Scottie Pippen doesn’t think Kevin Durant has surpassed LeBron James as NBA’s best pl

[Lebron23]

"LeBron James is a complete team player who understands team and winning. Has KD gotten to that level yet? He went home…I think he still has some learning to do. In terms of what it takes to will a team to victory."

- Scottie Pippen on Kevin Durant
(Via Yahoo Sports)

https://lakersdaily.com/scottie-pippen-doesnt-think-kevin-durant-has-surpassed-lebron-james-as-nbas-best-player/

I agree with Scottie Pippen

[ImKobe]

Lebron is the furthest from a team player. Quits every year he loses, throws his teammates under the bus and is only worried about his personal stats over the performance of his team.

[Lebron23]

Lebron is the furthest from a team player. Quits every year he loses, throws his teammates under the bus and is only worried about his personal stats over the performance of his team.

How many accounts do you have Manny1998?

[SATAN]

The fact that LeBron James exists triggers me

We know

[Gohan]

How many accounts do you have Manny1998?

shit is getting old all yall do is accuse posters of being alts...and you're the worst of them because you accuse posters that have two completely different posting styles of being an alt

[Airupthere]

What does scottie know about willing a game to victory?

[Lebron23]

shit is getting old all yall do is accuse posters of being alts...and you're the worst of them because you accuse posters that have two completely different posting styles of being an alt

You are real14. You are a retarded black troll from Queens.

[ImKobe]

You are rea14. You are a retarded black troll from Queens.

Racist af.

[bdonovan]

There's a handful of players in this league who make their whole team better: Steph Curry, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Kawai Leonard. Durant doesn't fall into that category. There are 4 components roughly speaking to basketball. Individual Offense, Individual Defense, Team Offense (setting screens, moving your defender out of the way of others, moving without the ball, distributing the ball), Team Defense (covering your man at all times so others don't have to switch on to him, switching effectively, etc.). Here are Durant's scores:

Individual Offense: 9
Individual Defense: 6
Team Defense: 2
Team Offense: 3

If all you do is focus on individual offense, you're tempted to assume he's the greatest player. If you spend time watching off the ball, which I do, you realize why KD doesn't win unless he joins teams that have already proven they can win. His Team Defense is one of the worst I've seen of any player, not just of the stars. He takes plays off. He puts his hands on his knees. He lets his man get open, forcing his teammate to rotate; now the Opposing Team has Durant's team on the run, desperately trying to cover. Watching the Warriors Game, this happened 1000x times. And its why GSW had a better record without Durant than with him- both during regulation and during the playoffs.

Durant conserves energy on D. 20% of Defense is Individual Defense- in those cases Durant is pretty decent. Not great, as we see other stars like Giannis exploiting him when they get that matchup. But good. However, 80% of the times, what's crucial is preventing the team from getting an open man and rotating, which happens when you leave your man on D. In the end someone other than KD's man who ultimately scores, but he's the one who broke the defense by leaving his man open, forcing rotation, and chaos with his team's D.

On team offense, Durant does not set screens. He does not move without the ball, creating diversions for his teammates to exploit. He is not a good passer- whatever people may say- I've seen him day in and day out, he is like James Harden who for the most part doesn't pass, just dumps it off if he can't score (with rare exceptions). Whatever assists he gets are from ball-dominance. Because Durant doesn't elevate his team like Jordan, Bird, Magic, Curry, or other players do, he will always be the Crowd Favorite of the Casual Fan and never a truly great player.

[And1AllDay]

"LeBron James is a complete team player who understands team and winning. Has KD gotten to that level yet? He went home…I think he still has some learning to do. In terms of what it takes to will a team to victory."

- Scottie Pippen on Kevin Durant
(Via Yahoo Sports)

https://lakersdaily.com/scottie-pippen-doesnt-think-kevin-durant-has-surpassed-lebron-james-as-nbas-best-player/

I agree with Scottie Pippen

bang!!

[SouBeachTalents]

Scottie Pippen's opinion on LeBron is schizophrenic

2011: LeBron's the greatest player ever

https://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/2011/05/lebron_james_the_greatest_play.html

2017: LeBron's surpassed Jordan in many ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes9AxxcdfA

Also 2017: LeBron isn't better than me until he wins 6 championships

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2750508-scottie-pippen-lebron-james-isnt-better-than-me-until-he-wins-6-championships

2018: There is no game where I'd pick LeBron over Jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOgwQ5pmSiQ

2019: LeBron's not even what Kobe was as a player

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/02/14/scottie-pippen-lebron-james-not-what-kobe-bryant-michael-jordan-were-players

[Gohan]

lebron is not even close to being the nba's best player.. he is just living off of reputation kind of like eminem does. people are stuck in the past. this is curry's league now

[SouBeachTalents]

lebron is not even close to being the nba's best player.. he is just living off of reputation kind of like eminem does. people are stuck in the past. this is curry's league now
The guy who's missed the playoffs b2b years? Nah :lol

[Smoke117]

Scottie Pippen's opinion on LeBron is schizophrenic

2011: LeBron's the greatest player ever

https://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/2011/05/lebron_james_the_greatest_play.html

2017: LeBron's surpassed Jordan in many ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes9AxxcdfA

Also 2017: LeBron isn't better than me until he wins 6 championships

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2750508-scottie-pippen-lebron-james-isnt-better-than-me-until-he-wins-6-championships

2018: There is no game where I'd pick LeBron over Jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOgwQ5pmSiQ

2019: LeBron's not even what Kobe was as a player

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/02/14/scottie-pippen-lebron-james-not-what-kobe-bryant-michael-jordan-were-players

Scottie just says shit to say shit like all commentators.

[Airupthere]

You are real14. You are a retarded black troll from Queens.

Wtf? Why are people so personal and racist around here?

[And1AllDay]

You are real14. You are a retarded troll from Queens.

bingo

[MadDog]

LeBron was put on his ass in the 1st round. :oldlol: Not really good logic by Pippen. Especially knowing that LeBron quit on defense which is something Pippen took pride in. But hey, his opinion. Bet by the time next season rolls around, there will be like 5 different players Pippen thinks are better. :confusedshrug: Reputation is the only thing LeBron gets by.

[Bronbron23]

"LeBron James is a complete team player who understands team and winning. Has KD gotten to that level yet? He went home…I think he still has some learning to do. In terms of what it takes to will a team to victory."

- Scottie Pippen on Kevin Durant
(Via Yahoo Sports)

https://lakersdaily.com/scottie-pippen-doesnt-think-kevin-durant-has-surpassed-lebron-james-as-nbas-best-player/

I agree with Scottie Pippen

Not that crazy of a take. Looking like bron might be on his decline but maybe it was just an off second half of the year. Next year will decide

[And1AllDay]

LeBron was put on his ass in the 1st round. :oldlol: Not really good logic by Pippen. Especially knowing that LeBron quit on defense which is something Pippen took pride in. But hey, his opinion. Bet by the time next season rolls around, there will be like 5 different players Pippen thinks are better. :confusedshrug: Reputation is the only thing LeBron gets by.

you really talking about 1st round as a 3ball alt and mike stan? nah we dont let those slide

https://i.postimg.cc/Y9ptyxSw/1-9-is-real-bruh.png

1-9

[bdonovan]

Scottie Pippen's opinion on LeBron is schizophrenic

2011: LeBron's the greatest player ever

https://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/2011/05/lebron_james_the_greatest_play.html

2017: LeBron's surpassed Jordan in many ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes9AxxcdfA

Also 2017: LeBron isn't better than me until he wins 6 championships

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2750508-scottie-pippen-lebron-james-isnt-better-than-me-until-he-wins-6-championships

2018: There is no game where I'd pick LeBron over Jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOgwQ5pmSiQ

2019: LeBron's not even what Kobe was as a player

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/02/14/scottie-pippen-lebron-james-not-what-kobe-bryant-michael-jordan-were-players

Haha, good find.

[Walk on Water]

The guy who's missed the playoffs b2b years? Nah :lol


He made the playoffs.

[SouBeachTalents]

He made the playoffs.
Did he? Who'd he play in the first round?

[Axe]

You are real14. You are a retarded black troll from Queens.
:roll:

[Axe]

lebron is not even close to being the nba's best player.. he is just living off of reputation kind of like eminem does. people are stuck in the past. this is curry's league now
Sorry but you can't be this delusional, gohan. :(