Where is Stephen Curry?

[knicksman]

I don't know what else you call a team with an all-time great like Durant surrounded by what amounted to one of the best supporting casts in the league.

When one of the best players of all-time has really good help...it usually is an elite team...just like the Thunder were from essentially 2011 through 2016.

I think most of you started watching basketball post 2010....because I don't know what words you would use to describe the kind of teams Dirk or KG or Wade or Lebron on the Cavs... even Duncan played with at times if we can't admit Durant played with elite help from 11 through 16 on the Thunder overall.

It diminishes too many great players in history that didn't play with teams that sniffed what KD had in OKC for virtually their entire careers.

And, please don't try to rewrite history only a few years old...KD had plenty of help to beat a 73 win team. They were up 3-1 and Durant absolutely shit the bed in a closeout home game (the biggest game of his career to date)...

So don't give me that crap. If he's as good as you claim...you don't make excuses for a player of that caliber.

He had enough help...and couldn't get it done as the man. And couldn't carry the burden of being a franchise championship player.

Hopefully we get to see him in that role next year on a new team.

again, OKC were better with westbrook out in 2014 just like this year. Yet you think thats elite help. LOL But youre a bron stan so you think triple doubles are great. And you guys are making excuses for lebrons help in cleveland so why cant us?

In the end, the only reason why you guys hate durant coz 1 more ring and he ties lebron.

And LOL at burden as the man. Hes the man in golden state. Hes too "the man" that he even won FMVP despite force feeding curry. So LOL at not wanting the burden. And once lebron asked the help of the refs, its not anymore between teams but between all teams and Lebrons big 3 + refs. And they are the underdogs. Lebron was the top dog when he formed superteams while durant still the underdog and he destroyed them.

[BigShotBob]

Why do people act like KD doesn't get overloaded and double-teamed?

What games are people watching?

[And1AllDay]

It is hilarious.

In the game 6...the Thunder were up 8 entering the 4th. They were up 5 with like 4 minutes left.

Durant was awful. Shot 41% TS with a 93 ortg in the biggest game of his career....

And yet, according to many on here, he just didn't have enough help.

So, playing a proven championship team...the GOAT regular season team...Durant plays like shit...and his team around him is still good enough to get him an 8 point lead entering the 4th and a 5 point lead with less than 5 minutes to go.

But yea...just not enough help.

How dare an all-time great like Durant be expected to play a decent game to win.

Not to mention they checked every historical box for winning a title...

To argue he didn't have enough help is absurd.

Oh hell nah KD had a very stacked team with Russell, Ibaka, Adams, Waiters, Roberson, Kanter. That is a strong roster so the only help Durant was missing was himself

[And1AllDay]

again, OKC were better with westbrook out in 2014 just like this year. Yet you think thats elite help. LOL But youre a bron stan so you think triple doubles are great. And you guys are making excuses for lebrons help in cleveland so why cant us?

In the end, the only reason why you guys hate durant coz 1 more ring and he ties lebron.

And LOL at burden as the man. Hes the man in golden state. Hes too "the man" that he even won FMVP despite force feeding curry. So LOL at not wanting the burden. And once lebron asked the help of the refs, its not anymore between teams but between all teams and Lebrons big 3 + refs. And they are the underdogs. Lebron was the top dog when he formed superteams while durant still the underdog and he destroyed them.

KD didnt make it out of second round in 2014 when he was up 2-0 against the damn Grizzlies bruh

[knicksman]

KD didnt make it out of second round in 2014 when he was up 2-0 against the damn Grizzlies bruh

Stick to trolling dummy.

[Bronbron23]

It's the first round against an 8 seed whose best player is a 32 year old Lou Williams. Let's see who steps up against the real teams.

Are you suggesting that curry will play better next series because he's going up against a better team because he played against Houston last year a d the result was pretty much identical.

[DMAVS41]

again, OKC were better with westbrook out in 2014 just like this year. Yet you think thats elite help. LOL But youre a bron stan so you think triple doubles are great. And you guys are making excuses for lebrons help in cleveland so why cant us?

In the end, the only reason why you guys hate durant coz 1 more ring and he ties lebron.

And LOL at burden as the man. Hes the man in golden state. Hes too "the man" that he even won FMVP despite force feeding curry. So LOL at not wanting the burden. And once lebron asked the help of the refs, its not anymore between teams but between all teams and Lebrons big 3 + refs. And they are the underdogs. Lebron was the top dog when he formed superteams while durant still the underdog and he destroyed them.

This has nothing to do with Lebron for me. Absolutely 0. You keep bringing him up like it means something..it doesn't. You can't make a coherent argument.

He isn't "the man" in GS because that would be, again, a slap in the face to players that actually had to carry the burden of a franchise. You don't get to be called "the man" when you join a 73 win team at your peak as a player.

Again, you made the claim that Durant didn't have enough help on OKC. So I'd like to know why your expectations are so low for him.

Durant shot 41% TS in the biggest game of his career at home...and his team still had a legit lead late in the 4th.

Do you really expect him to knock off the Warriors while playing like dogshit? Funny thing...if he had made a couple clutch shots...he still could have...that was how good his team was around him.

Looking forward to another incoherent response about Lebron or how the Thunder were better without Russ.

Like when Durant got bitched out in 5 against the Grizzlies when he couldn't score efficiently after Russ got hurt?

[knicksman]

This has nothing to do with Lebron for me. Absolutely 0. You keep bringing him up like it means something..it doesn't. You can't make a coherent argument.

He isn't "the man" in GS because that would be, again, a slap in the face to players that actually had to carry the burden of a franchise. You don't get to be called "the man" when you join a 73 win team at your peak as a player.

Again, you made the claim that Durant didn't have enough help on OKC. So I'd like to know why your expectations are so low for him.

Durant shot 41% TS in the biggest game of his career at home...and his team still had a legit lead late in the 4th.

Do you really expect him to knock off the Warriors while playing like dogshit? Funny thing...if he had made a couple clutch shots...he still could have...that was how good his team was around him.

Looking forward to another incoherent response about Lebron or how the Thunder were better without Russ.

Like when Durant got bitched out in 5 against the Grizzlies when he couldn't score efficiently after Russ got hurt?

After what happened in the finals? Its obvious that this league is scripted so I wouldnt be surprised if durant sold the game coz they want GSW in the finals. GSW have better ratings.

And LOL at he isnt the man. Hes the one taking over games. Hes the first option in crunch time. You really think he would join GSW if he isnt the man on the team? LOL

All OKC needed is to get rid of westbrook. Addition by substraction. Is that too much to ask? Were not asking for 2 superstars like you bron stans are.

[Smoke117]

After what happened in the finals? Its obvious that this league is scripted so I wouldnt be surprised if durant sold the game coz they want GSW in the finals. GSW have better ratings.

And LOL at he isnt the man. Hes the one taking over games. Hes the first option in crunch time. You really think he would join GSW if he isnt the man on the team? LOL

All OKC needed is to get rid of westbrook. Addition by substraction. Is that too much to ask? Were not asking for 2 superstars like you bron stans are.

If nothing else, you have to admire the persistence to troll on this shitty board for 10k+ post. I mean it's pathetic of course, but still admirable in some kind of fukked up way for the drive. This of course isn't his only account which really makes the pathetic level rise to an inordinate level.

[SpaceJam2]

After what happened in the finals? Its obvious that this league is scripted so I wouldnt be surprised if durant sold the game coz they want GSW in the finals. GSW have better ratings.

And LOL at he isnt the man. Hes the one taking over games. Hes the first option in crunch time. You really think he would join GSW if he isnt the man on the team? LOL

All OKC needed is to get rid of westbrook. Addition by substraction. Is that too much to ask? Were not asking for 2 superstars like you bron stans are.

Wow

Please stick to trolling. PLEASE

[eliteballer]

Curry is useless if he's not hitting 3's..

[FireDavidKahn]

Where is Stephen Curry?

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Steph is averaging 23.3 PPG on 68.0% true shooting, making him only the second player in NBA history to have those totals in a postseason of 8 or more games.

[3ball]

Curry's impact is overrated

Nick Wright was defending Curry over Kawhi by saying that curry provides this amazing spacing - horseshit - that's another feel-good narrative that is false

Curry is just 1 guy - he draws his man out to the perimeter - that's it - he needs his teammates to ALSO stand behind the line to draw their man out and space the floor - it takes a whole team to properly space the floor

Otoh, a devastating rim attacker shifts an entire defense all by himself (defenders must cheat off their man to help at the rim or on penetration)

[Jasper]

curry is not riding the coat tails of KD , he is ironing on KD's mom's ironing board....

[AirFederer]

Most are stans, trolls, retarded - or all three - unfortunately

Ok.

There seems to be confusion.

I am not arguing that Curry could replace any player on a team and do as good or better in that role. Of course Curry couldn't replace Harden and do as well in that system.

However, you aren't understanding why Dantoni does that system...it is because of Harden. He adapted it to fit Harden.

You act like that is how they played in Phoenix with Nash. They didn't obviously...not at all.

If Curry was on the Rockets in place of Harden they would play much more like the Suns did, but Curry would play off ball more than Nash in part because of skillset and in part because of Paul.

Also, almost every team sets a ton of screens. Again, I'm not sure what league you guys are watching. You act as if "setting screens" is some cheat or that it is specific to the Warriors...and that just isn't the case at all. And, of course, the reason the Warriors set so many "off screens" is because of the skillsets of Curry and Klay. It isn't like a system is just set in stone...coaches aren't dumb enough to get a guy like Curry and not run him off of tons of screens to cause a lot of problems for defenses.

I don't think you are understanding the order of events properly.