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

[3ba11]

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

I can tell you never made a team in your life, let alone D1 or smashing on McDonald's All-Americans or still dunking at 45

And I was a professional analyst, so when you combine professional analytical ability with REAL EXPERIENCE being good at basketball, you get one-of-a-kind knowledge and understanding of basketball and the way it should be played on a team level and individually.

Ultimately, KD can't shoot over anyone because he can't create space with a live dribble - his explosion and athleticism has declined at 33 years old, so he needs to go to the post like any sweet-shooting 7-footer should

Btw, MJ had goat elevation on his jumper, so he was getting up higher on his shot then Durant, yet MJ still shot turnarounds because they're impossible to guard - you have to just hope the guy misses because turnarounds are the toughest shot in the game.. In previous eras, EVERYONE had a polished turnaround... Nowadays, no one does, so they embarrass themselves in series losses by out-dribbling the other team lol

[1987_Lakers]

And I was a professional analyst,

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...is-next-season

[3ba11]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...is-next-season

A troll

It was pretty funny how defensive and excited you all got because I'd thrown something out there that you could be right about.

It's like MJ taking a break so everyone could catch up a little

Yes - I think I'm the MJ of this board - I've forgotten more about basketball than you guys will ever know

I literally feel like a genuis when I point out something in the historical record and you guys say I'm crazy - it's an entire dimension of understanding that y'all don't have

[1987_Lakers]

A troll

It was pretty funny how defensive and excited you all got because I'd thrown something out there that you could be right about.

It's like MJ taking a break so everyone could catch up a little

Yes - I think I'm the MJ of this board - I've forgotten more about basketball than you guys will ever know

I literally feel like a genuis when I point out something in the historical record and you guys say I'm crazy - it's an entire dimension of understanding that y'all don't have

Both AD and Kareem needed super-point guards like Oscar, Magic, and now Lebron to find synergies and have a great team.

Without these guys bird-feeding them, they're losers.

I mentioned last year that AD's teams are only as good as the guys getting him the ball, which explains his weak teams in previous years (I like Jrue Holiday, but there's a lot of teams with ballhandlers that compare or exceed him, hence AD's underwhelming teams in previous years)

But now AD has his Magic; he has his Oscar, just like Kareem did..

[3ba11]

What's wrong with that?

Bird-feeders are just as bad as the bird-fed

You need a combination of BOTH (aka Kawhi, MJ, Kobe, Bird, etc.... elite production capability on-ball and off-ball.

[1987_Lakers]

It's time to admit the 16' Warriors weren't that good & simply had strategy because..

Klay doesn't turn this borderline playoff team into a 73-win team, so it was just the strategy edge that the league caught up to.

The 16' Warriors style is now the league standard

So Curry is just a 3-point shooter that benefits from the format and the 16' Warriors weren't that good - they just had a short-lived strategy edge and needed KD to actually win

Btw, don't pretend the other pieces like Harrison Barnes were the difference.. system bums like Dray and other role players thrived under the new strategy advantage but now look bummy without the strategy edge
.

[RRR3]

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

I mean do you really think Kevin Durant is incapable of winning a ring as the best player on a team? I promise you he’s not even if it never happens.

[Kawhi_Why_Not]

OP may have a point

Udoka has like 15 years of assistant coaching experience. He's looking like the Phil jackson of celtics

[Round Mound]

Jordan wasn't 6´6 ft he was closer to 6'4 3/ft. But body wise he was the strongest guard ever. Nobody still today has the elite athletic capacity, power and skill mixed into one. Durant is around 7´0 ft but thin like tooth pic. He doesn´t really need post game cause of his height and length. Back then he would have been challenged physically. A.D is simillar but play's center and his lower center of gravity is like Durant's and him playing center its obvious there is more contact. That is why he gets injured easily. Back in Jordan's time it was a physicall battle aswell (that's why the top post up players where really skilled). Now its a shooters game.

[3ba11]

I've conceded before that Curry and Giannis proved me wrong. I have Curry top 5.. Amazing how you can be so wrong about some things and look at it the wrong way. The screen name is 3ball because I hate it. Yet Curry is top 5 for me because the 3-point libe isn't going anywhere so Curry will be rightfully recognized 25 years from now as the spearheader

[3ba11]

OP may have a point

Udoka has like 15 years of assistant coaching experience. He's looking like the Phil jackson of celtics

Ouch

Let's see if Tatum 3-peats

jk

[SATAN]

Kevin tried to do that with time running out in 4th quarter last playoffs (although from the 3point line and heavily contested, ultimately very low IQ bball) and threw up an airball. Pretty sure he was scoreless in the second half. My memory is a little foggy though, perhaps Manny can chime in?

Anyway, he's not a guy I would ever compare to MJ. Not even close to #2.

[8Ball]

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

Ben Simmons will come and make things right for them. Aka Scottie Pippen.

[8Ball]

I've conceded before that Curry and Giannis proved me wrong. I have Curry top 5.. Amazing how you can be so wrong about some things and look at it the wrong way. The screen name is 3ball because I hate it. Yet Curry is top 5 for me because the 3-point libe isn't going anywhere so Curry will be rightfully recognized 25 years from now as the spearheader

Hahahahaahhh

All those anti curry posts and now he is in top 5.

3ball wrong about everything, including every single scottie pippen and bron take, only a matter of time until he admits it.

[ArbitraryWater]

Why did MJ only make half of his shots, if he was unstoppable doing this, OP?