A 6'6" guy was unstoppable doing this.. Why can't a 7-footer do it?

[3ba11]

It's clear as day that KD doesn't have the explosiveness anymore to dominate with a live dribble against physical, playoff defense.. So why not go to the post and make everyone better, while being able to play off Kyrie more?

Did you know that one of Magic & Kareem's favorite plays was Kareem setting a screen on a POSTING MAGIC - they did a screen-roll from the damn post and Kareem would normally get a dunk.. It's called sophisticated basketball and brand of ball.. Or how about the shit that the Warriors run?.. Why can't they copy that?

Why can't they move the ball and get high assists?.. How hard is it to find Kyrie and KD at the END of shot clocks instead of the predictable beginning? And why the f*ck are Kyrie and KD bringing the ball up? Why waste your best players' energy with a role player task that Derek Fisher or Paxson can do? Why is Nash a bum coach?

How did Nash get this job? Was it because he's white?.. Is that why? .. No seriously - he's the worst coach in the league BY FAR and I'm trying to figure out how he got the job.... What coaching chops did he have? On what planet did he demonstrate a coaching vision for this team?.. This team should be a DYNASTY and Nash is about to get destroyed in the 1st Round.

[1987_Lakers]

OP having a meltdown

[3ba11]

OP having a meltdown

A fake one but sure.. I'm melting down over the ineptness of Nash

The players' first instinct of Nash was right - the Nets don't have a coach.. Kyrie is the coach.. Maybe Bruce Brown

[RRR3]

Durant is better than MJ, MJ would be a glorified Caris LeVert today

[BarberSchool]

Durant is better than MJ, MJ would be a glorified Caris LeVert today

And this nicca calling other people’s takes brain dead ? LMMFAO.

Sit down son. And STFU.

[Zeppelin]

OP has some extreme views but he's right on this. It makes no sense to have KD dribbling the ball at the top of the key with 20 on the shot clock. He is not a great playmaker, it ends up with 8 seconds wasted and an ineffectual pass that just resets the position. He has shot very poorly but they need to find him some positions where they cannot double him without paying a heavy price. If he's dribbling around the three-point line, the double is essentially free: unlike Steph, KD will not dribble past you, nor does he have the off-ball movement to regain the ball in a good position. They need to let him shoot turnaround jumpers over his defender, and eventually, the shots will start falling. Once they do, the Celtics cannot double without leaving multiple weaknesses on the perimeter.

[RRR3]

And this nicca calling other people’s takes brain dead ? LMMFAO.

Sit down son. And STFU.

It's called trolling 3ball, sorry it wasn't obvious enough for you.

[3ba11]

Durant is better than MJ, MJ would be a glorified Caris LeVert today

You don't realize that no one played like MJ

No one could get 50 on turnarounds or elevate on jumpers like MJ, or finish over length like MJ.. No one had hang-time like Michael - it isn't remotely close - he's the greatest shot-maker BY FAR..

Can you imagine KD or Booker doing the switch hands shot or about a million other shots he took?..... Lololol... They aren't even CLOSE to that kind of ability.

When MJ enters traffic and rises up - no one is remotely close - everyone does baby stuff compared to the alien shit MJ did

Tbh, you need to be extremely observant and have a good understanding of what constitutes "good" to see how far superior MJ was... He was like 10 Devin Bookers - aka Booker doesn't compare and is so vastly inferior that it's hard to describe.. and i LOVE booker and kobe.

MJ's skill was so great that once he learned how to win, his shot attempts would be like hop-scotch - he would wait for the right time to score when his teammates needed it and it would usually be a super-quick strike - in and out like hop-scotch - like a perfect 10 on the dive with no water movement, aka no disruption of chemistry

[Wally450]

Because he doesn’t have his Scottie Pippen to back him up.

[1987_Lakers]

You don't realize that no one played like MJ

No one could get 50 on turnarounds or elevate on jumpers like MJ, or finish over length like MJ.. No one had hang-time like Michael - it isn't remotely close - he's the greatest shot-maker BY FAR..

Can you imagine KD or Booker doing the switch hands shot or about a million other shots he took?..... Lololol... They aren't even CLOSE to that kind of ability.

It wouldn't make sense for KD to shoot turnaround jumpers constantly, he has a 7′ 5″ wingspan and has the ability to shoot over players without much contest. You don't know ball.

[3ba11]

Because he doesn’t have his Scottie Pippen to back him up.

KD has an equal-scoring partner, so he doesn't face maximum defensive attention like MJ, who always had to carry the scoring load..

This is unique to MJ - everyone else in history needed juggernaut scoring help to win multiple chips including all-time elite scorers at sidekick.. Only MJ lacked a go-to teammate for his entire career..

So you can pretend that scoring help doesn't matter, but everyone in history needed a ton of it except MJ

[imdaman99]

Looks like Derozan was MJ tonight

[RRR3]

KD has an equal-scoring partner, so he doesn't face maximum defensive attention like MJ, who always had to carry the scoring load..

This is unique to MJ - everyone else in history needed juggernaut scoring help to win multiple chips including all-time elite scorers at sidekick.. Only MJ lacked a go-to teammate for his entire career..

So you can pretend that scoring help doesn't matter, but everyone in history needed a ton of it except MJ

No he doesn't, stop lying.

[Wally450]

KD has an equal-scoring partner, so he doesn't face maximum defensive attention like MJ, who always had to carry the scoring load..

This is unique to MJ - everyone else in history needed juggernaut scoring help to win multiple chips including all-time elite scorers at sidekick.. Only MJ lacked a go-to teammate for his entire career..

So you can pretend that scoring help doesn't matter, but everyone in history needed a ton of it except MJ

Didn’t read lol.

Scottie Pippen >>>>

[Zeppelin]

No he doesn't, stop lying.

Once he lost his equal scoring partner, he appears to have stopped winning as well.