Essential The Official ESPN First Take Thread

[GreatestLaker]

Durant is a great scorer he does nothing else excpetionally hes nowhere near Jordans level and never will be

Hes not even better then Lebron all around

As a player I agree. He is no where close, but we are talking about careers here. That's where rings, MVPs etc come into play.

 

[DosCadenaz]

If he can surpass Kobe then he can surpass Magic.

I just don't put Kobe close to Magic. But we'll see what happens.

 

[Captain Crunch]

Durant is a great scorer he does nothing else excpetionally hes nowhere near Jordans level and never will be

Hes not even better then Lebron all around

LBJ is better than Durant.
But even as Bron stan, I'll admit that Durant has a chance to be better than him and be the GOAT. Hell both of them(Durant, Bron) have shots at being the GOAT.

 

[DosCadenaz]

As a player I agree. He is no where close, but we are talking about careers here. That's where rings, MVPs etc come into play.

alright I understand now. Career wise i get it. i was saying as a player. I agree.

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

LBJ is better than Durant.
But even as Bron stan, I'll admit that Durant has a chance to be better than him and be the GOAT. Hell both of them(Durant, Bron) have shots at being the GOAT.

I dont think some of you realize how good Jordan was and i didnt even like dude when he played

Jordan was one of the best defensive players ever Durant is not a good defender outside of using his length to get a few weak side steals

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Why they got durants moms up there like OKC already won it though.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

more like he riding lebron coattails into an extended career.

 

[Captain Crunch]

I dont think some of you realize how good Jordan was and i didnt even like dude when he played

Jordan was one of the best defensive players ever Durant is not a good defender outside of using his length to get a few weak side steals

Yeah Jordan was great, but all it take is a few rings from KD/Bron, and they're in the discussion.

Durant is 23 in his 5th season, he still hasn't reached his prime. Bron was a beast at 23, and he didn't become elite at defending til his SIXTH season.
Time is definitely on his side, so it's not too far out of whack.

 

[bl2k8]

Yeah Jordan was great, but all it take is a few rings from KD/Bron, and they're in the discussion.

Durant is 23 in his 5th season, he still hasn't reached his prime. Bron was a beast at 23, and he didn't become elite at defending til his SIXTH season.
Time is definitely on his side, so it's not too far out of whack.

Nobody playing basketball is in the discussion with Mike. Rings by either one of them won't change that

 

[GreatestLaker]

Yeah Jordan was great, but all it take is a few rings from KD/Bron, and they're in the discussion.

Durant is 23 in his 5th season, he still hasn't reached his prime. Bron was a beast at 23, and he didn't become elite at defending til his SIXTH season.
Time is definitely on his side, so it's not too far out of whack.

Lebron was a very good defender in his 5th season, but yeah he became elite in his 6th.

 

[Majestic Pape]

Nobody playing basketball is in the discussion with Mike. Rings by either one of them won't change that

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Durant at 23 > Kobe at 23.

If Durant maintains his up-til-now playoff performance through this series and they win > any of Kobe's championship runs.

 

[Ohene]

Truly I cant front anymore on how good Lebron is. Only he can score 30 points and still get shytted on. If that was Battier that got 30 people would be like

Lebron had a great, B performance. But lets not act like his 4th qtr wa'nt shyt
Didnt he only make like 2 fgs?

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

nikkas aint gonna be satisfied until Bron drops 45 per game, scores all his team's points in da 4th, and shatters da back board with a tomahawk dunk from da 3pt. line. Wade is

shyt lookin like da Cavaliers 2.0 right now.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

nikkas aint gonna be satisfied until Bron drops 45 per game, scores all his team's points in da 4th, and shatters da back board with a tomahawk dunk from da 3pt. line. Wade is

shyt lookin like da Cavaliers 2.0 right now.

More like not until he performs like a superstar in the 4th quarter of the finals.