that 27 game win streak, despite Wade playing hurt and even missing some of the games?

Yea Westbrook has been out, but Reggie Jackson is no joke himself. He looks fully capable of being a 15-20 PPG scorer, and has basically done just that since Westbrook went out. He's not Westbrook, but he's better than people think, and has a lot of talent. Don't make it seem like Durant is doing this with no help, just because Westbrook is out.
groupies(not fans) of players always do this. the jordan groupies claim he won 6 titles by himself. now durant is out there all alone having to carry the thunder and noone is helping him on defense or offense.

[TDfan2007]

Lebron is clearly a better player than Dominos, that isn't really arguable, tbh:lol..

However, Dominos has been the best player THIS season, and he's simply a better player than Kobe, McGrady, Carter and any other wings since the 90s, outside of Lebron and Dad Killer, tbh..

This.

[Rogue]

Durant is the best player of this planet at present day, yes, because that nigga with reduced hairline and crab steps is actually an alien from some other planet.

[Killakobe81]

OP is wrong. But if you watch them play thegap is narrowing. Durant was already the better pure scorer and now with Lebron's slippage on defense, Durant has crept a bit closer. I still think Lebron is clearly the best player still but KD is the only one close and I would say he is a notch above PG.

1. Lebron

2. Durant



3. George


Durant is closer to Lebron than anyone else Paul, George etc is to KD.

Only two players legitimately worth max in new CBA.

[RsxPiimp]

I still think the gap is wide at this point. Lebron's just unreal. He's a freaking beast honestly. I've never seen a player like him since Shaq.

[benefactor]

Been there...done this.

As I said in the pre-ejac thread I made about this before, James is better but Durant should pass him as soon as next season but more likely the following season. Playing as a perimeter player with that huge frame will start to take it's toll on James' knees. He will still be very good, but he will slow significantly as he gets on the other side 30.

[jimbo]

Been there...done this.

As I said in the pre-ejac thread I made about this before, James is better but Durant should pass him as soon as next season but more likely the following season. Playing as a perimeter player with that huge frame will start to take it's toll on James' knees. He will still be very good, but he will slow significantly as he gets on the other side 30.

Which means Lebron fans won't admit he's worse than Durant until 2017 tbh. It took until 2009 or 2010 for Kirbystan to do that with Lebron.

[unforeseen]

0 NBA rings as the best player on the planet.