funny nikka
This is exactly why KD needed Steph on his team
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LeBron is a better GM than KD. LeBron would rather play with players who compliment his game and this makes the team more formidable. KD would rather play with players who have an elite offensive bag, even of team around him is compromised.
Name a 7 footer in NBA history with better handles than KD? He's a great playmaker too, just not great enough to be a floor raiser like Bron.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
thats great
But every guard in the NBA has better handles than KD. And he isn’t a great playmaker. We’ve seen too much evidence of this the last 14 years to say otherwise.
He's a decent-good playmaker.
Every guard definitely doesn't have better handles than KD. And KD has proven himself to be a very good playmaker. It's just that he's regularly compared to Bron. People will probably hold it against KD if he's not still elite at age 38 like Bron.
No.KD leading that team would have gotten beating by Portland in the 1st round.
I know.I'm a funny nikka
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Nah, you said KD has good handles.
I said damn near every guard in the league has better handles. Or to be fairer, every guard that is trusted to put the ball on the floor and initiate offense is better. And they have to be better because KD is near seven feet tall, and dribbles higher off the ground versus a guy who is 6’5” with a lower center of gravity.
KD’s super power is he is arguably the best bucket getter in NBA history and can score on anyone else. But he isn’t the guy that is strong at creating for others and can carry a heavier load of the of the offensive decision making. It’s fundamentally not who he is.
In a lot of ways, KD is a self made player who has never had to do anything else but be him. As a younger player, he was never asked to learn something new outside of scoring. He was never asked to play within a system. He never had a coach that pushed him to be different or learn new concepts. That was true from being a kid up to Golden State, and he left that situation. You can’t name a coach, program, school, etc that made KD the player he is. No father or mentor. I think that’s fascinating and shows how much “dog” he has in him. The problem is that it stifled that thing that would have made him one of the five best players ever, imo. He can’t build up others around him.
El_Mero_Mero
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Stephen Curry has won 4 championships without Kevin Durant in his career.
That's not true, KD had many mentors and coaches that molded his game as a youth. Those of us from the DMV clicked in are aware of this. And KD's height make his handles more impressive. In theory, given his height there should be more opportunities for defenders to strip the ball from him yet they don't for a reason.
GreatestLaker
#FirePelinka
Both lost in 6 in the second round. 
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Read what I said. His handles are impressive for a man if his height. But he turns the ball
over a lot in the playoffs because his handles aren’t great.
And I’m from PG County. KD is a self made player more than anyone we’ve seen ascend to his level.
