Is current Kevin Durant better than Kobe ever was?

[Dionysus]

LeBron is better than both ever was.

And This is a stupid thread. Because Durant currently is not better than Kobe was. Is is now due to Bryants age I will say.

[tikay0]

LeBron is better than both ever was.

And This is a stupid thread. Because Durant currently is not better than Kobe was. Is is now due to Bryants age I will say.

Sorry girl, gimme a prime Kobe >>>> Lebron on my team. I want guys that aren't scared little bitches, and can actually make WIDE OPEN JUMPERS.

Spurs treated Lebron like a damn beta.

[aj1987]

Crucify me all you want, but yes he is, sue me.

Honestly, who would you rather have on your team? The guy that's uber efficient that can play well off the ball, or the guy that's prone to chuck it up, and needs the ball in his hands?

I would rather have the guy who won 5 rings.

[tikay0]

I would rather have the guy who won 5 rings.

If Durant got to play with Shaq.......NVM

in one ear and out the other with you guys.

[leMVP]

If Durant got to play with Shaq.......NVM

in one ear and out the other with you guys.

KD still defensive liability, unlike kobe who used to play some defense.

still as an offensive threat, Durant is on his way to surpass prime kobe for sure.

The guy can easily average 30+ ppg, if he's playing alone without westbrook.

[tikay0]

KD still defensive liability, unlike kobe who used to play some defense.

still as an offensive threat, Durant is on his way to surpass prime kobe for sure.

The guy can easily average 30+ ppg, if he's playing alone without westbrook.

Durant's gotten much better on defense, and he isn't a "liability".

[Electric Slide]

why do people make opinion-based threads and then not post an opinion themselves??

Why would I ask a question that I already know the answer to? If I knew the answer, the thread title would be, KD is better than Kobe ever was or KD isn't as good as peak Kobe yet.

[leMVP]

Durant's gotten much better on defense, and he isn't a "liability".

Nope, Not too much imo, he's too light to guard PFs, little slow to stop Good SFs.

He isn't top 5 in his position defensively, prime kobe was there for sure.

[tikay0]

Nope, Not too much imo, he's too light to guard PFs, little slow to stop Good SFs.

He isn't top 5 in his position defensively, prime kobe was there for sure.

Ah well, I'd still rather have him than Kobe. Durant's never hurt his team as much as you keep saying.

[leMVP]

Ah well, I'd still rather have him than Kobe. Durant's never hurt his team as much as you keep saying.

He did quit on his team in game 5 against memphis.

[tikay0]

He did quit on his team in game 5 against memphis.

Took 21 shots, lost by 4.

Are we really going down that route? Are you really trying to convince me that Durant is some scrub? Gimme Durant > Kobe.

P.S. Kobe quit on his team against the Suns.

[Carbine]

Not yet, but if he continues his evolution as a play-maker he could be as good as Kobe.

Don't think it's realistic for Durant to be "better."

[Johnny Jones]

KD still defensive liability, unlike kobe who used to play some defense.

still as an offensive threat, Durant is on his way to surpass prime kobe for sure.

The guy can easily average 30+ ppg, if he's playing alone without westbrook.

The KD doesn't play any defense thought process needs to stop.

According to 82games.com, he held opposing SFs to a 10.5 PER... and averaged over a block/game.

[tikay0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTaiCgtwNA

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...be.42IaZ-SoJaM

[OldSkoolball#52]

Yes, Durant is better than Kobe ever was in terms of impacting games in a positive ways consistently.

People want to show the elder statesman "respect" and not admit out loud hes already been passed by yet another guy besides Lebron. Im not even talking about just his stans. But the same sort of fans and media who gave Kobe his undeserved "lifetime achievement" mvp when there were younger players that year who were better. People feel guilty snubbing a guy who has already "paid his dues" (when hes really a self centered, overrated me-first/second/third chucker).

Fact is this supposed "nba legend" is already behind shaq, duncan, lebron, durant from his own era, let alone all the other guys who came before him that had greater impacts on the game than inconsistent chucking which statistically made his team more likely to lose. When OTHER players got more touches, the Lakers were far more successful. Stans wanna give him all the credit for the "rings" because they want a hero to worship. That is their submissive beta mentality. Everyone loves to create legends. Thats what Kobe is. An incredibly exaggerated legend.

Cold hard objectivity says Durant gives you a better chance to win.