Is Kevin Durant a Franchise Player?

[NumberSix]

He was pretty good in the regular season. The NBA isn't about the regular season though. It's all about the playoffs, and Kevin Durant has been pretty underwhelming in these playoffs.

Is he really a franchise player if he can't play well in the playoffs?

[JohnFreeman]

No., and I am unbiased

[tgan3]

He was pretty good in the regular season. The NBA isn't about the regular season though. It's all about the playoffs, and Kevin Durant has been pretty underwhelming in these playoffs.

Is he really a franchise player if he can't play well in the playoffs?

Nope too beta.

[Cocaine80s]

Such a backwards place we post in.

Everyone shits on harden for regressing in the playoffs but no one talks about the MVP crapping the bed?

[LoneyROY7]

Naaah.

[VengefulAngel]

God you LBJ stans, you should all shut the **** up.

[Ancient Legend]

He's a Beta that needs to be surrounded by Gammas to have success.

[Milbuck]

Such a backwards place we post in.

Everyone shits on harden for regressing in the playoffs but no one talks about the MVP crapping the bed?
Until this game, Durant didn't regress that badly. He played below his standards, but he still put up the numbers and his team's in the WCF. After this game though.. I do agree that if we scrutinized Kobe and Lebron so heavily, we need to do the same with Durant.

Harden flat out fell off the face of the Earth though. You could've sent a search team out there with a calculated mission and you still wouldn't have been able to find that fat ****.

[Cold soul]

Nope and probably never will be.

[NumberSix]

Until this game, Durant didn't regress that badly. He played below his standards, but he still put up the numbers and his team's in the WCF. I do agree though that if we scrutinized Kobe and Lebron so heavily, we need to do the same with Durant.

Harden flat out fell off the face of the Earth though. You could've sent a search team out there with a calculated mission and you still wouldn't have been able to find that fat ****.
You forget how badly he's played because in his worst games, he's still been carried to a win.

[Black and White]

Until this game, Durant didn't regress that badly. He played below his standards, but he still put up the numbers and his team's in the WCF. After this game though.. I do agree though that if we scrutinized Kobe and Lebron so heavily, we need to do the same with Durant.

Harden flat out fell off the face of the Earth though. You could've sent a search team out there with a calculated mission and you still wouldn't have been able to find that fat ****.

When comparing Durant and Harden, you have to look at the type of defensive attention each player got, Harden went ghost mode with wayyyy less attention, in fact, he buried himself in under own bricks.

[Springsteen]

this forum is legit insane why is this even a thread

trollception

[CelticBaller]

Yes

No doubt

[VengefulAngel]

this forum is legit insane why is this even a thread

trollception

I can't even believe I replied.

[stalkerforlife]

lol...

[Springsteen]

Can we make threads about how Lebron isn't a franchise player if his team doesn't threepeat?

[Levity]

"doo doo jump? man, thats messed up"

this site is complete shiit these days and surprisingly enough, gets worse and worse by the day.

[Milbuck]

You forget how badly he's played because in his worst games, he's still been carried to a win.
Before this game, he's had 1 awful game in the playoffs, that game 4 against Memphis when Jackson carried the team. Aside from that, he's only had a few poor shooting nights. Overall his production hasn't been MVP-caliber in the slightest, but it's not like he's disappeared entirely.

After this game though, I have no problem with the scrutiny. If he's going to be mentioned with Kobe and Lebron, he needs to come up big like they did when they won, and take the heat like they did when they didn't win.

[NumberSix]

Can we make threads about how Lebron isn't a franchise player if his team doesn't threepeat?
No. 2 FMVPs. His franchise player status is a done deal.

You can't un-RING that bell.

[stalkerforlife]

He averaged 31, 10, and 4 on 58 ts% before tonight...:biggums:

trollololol

[NumberSix]

Before this game, he's had 1 awful game in the playoffs, that game 4 against Memphis when Jackson carried the team. Aside from that, he's only had a few poor shooting nights. Overall his production hasn't been MVP-caliber in the slightest, but it's not like he's disappeared entirely.

After this game though, I have no problem with the scrutiny. If he's going to be mentioned with Kobe and Lebron, he needs to come up big like they did when they won, and take the heat like they did when they didn't win.
In game 5 against LAC he was a complete no-show and was saved by Westbrook and a string of bad calls at the end.

[Fudge]

He's the best player in the world.

Of course he is. :hammerhead:

[stalkerforlife]

No. 2 FMVPs. His franchise player status is a done deal.

You can't un-RING that bell.

Cough *collusion* cough.

Please, dude. He chased rings in his prime by leaving his own team to join a finals MVP on his team. Unprecedented.

[Cocaine80s]

He's the best player in the world.

Of course he is. :hammerhead:
There about 5 players in the NBA id take over him tbh.

U mad doe? yea u finna get swept nig*a :roll:

[hahaitme]

He's the best player in the world.

Of course he is. :hammerhead:

This. Durant is definitely a Franchise player.

OKC will come back and win the next 4, then smash heat/pacers in the finals.
DuJordan

In saying that however, Ibaka...

http://i.imgur.com/srvosAG.gif

[J Shuttlesworth]

Yes.

[Fudge]

This. Durant is definitely a Franchise player.

OKC will come back and win the next 4, then smash heat/pacers in the finals.
DuJordan

In saying that however, Ibaka...

http://i.imgur.com/srvosAG.gif
My favorite LeBron stan now. :applause:

Keep speaking dat troof.

[Levity]

There about 5 players in the NBA id take over him tbh.

U mad doe? yea u finna get swept nig*a :roll:

and what 5 players would that be?

[Mr. Incredible]

Absolutely.

But LeBron is much better.

[NumberSix]

and what 5 players would that be?
LeBron
Westbrook
Griffin
Wade
CP3
Melo

[crawdaddy4ou]

This is why ISH is the bottom feeder when it comes to forums. Dumbass threads like this. :facepalm

[Mr Exlax]

I have always wondered this. When he had shitty teammates, the Sonics/Thunder were a lottery team. They got Westbrook, Ibaka, Harden and Perkins helped when he got there. I think you could put just about any decent SF in there and the team would be good. Not make it to the Finals, but still good. A franchise player has to be able to mask holes for your team and impact the game in more than 1 way. If KD's shot ain't falling, he's invisible on the court.

[Cocaine80s]

and what 5 players would that be?
Lebron, Westbrook, Dwight, PG, Curry

[RoundMoundOfReb]

According to this forum Chris Bosh was a franchise player, so yes KD (2nd best player in the world) is definitely

[Keno]

it's very arguable. i'd say he's borderline.

[pastis]

so you are saying he isnt a franchise player, although he carried his team to the wcf in 2011 and 2014 and to the finals in2012. and yet he series aint over


so blake, lma, cp3, melo etc will never even be close to franchise-player

[Wally450]

Y'all posting in a troll thread

[livinglegend]

no, he s not. He could make a good sidekick like Kobe did with Shaq when he was young.

[TheMan]

He was pretty good in the regular season. The NBA isn't about the regular season though. It's all about the playoffs, and Kevin Durant has been pretty underwhelming in these playoffs.

Is he really a franchise player if he can't play well in the playoffs?
Dude, really??? I really hope you're trolling because if you aren't :facepalm And I thought you were one of the least idiotic Bran stans...

[CelticBaller]

LeBron
Westbrook
Griffin
Wade
CP3
Melo
:roll:

[dubeta]

Honestly Durant should just flame out now and end his postseason, too many asterisks in the playoffs anyway for it to mean anything.

1st round, completely carried by Reggie Jackson, and Ibaka, with Perkins hitting the occasional clutch game tying shot. Randolph was also suspended in the crucial game 7. That's 3-4 asterisks already

2nd round carried by Goatbrook averaging 27 7 and 7, and refs saved OKC's season in Game 5. 2 asterisks at least in that series

So 5 asterisks in just the first 2 rounds??

No point even trying for the ring due to obvious asterisks, and even if they win Westbrook will probably win FMVP anyway :confusedshrug: