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LoPo said:
KD was the best player on the GS team. However, it was still Curry's team. KD has needed that GS "roster better than everybody else" advantage in order to win a title. Even then, he was a punk in the lockerroom and upset. I can't stand Draymond, but he was right. KD needed GS to win. And GS has always been led by Curry.
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Okay but you make it out like he rode stephs coat tails when in the playoffs it was completely the opposite. You said he never did much outside of the GS culture other than score a bunch of points and win a couple playoff series. He won an mvp, went to the finals, and almost beat GS in the western conference finals the year before... he did that with Russell Westbrook who is good but also an anchor to carry at times. It’s a really terrible assessment of his pre-GS career.
 
Rubashov said:
He's on his way to Oliver Miller fat. Jesus dude gets paid 40mil a year to bitch, go to strip joints and be a fat bastard. Where can i get that job? Im possibly overqualified for it!
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if anyone has this job available I will be a character reference for @Rubashov ... he’s the best candidate for this job.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
So the Nets... I'm not so sure having three ball dominant players is the way to go... especially since your defensive anchor is DeAndre Jordan who is looking more like an anchor than a defensive anchor these days. But at least they have an amazing locker room completely free of mercurial personalities.
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I hope the Blazers cut Carmelo and the Nets sign him. It would make the least likable team in NBA history totally untouchable for the rest of history. Can you imagine?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Okay but you make it out like he rode stephs coat tails when in the playoffs it was completely the opposite. You said he never did much outside of the GS culture other than score a bunch of points and win a couple playoff series. He won an mvp, went to the finals, and almost beat GS in the western conference finals the year before... he did that with Russell Westbrook who is good but also an anchor to carry at times. It’s a really terrible assessment of his pre-GS career.
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KD didn't ride Steph's coattails but he did jump on a moving championship train. In the history of sports, there has never been a better player join a better team.

Some people act like KD is on the cusp of being a top 20 player all time. I just don't think he is. You brought up that KD won an MVP. Well, so did Russ who you went on to discount. Awards can be completely misleading. Jerry Sloan never won a Coach of the Year. Hell, Nick Saban has won 5 titles at Alabama before finally winning the coach of the year for this season.

KD is an awesome player, but I think his attitude is an issue. I think he is overrated. He was on the cusp of being an all time great when they were so close to taking down GS. The next year, he bolts and joins the team he choked at beating. I think this Nets experiment will end up badly. I never thought that KD and Kyrie would work. They have more firepower now, but I don't think this will work.
 
I've been saying we need Larry Nance Jr. for years.

I'd be willing to give up a first round pick for him. He has the same agent as Gordon Hayward and Joe Ingles.

But, I can see Nance fitting in very well with his skill set.
 
It's going to be interesting to see if Nash can rein Harden in a bit. Late for practices, missing film sessions, strip clubs the night before games and all the other antics that Harden has pulled. I'm curious how KD and especially Irving feel about those things. Maybe Harden will be a little more professional now he's got his wish.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Okay but you make it out like he rode stephs coat tails when in the playoffs it was completely the opposite. You said he never did much outside of the GS culture other than score a bunch of points and win a couple playoff series. He won an mvp, went to the finals, and almost beat GS in the western conference finals the year before... he did that with Russell Westbrook who is good but also an anchor to carry at times. It’s a really terrible assessment of his pre-GS career.
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Tbh, for that Warriors, I didn't think I saw much leadership from either Curry or Durant (or whatever else, maybe Kerr) on these teams at all. They were just great defensevely and an offensive outmatch for the entire league. Just naturally show up and smash everyone by default. With everybody healthy, they only needed 6 games to win a series once, and the leadership that got them through that one was the Chris Paul injury (which would be a big upset If you look at the fact that both Curry and Durant would be considered better players than both Paul and Harden, and It would end in 6).
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
OMG!! He really let himself go.

Not a chance, you’re just remembering that one good game he had. He barely played after that with a ton of DNP’s
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He literally played his way into rotation there. Monster lines as rare as It should be for the rest of his career, but he actually were able to do better than sit to Emanuel Mudiay

Not that i expected him to return both Allen and Prince, and i'm not that a fan of both
 
LoPo said:
KD didn't ride Steph's coattails but he did jump on a moving championship train. In the history of sports, there has never been a better player join a better team.

Some people act like KD is on the cusp of being a top 20 player all time. I just don't think he is. You brought up that KD won an MVP. Well, so did Russ who you went on to discount. Awards can be completely misleading. Jerry Sloan never won a Coach of the Year. Hell, Nick Saban has won 5 titles at Alabama before finally winning the coach of the year for this season.

KD is an awesome player, but I think his attitude is an issue. I think he is overrated. He was on the cusp of being an all time great when they were so close to taking down GS. The next year, he bolts and joins the team he choked at beating. I think this Nets experiment will end up badly. I never thought that KD and Kyrie would work. They have more firepower now, but I don't think this will work.
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Wait... KD was on the cusp of being an all time great before going to GS but he also didn’t do anything special pre-GS. Your original post was loud wrong... if you can’t see that.

Westbrook won an mvp in a season where he aggregated a lot of stats and lost in the first round. KD did and went to the conference finals that year. The goal for OKC became all about Westbrook... KD won it by trying to win the most games.
 
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