Warriors: Is there any argument against Durant?

[MultiTroll]

how did the rigging magically make his shots go into the hoop

and were the entire playoffs rigged or just that series?

Watch a game dumbphuck.
See how Durant does under real pressure.
5 years worth.

you can't see how his stats up on the gots nor the 2012 rigger.

[ambchang]

durant shot sub 46% exactly one time and that was as a 19 year old rookie on a team where the second leading scorer was chris wilcox. tmac's efficiency declined after he joined a rockets team with more help

you have this odd habit of trying to make a point first and doing the research second, trying to find odd ways to jam the facts to try to make your original point valid. same with the duncan/pistons comparison to lebron vs raptors/pacers

If you think 45% vs 47% is so important that it renders the comparison of two players invalid then so be it.

You have to habit of missing the point of the argument. Tmac to Durant is about the skill sets of two players. And yet you are talking about fg%. Ditto the duncan pistonsthing. It was about a superstar cancelling the production of two other stars at what they are good at.

Would help if you keep up.

[spurraider21]

If you think 45% vs 47% is so important that it renders the comparison of two players invalid then so be it.

You have to habit of missing the point of the argument. Tmac to Durant is about the skill sets of two players. And yet you are talking about fg%. Ditto the duncan pistonsthing. It was about a superstar cancelling the production of two other stars at what they are good at.

Would help if you keep up.

their career %'s are 43.5 and 49

[HarlemHeat37]

McGrady's such a weird case..virtually every star perimeter player saw a boost in 2005-2006 when the NBA made the game friendlier for wings, except T-Mac's career went completely downhill at age 26..

Obviously injuries played a part, but still, washed at 26 for a superstar..

[Killakobe81]

McGrady's such a weird case..virtually every star perimeter player saw a boost in 2005-2006 when the NBA made the game friendlier for wings, except T-Mac's career went completely downhill at age 26..

Obviously injuries played a part, but still, washed at 26 for a superstar..

Speaking of Tracy, as great as he was in his prime ...i think his HOF case was horsehit. He went straight to the pros so there is no outstanding collegiate career to offset his rapid decline but i do think he has a few team usa appearances. In any case he was far from a sure thing in my eyes.

[ambchang]

their career %'s are 43.5 and 49

Which I feel was a factor of teammates and perimeter defense rules.

Do you have dylexia by any chance? Have you finally figured out what the point of the comparison was?

[Kawhitstorm]

Speaking of Tracy, as great as he was in his prime ...i think his HOF case was horsehit. He went straight to the pros so there is no outstanding collegiate career to offset his rapid decline but i do think he has a few team usa appearances. In any case he was far from a sure thing in my eyes.

T-Mac during his days in Orlando had the sickest triple treat in the league. He was either draining a jumper in the defender's face or blowing by them.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol

tmac on his best day was a 45% FG guy.. and shot 33% from 3 for his career. volume scorer. very talented one, at that. more athletically gifted than kirby and less to show for it. underrated playmaker though

tmac had a variety of moves that was good for the viewer if u wanna be entertain

kd? its always the same bs moves, and hence his up against midgets also who play no l ick of defense or try force him to earn his pts

[Killakobe81]

T-Mac during his days in Orlando had the sickest triple treat in the league. He was either draining a jumper in the defender's face or blowing by them.

Absolutely.
Doesn't make him a HOF'er though.

[DMC]

tmac had a variety of moves that was good for the viewer if u wanna be entertain

kd? its always the same bs moves, and hence his up against midgets also who play no l ick of defense or try force him to earn his pts

You don't with something like what KD has. Dirk had it as well, and there's a very very small percentage any given player will find their calling like Dirk did, and like KD is doing. Overall, KD is a ing monster though. You forget he's a 7 footer when he puts the ball on the floor and crosses people over for a dunk. It's unfair actually.

[Arcadian]

Absolutely.
Doesn't make him a HOF'er though.

I'd put McGrady in the All-2000s Team

Bryant
McGrady
Garnett
Duncan
Shaq

^Those were also the WC All-star starters a few times, and it was one of the best starting lineups ever...

[daslicer]

I'd put McGrady in the All-2000s Team

Bryant
McGrady
Garnett
Duncan
Shaq

^Those were also the WC All-star starters a few times, and it was one of the best starting lineups ever...

McGrady never got to start with Shaq in the West. When McGrady was a starter in the West, Shaq was back in the east.

It was Kidd,Kobe,KG,Duncan,Shaq in '00 and then in '01 it was Kidd,Kobe,KG,Webber,Duncan since Shaq sat out the '01 game. In '02 it was Francis,Kobe,Duncan,Garnett,Webber and Shaq also sat out that year. I remember that stretch from '00-'02 very well because I was always in awe of how well Duncan-Webber-KG played together and the combo of KG-Duncan-Shaq.

[Arcadian]

McGrady never got to start with Shaq in the West. When McGrady was a starter in the West, Shaq was back in the east.

It was Kidd,Kobe,KG,Duncan,Shaq in '00 and then in '01 it was Kidd,Kobe,KG,Webber,Duncan since Shaq sat out the '01 game. In '02 it was Francis,Kobe,Duncan,Garnett,Webber and Shaq also sat out that year. I remember that stretch from '00-'02 very well because I was always in awe of how well Duncan-Webber-KG played together and the combo of KG-Duncan-Shaq.

Oh that's right - however, those guys I listed were All-NBA First Team in 2003. And that would probably be my All-Decade team.

It's close between Kidd and McGrady, but I like size and versatility. McGrady could play a large PG.

Also remember when Duncan/Garnett/McGrady all shared an Adidas sponsorship at the same time? They had a few commercials together when they were all top 5 players in the league.

[daslicer]

Oh that's right - however, those guys I listed were All-NBA First Team in 2003. And that would probably be my All-Decade team.

It's close between Kidd and McGrady, but I like size and versatility. McGrady could play a large PG.

Also remember when Duncan/Garnett/McGrady all shared an Adidas sponsorship at the same time? They had a few commercials together when they were all top 5 players in the league.

Yeah I remember those adds. I even remember the slogan they ran on which was "impossible is nothing".

[daslicer]

McGrady's such a weird case..virtually every star perimeter player saw a boost in 2005-2006 when the NBA made the game friendlier for wings, except T-Mac's career went completely downhill at age 26..

Obviously injuries played a part, but still, washed at 26 for a superstar..

The league was still very physical game up until new rule changes were enforced after the '05-'06 season. By the time the rules had finally changed to favor McGrady his body was already breaking down from all the hard fouls he took during the first several years of his career. Guys really did go at Mcgrady hard with dirty fouls. I will never forget how the Hornets roughed up McGrady during the '02 playoffs. A lot of the fouls they did in that series would get you tossed out of games today.

[Killakobe81]

Ignore dumb like rings, his personality and snake move to join the Warriors and ruin the NBA..as an individual player, other than Jordan and LeBron, how can anybody argue for another wing in NBA history ahead of him?

if he dont step up these next two games in the 4th (he is 1 for 11 from field the past two games) thats a huge stain on the Durant legacy ...worse than joining State.

[LkrFan]

shiiiiit ...Jordan fans are the biggest LeBron haters, especially in the media.Some Kobe fans who werent true Lakers fans are now LEBRON or STEPH fans now

Truth bombs.

[HarlemHeat37]

He might be the biggest in NBA history, but man is special, top 3 wing I've ever seen..

His scoring efficiency doesn't even make sense..

[Killakobe81]

if he dont step up these next two games in the 4th (he is 1 for 11 from field the past two games) thats a huge stain on the Durant legacy ...worse than joining State.

KD answered the bell on this tonight

[TDfan2007]

Historic performance tonight. Curry and Thompson were ting the bed all night, and he single handedly carried them to a tough win...wow.

[HarlemHeat37]

That's what's unfair about the Warriors, though they rarely need their 3 scorers to dominate on the same night..

Durant was weak in game 1 and the latter parts of the Rockets series, but Curry and Thompson were hot..tonight, it was the opposite..then you have Draymond giving you elite defense, passing and leadership every night

[Bynumite]

It's nonsensical how Lebron fans are mad at Durant when he simply took Lebron's blueprint and further improved on it

[TDfan2007]

It's nonsensical how Lebron fans are mad at Durant when he simply took Lebron's blueprint and further improved on it

People keep saying this, but it's not the same from the standpoint of being a compe or. It would be like LeBron joining the Celtics big 3, or joining the Spurs after 2014.

People also forget that LeBron joined the Heat in order to get through the Celtics big 3.

The thing that makes this warriors team so unique is that they have the three best shooters in the league on the same team. They also have the best scorer and arguably the best defensive player.

[lefty]

KD is better than LeBron tbh

[Chris Fall]

People also forget that LeBron joined the Heat in order to get through the Celtics big 3.

What a pussy excuse.

The Celtics Big 3 were 33, 34, 35 years old and soon ready for pasture.

He joined the Heat to stack the deck. He joined another top 5 player in the league, another top 10-15 player in the league, and a front office guy with championship juice.

KD and the Warriors did it even worse, no doubt about it. Even more pussy than the Heatles. It’s varying degrees of the same thing. BUT it is the same thing.