Official Steph “Better Than Durant” Curry 2021 Appreciation Thread

[Georgiamuscle]

Why are you pretending that KD balled but was letdown by his supporting cast?

If KD even plays average, they beat the Celtics. Every game was close

Why are you pretending Steph’s supporting cast was nonexistent by saying he carried them to a championship? Wiggins neutralized their best player and they couldn’t double Steph bc of the threat of his shooters
Meanwhile you downplay the fact that nobody can create their own shot on the nets team outside of KD, Kyrie, and Dragic who is 37? Then KD had to guard their best player while baring the load on offense. Steph wouldn’t be able to do either one and if he was doubled on every catch with those guys he would’ve been blown out every game

 

[Don Homer]

@BlueHeffner these nikkas run to yet ANOTHER hypothetical of switching KD and steph to explain why steph is successful. Salty nikkas

They can tune into different realities to justify their point, but in this reality that we are all apart of, we saw KD get his ass locked up and play shyt tier defense. Nets lost G1 specifically bc KD was ball-watching.

@Georgiamuscle , KD aint shyt without steph. that's why he's quitting on a situation he wanted

 

[BlueHeffner]

Why are you pretending Steph’s supporting cast was nonexistent by saying he carried them to a championship? Wiggins neutralized their best player and they couldn’t double Steph bc of the threat of his shooters
Meanwhile you downplay the fact that nobody can create their own shot on the nets team outside of KD, Kyrie, and Dragic who is 37? Then KD had to guard their best player while baring the load on offense. Steph wouldn’t be able to do either one and if he was doubled on every catch with those guys he would’ve been blown out every game

Who on the Warriors can create their own shot besides Steph and Poole?

Klay played awful in the Finals

Draymond had to be benched

Poole was inconsistent in every series after the Nuggets

Weed, for as good as he played in the Finals, shot 42% in the wins


Pretending that Steph had massive help against the Celtics is hilarious

 

[Foxmulder]

Replace Steph with KD the Warriors lose to the Celtics. KD does not elevate anyone he plays with like Steph does.

 

[The God Poster]

Kd on that team easily beats the nuggets, grizzlies, mavs...Celtics would still be close but they wouldn't be double teaming with the warriors off-ball movement.

You’re severely underrating how impactful Steph is to that off ball movement offense

 

[BlueHeffner]

@BlueHeffner these nikkas run to yet ANOTHER hypothetical of switching KD and steph to explain why steph is successful. Salty nikkas

They can tune into different realities to justify their point, but in this reality that we are all apart of, we saw KD get his ass locked up and play shyt tier defense. Nets lost G1 specifically bc KD was ball-watching.

@Georgiamuscle , KD aint shyt without steph. that's why he's quitting on a situation he wanted

Apparently, KD can win with any team except his own

 

[Don Homer]

Apparently, KD can win with any team except his own

literally the story of Durant's career excluding the GSW years. Imagine that

 

[Dwight Howard]

Replace Steph with KD the Warriors lose to the Celtics. KD does not elevate anyone he plays with like Steph does.

You can't seriously believe this. But in any event, the Celtics would not have been able to sell-out on KD with the warriors roster/system so I don't see kd struggling at all against them with more spaced out defense. The Nets don't have a dryamond green to make the right reads nor do they have guys like Poole and wiggins that can get you 20 as 3rd/4th options. And at the end of the day kd is a better finals performer than steph so I don't see why kd couldn't win with them

 

[aceboon]

Why are you pretending Steph’s supporting cast was nonexistent by saying he carried them to a championship? Wiggins neutralized their best player and they couldn’t double Steph bc of the threat of his shooters
Meanwhile you downplay the fact that nobody can create their own shot on the nets team outside of KD, Kyrie, and Dragic who is 37? Then KD had to guard their best player while baring the load on offense. Steph wouldn’t be able to do either one and if he was doubled on every catch with those guys he would’ve been blown out every game

You really running that play in comparison to the Warriors? Did you nikkas watch them when Steph was injured to end the season. Are you aware of that team's on/off numbers when Steph is on the court/bench?

 

[aceboon]

You can't seriously believe this. But in any event, the Celtics would not have been able to sell-out on KD with the warriors roster/system so I don't see kd struggling at all against them with more spaced out defense. The Nets don't have a dryamond green to make the right reads nor do they have guys like Poole and wiggins that can get you 20 as 3rd/4th options. And at the end of the day kd is a better finals performer than steph so I don't see why kd couldn't win with them

We literally saw this when Steph played w/o KD and KD played w/o Steph during their tenure together. Hilarious that you're still running with this shytty gimmick, give it up, it's over.

 

[Killer Instinct]

KD fans got to let this one go. It's like trying to convince adults that Santa Claus is real. It's done. Yall out here working overtime for nothing. You're convincing no one.

 

[Killer Instinct]

Let's be honest, too. KD in that series vs BOS looked so terrible that he was borderline phoning it in, looking perplexed and dazed. Dude was playing like he was playing his child and a couple of their friends from 3rd grade at a cook out. Then, he demands a trade shortly after that lethargic display. You let a certain someone currently on the Lakers have put up such a blatantly phoned in performance as Durant did and then demand a trade a month later. We'd be claiming he quit and you know it.

 

[Dwight Howard]

KD fans got to let this one go. It's like trying to convince adults that Santa Claus is real. It's done. Yall out here working overtime for nothing. You're convincing no one.

Well this thread was made by a steph stan back in 2021. You have to see the irony here. Steph had better numbers in 2021 than kd, which is why this thread was created. The warriors would go onto to lose in the play-in to a young grizzly team while kd went to 7 with the Champs by his damnself. Everyone disappeared and stfu after that. KD was widely considered the best player in the league last year after that series.

So what changed between then and now?

Warriors won 50+ games with steph having one of his worst regular seasons in years.

Points is: using recent performance to prop up past performance isn't a solid argument. Steph played great in the playoffs but his performance has no bearing on what we all witnessed in 2017 and 2018. Steph stans are using his 2022 playoff performance to prove he was a better player than Durant in 2017 and 2018...like seriously? Why lie?

 

[Don Homer]

Also, lets not forget,

STEPH

CURRY

BEAT

KEVIN

DURANT

IN


A

PLAYOFF

HEAD

TO


HEAD


MATCHUP


IN


2016

 

[aceboon]

Also, lets not forget,

STEPH

CURRY

BEAT

KEVIN

DURANT

IN


A

PLAYOFF

HEAD

TO


HEAD


MATCHUP


IN


2016

Outplayed him in 3 straight elimination games