This is exactly why KD needed Steph on his team

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KD is what everyone THINKS LeBron is.....
LeBron is a better GM than KD. LeBron would rather play with players who compliment his game and this makes the team more formidable. KD would rather play with players who have an elite offensive bag, even of team around him is compromised.
 

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It’s not about a dog. His skill set is not that to uplift those around him to championship level. His handles aren’t the best and he isn’t a great playmaker. KD is an an all time bucket getter

Name a 7 footer in NBA history with better handles than KD? He's a great playmaker too, just not great enough to be a floor raiser like Bron.
 

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Name a 7 footer in NBA history with better handles than KD? He's a great playmaker too, just not great enough to be a floor raiser like Bron.
thats great

But every guard in the NBA has better handles than KD. And he isn’t a great playmaker. We’ve seen too much evidence of this the last 14 years to say otherwise.
 

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thats great

But every guard in the NBA has better handles than KD. And he isn’t a great playmaker. We’ve seen too much evidence of this the last 14 years to say otherwise.
Every guard definitely doesn't have better handles than KD. And KD has proven himself to be a very good playmaker. It's just that he's regularly compared to Bron. People will probably hold it against KD if he's not still elite at age 38 like Bron.
 

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Every guard definitely doesn't have better handles than KD. And KD has proven himself to be a very good playmaker. It's just that he's regularly compared to Bron. People will probably hold it against KD if he's not still elite at age 38 like Bron.
Nah, you said KD has good handles.

I said damn near every guard in the league has better handles. Or to be fairer, every guard that is trusted to put the ball on the floor and initiate offense is better. And they have to be better because KD is near seven feet tall, and dribbles higher off the ground versus a guy who is 6’5” with a lower center of gravity.

KD’s super power is he is arguably the best bucket getter in NBA history and can score on anyone else. But he isn’t the guy that is strong at creating for others and can carry a heavier load of the of the offensive decision making. It’s fundamentally not who he is.

In a lot of ways, KD is a self made player who has never had to do anything else but be him. As a younger player, he was never asked to learn something new outside of scoring. He was never asked to play within a system. He never had a coach that pushed him to be different or learn new concepts. That was true from being a kid up to Golden State, and he left that situation. You can’t name a coach, program, school, etc that made KD the player he is. No father or mentor. I think that’s fascinating and shows how much “dog” he has in him. The problem is that it stifled that thing that would have made him one of the five best players ever, imo. He can’t build up others around him.
 

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Nah, you said KD has good handles.

I said damn near every guard in the league has better handles. Or to be fairer, every guard that is trusted to put the ball on the floor and initiate offense is better. And they have to be better because KD is near seven feet tall, and dribbles higher off the ground versus a guy who is 6’5” with a lower center of gravity.

KD’s super power is he is arguably the best bucket getter in NBA history and can score on anyone else. But he isn’t the guy that is strong at creating for others and can carry a heavier load of the of the offensive decision making. It’s fundamentally not who he is.

In a lot of ways, KD is a self made player who has never had to do anything else but be him. As a younger player, he was never asked to learn something new outside of scoring. He was never asked to play within a system. He never had a coach that pushed him to be different or learn new concepts. That was true from being a kid up to Golden State, and he left that situation. You can’t name a coach, program, school, etc that made KD the player he is. No father or mentor. I think that’s fascinating and shows how much “dog” he has in him. The problem is that it stifled that thing that would have made him one of the five best players ever, imo. He can’t build up others around him.

That's not true, KD had many mentors and coaches that molded his game as a youth. Those of us from the DMV clicked in are aware of this. And KD's height make his handles more impressive. In theory, given his height there should be more opportunities for defenders to strip the ball from him yet they don't for a reason.
 

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Crazy to make this thread when it was clear after game 1 Warriors were NOT getting passed this Lakers team :mjlol:
 

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That's not true, KD had many mentors and coaches that molded his game as a youth. Those of us from the DMV clicked in are aware of this. And KD's height make his handles more impressive. In theory, given his height there should be more opportunities for defenders to strip the ball from him yet they don't for a reason.
Read what I said. His handles are impressive for a man if his height. But he turns the ball
over a lot in the playoffs because his handles aren’t great.

And I’m from PG County. KD is a self made player more than anyone we’ve seen ascend to his level.
 
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