1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Irrational fear of...Durant?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by JW86, Apr 26, 2019.

  1. AB423

    AB423 Member

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2008
    Messages:
    2,126
    Likes Received:
    613
    Me and my friends were having a debate about whose more important to the warriors and i said Curry and they all said Durant. Sometimes the best player isn’t the most important. Curry opens up the floors and breaks defenses down for other players to get open shots.
     
  2. roslolian

    roslolian Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2008
    Messages:
    29,889
    Likes Received:
    20,037
    Look out of KD, Klay and Curry KD is the most guardable, just stick PJ on him and let him do his magic.

    Klay is just lights out when left open and Curry is unguardable since he has range from like half court, the key is to stick PJ 1on1 and KD will try to "get his" at the cost of shooting his team out of the game.
     
    Houstunna likes this.
  3. bro2044

    bro2044 Member

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2008
    Messages:
    10,285
    Likes Received:
    6,362
    While Durant is unstoppable, he slows down their offense and I think Warriors are more dangerous when he isn't mainly handling/scoring. Not always, but usually. Let Durant go off.... keep Curry/Klay cool and I like our chances better, always.
     
    Plowman and Hakeemtheking like this.
  4. daywalker02

    daywalker02 Member

    Joined:
    Jul 17, 2006
    Messages:
    98,886
    Likes Received:
    48,807
    Disagree or not, Klay ain't playing his best, Steph is more often injured. Having Durant is the only option when the Splash bros are not consistent. Will get to your detailed writing later.
    ISO play is always not fluid but you dun hear complaints about Harden Iso-ing. Not as much.
     
  5. Vivi

    Vivi Member

    Joined:
    Feb 3, 2016
    Messages:
    18,561
    Likes Received:
    20,774
    What other guys said, the Warriors best weapons are off ball movement, passing from the post, moving screens etc, Durant makes all of this more difficult for them, if by letting him play his game you limit Curry and Thompson, that's ok.
     
    BaselineFade and hakeem94 like this.
  6. pippendagimp

    pippendagimp Member

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2000
    Messages:
    27,750
    Likes Received:
    22,723
    probably already emptied his barrel the last 2 games. due for a heavy cool down this coming week. methinks one of the splash sisters goes off game 1
     
  7. rocks123

    rocks123 Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2013
    Messages:
    419
    Likes Received:
    301
    but thats always been the game plan right? let durant have his and lets try to limit the other players. we limit curry by attacking his defense constantly which will always be our greatest and probably only advantage offensively as a team. i wonder how would curry feel especially with a tweaked ankle if harden, cp3 and rivers will try to attack him every possession. let us see if he gets hot on offense if hes so busy defending or hiding.
     
    BaselineFade likes this.
  8. Tom Bombadillo

    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2006
    Messages:
    29,091
    Likes Received:
    23,991
    Agreed 1000000x.

    Warriors have more raw talent, but they aren’t as scary as they used to be before Durant got there.

    Lebron was incredibly fortunate that Stephanie was hurt.
     
  9. Wylo

    Wylo Member

    Joined:
    Dec 2, 2016
    Messages:
    874
    Likes Received:
    1,032
    Durant can score from anywhere on the court, which makes him impossible to scheme against. Unfortunately, you cannot say the same thing for Harden.
     
  10. Voltik

    Voltik Member

    Joined:
    Apr 12, 2009
    Messages:
    958
    Likes Received:
    1,274
    Dude they have 2 mvp superstars and 2 other all stars and another finals mvp. You can’t focus on Durant or everyone else will hurt you. Whereas Harden is the focal point of our offense and teams are drastically changing and inventing new defensive schemes to limit Harden and our offense , while Refs continue to be bias. If you saw the past 2 GSW games, Durant was getting all kinds of fouls that Harden doesn’t get in the playoffs.
     
    rhee likes this.
  11. Surfguy

    Surfguy Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 1999
    Messages:
    24,460
    Likes Received:
    12,709
    Not afraid? You will be. You will be.

    [​IMG]
     
  12. Not_KDs_Burner

    Joined:
    Jun 6, 2018
    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    26
  13. got em COACH

    got em COACH Member

    Joined:
    Sep 6, 2008
    Messages:
    3,253
    Likes Received:
    1,090
    Starting five

    Cp3 vs curry
    Harden vs Klay
    Tucker vs green
    Faried vs KD
    Capela vs Bogut

    Move Gordon to the bench
     

Share This Page