Kevin Durant went in on CJ McCollum





Kevin Durant should eliminate the word snake from his vocab or at least stop using it in public

At least he used his own name this time instead of a burner account
 
To me, KD didn’t become the clear #2 until kawhi’s injury because he hadn’t beat lebron yet and kawhi owned a victory over lebron for a championship and was a better two way player before kd moved to golden state and became what he is today.
 
You do realize that KD has led the NBA in scoring multiple seasons, was First Team All-NBA, been the best player on a team that went to the Finals and won an MVP before Kawhi won a ring with the Spurs, right.

And Durant has gotten better every year he’s been in the league.
 
Kendrick said:
You do realize that KD has led the NBA in scoring multiple seasons, was First Team All-NBA, been the best player on a team that went to the Finals and won an MVP before Kawhi won a ring with the Spurs, right.

And Durant has gotten better every year he’s been in the league.
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Kawhi has gotten better too. My general point is yes, kd did all that... but you couldn’t count on him when it mattered most or else he wouldn’t have had to leave to find that success. Kawhi was #2 and now kd got bumped up to #2 in the 2016 season in my humble opinion.
 
LuvTheBoom16 said:
Kawhi has gotten better too. My general point is yes, kd did all that... but you couldn’t count on him when it mattered most or else he wouldn’t have had to leave to find that success. Kawhi was #2 and now kd got bumped up to #2 in the 2016 season in my humble opinion.
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Kawhi never been No. 2. Lol. He at least gotta win an MVP first to be considered.
 



LuvTheBoom16 said:
The last few years, yes lol
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Kawhi didn't even become the best player on the Spurs until Tim Duncan retired two years ago. Duncan led the Spurs in PER his final season and every season he and Kawhi were teammates. But he's just now been passed by Durant? Oh, boy!
 
Kendrick said:
Kawhi didn't even become the best player on the Spurs until Tim Duncan retired two years ago. Duncan led the Spurs in PER his final season and every season he and Kawhi were teammates. But he's just now been passed by Durant? Oh, boy!
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Like I said before kd didn’t really become kd until he went to the team that beat him. The Tim point is taken, I’ll give you that but kawhi was never suppose to be this good. Kd has always had top 5 in the association talent even in okc, however he shrunk in big moments sir. In the two years post Duncan, especially in 2016 kawhi carried the spurs to 60 plus wins man and was doing it on both sides of the court before kd went to gsw and became more domininant on the defensive side of the ball. I got the numbers to prove it bro. Kd just slid to #2 these last two seasons. That’s not a slight at him or his greatness, but I always put kawhi in the same class as a kd when healthy and at his best. When they went up against each other in ‘16 kawhi was keeping Durant in check before he went down and before Durant start going off.
 
wahines said:
If Anthony Davis played in a larger market and had a better cast, he might have something to say about that!
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know what you may be right I completely forgot all about AD. As big of a name he is, he would be even more popular playing in NY, LA or Miami.
 
wahines said:
Maybe it could. When you name the top players, how often does his name comes up? Or the name of his team?
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Kevin Durant played the majority of his career in a market that was smaller than Minneapolis, Atlanta, Phoenix, Portland, and Cincinnati and it didn't negatively impact his notoriety.

And Anthony Davis playing in New Orleans hasn't prevented him from being an All-Star five of his first six years in the league, or First Team All-NBA the last two years or placing third for league MVP. Nobody forgot about Chris Paul when he played there.
 
Kendrick said:
Kevin Durant played the majority of his career in a market that was smaller than Minneapolis, Atlanta, Phoenix, Portland, and Cincinnati and it didn't negatively impact his notoriety.

And Anthony Davis playing in New Orleans hasn't prevented him from being an All-Star five of his first six years in the league, or First Team All-NBA the last two years or placing third for league MVP. Nobody forgot about Chris Paul when he played there.
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Durant also played with two other all-stars that got to the NBA Finals! Now who has Anthony Davis had on Westbrook's or Harden's level for more than a year? Now if Davis had that team, he would be named top three! When you name your top five, does Davis name come up? No! But it should!
 
wahines said:
When you name your top five, does Davis name come up? No! But it should!
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Davis is around the top 5. If he wasn’t in the past, it’s because he’s been injured during stretches and hadn’t played on teams that have gone to the playoffs.

This season only elevated Davis higher when he led NO to the postseason and a series win over Portland all without DeMarcus Cousins. That’s why he finished so high in the MVP voting.

If you had to poll people now, it be some combination of LeBron, KD, Harden, Davis, Kawhi and Westbrook.
 
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