Take a second to ponder that some people think Kevin Durant isn't the player in the OKC vs GS series

[sfgiants]

It's 2-1 when has a 2-1 lead been the end of a series

I'd quote your post when the series is over like you quoted this week old post
but I'll forget you exist as soon as I get off this train

 

[Draje]

Nope.. Kobe, Shaq, LeBron, curry etc are better scorers

Durant's MVP season has been one of the greatest scoring seasons we've ever seen and he shyts all over Kobe's best season.

Durant is a better scorer than Lebron but not a better offensive player.

I'd take MVP Durant over any version of Kobe, honestly. Put this nikka with Shaq and let Phil develop him, these nikkas probably never lose again.

 

[mastermind]

Put this nikka with Shaq and let Phil develop him, these nikkas probably never lose again.

develop what?

his handles are not better than Kobe's which is a big reason why he turns into a turnover machine.

He also does not assert himself enough in games with Russy.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Nope.. Kobe, Shaq, LeBron, curry etc are better scorers

Kobe: 25 points per game on 44.8% shooting and 32.9% from 3 point range, 7.4 free throws per game and shot 83.7% at the line


Shaq: 23.7 points per game on 58% shooting from the field and 52.5% at the line on 9.3 attempts per game


LeBron: 50% from the field, 34% from distance, 74.4% at the line on 8.3 attempts for a scoring average of 27.2 points per game

Curry: 22.4 points per game on 47.7% shooting from the field, 44.4% from distance on 7.3 attempts per game, 90.3% at the foul line

Durant: 27.4 points per game, 48.3% shooting from the field, 38% shooting from distance, 88% at the line on 8.2 attempts per game.

Scoring titles: 2 for Shaq, 2 for Kobe, 1 for LeBron, 1 for curry, 4 for Durant. Looks like someone was proven wrong again doesn't it @Draje :mjplo:?

 

[mbewane]

I love it. Hope people keep underrating durant. He's going to take this personal

He's been taking it personnal for at least 3 years now

Kevin Durant: 'I'm tired of being second ... I'm done with it'
By Royce Young | NBA writer

April 23, 2013 1:07 pm ET

Kevin Durant has had enough with being the bridesmaid. He's tired of being runner-up. Done playing second fiddle. Done with finishing second.

In this week's Sports Illustrated, Durant is on the cover for a fifth time, but with a pretty powerful quote.

"I've been second my whole life,” the Oklahoma City Thunder star told SI. “I was the second-best player in high school. I was the second pick in the draft. I've been second in the MVP voting three times. I came in second in the Finals. I'm tired of being second. I'm not going to settle for that. I'm done with it.”

(Nobody tell Durant he finished second in scoring this year. And second on his own team in shot attempts.)

The problem for Durant? This guy named LeBron James. Durant hasn't actually finished second to James in MVP three times, yet. But he knows James is destined to take home a fourth MVP, and Durant is likely to be voted second.

Durant is friends with James, and a lot has been made of that. Some have wondered if because of their friendship, Durant lacks the same killer instinct with James that he has with everyone else.

“I'm not taking it easy on [James]," Durant says. "Don't you know I'm trying to destroy the guy every time I go on the court?”

The stats back Durant up. While his Thunder have fallen six straight times to the Heat -- including four consecutive times in the Finals -- the blood isn't on Durant's hands. In those six losses, he's averaging 31.7 points on 52.7 percent shooting. James hasn't outplayed Durant. The Heat have just outplayed the Thunder.

The taste of defeat from last year's Finals changed Durant in a lot of ways, but more than anything, it's only made him hungrier. Getting to dream and actually think about raising a banner, only to lose four straight games, has to be the worst feeling ever. And the most incredible motivation.

You saw how the 2011 Finals changed James. He didn't come back as a new player from it necessarily. Just a changed player. There was a new motivation to his game. He rediscovered himself and forced his mind to only focus on one thing.

Now, Durant's got that type of approach. He's proven himself a star, proven himself one of the two best players in the world. But now, he wants more. He wants to be first.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@You thinking Curry is better than Durant
Curry couldn't even win FMVP with the Cavs missing 2 of their Big 3

KD did his thing in this series, but I'm uppin this thread purely because you tried shyttin on Curry.