Durant is Embarrassing LeBron, ala Hakeem/Robinson 95'

[Gunshi]

i turned the game off in the late 3rd, didnt even wanna see the massacre......

 

[Verbal Kint]

Who has had the better team between Lebron and kd for the past 8 years besides this

Last year OKC did. Most anyone would take a supporting cast of Russ, Adams, Ibaka and Robison over Kyrie, Love, Smith and Thompson, especially since that OKC cast played great defense. Maybe that opinion may have shifted after the Finals but its easy to forget that when OKC was up 3-1 people were saying they'd be favored over Cleveland.

 

[Edub]

nikka please. LeBron is balling. KD is balling too. But Durant has the clearly better team around him and doesn't have to be the center of everything but can pick his spots. When he goes a few possessions without the ball Curry and the rest handle business. When LeBron does the Cavs don't get good shots.

End thread

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Last year OKC did. Most anyone would take a supporting cast of Russ, Adams, Ibaka and Robison over Kyrie, Love, Smith and Thompson, especially since that OKC cast played great defense. Maybe that opinion may have shifted after the Finals but its easy to forget that when OKC was up 3-1 people were saying they'd be favored over Cleveland.

That's arguable breh
I'll say this if thunder played that cavs team it would have been very interesting but no need to worry or even pay that no mind I think delly guarding Westbrook wouldn't have been a slaughter like kyrie and jr attempting to check steph

 

[tjax03]

David Robinson didn't play well that series.

LeBron is playing well but the Warriors are too stacked

I see an old man out there that cannot keep up with the young bucks anymore

 

[Verbal Kint]

I agree 100% with you other then the fact that Lebron is balling, People see Lebrons stats and keep saying hes playing great... he isnt. I will explain..

I wont even get into the 12 turnovers and -39 he is because well everyone is starting to see the GSW has MUCH better defense than people think they have, they have 3 top 10 defenders (Draymond, Klay, KD) Iggy plays well also. But lets get to Lebrons amazing stats



Game 1
28pts
15reb
8ast

= Good game when you read the box score but...

1st Half
19pts
11reb
4ast

2nd Half
9pts
4reb
4ast


Game 2
29pts
15reb
10ast

= Good game when you read the box score but...

1st Half
18pts
10reb
6ast

2nd Half (was barely coming back on defense and even a couple times didn't run up court for offense)
11pts
5reb
4ast


I am not a Lebron stan or Lebron Hater, I am also not a GSW Stan either. BUT... Lebron does shyt like this all the time, his statline has people talking how great hes playing but
1) Playing like shyt in the 2nd half when it counts
2) Getting ROASTED on D vs KD (KD about to win Finals MVP on him)
3) 1st half aggressive and unstoppable, 2nd half hes a shell, he gets the ball doesn't drive, sits at the 3pt line and passes the whole half to shytty players like RJ and Williams to take the shot... Why? They been washed for damn near 5-7years. If I am Cleveland fan and we lose I want to see lebron taking 20 shots in the 2nd half not passing off to players who cant do shyt.


Keep stanning
Keep complaing
Keep saying he needs help

But if you're gonna talk stats.. Just pay attention to his 2nd half stats and not game totals, you dont win a game 12 mins into a game.

You're forgetting that LeBron barely played the 4th quarter of Game 1 so he put those numbers up in basically 1 quarter which is equivalent to 36/16/16 lol. Again, the point is simple: If LeBron doesn't put up GREAT numbers his team not only loses, they have no SHOT to win. When LeBron was the best player on the court in the 1st and 2nd quarters they were competitive. When he wasn't balls to the wall dominating in quarter 3, they got run out. NOBODY on GS deals with that. There is no burden on him now like there was in OKC. Its why now everyone is saying 'Durant is unleashed' because he's free to just do what he wants without having to make anyone better or extend himself. He can attack when he wants and chill when he wants

 

[Verbal Kint]

That's arguable breh
I'll say this if thunder played that cavs team it would have been very interesting but no need to worry or even pay that no mind I think delly guarding Westbrook wouldn't have been a slaughter like kyrie and jr attempting to check steph

You're right its arguable. But LeBron beat GSW while KD choked against them after spending all year texting those dudes. And again, NOBODY was trying to claim KD was better than LeBron last year when KD had the same burden of being the Alpha and leading a team as LeBron did. Now with no burden, no leadership worries, no weak spots to make up for (like basically every superstar ever), he's balling and people mistake that for him somehow being the best player when we have years of evidence of him not getting it done on his own.

 

[TripleAgent]

Put it like this, if KD and Lebron were to switch teams, the warriors would not fall off, they would be better, but if u put KD on the Cavs they would be worse. I like KD but Lebron has always been a step better, and it aint even skill its more heart, hustle, leadership, etc.

Heart? LeBron?

 

[Rekkapryde]

as soon as they got kd its a stack team how u have 4 allstars

well Bron has been stacking his teams as well, KD just one upped him on the stacking

 

[WMG the 2nd]

You're right its arguable. But LeBron beat GSW while KD choked against them after spending all year texting those dudes. And again, NOBODY was trying to claim KD was better than LeBron last year when KD had the same burden of being the Alpha and leading a team as LeBron did. Now with no burden, no leadership worries, no weak spots to make up for (like basically every superstar ever), he's balling and people mistake that for him somehow being the best player when we have years of evidence of him not getting it done on his own.

So Lebron on his own and has been the past 7 years lol
Lebron has had a consistent basis of two all stars and arguably the best guard and power forward in his conference on his team since 2011
Kd had Russ and Russ is a stat padding over rated ball hog

 

[ManBearPig]

Heart? LeBron?

Back to back 40 point games in the finals in a doe or die situation is done by a man with no heart right?

You guys are retarded.

 

[NYC Rebel]

The "Dream Shake" coming out party was when he abused...REPEATEDLY abised D Rob with it. So now KD is doing something akin to that abuse to Lebron?



Some of you guys are simply shyt posters

 

[Verbal Kint]

So Lebron on his own and has been the past 7 years lol
Lebron has had a consistent basis of two all stars and arguably the best guard and power forward in his conference on his team since 2011
Kd had Russ and Russ is a stat padding over rated ball hog

By on his own I simply mean it was 'his' team. KD had Russ and Ibaka who was a 3 time 1st team All NBA defender. He had young Harden for a time as well. He was NEVER saddled with the garbage squads LeBron had his first go round in Cleveland. And that's great, its fine. I'm not out here trying to discredit KD as he's been a great player for a while. He just wasn't as good as LeBron was

 

[blackzeus]

That's what a GOAT players stat sheet should look like, handling business on both sides of the floor

 

[Champ_KW]

That play at D Rob defined the entire match up as a whole. That isn't the case here with Lebron also playing well.

Trying to make that play define the matchup akin to D Rob routinely getting sonned by Hakeem breaking out moves we didn't see repeatedly used to abuse someone....no.

You're talking to a niqqa who watched a the. "AAAkeem" son Ewing in the Garden in 88'. I'm his biggest fan as a Nigerian. This isn't anywhere on that level.

My lord you dudes are pressed as fukk in here

Still fighting the good fight, eh? Maybe were so used to the "best player on the planet" not even being the best player on the floor in a Finals, that it doesn't even register anymore. Go ahead and cling to the Dream vs Robinson massacre. You're absolutely right, this isn't that type of thrashing. I guess we have to find another example to compare it to.....thanks for your overly sensitive insight on this subject.