Kevin Durant had the most stacked roster in recent history and still lost the Finals

[Wally450]

If the Warriors don't win the title this year, you can be sure there'll be a ton of threads about how the Warriors choked. Also, you'll disappear for a while.

[k0kakw0rld]

STACKED as ****.

What makes it worse is he lost to LeBaldo who is the definition of a mental midget in his own right, sporting a finals record of 2/6.

If you can't get it done against a guy like that, I don't see it happening for you.

Your team also lost against LeBaldo...smh!

[Spurs5Rings2014]

How many times has LeBron lost to Duncan?

Do don't 'em like that.

[sportjames23]

Didn't kawhi and Duncan lose to LeBron as well

Not the last time they played him. You do remember that, don't you?

[ScarSymmetry]

Wade, Bosh, Lebron isn't stacked?

[dannywpt]

Uh, 11-12' Thunder doesn't even come close to 10-14' Heat or 14-15' Warriors

[Marchesk]

Kinda remember Harden not playing well, Brooks not coaching well, and Perkins being a bad matchup for the Thunder with the Heat's small ball lineup.

I also kinda remember Durant averaging 30 on 55% in his first finals, while bing guarded by Lebron James in his prime.

What did Curry do against that Aussie?

[TemporaMutantur]

Reggie Jackson?

That was his rookie year and he damn sure wasn't good enough to see the floor in a meaningful game...and he didn't. And Perkins sucked in 2012. He wasn't Boston Celtics Kendrick Perkins.

All the other big names (KD, Russ, Serge, Harden) were 22 and 23 year olds playing against prime and/or peak LeBron, Wade, and Bosh, two of which were playing in their third Finals and the other was playing in his 3rd.

But hey, if you just want to ignore all context that's fine. Just don't expect anyone with a brain to take this thread seriously.

Thank you. Everyone is taking that list of players at their current value.

[Hey Yo]

Reggie Jackson?

That was his rookie year and he damn sure wasn't good enough to see the floor in a meaningful game...and he didn't. And Perkins sucked in 2012. He wasn't Boston Celtics Kendrick Perkins.

All the other big names (KD, Russ, Serge, Harden) were 22 and 23 year olds playing against prime and/or peak LeBron, Wade, and Bosh, two of which were playing in their third Finals and the other was playing in his 3rd.

But hey, if you just want to ignore all context that's fine. Just don't expect anyone with a brain to take this thread seriously.

OKC ran through the West with a 12-3 record which includes beating the home court advantage Spurs. (who had many vets in that WCF)

Then they were favored over Miami before the Finals tipped off

[feyki]

Reggie didn't played and Battier > Harden + Ibaka at that finals .

[Megabox!]

Not the last time they played him. You do remember that, don't you?

They still lost to him , if you're gonna boast about someone being a mental midget at least make sure your team didn't lose to him. He made himself look like a dipshit

[Mr. Jabbar]

STACKED as ****.

What makes it worse is he lost to LeBaldo who is the definition of a mental midget in his own right, sporting a finals record of 2/6.

If you can't get it done against a guy like that, I don't see it happening for you.

EXACTLY.

lets not forget refs tho. it was hideous. and harden choking bran 2011 style

[Megabox!]

That OKC team wasn't beating that Heat team, they were too hungry and focused. Not to mention Harden was pretty bad(his nerves probably got to him)

[deja vu]

3 superstar MVP candidates in one team.

If Phil Jackson coached that team they would be a dynasty easily.

[warriorfan]

What did Curry do against that Aussie?

This happened less than a week before the Finals.

Curry suffered a concussion and a back and shoulder injury. He was experiencing dizziness and blured vision up to a month later...He should of not even played in the Finals it was a major neglect of the concussion protocals of the NBA.

Injured Curry also received not only the most double teams and defensive attention in NBA Finals history, he also faced perhaps the most physical defense as well.



There was no foul called on this play.

This was one of only the numerous occasions where they allowed extremely physical play, hand checking and jersey grabbing was no called throughout the entire series as well.

So in spite of a severely injured Steph Curry facing the most aggressive defenses in the history of the game, he still put up 26/5/6/2 on 59% TS.