Bruh why does that video's thumbnail look like Durant is giving Embiid a hand job and both look like they're having a bad time overall?
Again, I have no issue with what he did. It just doesn’t qualify on the rising to the challenge radar. The exact opposite actually.
um what Did Jordan leave the bulls and take a pay cut to add himself to the pistons that beat his ass every year and we’re winning championships without him, did he go join the Celtics dynasty for a pay cut to make it an even more dominant dynasty.. no he didn’t cuz he’s not a loser Did Nash give up and join the Spurs and take a pay cut so he could run with Parker Ginobli and Duncan and make the most dominant team even more so? Those are the comparisons that make sense and no player has ever done what he did and he gets the appropriate lack of respect for it, his own teammate Draymond punked him on a national TV game and said we don’t need you we won without you and we’ll win without you again. Now no one has to hate him for doing that but he gets the appropriate lack of respect, in fact I think people have somewhat forgotten about that and give him more respect than he even deserves. I don’t think in the history of the Nba an mvp player in his prime has taken a pay cut to add himself to the team that beat him in the conf finals and was winning chips without him… bc that would be incredibly embarrassing. It is what it is
@Juxtaposed Jolt No spacing is mentioned in the beginning of these highlights and here is Durant dancing after the game celebrating
There was literally one PnR play between Harden and Embiid, specifically, that was highlighted. And on that play, neither Harden nor Embiid ran at the rim. As Nick mentioned, Harden was probably fouled by Durant (which is why Harden threw it up at the rim) and Embiid ran towards the middle of the floor instead of rolling towards the rim.
Hopeless. You wouldn't acknowledge a difference between your head or your @## The commentator literally showed how the Nets were packing the paint with two extra defenders and leaving guys open on the perimeter on like three different highlights. Only you would keep attacking PnR against that clogged paint brick wall. I've got better things to do than educate ya
lmao you're so in your feelings right now. It's so weird. The thing we're literally discussing was the Harden-Embiid PnR, and you decided to tag me to make me watch a video that featured one single play, of a team that clearly wasn't ready to play versus a team that really wanted to shut down Harden. Please don't let me live rent-free in your head.
So people need to see it from the actual performers. Don't want to take my word for it. Jive turkeys. PnR would not have worked just like the days when we played Theis, Green, Porter, Tate and they weren't hitting 3's....duh. https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelp...n-doc-rivers-tyrese-maxey-nba-sixers-rotation
Jordan didnt need to leave his team cuz his GM gave him what he needed. Like I said why y'all think its ok if its given to the players but not ok if they take matters in their own hands? You're making a distinction when it's the same result which is playing in a power team. If MJ really cared about THE Challenge he would've left the Bulls and joined the worst team in the league as a free agent to show everyone who is boss right? Instead he stayed pat in his power team and rode that squad to 6 rings so I dunno what the difference is here. Jordan did indeed take a massive paycut his teammate Pippen made more money than he did for most of their career together. https://www.spotrac.com/nba/washington-wizards/michael-jordan-8739/cash-earnings/ You can see MJ only made 4M or less for most of his career except the two yrs he made 33M. Kinda funny tbh you lambast KD for the paycut when MJ did the same thing for most of his career. Plus, tqking a discount to win is shameful now? Werent everyone going crazy at how overpaid Cp3 was before here, now you better get full dollar otherwise you a b****? Just goes to show how people turn black into white a lot of times just to put MJ in the right.
It qualified as rising to the challenge of facing a huge wave of haters, detractors.......some were all old KD nuthuggers
I think you're trying to put two different arguments together. No one is arguing against a player's free will to choose where they want to play or arguing against the free agency process or anything like that. What KD did, was absolutely legal - he didn't force his way out, nor did he make a big stink during the season. He left for GSW as an unrestricted free agent, and that's that. But, again, KD going to the Warriors destroyed any hope of any other team in the WC competing for a Finals berth because a Warriors team with KD would be the best team in the entire NBA, and one of the best teams in history. It already had near-perfect teamwork, one of the best catch-and-shoot players of all time and the best all-around shooter of all time. It also boasted incredible defense in just two players (Iggy, Green) and an excellent screen-setter, in Bogut. Adding one of the best offensive scorers of all-time was just icing on the dominant cake. The team was only beaten by either the GOAT or the 2nd best player of all-time (LeBron), injuries (2019 Raptors) or taken to the brink by 2 top-75 players (CP3, Harden). Otherwise, the team was untouchable. Why do I keep bringing up the WC parity argument when you talk about GMs this and autonomy that? Because it's already not an even trade when a player from one team to the next, as a UFA. The Warriors added one of the best players in the history of basketball and the only thing they "lost" was cap space. The Thunder didn't get anything back in return for losing a player like KD, except cap space. If you ask OKC if they'd rather have 3 years of KD or $81M over 3 years (KD's overall GS contract), I'd bet they'd rather have KD. One last thing - when KD left for the team that beat him, that was already bad optics. But it wasn't like OKC got blown out every game and/or swept by the Warriors. That OKC team went 55-27 in the regular season and led 3-1 against the Warriors at one point. With a few tweaks to the roster, the Thunder very likely could have ran it back
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