Kevin Durant at halftime: 2/4/2, 2 TO, 1⁄3 FG, -13
Kevin Durant at halftime: 2/4/2, 2 TO, 1⁄3 FG
45 year old LeBron James once again outplaying Kevin Durant in their matchup.
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810862
Bro still falling for the half court trap š
It’s amazing, he’s 7 foot tall, you would think he could just look over the double team and find the open man
Didnāt you guys literally just do this to him 2 days ago š
Yes and it keeps on workingĀ
i’ll fookin do it again
Exactly. He is 7 feet tall. Ain’t no way he should be shying away.
that’s what he did in the first half problem is rockets can’t buy a shot are you guys watching the game?
“being doubled” is just bad euro basketball that’s ruining the game according to KDš¤£
Maybe Bookerās practice tendencies rubbed off on KD, and even he stopped practicing against double teams.
Tbf he has had over his career Westbrook, harden, curry, kyrie, and booker handling his balls for him so he has rarely had the ball in these situations, and when he did there was always an outlet to a HOF guard
Front runner and passenger of the bus
Canāt win without Steph š¤·āāļø
Won before him and won after him
It canāt be denied at this point
Serious question isn’t KD a bit old for his failures to be meaningful legacy wise at this point
I’d say the last relevant loss he had was the 2022 Celtics series he obviously hasn’t been a factor in title races for a few years now and is 37
Yeah sure if people talked about him like that but he was pumped as the missing piece for this rockets team.
Donāt worry heāll force his way out again and maybe a team like the Pistons will be tricked into thinking heāll put them over the top.
Giannis KD team up, one last ride in Milwaukee
Well this Rockets team doesnt have a PG atm so more things are clearly missing.
Can’t win without Dray
Canāt win without Klay
I want Iguodala
Can’t win without Kerr
Sometimes idk if Warriors fans like him or not
from what I see they are thankful for his services, but do not really care for KD
I think they appreciate him but don’t like how his bus riding legacy hurt Steph’s at the same time while it was clear that Steph was the true number 1.
I never did
Bro cannot figure out the double team scheme
They had two days since the last game to come up with anything, they got Sengun back who should theoretically be able to actually make passes and still nothing lmfao
He cannot move off ball….it’s iso or nothing for KD
Kd can move off the ball the rockets donāt have enough ball handling fr
āBest scorer since MJā lmao
Lol. He is getting clamped.
Tbf, I don’t think that anyone is using 37 year old KD as an argument to compare to MJ.
Plus, we gonna pretend like MJ didn’t have a weakness too? 3pt scoring was mid. That doesn’t take away from the fact that the Lakers are figuring KD out obviously and he’s playing like trash.
everytime MJ shot 3 or more 3pters in a game, his 3pt% was 37% for his career.
It was a different era when 3 three attempts was considered a “lot” but he could shoot that thang
Weren’t most or all of those higher shooting years when the line was shortened in the mid 90s, though? I say this as a MJ fan. Regardless, I think he’d adjust to today’s league and at the very least be effective from long range
no idea, i just saw that stat that everytime he shot 3 or more 3s in a game over his entire career, his percentage was 37.1%
KD belongs nowhere near MJ.
This entire thread is acting like what KD does at age 37 is important for him lol
I don’t get it at all he’s not better than MJ but what was MJ doing at 37
MJ at 37 had done enough….
Literally the complete opposite, he’s a poor isolation player in terms of dribbling and needs to play off ball out of screens, problem is that he also needs a great point guard
And itās especially pathetic considering all that talk he had a few years back about how heās such an artist in the court and basketball is such an art form that guys like he and Kyrie have mastered.
spits
Shoulda taken that trade to the warriors last year
KD destroyed the Rockets cohesion with his twitter nonsense
You can see it pretty much every game, they were a flawed team before but it feels like now thereās 0 team chemistry and they donāt give a shit out there
And heās either checked out or now finally washed despite his efficiency His handle is almost completely cooked and his playmaking and decision making seem worse than ever
Edit: KD woke up big time 3rd quarter
My bad KD (though I stand by most of the criticism)
Nah coaches figured out you only need to double Durant. Houston can’t play 4v5 and KD is not a good or quick passer out of the double.
Playbooks been out since Brooklyn vs Celtics in the playoffs. To his credit he was sometimes getting triple teamed at that time looks like a double will do now
I think not having FVV killed them. Like this team was also not great before they got FVV and Brooks.
Yep, trust me how we have played lately has been embarrassing, but a lot of people donāt understand Fredās impactĀ
Last year when he played we were in the top 5 in least amount of turnovers, without him last year top 5 most I believeĀ
And this year with him Injured that trend has continuedĀ
Steven Adams is also vastly important
Agreed. As a Spurs fan part of me revels in Houstonās misfortunes, and another acknowledges that a lot of their issues can boil down to that they lost their starting PG for the season, who happens to be an analytics darling, and didnāt do anything to replace him. Instead the young guys are stretched beyond their current capabilities.
Adamsā injury also a factor but unfortunately that wasnāt too surprising.
Stone went all in with this roster and failed. Refusing to adjust the guard position after the Fred injury is also egregious.
He should be gone after this. He wonāt be.
Would FVV even solve this?
Probably not solving, but it would have been better than what they currently running.
Whats more egregious is they didnt find any replacement to steady the ship despite FVV going down early. Dont even need a star PG, just a good competent one that can roll into backup role when FVV return, but nope they just stand pat on FA.
It may be Ime’s fault. Harden was available and would be perfect for them, but either Ime just doesn’t like Harden or Harden’s “I’m the system” is too much for Ime’s liking.
I think thatās a huge part of it. Thereās no sports team on earth thatās just going to be cool about any of their players talking s* behind their backs for the whole world to see.
No way.
But the fundamental issue we have is coaching.Ā
Ime Udoka is absolutely terrible and the media absolutely loves him for some reason.Ā
What has he freaking DONE other than fumble Nia Long?
What twitter nonsense happened this time?
Allegedly some burner was discovered that was saying some wild shit one thing particularly related to the Rockets is he called Jabari Smith the R Word
Shit for real? That’s wild..
It was hilarious. Somebody decided to vibe code an Epstein-esque site just for KD: https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1r7nys0/the_full_kd_files_has_now_been_collected_and/
BRO LMAO
Republican?
Apparently KD got exposed for more burner accounts around All-Star break with him shitting on the team in random group chats
Lord, bro needs to get off Twitter wtf
Clowning on KD is fun but this aint it. Their young stars are just garbage
Canāt wait to read how he is not a problem.
just more nonsense from reddit alleged twitter drama has nothing to do why the rockets suck
Getoffmydickerson got some explaining to do
he has been completely schemed out of this match up by jj thats crazy
You make it sound like we did big braining him with a bunch of counters, but it is literary only one scheme.
Seriously baffling that Udoka hadnāt tried something else. Ridiculous even.
Exactly. It’s just a double team. He ain’t working g hard or smart enough. Luka cops this and worse.
Lmao thank you theyāre acting like a double team is some big brain JJ shit
Ime isnāt there to coach offense
KD files should have never surfaced
we been playing like shit before the kdfiles tbf
Maybe update this? Or wait to shit on players its a 4quarter game
Itās not that serious bud. Itās a ball game.
Its just weird behavior imo but okay!
To be fair they are doubling him immediately and nobody else can score
The starters are 19⁄36 you clown. KD looks likes heās silently quitting (again). This is normal behavior from him these days just ask suns fans
Has he tried setting some screens?
He did set one actually. He got a wide open look out of it too lol
KD getting the Curry treatment but his teammates can’t hit water falling out of a boat
It’s not that easy, is it now KD…
Cook
Ik I m just hating.
Rockets GM didnāt trade for a point guard and his reason? āI donāt think this is our year.ā Something like that lol
If only he was tall enough to look over the double team and find the open man
This guy is a bum
Curryās passenger
Why he taking 3 fg by halftime?
Coz the lakers are doubling him since minute 1 and he can’t seem to get open off ball
Heās getting blitzed at half court every playĀ
Every Laker player outscored him besides Jaxson Hayes(so far)
I think dude just hates basketball now, sad
You feel that too?
KD has long been figured out by the best defensive schemes unless his team is absolutely stacked to the max but people aren’t ready to talk about that
He is doing nothing offball which his horrible.
Charles Barkley was right.
Yeah and how about now ?
he gone
Future Supersonic
A Dickerson performance
Rockets are pathetic. All standing around on the offensive boards while the Fatman and 45 year old get easy transition baskets.
lol
Hopefully this guy retires instead of taking a reduced salary and ring chasing
God I cannot wait for KD to retire lmao.
KD for Podz.
Who says no?
KD is such an idiot for killing that trade. Great example of someone self-sabotaging because of their ego
To be fair it wouldāve just been KD+Curry and friends. Canāt see that working out too well
KD lol
i miss the silas era at this point
You guys can talk about Houston being a mess but maybe lock up Luka is just in full affect!
I want Iggy over KD
Damn 50 year old LeBron kinda balling rn
Out playing Luka btw this sub is funny asf
? He is not lol.
Aged well
Very well lakers rent free in kd head
Hardest road-ing
Why are people clowning on a forward for not being a good pg?
KD better watch some Luka film and take notes. Lakers defense completely took this guy out the game
Curry deserved those fmvps
ngl I can reason other fan bases hating KD. But KD has been nothing but good for Warriors lol
He was good for us, and I appreciate that. But this is different though
I dont hate him at all, but its just obvious who the winning player was
revisionist history lmao
Total revisionist history
Not really coaches said their focus was on curry let KD get his game off. KD as the focus of the offense and double teams has never ended well
So the Cavs should have doubled KD?
The point is curry was allways seen as more dangerous thats why they didnt lmao
No lol. But his 2022 fmvp puts him above kd
Kevin Durant is a liar.
If weāre not all calling him Dickerson until he retires, Iām going to be very disappointed in this community.
Seriously though, KDās legacy is in absolute shambles after these last two games.
You would think Austin Reaves is Jason Vorhees by the way KD is freezing out there when he sees purple.
2 games decides ones legacy now this subreddit is so reactionary
I mean if you’ve been on here at all you know that’s just how this sub is at this point
It’s been like this for years, nothing can be done to change that
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I’m merely quoting your own words
Again you said his legacy is in shambles after these 2 games
Iām merely pointing out how stupid that statement is,there was nothing in your original statement that meant you were talking about his entire career
your words didn’t have nuance though