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Warriors in 4
Agreed. Draymond.PurpleThrobber said:
Game 1 disagrees.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
There was only one soft cunt on the floor and he wore #23. -
Warriors in 5
Draymond +12 in 36 minutes.allpurpleallgold said:
Agreed. Draymond.PurpleThrobber said:
Game 1 disagrees.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
There was only one soft cunt on the floor and he wore #23.
LBJ - 22 in 40.
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Warriors in 6
People said the same things about LeBron at one point.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
I think KDs absolute ceiling is number 3 all time. Most likely he settles into the 7-12 range. But there's a chance he stays outside the top 25 if he never wins a ring besides this year.
If he wins at least three (especially if he can a couple finals MVPs) the super teams asterisk will fade hard.
But yeah I don't ever see him in the GOAT convo. -
Warriors in 6
LeBron is only soft when compared to MJ and Kobe. Compared to the rest of basketball humanity, he's plenty TUFF.PurpleThrobber said:
Game 1 disagrees.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
There was only one soft cunt on the floor and he wore #23.
He's still a bitch sometimes but far less frequently than earlier in his career. I didn't see any of that in him Thursday night. He just got beat. -
Warriors in 6
I know you're being sarcastic but still. You can put plenty of negative adjectives on Draymonds. Soft isn't one of them.allpurpleallgold said:
Agreed. Draymond.PurpleThrobber said:
Game 1 disagrees.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
There was only one soft cunt on the floor and he wore #23. -
Warriors in 4
Kobe won 3 with Shaq and had to win again to shake the can't win without Shaq tag. The asterisk will fade when he wins without a super team and that's not happening because he's a front running loser. Durant's career will always be defined by game 6 and 7 last year vs the Warriors. He wasn't good enough to be the man so he ran to ride someone else's coat tails.dnc said:
People said the same things about LeBron at one point.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
I think KDs absolute ceiling is number 3 all time. Most likely he settles into the 7-12 range. But there's a chance he stays outside the top 25 if he never wins a ring besides this year.
If he wins at least three (especially if he can a couple finals MVPs) the super teams asterisk will fade hard.
But yeah I don't ever see him in the GOAT convo. -
Warriors in 7
You went full Tequilla to an obviously sarcastic joke.PurpleThrobber said:
Draymond +12 in 36 minutes.allpurpleallgold said:
Agreed. Draymond.PurpleThrobber said:
Game 1 disagrees.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
There was only one soft cunt on the floor and he wore #23.
LBJ - 22 in 40. -
Warriors in 6
I don't think it's the same - Shaq was clearly the best player on at least two of those 3 titles with Kobe and probably all three though IIRC Kobe had one better finals. If the Warriors rip off the next three I think history remembers KD as the best player on the teams (depending perhaps on how KD and Steph do in the Finals). But if he goes down as the best player on three title teams, his legacy will be fine.allpurpleallgold said:
Kobe won 3 with Shaq and had to win again to shake the can't win without Shaq tag. The asterisk will fade when he wins without a super team and that's not happening because he's a front running loser. Durant's career will always be defined by game 6 and 7 last year vs the Warriors. He wasn't good enough to be the man so he ran to ride someone else's coat tails.dnc said:
People said the same things about LeBron at one point.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
I think KDs absolute ceiling is number 3 all time. Most likely he settles into the 7-12 range. But there's a chance he stays outside the top 25 if he never wins a ring besides this year.
If he wins at least three (especially if he can a couple finals MVPs) the super teams asterisk will fade hard.
But yeah I don't ever see him in the GOAT convo.
If he's Steph's number two then I agree but I think that's unlikely. -
Warriors in 7
I think it was year 2 of the Shaq/Kobe 3 peat where Kobe dominated. So did Shaq. They only lost one game the entire playoffs.dnc said:
I don't think it's the same - Shaq was clearly the best player on at least two of those 3 titles with Kobe and probably all three though IIRC Kobe had one better finals. If the Warriors rip off the next three I think history remembers KD as the best player on the teams (depending perhaps on how KD and Steph do in the Finals). But if he goes down as the best player on three title teams, his legacy will be fine.allpurpleallgold said:
Kobe won 3 with Shaq and had to win again to shake the can't win without Shaq tag. The asterisk will fade when he wins without a super team and that's not happening because he's a front running loser. Durant's career will always be defined by game 6 and 7 last year vs the Warriors. He wasn't good enough to be the man so he ran to ride someone else's coat tails.dnc said:
People said the same things about LeBron at one point.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
I think KDs absolute ceiling is number 3 all time. Most likely he settles into the 7-12 range. But there's a chance he stays outside the top 25 if he never wins a ring besides this year.
If he wins at least three (especially if he can a couple finals MVPs) the super teams asterisk will fade hard.
But yeah I don't ever see him in the GOAT convo.
If he's Steph's number two then I agree but I think that's unlikely.
Fair or not, Durant and Steph need to win a few titles in a row (it seems very possible) to really have an elite legacy. I think Durant joining GS hurts Steph's more than it hurts his own.
Steph might have been able to win 3+ without KD. -
Warriors in 6
Agree with that 100%. KD takes over as Batman. Steph got demoted to Robin.RoadDawg55 said:
I think it was year 2 of the Shaq/Kobe 3 peat where Kobe dominated. So did Shaq. They only lost one game the entire playoffs.dnc said:
I don't think it's the same - Shaq was clearly the best player on at least two of those 3 titles with Kobe and probably all three though IIRC Kobe had one better finals. If the Warriors rip off the next three I think history remembers KD as the best player on the teams (depending perhaps on how KD and Steph do in the Finals). But if he goes down as the best player on three title teams, his legacy will be fine.allpurpleallgold said:
Kobe won 3 with Shaq and had to win again to shake the can't win without Shaq tag. The asterisk will fade when he wins without a super team and that's not happening because he's a front running loser. Durant's career will always be defined by game 6 and 7 last year vs the Warriors. He wasn't good enough to be the man so he ran to ride someone else's coat tails.dnc said:
People said the same things about LeBron at one point.haie said:
Durant is a soft cunt. He's never staking a claim.PurpleThrobber said:What if I told you the 2017 Finals weren't about LBJ stepping up as GOAT but about Durant beginning a run of four straight titles and staking the claim?
I think KDs absolute ceiling is number 3 all time. Most likely he settles into the 7-12 range. But there's a chance he stays outside the top 25 if he never wins a ring besides this year.
If he wins at least three (especially if he can a couple finals MVPs) the super teams asterisk will fade hard.
But yeah I don't ever see him in the GOAT convo.
If he's Steph's number two then I agree but I think that's unlikely.
Fair or not, Durant and Steph need to win a few titles in a row (it seems very possible) to really have an elite legacy. I think Durant joining GS hurts Steph's more than it hurts his own.
Steph might have been able to win 3+ without KD.
The only saving grace for Steph's legacy is that he won one without KD (so he won't get the "Kobe only won with Shaq" criticism or the "LBJ had to join forces with Wade and Bosh to win" criticisms, even if those were eventually disproven) but 2 or 3 rings as Batman >>> 1 ring as Batman and 3 as Robin, there's just no way around that.
If this becomes a dynasty, Curry basically becomes the new DWade to KD's LBJ, though at least he didn't need Shaq to get his first one.
