If you were starting an NBA team, who would you rather build around - Durant or Bron?

[Buckeye Fever]

Shut the hell up you emotional ass ohio resident.

Get over it already dog. Ain't nobody choosin Ohio and the garbage no history Cavs over Miami, South Beach and Pat fukkin Riley..

Ay dog, dont cum in me like dat.

I admit that Lebron is that nikka. I aint got beef wit him OR Miami.

It's Cavs 4 life, but that dont mean a nikka aint still a fan of Lebron

 

[Malik]

Why did you only bring up scoring?

Because I didnt feel like copying everything.


1.4stls, 1.0blks, 3.8tos, .394% 3pt, .839% ft (KD, 2012 Finals)
1.0stl, 0.5blks, 5.8tos, .200% 3pt, .690% ft (Bron, 2007 Finals)


Durant was 23. Bron was 22. KD had more steals, more blocks, less turnovers, better from the line and better from the three and he passed the eye test; though OKC just won one game, KD wasn't scared to go up against Miami while Bron just got steamrolled by the Spurs. Durant shouldn't be putting up 31ppg on 55% against the best player in the league at 23 on the biggest world stage, he should be in the corner somewhere, getting his ass beat, looking lost out there. Durant's upside/potential is fukkin scary.

 

[JMurder]

I read the first two pages of this thread like only to realize that it was back in June



Lebron right now >>>> *

until he hits a decline it's Bron all day everyday, and I don't even like him

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Durant.

Is Lebron a phenomenal talent? Yes. Do I think he's gonna eventually win a title? Yes. Has he been the MVP deservedly multiple times? Yes. But when you're building a championship team you're playing chess, not checkers. You've got to see the whole board. And all that off the court nonsense that permeates around LeBron is just not worth it, because Durant is right there at #2 in the league to me.

I would have no doubt that Durant would want to stay and build a successful franchise long-term. Evidence with LeBron at this point is that he won't. Seems to me you'd have an easier time putting personalities around Durant than LeBron, and I still expect Durant to get better on the court too.

If you want a nikka that's gonna consistantly beast regular season then turn into a McFly family picture when it matters go ahead and get Bron

d-rant

hairline can't lead a team, and needs two other "big" players to take his shine off.

but he may be the best player to never win a 'ship

Durant.....might sound cliche, but mentally, he's tougher than Bron.


If he could close out games like Durant, he'd probably have a championship right now.


As far as talent, Bron is better.....But i'd take the wily, crafty, and clutch KD over Bron everyday...twice on Sundays

Lebron fukked up! He probably wishes he would of pick any other team than the heat!!

I'm probably leaning towards Durant...Bron's more naturally talented than Durant, but then again Bron's prolly the most physically gifted perimeter player in the history of the league...halfway through his career it's given him some very pretty stats and 3 regular season MVPs, but I have no qualms in saying he's up there with the biggest bytches in sports history...he's a transcendent talent, handcuffed by his own innate bytchmadeness...after the disappearing act in his playoff series in Cleveland, his shameful exodus to Miami to form the superteam, and the no-show in last year's Finals...I just can't take him over a bonified killer like Durant to build my team around...you build your team around a heartless, though supremely talented, coward and you run the risk of getting Cavalier'd...build a 60plus win team favored to win it all around him, have him get shook in the playoffs and no-show is the most pivotal game in my franchise's entire history, leave you with nothing, skirt off for what he perceives as an easy way out joining a superteam, only to disappear on them too in the Finals the next year...nah, I'm good

Outside of the intangibles, strictly from a basketball sense...I'm not convinced, at all, that lebron is easier to build around than Durant is...for all the talk of how Bron is a master of everything on the floor and the "he makes his teammates better" cliches, him being something of a "point shooting power forward" affects the type of players and team one is naturally inclined to put around him in an effort to maximize his individual talents (what happened with the Cavs...they built the consummate "bron ball" team, elite defensive squad with shooters) and lessens the effectiveness and impact of other stars you may pair him with (what's happened to Wade and Bosh)...Durant, though freakishly unique himself with his height and length, is more of a conventional 3...he's a dominant scoring wing that can play towards his ceiling while playing off the ball...allowing a team built around him to fall into more traditional well defined roles...he can play with a ball dominant point or combo guard like Westbrook without reducing him to mainly a spot up shooter...Bron's versatility as a defender is what gives me the most pause (well that and his durability, he's a fukking tank..no major injuries 9 years in), but I'll take Durant's coldbloodedness over the novelty of having my small forward guard centers in spots...bottomline is basically i think i have the best chance for the most championships with Durant as the core of my franchise

Durant.

He has the game to build around as the #1 guy.

They Doubted the King
Such Dummies

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

They Doubted the King
Such Dummies

 

[ghostwriterx]

in what way? now of course it is based on a lot of assumptions but given how some teams seem to operate I would be willing to bet half the GMs in the NBA might think that way.

A Durant lead team is pretty much guaranteed to make the playoffs. Picks outside of the lottery in the NBA are a crapshoot. Sh*t picks outside of the top 5 are damn near a crapshoot. So a Durant team piling up more 16-30 picks isn't going to make much difference.

 

[Karume]

A Durant lead team is pretty much guaranteed to make the playoffs. Picks outside of the lottery in the NBA are a crapshoot. Sh*t picks outside of the top 5 are damn near a crapshoot. So a Durant team piling up more 16-30 picks isn't going to make much difference.

history hasnt shown us that. durant hasnt had to lead a team without another high caliber player other than his rookie year I believe. so what you are saying while plausible is still conjecture.

 

[JMurder]

history hasnt shown us that. durant hasnt had to lead a team without another high caliber player other than his rookie year I believe. so what you are saying while plausible is still conjecture.

That OKC team without Westbrook is still making the playoffs fam. You'd have to put the All-Time scrub team around Durant TODAY in order for his team not to make the playoffs. He's that good

 

[Cliche]

They Doubted the King
Such Dummies

Hey look, 20/20 hindsight on the internet!

How'd I "doubt the king"? Did I say he'd never win a title? Nope. I was given a choice between Durant or LeBron to start a team with. I took Durant. I'd still take Durant. 8+ peak seasons vs. 4+ peak seasons to come.

It's an interesting debate. I wonder how Heat fans will answer that question if LeBron opts out.

 

[Reggie]

As much as i am a fan of Durant's game and think he will win multiple titles before it's all said and done, right now Bron has to be the choice and it shouldn't even be close. The only thing that would make a GM possibly take KD over Bron is the age factor.

 

[Karume]

That OKC team without Westbrook is still making the playoffs fam. You'd have to put the All-Time scrub team around Durant TODAY in order for his team not to make the playoffs. He's that good

there is no question that durant is supremely talented. what I am saying that there is far more actual history to support lebron being able to lead a relatively lower talent level team than there is for durant.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

They Doubted the King
Such Dummies

 

[JMurder]

there is no question that durant is supremely talented. what I am saying that there is far more actual history to support lebron being able to lead a relatively lower talent level team than there is for durant.

there's no history to support either claim so if you're gonna fall back on history then u lose that argument as well. The only thing we can use to judge is the eye test here.

 

[Karume]

there's no history to support either claim so if you're gonna fall back on history then u lose that argument as well. The only thing we can use to judge is the eye test here.

I suppose you then must more highly rate the talent level of the lebron led cavs than I do. My eye tells me that durant has only played one season without someone of westbrook's talent level. It also tells me that while lebron played with some people who did make all star teams none of them are even near westbrook's talent level.

I should state that a hidden bias in my determination was the conferences they are actually in. A durant led team in the east would arguably have a vastly better record than the correspondig team in the west.

that being said I stand behind what I said about history leaning in lebron's favor in this regard.

 

[BrothaZay]

Durant is a rich mans reggie miller