i saw bro get complete schemed out of the game in he second half in that lakers game

I find it so funny how terrible KD is at passing out of a double considering how tall he is

The guy is 37 and out his prime tbh. Still putting up 26 a game on 51% shooting with no spacing lol. All time great.

Bruh this thread acting like he’s not 38 lol

Yeah he’s cooked , but he’s also like not suppose to be this good for his age.

People look at his stats vs the bucks in 2021 and think he’s back in his prime but his achilles really hinders his rim pressure. He was just getting a lot of 1 on 1 coverage with pj Tucker and fed off that. His rim pressure being nerfed really limits him when he’s not hitting extremely contested middys. The man’s shot chart this season is pure jump shots which isn’t sustainable in the post season.

He tore his achilles. I know modern medicine is really a marvel but the biggest thing those big injuries will do to players is effect their game in their later years. No one is staying at 100% after an achilles tear. 

The Lakers didnt even do anything clever. It was just a basic trap. How tf does someone with KD’s experience not know how to beat a trap and how tf does a coach worth anything not know how to run trap beaters

For someone who is “unguardable” he sure doesn’t seem to be able to impose his will when it counts.

Oh look it’s the “____ is washed” post after a player has a bad game.

Where was this critic before the game?

KD is who LeBron haters think LeBron is. KD has gotten many coaches fired, has been neutralized in many clutch games and playoff series, and is lowkey a locker room cancer at times.

Imagine if Bron got doubled teamed like that..

He’s picking the entire defense apart

This is why I don’t believe in this sub’s obsession with stats telling the whole story. He’s an efficiency monster but is a ghost when it matters the most.

This is something people don’t want to say out loud because KD’s scoring numbers still look beautiful on paper. But you’re right the moment a team game plans for him properly with physical double teams and takes away his handle he just doesn’t have the same answers he used to. He was never Magic Johnson with the ball under pressure but earlier in his career he could still create enough to keep defenses honest. Now it feels like high level playoff teams have genuinely figured him out and he hasn’t found a new answer. The regular season stats will always be there but the playoff intensity version of KD has looked like a different player for a while now.

KD could not deal with a simple trap the entire second half.

He can not handle double teams. This has been the case his whole career in playoff settings outside of of GSW. This is also why he was so successful in GSW because he didn’t see much double teams.

Everything he touches dies. The only reason KD has any rings is because Draymond kicked LeBron in the nuts

Ime Udoka getting exposed for the fraud the he is.

Listen bros, if KD is getting schemed out of a game, that means the rest of his team is playing 4v3. I’m not sure this is really a knock on KD lol.

KD would actually do really well with a real #1. He was doing really well in the first half. He ain’t the #1 option anymore but he’s still got a bag. Just don’t let him hold the ball while getting doubled and lower his pay for his next contract

He’s a great scorer but being just a great scorer isn’t enough if you aren’t great at other assets which he kinda hasn’t been ever it’s why he needs another curry or harden to be a great playmaker or a draymond to be a great defender for him to be amazing come playoffs

Not even a rockets fan, cut him some slack. They lack a real PG, it’s just an off night for him, he’s not 27

Seriously, how did this Rockets team get the 2-seed last year? They are just plain horrible offensively without KD.

He’s 38 and has no point guard

Tari Eason blew this game by being ass lol

He’s just a supercharged MPJ variant at this point of his career 

Yeah we think our greats are ageless but they aren’t idk if it was him or Ime but the ball shouldn’t have been in his hands so much like that

Because he’s the only primary offensive player on the Rockets in clutch situation, of course other teams are gonna double and trap him as soon as he cross the half court. He looked good in the Warriors because the one getting doubled and trapped all over was Steph Curry. He can’t do shit in the playoff since then because nobody else can attract the focus of the defense as good as Steph or to the lesser degree Klay because those two are always moving around without the ball, causing havoc on any defensive schemes, leaving KD free to do his ISO ball. 😭

Oh, and he’s also older now.

7 turnovers tonight he loves turning the ball over .. im lifelong suns fan I was against trading for KD since day one

Honest question: without Sengun on the floor, who would you feel confident passing to?

Houston’s offensive options are wretched. And Udoka can’t seem to figure anything out offensively.

The Rockets don’t have a KD problem. They have an everyone else problem.

They had no playmakers. Will be different when Sengun is back. They still need a decent PG though.

It’s not really about intensity. It’s about not being able to affect the game more when the ball isn’t in his hands.

The magic of Steph isn’t just his off ball cutting. It’s his willingness to set good screens (body takes punishment). This unlocks a lot of action that makes it impossible to take him out of the game with ball denial or traps.

KD doesn’t like to set screens.

No spacing.

Even 2001 Lakers have better spacing

KD is washed man. He should be a pin down merchant nowadays

KD the last 3 years is one of the worst players when doubled. Can’t believe him and Booker were on the same team with no point guard

I see why Ant’s favorite player is KD. Something he struggles with nightly

Why does he look like being passive in the 2nd half

his career is over, no one’s taking him next year

What happened to being a KD stan, awkwardspeech?

KD lost me when he kept complaining about being double teamed and wanted to be able to score more. It’s like he wants to showcase he skills so bad he complains when team try hard to stop it. That said, he’s 37 at this point. What more do you want.

He needs a good point guard if van fleet wasn’t injured this rockets team would be a top contender right now. Rockets don’t have any threat aside from KD teams just need to double or prevent the ball from going to KD or his spot.

Thats because when the GAMES intensify in the playoffs - the young legged opponents hit full stride on defense THEN run like thoroughbreds on offense…He withers away - BUH BYE KD

He should be a catch and shoot guy but the rockets don’t hav anyone else that can create offense/command a double team

The entire Rockets team has looked different since Getoffmydickerson appeared.

All these comments and I’m like:

Investigate KD. He vanished. And then he easily scored the layup to give him 18.

Everyone had him in for 20 points on their parlays because Sengun was out.

He had 5 FG attempts in the entire second half. He SOLD the game. 5 FG attempts and 6 turnovers. Ridiculous.

Yeah he’s falling off

Ever since his foot on the line moment in 2021, he hasnt been a playoff killer at all

He lost his will after the toe thing

To quote an anonymous spurs player: “We’re not doubling you because you’re good, it’s because the rest of your team sucks.” All teams need to do to beat the rockets is double and triple team KD and he doesn’t know what to do, and even when he does pass out no one on the rockets except maybe reed shepherd can do anything with the ball once they have it. Their team is just fundamentally ass with defense and coaching as their only saving grace. A lot of rockets fans love scapegoating Ime but like, what’s he supposed to do when he has 3 of the most inefficient players as his starters and one of 2 actual good scorers on his team is too much of a defensive liability to be out there all the time

The rockets lack true high level offensive organization, they really miss Fred I fear.

He’s old, couldn’t handle the double team, and made uncharacteristic turnovers all game. Watching the decline of him and LeBron is tough to watch.

That was the case many times in hi prime too

He’s never been creative. His plays are all the same. He doesn’t think two steps ahead. He is a great pull up shooter and is good underneath the rim. But don’t expect to see any highlight reel plays - except some tough pull ups.

He’s 37. LeBron is 41 and Steph is 38.

There’s only so much you can ask of them at this stage of their careers or do you not realize Wemby is 22, Cade is 24, Shai is 27 and Jaylen Brown is 29

It’s not a Durant issue, it’s the lack of playmaking on the team. Nets had this issue against Boston and this Rockets team doesn’t have a real PG either, so the offense is predictable though they are still top 10 on the year. With Sengun out though of course they were going to struggle to move the ball and Durant is old and has had enough injuries to where he’s just not going to handle the ball at the same level he did in his prime.

It’s that Achilles tendon that he tore

When you blitz him Houston has no other shooters. Lakers showed a pretty good recipe to stifle them in the 4th.

There’s a reason he could never win a championship without being on the most stacked team in NBA history 

He can’t be the main guy on a championship level team anymore, that’s just the truth…

KD is great. But he’s not lead your team to the promised land, great.

If you watch ball long enough, there have always been players (in their respective eras) that put up great numbers, but don’t necessarily drag their teams to and/or push them over the finish line.

KD is this.

He’s not a first option on a championship team, he’s the best 2nd option of all time

The first gets the defensive attention and has to have playmaking skills to break through double, triple teams and all of the defensive attention they get. That’s why he trashes other guys offensive skillset so much. Instead of figuring it out, the problem wouldn’t even exist if his teammates were more of an offensive threat. That’s why he left from OKC to Golden state warriors. Plus Steph was the first option there and KD could eat off of that

It’s completely unfair to put his last couple of team failures on him. The Nets were legit contenders until Kyrie and Harden messed everything up. The Suns roster was disgustingly unbalanced aside from the first half a season when he got there. This Rockets team doesn’t have an available PG and the shooting is horrendous. Has he lost a step? Sure. Is he still a top 10-15 player in the NBA? No doubt.