Replace Durant with prime TMac...

[JT123]

on the 2011-2014 Thunder. How many rings? I say at least 3.

[uber]

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T-mac is arguably the better pure scorer, but he's nowhere near the all around player KD is

[Milbuck]

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T-mac is arguably the better pure scorer, but he's nowhere near the all around player KD is

I would say the exact opposite actually..

[JT123]

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T-mac is arguably the better pure scorer, but he's nowhere near the all around player KD is

But the Thunder don't really need KD to be an all around player. Guys like Lebron are forced to be all around players because their teams don't have guys who can play make and rebound, while Durant already has elite rebounders like Ibaka, Westbrook, and Perkins. Westbrook can also take on the distributor role. All the Thunder need Durant to do is score and be clutch, but Durant keeps letting his team down in the big moments, especially in the playoffs. T-mac on the other hand was very clutch, and I don't think he chokes away 4 straight playoff games against Memphis the way Durant did in 2013.

[Fudge]

My two favorite players ever, but I still say 0.

OKC is still very flawed. Probably the most flawed out of all of the contenders right now.

[Smook A.]

Last year's Durant is pretty much exactly like prime T-Mac. Both were the best scorers in the league and their all-around game was very nice. Good passers, defenders, rebounders, etc.

So I say if you replaced Durant with prime Tracy McGrady, the Thunder would probably be the exact same team.

[SouBeachTalents]

But the Thunder don't really need KD to be an all around player. Guys like Lebron are forced to be all around players because their teams don't have guys who can play make and rebound, while Durant already has elite rebounders like Ibaka, Westbrook, and Perkins. Westbrook can also take on the distributor role. All the Thunder need Durant to do is score and be clutch, but Durant keeps letting his team down in the big moments, especially in the playoffs. T-mac on the other hand was very clutch, and I don't think he chokes away 4 straight playoff games against Memphis the way Durant did in 2013.

The guy who never made it out of the first round was "very clutch"?

[Mr Exlax]

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T-mac is arguably the better pure scorer, but he's nowhere near the all around player KD is

Is today opposite day?

[JT123]

The guy who never made it out of the first round was "very clutch"?

Context is your friend. You really think TMac isn't making it out of the first round with Westbrook, Ibaka, and Harden?
Did TMac ever have a 2nd option that was even as good as Ibaka? TMac would have KILLED to have a supporting cast like Durant's!

[Smook A.]

Context is your friend. You really think TMac isn't making it out of the first round with Westbrook, Ibaka, and Harden?
Did TMac ever have a 2nd option that was even as good as Ibaka? TMac would have KILLED to have a supporting cast like Durant's!

Yao Ming...

[BrownEye007]

Context is your friend. You really think TMac isn't making it out of the first round with Westbrook, Ibaka, and Harden?
Did TMac ever have a 2nd option that was even as good as Ibaka? TMac would have KILLED to have a supporting cast like Durant's!

If you don't know who Yao Ming is you have no business talking about TMac.

[GODbe]

Tmac was first round fodder his entire career .

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[Natureland]

With the same circumstances as '11-'14 Durant, none.

The 2011 Mavs would still be better, 2012 LeBron (especially in the Playoffs) was better than any version of T-Mac so he's not beating Miami that year, he's not winning anything in 2013 with no Westbrook, and dropping 2 games to SA in 2014 right out the gate due to the Ibaka injury greatly harms any chances of beating the Spurs.

[JT123]

If you don't know who Yao Ming is you have no business talking about TMac.

Yao was always hurt. Not someone TMac could rely on.

[Kvnzhangyay]

Tmac's passing is so underrated...