You not beating GS unless you can get somebody to at least hold Durant to 25 points. And as the world has seen that somebody ain't Lebron. Curry can be stopped, the issue is that nobody in the East right now can slow down KD. And if you double KD then Curry and Klay will kill you. Whatever team he goes to needs to have a HOF level wing defender to slow down Durant, then he can use his size to create mismatches defensively like he did last year against Curry, and this year against I.T.
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You not beating GS unless you can get somebody to at least hold Durant to 25 points. And as the world has seen that somebody ain't Lebron. Curry can be stopped, the issue is that nobody in the East right now can slow down KD. And if you double KD then Curry and Klay will kill you. Whatever team he goes to needs to have a HOF level wing defender to slow down Durant, then he can use his size to create mismatches defensively like he did last year against Curry, and this year against I.T.
Actually that's Lebron
Love can score in the post with his back to the basket, is a HOF level rebounder, and an excellent passer.
And why do people keep bringing up Lebron's defense as if he didn't play nearly every got damn minute.Durant was well rested in every game while Lebron had tired legs down the stretch of every game.A well rested Durant is going to score on a tired defender every time.Lets reverse roles for a second.Imagine if Lebron had 7-8 minutes of rest every game while Durant was playing 45-46 minutes,Lebron would have a clear advantage.What Cleveland needs are multiple players who can take some of the load off Lebron's shoulders(Defender,backup pg.scorer who can get their own shot)
Actually that's Lebron
Yo dude just shut up you hating too damn hard, lame ass shyt
Shoulda never traded Wiggins
They never should have traded Wiggins, and it'll only make the argument worse if they trade Love for Melo, who happens to play the same position as Wiggins
Lebron is not playing PF full-time atleast he didnt want to do it on his return to Cleveland
Because they don't have the roster makeup to beat GS and they can't improve their roster
The JR Smith and Iman Shumpert contracts are the biggest problem, Kyrie & Love are on the old max, as in Delly isn't making that much less than Kyrie.
The JR contract was stupid for the simple point that Cleveland was bidding against themselves. JR had no leverage
This remains to be seen......
They have no draft picks or cap room
Here's the issue though, they lost all their flexibility when they traded Wiggins for Love, and while LeBron didn't want to play PF initially he wouldn't have needed to, the Sixers also traded Thaddeus Young in the deal for Love.
They lost long term flexibility because Wiggins is going to make $7 million next year while Shumpert, Love and Smith will make $46 million. Just think about all the different moves they could have made, nevermind the fact Love wasn't an integral part of why they won the title last year.
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Who in the west can slow down KD? He averaged 30 in the playoffs with a 55% fg perc
Nobody, that's why he's the GOAT SF of our generation. He is by far the best individual player in the league right now. I'd really love to see him and Kawhi shoot the fair one on the court. 1 more championship moves him into the top 50 all time , 2 more we are now talking top 25 all time IMHO
So what does that have to do with KD serving Lebron on a platter in Game 1, was he tired before the series started?
Y'all some good azz lawyers Lebron wanted a team built to complement him, he only has himself to glorify and himself to blame. You want to be the GOAT, do GOAT sh*t and shut down an all time scorer. You actin' like Jordan didn't drop 63 on the Celtics with the flu, Kobe winning a championship with broken fingers, f*ck outta here breh