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@GOAT Told y'all the Celtics are complete trash. Need Kyrie to go nuclear just to beat a good team. :mjlol:
:mjlol: I'm out here chilling on a Saturday night while these Coli dikkriders tagging me. Tag me at the end of the year when the C's are playing the Dubs in the Finals.

Until then, fukk off my dikk. :camby:
 

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At this point I’m pretty convinced that James Harden is the best player out of the OKC big 3. This probably isn't a popular take but his shytty theatrics, flopping & lack of defense aside, I think Harden elevates a teams offense in ways that Durant or RWB can't.

I think he's the best individual star of them for sure but I don't think he's overall the best player. I think Durant is much more dangerous in a playoff atmosphere.
 
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At this point I’m pretty convinced that James Harden is the best player out of the OKC big 3. This probably isn't a popular take but his shytty theatrics, flopping & lack of defense aside, I think Harden elevates a teams offense in ways that Durant or RWB can't.


I will say its been interesting as hell seeing those three develop without each other. Its almost crazy remembering how the Thunder lost out on what coulda been a dynasty.

All THREE of them became MVP’s:wow:
 
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Warriors need to adjust offense. They still be trying to play with pace like curry still there. Slow it down now that it’s Durant team. The offense is built around and catered to curry but he ain’t there nomore. And klay been the biggest disappointment since curry went down. He’s not even number 2 sg in the league.
When Steph's been on the floor this season, the Warriors play at a pace of 106 possessions
The Warriors played at a pace of 99 possessions in this game

Pace isn't the problem, they're generating good looks for the most part, they're just not making their shots. If anything, a slower pace is worse because it leads to Durant settling for outside shots on the regular.
 

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I think he's the best individual star of them for sure but I don't think he's overall the best player. I think Durant is much more dangerous in a playoff atmosphere.


I think he's better in high leverage situations in which teams know your sets and you need basket........However he's not a great playmaker and tends to settle for his jump shot too much for my liking. I feel like a lot of his flaws are covered up by Steph and Klay's gravity.


The problem with Harden of course is that he relies so much on refs calling fouls that it hurts his overall game.
 
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Yall ever think just how crazy Kobe was this generation's MJ in terms of game/mannerisms. MJ wins #6 retires, and then you got the young gun with his same moves comes in and dominate the NBA for a decade+ :mjlol: S*** is kinda wild in retrospect

Why the hell you talking about Kobe right now? :gucci:

And dominate the NBA for the decade after Jordan? Breh, the dominant players after Jordan left were Shaq and Duncan. Kobe had a couple years of growing pains riding the bench, then five years of riding Shaq to success, and then three years at the bottom of the barrel until the team added Pau to complete the best front court in the NBA.

Kobe had 0 MVPs and 0 Finals MVPs in his first decade, he wasn't dominating anything. :mjgrin:
 

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Khris Middleton ass nikka. FOH. KD ain't shyt without Steph. He can't carry shyt

KD really the servant

Remember when Klay and Draymond went 7-3 with Steph out in 2016, including 5-2 in the playoffs?

Klay and Durant don't look quite that hot. :sas1::sas2:




I think he's the best individual star of them for sure but I don't think he's overall the best player. I think Durant is much more dangerous in a playoff atmosphere.

Durant is the best playoff performer of the OKC big 3 and it's not even close.

However, that's more an indictment of how bad Harden and Westbrook are in the playoffs than anything else.
 

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I think he's better in high leverage situations in which teams know your sets and you need basket........However he's not a great playmaker and tends to settle for his jump shot too much for my liking. I feel like a lot of his flaws are covered up by Steph and Klay's gravity.


The problem with Harden of course is that he relies so much on refs calling fouls that it hurts his overall game.

Last year was the first year we really saw Harden put on for the entirety of a playoff run. The number one problem with Harden besides refs is his passion. I've seen him quit on his team several times in big games.

Not to mention Durant is the only one of them that isn't a net negative on defense in a playoff series.
 
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Last year was the first year we really saw Harden put on for the entirety of a playoff run. The number one problem with Harden besides refs is his passion. I've seen him quit on his team several times in big games.

Not to mention Durant is the only one of them that isn't a net negative on defense in a playoff series.
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Alright gone head and hit me with that mountain of text. I'm ready. :beli:
No need for a "mountain" of text - he most definitely didn't perform well for the entirety of the Rockets playoff run; his [one-trick pony] game reared its ugly head multiple times when he couldn't get away with his usual shenanigans.

I mean it was no surprise he fell apart in the Rockets' last three games of the postseason.
 
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