"Kevin Durant is more gifted than Jordan, possibly the most talented player ever" - Steve Kerr

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After 14 years in the league and 2 years removed from an ACL tear? If you say so…. :usure:


When was he ever different ? KD won his chip with the Warriors bro. Curry had 40 double teams in one playoff and KD had 2. Do you know how easy that is for a player of his caliber to do well in that system ?
 

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When was he ever different ? KD won his chip with the Warriors bro. Curry had 40 double teams in one playoff and KD had 2. Do you know how easy that is for a player of his caliber to do well in that system ?
Why don't we say the same about Curry when it comes to needing screens set for him? :whistle:
 
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When was he ever different ? KD won his chip with the Warriors bro. Curry had 40 double teams in one playoff and KD had 2. Do you know how easy that is for a player of his caliber to do well in that system ?

I’m not arguing against this…. but I can’t think of a current NBA player that has a perfect game…. They all will have a flaw or 2, even the superstars…. What the warriors did with KD was simply smart basketball…. and they knocked their opponents head off because of Steph and KD’s skillset… I’m just saying KD’s legacy/history/talent shouldn’t be rewritten after a bad series…. Everybody in this board was praising KD like a deity on this board last year even though the Nets lost the series against the Bucks….. Now all of a sudden, it seems like people are trying to say he was overrated his entire career….based off of 3 games
 

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He has plenty weaknesses in his game. KD does not move well off the ball. Cannot defend the post and he’s not a good rebounder. His skill set is pure scoring with the ball in his hand. That’s it. Give him the ball and he’s against a shorter defender which is the case at least 95% of the time he will score. However for him to commend a team and beat double team and making teams pay for gambling on defense he cannot do that.

it’s a reason teams focused on Curry and not KD.

it’s also a reason Harsen was the captain of the ship after 1 week and KD came back Harden was still the captain.

I don’t get why people in here cannot just admit it. Like we not getting paid. We just fans of the game.
Nah, this ain't it.

KD is a very good off-ball player, a tremendous weapon in catch and shoot and curl situations, this is why Golden State was so ideal for him. He is actually an overrated on-ball player because he excels as an isolation player but he cannot control the game with the ball in his hands.

I also think he has progressed tremendously as a defender throughout his career particularly as a one-on-one defender he is wiry strong and doesn't back down in the post and can use his reach to force misses but his physical frame does hold him back in certain matchups.

This a real comprehensive breakdown of KD weaknesses...
KD has weaknesses people just disregard them because he’s a “hooper” and is an aesthetic scorer.

High dribble, loose handle, slender frame, mediocre passer not bad out doubles and reactive situations but not instinctual too many blind spots and weak limp-wrist passes and overambitious fast balls that lead to TO’s as well as late reads, not a great game manager or on-floor leader, gets jump shot happy at times instead of applying slashing rim pressure with his length. All these things are reasons why in the past he’s struggled against traps and double teams in the playoffs. He has a 4:3 career assists to turnover ratio which is mediocre for a high usage wing player. TO’s was an issue for him this season was averaging over 4 per 36 minutes for a good chunk of the season. Nets adding Harden put KD off-ball more and limited his TO’s a bit.

For many years in his career he was also a mediocre defender he has transformed himself into a very good individual perimeter defender and a solid shot blocker still has tendencies to get screened or backdoored ball watching not a strong team defender and that limits his defensive impact.

KD has weaknesses yeah he’s a beast and a lab creation but yes dude has flaws.
 

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This has been MJ's best year since retiring. He got the standing ovation at the NBA 75 ceremony, his Hornets team looked much improved, and the players that people say are better than him either didn't make the playoffs or are on the verge of being eliminated.
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The GOAT continues to win even tho he hasnt stepped on the court in almost 20 years:wow:
 
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