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In other words, he’s a great complimentary player.
Well he was great in game 1 against the Rockets but struggled the rest of the series and basically was carried by Curry and Thompson. Wasn't that great in games 1 and 2 against the Cavs.
The great thing about being on the Warriors is that even if one of the stars is playing bad, the others can pick it up. But on a "normal" team, this lack of consistency would have cost him big time.
In other words, he’s a great complimentary player.
It might not be fair, but his legacy will always be somewhat tainted by that. He went to a 73-win team in order to win a ring. He might have won one by now with OKC or another team, but we'll never know.
The thing about winning a championship, or playoff series, is consistency. A team is allowed to lose a maximum of three games in a series. The traditional way an nba team was built was to have one clear great player who can carry the team and have four great games in a series every series to bring a le. The role of the complimentary player is for risk mitigation where the lead can have a bad game but still have a chance to win because he can still shine and step up when the opposition decide to clamp down on the lead. Think duncan and manu, shaq and Kobe, Jordan and Pippen, bird and mchale, Kareem and magic then magic and worthy.
Now teams have figured out that les can be had if I have enough really great complimentary players to even out the variation game by game. If my best player is having a bad game which I expect because he’s not good enough to dominate game after game? It’s ok because my second best is just as good. Think harden and Paul, curry and Durant and Thompson. It’s almost like buying different stocks to diversify your portfolio to minimize the risks.
don't forget about Iggy playing all the defense that supposedly league best 2 way guy Klay Thompson supposedly plays, Livingston being the league's best backup PG and shooting over everybody, and the refs helping all of them (especially helping their crappy bigs set moving screens)That's what's unfair about the Warriors, thoughthey 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
And even when Curry and Klay have bad shooting nights, they still create tons of gravity that ensures that Durbeta gets easy shots against single coverage with space.
Maybe Durant's shots wouldn't be so easy if Lebron wasn't a complete pussy and refused to guard Durant, constantly calling for switches
One possession game and LeBeta switches with Hood on DurantNow who's the real beta here? Certainly not Durant.
Because no other decent wing had the luxury of being 2 or 3 on a 4 all star team. Trade dirk for durant. Dirk hands down. Durant could never win on a team that demands him to make plays consistently.
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