We werent in the finals. See this mentality is what bad. Raptors didnt even celebrate goin 3-1 in the finals. We went down in wcf after being up and still assume we would win finals
That's a fact dude, when fully healthy who can deal with Kawhi? He's the best player in the league when fully healthy look at what he is doing on one leg. Arguing that Kawhi isn't the best player now (when fully healthy) is a joke, just like arguing Lebron wasn't the best player 4 years ago.
Yeah that's why I said when fully healthy. Kawhi isn't just the best player on the best team he's a guy who shuts down other best players while scoring efficiently. Did you see the number he did on Prime Lebron as a rookie? If he can do that as a rookie then what he can do now in his prime is terrifying. Health is his only major drawback if he was healthy he'd be on the same tier as Lebron right now.
The big difference is Kawhi he plays smarter than Harden. He knows when to take over and when to pass. NOT dribbling the air out the ball, walking the ball up court and hitting the club
The guy has been in the league for 8 years and averaged 17.7 points per game, so it makes it hard to believe he's the best because he's had some great stretches. His defense: awesome His offense: pretty awesome His numbers: don't say this He has gotten hot at some really great moments, but I have a hard time believing this makes him the best in the game. He's had plenty of failures in his career too. He has 1 championship, but people seem to act like he has 5 because the Spurs have 5.
Man it's not all about numbers otherwise Bill Russell would be the GOAT he has 11 rings. Kawhi's stretches coincide with his health if he is fully healthy who exactly is better than Kawhi? James Harden? Curry who is even more banged up than him? KD the Cupcake Snake? Giannis "I can't shoot" Greek Freak? Anthony "I can't make the playoffs" Davis? Almost all the legends are done man the best in the game currently are flawed superstars. In fact you can argue that Kawhi's health works in his favor because when he is injured you can find out if your team deserves to be in the playoffs or not. If they miss it at least you get a lotto pick if they make it Kawhi is healthy and ready to go. You win either way that's a much better scenario then what happens in Houston where the Rox pick up regular season awards but get exposed in the playoffs.
remember when kawhi didn't have to carry his team single handedly all season and only played 60 regular season games?
against the Rockets yea because the Rox were designed for KD himself to take 10--15+ ISO's per game which favored the Rox style of play. That's pretty much the ONLY series where it favored the warriors with KD out of the lineup.They just went "old skool" no big deal against the Rox which was unfavorable to the Rox style of play. KD out of the lineup made the Warriors harder to guard in that series with the Rox speciically.... .With the Raptors, clearly KD and Klay being out, the results should be no surprise. It would be like Brady and Gronk out of the lineup
Man, its really just common sense to say the Warriors are better with Kevin Durant right? Like I shouldnt have to explain this to people right?
After G6, many fans here said Warriors are better without Durant. They made73 wins...How unbeatable Curry and Klay...Blah blah...
