This isn't reimagining
The Warriors literally played better with Curry and KD off than with KD on and Curry odd
Real time the sentiment wasn't that universal - plenty of people still viewed that as Steph's team.
The offense ran through Steph... the same way the Lakers ran through Shaq.
What "alpha"/true number 1 doesn't even have their team's offense run through him?
It's not up for debate. KD himself literally jokingly called himself the servant for a reason - it was still Steph's offense. KD was meant to replace Harrison Barne's role of being a 2 way scoring wing... a role that Wiggins then replaced.
If Wiggins were to averaged 26 this finals and won Finals MVP... would that make Wiggins the number 1 option?
Like cmon cuz, this isn't even hating on KD. KD literally want their because of the offense they ran - they didn't rebuild it around him, they just plugged him in. At worst it's an even between the two
You keep talking about the numbers, KD's numbers have never been the crux of my argument...
The Warriors lost the '16 Finals, in large part because Steph was bad. Durant comes and in returning to The Finals vs the same opponent, the hype was on Durant measuring up to LeBron---->not Steph...
Those '17 Dubs being considered arguably the greatest team ever is because of the sentiment of adding Durant. They lost the previous year without him...
They doubled back in '18 and once again Durant was viewed as the one who put them over the top. Not that they rebuilt the offense around him. Not that it was his team. That he was their best player. He put GS over the top...
'19 comes and Durant began the postseason on an All-Time binge, there was anticipation for him and Kawhi meeting because Kawhi also began the exact same postseason on an All-Time binger. Nobody at any of these points was speaking of Steph in this tone; "Steph on a heater, boy what will it look like when he meets Kawhi"?
It was about Durant...
Durant gets hurt, Warriors coast to The Finals but his absence in the first three games was magnified, Steph wasn't great and the idea was revisited every single day that GS needed KD to win the title...
He played the equivalent of one quarter in G4 and was far and away the best player on the floor, complete control and domination, then his shyt snapped...
Predictably GS lost and Steph wasn't strong enough to shoulder that burden...
We aren't talking about anything other than THE THREE YEARS STEPH AND DURANT PLAYED TOGETHER...
Was it a universal sentiment? No but there was a consensus that Durant was their best player. That's how majority of heads watching that team in the actual moment saw those Warriors...
It was always Steph's team. They were better on/off with Steph than KD. They maximized their Championship output those three years with Durant though...
And no if Wiggins won FMVP it wouldn't have made him '22 GS vest player but you've also never heard me use FMVPs as a talking point...
Steph's had a better career and will likely go down as a higher ranked player if nothing changes on KD's end. But I'm not with this changing of history just for the fukk of it. Their three years together were viewed the way they were. We don't get to change that because of some shyt after the fact, again this is that Kobe/Shaq shyt Kobe heads like to do...
