Europe: Kevin Durant vs Kobe

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[unleashbaynes]

Kobe wouldn't have choked a 3-1 lead with the best rebounding front court in the league last year tbh

Durant quit because he knew there was no way he could join the Dubs if he beat them with the Thunder.

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Who cares? It's not like it diminishes the talent and I've seen no evidence that he's a mental midget on the court.

I would take KD easily for many reasons. For one, he's not guardable at all.

Watch the 2016 Playoffs OKC Durant up 3-1 vs the Golden gots?

Watch Spurs - gots Game 1? Yeah Durant sure looked "unguardable" against the Real #2 MVP Kawhi Leonard.

[Robz4000]

Who cares? It's not like it diminishes the talent and I've seen no evidence that he's a mental midget on the court.

I would take KD easily for many reasons. For one, he's not guardable at all. Everyone remembers how much of a headache a player like Dirk was to guard in his prime. Well Durant is Dirk on steroids. Practically the same height, just as good of a shooter but can handle the ball while being 100X more athletic. While Kobe was great, there were guys that could guard him well. There's no "Durant stopper", however.

I've always thought Durant was a great defender, they just didn't put him on the other team's best players to conserve him. With his length and athleticism, he's much harder to score on then a player like Kobe. Speaking of the two, I remember in the 2012 playoffs they'd put Durant on Kobe in the closing moments of each game and it was pretty much game over for Bryant. He couldn't do anything whatsoever

Durant "not guardable". Dude was getting shut down by CP0 in the 2014 playoffs in the clutch ffs. His shot is basically unblockable but he's too mentally soft to be considered unguardable.

[Horse]

kobe and the lakers allday and night but you people are prisoners of the moment. Kobe was a killer and as a Spurs fan no one worried me more. Durant is the biggest in nba history and the only reason he looks good is because all the games have been one-sided. Let the outcome be in doubt and this pussy will start tripping over his own feet again.

[unleashbaynes]

Durant "not guardable". Dude was getting shut down by CP0 in the 2014 playoffs in the clutch ffs. His shot is basically unblockable but he's too mentally soft to be considered unguardable.

It's pretty easy to look unguardable when you have Steph/Klay sucking attention on the perimeter.....there's no way to cheat on defense.

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Durant quit because he knew there was no way he could join the Dubs if he beat them with the Thunder.

huh? Wouldn't it make more sense to beat them? a lot of the criticism on Durant is he went to the team he choked against

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It's pretty easy to look unguardable when you have Steph/Klay sucking attention on the perimeter.....there's no way to cheat on defense.

You could say the same thing about Kobe having Shaq draw so much attention in the paint. One thing is for sure though, Kobe wouldn't have joined the Warriors. Instead, he would've ran Westbrook out of OKC.

[DAF86]

Kobe wouldn't have choked a 3-1 lead with the best rebounding front court in the league last year tbh

Is this a subtle troll job? 'cause he did exactly that, tbh.

[Clipper Nation]

kobe and the lakers allday and night but you people are prisoners of the moment. Kobe was a killer and as a Spurs fan no one worried me more. Durant is the biggest in nba history and the only reason he looks good is because all the games have been one-sided. Let the outcome be in doubt and this pussy will start tripping over his own feet again.

Kobe was only a "killer" of his own team. He had atrocious clutch stats and won nothing without being carried to it by generational big men. The guy was getting outplayed by the likes of Austin ing Croshere in the Finals.

[DAF86]

kobe and the lakers allday and night but you people are prisoners of the moment. Kobe was a killer and as a Spurs fan no one worried me more. Durant is the biggest in nba history and the only reason he looks good is because all the games have been one-sided. Let the outcome be in doubt and this pussy will start tripping over his own feet again.

Durant was already better than Kobe while he was in OKC.

[Koolaid_Man]

when you been ing that for years and you finally tired of the booty!!!! LOL

[Killakobe81]

well... kirbs is mostly known for being one of the greatest scorers of all time, and durant is simply better than him at scoring. kobe was a better defender at his peak, and not as mentally soft as KD.

Fair points ...