Is Klay Thompson in Game 6 in 2016 the most consequential performance in modern NBA history?

[UpAndComing]

fukk I'm making this into a Klay Thompson appreciation.

I remember watching this game at Dave n Busters with my ex and everyone at the bar couldn't believe what we were seeing.

Down 3-2. People doubting last years championship saying it was a fluke. Klay wasn't even hitting the rim. shyt was crazy

arguably the most consequential performance in modern NBA history

if klay doesnt go off like this, the NBA looks so different than the one we know

This was a great point


Is it the most consequential performance in modern NBA history? This is not really pushback, but wanted to know how everyone thinks of it. Had Klay not have gone off in Game 6, it would have been an OKC Thunder vs Cavs Finals. With so many narratives, and legacies that would be shifted

Well do ya'll think it is?
And bonus question, if OKC had won that series in 2016, how would the NBA landscape looked like?

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

This was a great point


Is it the most consequential performance in modern NBA history? This is not really pushback, but wanted to know how everyone thinks of it. Had Klay not have gone off in Game 6, it would have been an OKC Thunder vs Cavs Finals. With so many narratives, and legacies that would be shifted

Well do ya'll think it is?
And bonus question, if OKC had won that series in 2016, how would the NBA landscape looked like?

Bron might have 5 or 6 rings

 

[Cladyclad]

Naw if Shaq and Kobe lose game 7 to Blazers

Kobe getting traded

the lakers may never won nothing since 1988

 

[MJ Truth]

Not as consequential as LeBron in Game 6 against Boston 2012 (or even him and Wade in Game 4 against Indiana).

 

[KidJSoul]

Honestly maybe. If the thunder beat the Cavs - or at least make the finals, does KD join golden state?

If he doesnt join, how many does Curry win? I still think he wins at least 1 ring during that time frame

Does KD win at all?

 

[KidJSoul]

Naw if Shaq and Kobe lose game 7 to Blazers

Kobe getting traded

the lakers may never won nothing since 1988

Why would they trade Kobe when he was improving every year at that point

 

[Gotright]

Okc lose to the cavs. Kd still join the warriors, nothing change

 

[Cladyclad]

Why would they trade Kobe when he was improving every year at that point

Because they was shopping him the whole season and not getting along with the best player in the league. Also the coach hated him lol

 

[Optimus Prime]

well this happened a few weeks later

 

[Professor K.]

Okc lose to the cavs. Kd still join the warriors, nothing change

KD joining the Warriors after beating them has a totally different narrative around it, which may not change the next 2 years but definitely changes the years that follow

 

[bl2k8]

I think Bron stays in Cleveland a lot longer if he couldn’t get it in 16-18. Kyrie might still be there too, Bron making it known he was a Laker in 2019 def rubbed him the wrong way . I think they would have managed to get one eventually. It may have just came in the 2020s. KD has also said he would not have left if they beat the warriors

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Okc lose to the cavs. Kd still join the warriors, nothing change

OKC would’ve smacked up the Cavs.

 

[Gotright]

OKC would’ve smacked up the Cavs.

Couldn't beat the warriors up 3-2 but I'm supposed to believe they beat the champs that year. It's all would've could've should've.

 

[10bandz]

Naw if Shaq and Kobe lose game 7 to Blazers

Kobe getting traded

the lakers may never won nothing since 1988

im not sure about that. If they would've traded kobe for Tmac or Vince they would've won 6 straight.

 

[Cladyclad]

im not sure about that. If they would've traded kobe for Tmac or Vince they would've won 6 straight.

lol