Dame paid for my meal not to long ago so I'm biased
Okay, I'll bite: how many playoff games has Kyrie played without LeBron? Seeing as Kyrie has played 53 playoff games with all but one in Cleveland, and LeBron played 59 during that same stretch 4 year stretch, what exactly is your sample size?
Looks to me like you're basing it off of 1 game...which was yesterday.
That's my point. I asked you how you know that Kyrie wouldn't struggle against the constant trapping and double-teams that Dame faced against New Orleans when Kyrie has never had to face that in his entire career?
There's only been ONE playoff game in Kyrie's life where he didn't have LeBron to take all the defense's attention away from him....and he shot 6-17 in that one game. So lay off the bullshyt that's Dame's 19-5-4 on 35% shooting against constant defensive pressure are something that would never happen to Kyrie. You don't have the least bit of evidence for that, because it's not something we've ever seen him have to overcome.
You were basing that off of....?
....sure...just....sure. 1 playoff game, not the 4 regular seasons that Kyrie has had with him being the main guy, but one.whole.playoff game
...Me personally, I think that Kyrie wouldn't have that happen to him because he's better offensively. I consider Kyrie to be up there with Steph as a scorer, and I really don't see someone like that getting locked the fukk up for a whole series.
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Kyrie dropped a 40 piece in the finals on the mvp and hit the game-winning shot. Stop reacting.Kyrie couldn't do that
50 ,7, 6 and 4 in the playoffs against a Top 3 PG in the league.
Kyrie and dame are equals but there is no question if dame was on the cavs with bron they would've won in 15 and 16 simply because dame would be healthy
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40 ain't 50
Kyrie wasn't the leader of that squad Bron Was
The MVP played no defense
Westbrook is most likely the best defending pg or top 5
Kyrie never lead a team in the playoffs .. if he does this year it will be because of Brad Stevens
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The bubble was fraudulent
40 in the NBA fukking Finals against a 73 win team in a win or go home situation > 50 in a first round series up 3-1. Stop it.
Of all PG's to go at after this shot by Lillard, Kyrie is not the one. You aren't going to win that battle.
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The bubble was fraudulent
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The bubble was fraudulent
Yeah, other than the fact that Kyrie is a better shooter, ball handler, finisher, rebounder, defender, more efficient, more clutch statistically (and hit the biggest shot in NBA history).
