Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
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I am not interested in being convinced how great that supporting cast was.[/QUOTE]
Now you're distorting what I said. Nobody is trying to convince you of anything, all I've done is state the truth, the roster didn't look great on paper, but they were always a top rebounding and top defensive under Mike Brown team and also a top 3 point shooting team in in '09 and '10.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=KG215]I wasn't trying to argue how "great" or even "good" the supporting cast was. You said it was some sort of "inrefutable" evidence because the same team was the worst in the league last year. When, in fact, it wasn't close to the same team and they were injured and shuffling lineups the entire season.
You know, you haven't been around long, but you've quickly worked your way into the upper echelon of worst/most annoying LeBron stans. At this rate, you'll be giving pauk a serious run for his money within the next few months.[/QUOTE]
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That means a lot to me, thank you:cheers:
(FYI i quickly learned that there is no use in being a rationale poster on this forum because it's basically 99% troll threads. So I took on the
[I] can't beat em, join em[/I] approach:dancin)
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=ripthekik]:kobe:
that magic team is a joke. .[/QUOTE]
So minus 1 ring for Kobe then. Or just 0.5 ring? :roll:
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=Ne 1]Yes, but sometimes jack of all trades master of none "unselfish" types don't always get the job done. [B]Guys like Jordan, Kobe, Bird, Wade ... they did everything well, have great all around games. But they could still go flip a switch and be the absolute best player on the floor at a certain aspect of the game IE scoring.[/B]
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Lines like this let me know right off the bat that Lebron haters:
A: Never watch Lebron play
B: Never watched the players that they compare to Lebron play
C: Completely missed Miami's playoff run last year as a way of "protest"
The only players that you listed who had the"switch" on any consistent level were Bird and MJ. Wade has has history of not being healthy enough to stay consistent, and Kobe was never consistent enough on offense during his playoff runs (let alone regular seasons), except maybe one or two, even with scoring being his "Main Trade", to be given the "score at will" rep.
TLDR version:
Both you and Rip are, and have always been, full of sh!t.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=LBJ 23]So minus 1 ring for Kobe then. Or just 0.5 ring? :roll:[/QUOTE]
Nice one. :applause:
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=Solefade]That really depends on the situation because they're absolute shit post defenders. Perkins would have been extremely valuable to the Cavs team in 2009 to guard Dwight who Perkins guards historically well.[/QUOTE]
2009 Perkins, sure. 2013 Perkins...no. He's nowhere close to the same one-on-one post defender he was from 2008-2010. He's shitty at even that, now.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
Leave it to LeTisk queers to turn this thread into a shitfest. So many alts and trolls....
The thread title is clear - Durant is taking over like a superstar should. Looking at the numbers and his performances(eye-test) - he's doing just that in the absence of Westbrook.
All of the queers here can f'ck off.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=PickernRoller]Leave it to LeTisk queers to turn this thread into a shitfest. So many alts and trolls....
The thread title is clear - Durant is taking over like a superstar should. Looking at the numbers and his performances(eye-test) - he's doing just that in the absence of Westbrook.
All of the queers here can f'ck off.[/QUOTE]
But that would mean you need to leave as well.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=Solefade]Pretty sure the 2009 Magic are better than the Grizzlies, they almost beat the most stacked team of the league that year in the finals.[/QUOTE]
4-1. All Kobe.
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Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
I would argue that Durant, on the basis of his first two games, has performed just as well as LeBron in the Orlando series (if not better). Now, that could change, and I expect it to change when they play in Memphis (unlikely that Durant averages 35-13-7 for the rest), but what he has done is absolutely spectacular, last 3 minutes of game 2 included.
When people bring up the relative supporting casts, you have to consider the length of time that Durant has had to adjust for Westbrook's absence. This is a team that has been thrown in this situation with their second best player gone and their fluidity disrupted. The '09 Cavs played the same way for years. They were defensively solid, which OKC are not. Yes, Ibaka is better than anyone on the Cavs team other than LeBron, but he has been shit this series and the rest of the team hasn't been great. Martin was solid in game one, but he has been wildly inconsistent since Westbrook went down. Perkins is just... well, you know.
Both coaches are absolutely awful. Brooks and Brown both implement no offensive sets and have relied on 'give the ball to Durant and hope he makes the right play'. Brown is a better defensive coach though.
On the whole, take nothing away from Durant. Yes, he didn't finish off game 2, but he dropped 36-11-9 for god sake. This is the best defensive team in the league he's playing and he is absolutely carrying this team. Durant is a special, special player. He truly is.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=K Xerxes]When people bring up the relative supporting casts, you have to consider the length of time that Durant has had to adjust for Westbrook's absence. This is a team that has been thrown in this situation with their second best player gone and their fluidity disrupted. The '09 Cavs played the same way for years. They were defensively solid, which OKC are not. Yes, Ibaka is better than anyone on the Cavs team other than LeBron, but he has been shit this series and the rest of the team hasn't been great. Martin was solid in game one, but he has been wildly inconsistent since Westbrook went down. Perkins is just... well, you know. [/QUOTE]
Thank you. This is something all the LeBron stans are completely ignoring or just totally unaware of. Just two weeks ago they were thrown a huge curveball by losing their second best player, who's an All-NBA caliber player and top 3 PG. If this had happened back in March or early April, and they had more time to adjust and get used to playing without him, fine; but they've had 2 weeks and 6 games to adjust, on the fly, in the playoffs...and now they're playing the best or second best defensive team in the NBA.
LeBron's supporting casts were far from impressive. But they had multiple entire 82-game seasons to at least acclimate and get used to playing with each other as constructed.
Re: Durant is taking over like a superstar should.
[QUOTE=PickernRoller]Leave it to LeTisk queers to turn this thread into a shitfest. So many alts and trolls....
The thread title is clear - Durant is taking over like a superstar should. Looking at the numbers and his performances(eye-test) - he's doing just that in the absence of Westbrook.
All of the queers here can f'ck off.[/QUOTE]
:applause:
yeap. Duno why they so salty.