This is exactly why KD needed Steph on his team

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

To win four 7 game series in a row to win a title takes more than one player. No matter how great he is.


That’s what most of you and everybody else is missing. You can average 35-10-10 and still get swept if your teammates don’t contribute.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

KD led OKC to a Final.

He just isn’t a playmaker like a Kobe.

Kobe had Shaq for 3 of his titles. And role players like Kobe and Fisher made clutch game winning shots.

 

[Draje]

I doubt I could name 25 players better than prime KD. His skill set is more than suitable to lead a squad without another all nba type guy.

You got Jayson Tatum’s and Jimmy Butler type guys leading their teams to finals.

I’m gonna get heat for this but Butler is just a straight up smarter player than KD.

KD is more skilled in damn near every aspect of basketball but Butler is better at reading defenses more than one rotation deep. The reason GS worked for him so well is that his playmaking duties were drastically simplified and he could focus almost entirely on getting buckets against single coverage.

 

[madness]

Oliver Miller ain’t waddling thru that door

fixed

 

[Worthless Loser]

Going to Golden State saved his career. He likely never would have won a championship and the media would be riding him for being a huge star and having 0 championships. He would be looked at as a failure. Dude would have caved under pressure and made 35 different twitter burner accounts to attack people and defend himself.

 

[Regular_P]

Get carried by Cam Payne in an elimination game, brehs.

 

[Legend27]

Sounds goofy but I think of it like this:

KD is like a master swordsman. His skill is undeniable and he’s damn near unbearable when he’s in his element which is very structured 1v1 duels.

But a master swordsman isn’t the guy you want leading your army on the battlefield. Doesn’t give you knowledge of military formations, logistics, reading enemy movements, and all the other aspects of warfare.

This is a great analogy

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

fukk’em

 

[Don Homer]

And nikkas said KD had no pressure this postseason. I guess he believed that cuz that nikka just got DUSTED

 

[Draje]

This is a great analogy

Not even a knock on KD or his skill set. He’s the closest we’ll see to a superhuman basketball mutant.

But he might be more skilled, in terms of the ability to score in isolation and pure shot making, than guys like Curry or Lebron but he’s just not capable of managing the game like them.

They’re far better generals and they’re also fantastic swordsman in their own right. Even a guy like Jimmy is a far less skilled swordsman but a better general.

 

[MostReal]

It took me till now but I've accepted the fact that KD doesn't have the will to win.



He needs Steph's guidance

 

[Surreal]

Yeah KD basically in that 15ish-20 all time.. the Top 10 talk when you factor in age/regression is over . Still think he’s one of the best I’ve ever seen but the legacy/accolades doesn’t match the eye test … if he got a ring in BK it would have done his legacy wonders.

That herb ain't better than Dr. J or Dirk

He's 25-30

 

[Ozymandeas]

KD is washed.

Should’ve never left Golden State. Had he just two pieced Dray for talking crazy and played really shytty for one finals so Steph could get a FMVP back then all this could’ve been avoided

 

[Draje]

It took me till now but I've accepted the fact that KD doesn't have the will to win.



He needs Steph's guidance

It’s not even Steph.

Durant just needs to be on a team with an extremely simplified role. With the Warriors, he was the bailout option or a single coverage scorer. If he saw a double coming, he didn’t have to make perfect reads or passes because Klay & Steph are so good that they can convert almost any pass into a good link. If the big rotated over then he makes a simple dump pass.

But Durant on the Heat instead of Kevin love, he’d be in the finals. Jimmy, Kyle, and Bam would be handling the playmaking so Durant could literally only focus on rebounds and bucket getting. No worries about leadership or creating for others.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

KD is what everyone THINKS LeBron is.....