GermanHabsFan | Clippers

188 | 4 hours ago

KD 2017 was outrageous, holy

Apprehensive-Rain601 | Lakers

129 | 4 hours ago

With the looks he was getting bc the Cavs was so worried about Steph and Klay shit that might’ve been the easiest five games he’s ever played💀. It’s why I wholeheartedly believe the basketball gods have been punishing him ever since that move

yitur93 | Lakers

67 | 4 hours ago

Those open dunks because 2-3 defenders running to steph on transition was the funniest shit ever.

Affectionate_Ad4879 | Hornets

29 | 4 hours ago

I still think those KD warriors are the best ever

tagen | Spurs

29 | 3 hours ago

well yeah, take the team with the best record of all time, and add an all-time scorer who is also 7ft tall, yeah that’s the best team ever lol

m1a2c2kali | Knicks

1 | 31 minutes ago

Yea but that best record team of all time was kinda like the pistons and cavs , just a regular season team pretty much. Definitely needed something to make them more playoff contenders

lkn240 | Bulls

-7 | 3 hours ago

The 1996 Bulls still have the best record all time if you combine the playoffs and regular season.

Just saying

waveshineoosupsmash

-3 | 2 hours ago

2016 Warriors lost more playoff games (9) than the Bulls lost in 1996 and 1997 combined (7). The 2016 Warriors had already lost 5 playoff games before the NBA Finals had even started, already removing them from greatest team of all time discussion.

MQZ01 | Warriors

9 | 2 hours ago

2017 Warriors are the KD warriors, not 2016 - they lost 1 playoff game in the finals

waveshineoosupsmash

-3 | an hour ago

Yeah but people were saying the 2016 Warriors were the best team of all time and then added KD. They weren’t, not even close

2017 Warriors adding KD made them amazing, but the 2001 Lakers also only lost 1 playoff game in their run, so they weren’t even unique in that aspect either

MQZ01 | Warriors

3 | an hour ago

Nobody said the 2016 Warriors were the best team of all time, just that they had the best record, which they did (playoffs notwithstanding)

bubbasnub | Magic

20 | 4 hours ago

They’d run a Javale McGee lob as the first play of the game too. Javale was such a fun addition to the squad

Floasis72 | Cavaliers

6 | 3 hours ago

I did not find it funny lol

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

24 | 4 hours ago

Nah KD was still taking a million heavily contested 20 footers, it just didn’t matter because KD makes those like layups.

Kdot32 | Rockets

35 | 4 hours ago

The 18 WCF pissed me off because we’d play some of the best defense known to man only to watch Golden State get bailed out by a Durant midrange jumper at 23s on the shot clock

TimCanDunk

-7 | 3 hours ago

gotta respect that post because you didn’t mention anything about the refs like all the rockets fans usually do 😁🫡

Kdot32 | Rockets

17 | 3 hours ago

Man fuck those refs. Game 7 was some kings-la shit

Firm_Mode_5868

3 | an hour ago

Because it was a fucking screwjob lmao they wanted Steph/KD vs Lebron again

DryUnderstanding3833

9 | 3 hours ago

He got some dunks but still took more tightly guarded shots than Steph or bron

Firm_Mode_5868

8 | an hour ago

Guys this whole “ONLY STEPH WAS GETTING DOUBLED” thing has been disproven so many times can we stop lol

KD was scoring almost all of his points on very tightly contested shots.

lkn240 | Bulls

3 | 3 hours ago

They sure punished him the next year by giving him another ring and FMVP

Alex_O7

2 | 4 hours ago

It was 4 series not only the finals and tbh the only great defender 1vs1 he faced got injured in the middle of game 1 (Kawhi).

Ok_Turn6757 | Lakers

24 | 4 hours ago

The fact that people have revisionist history about who the best player on that team was is hilarious to me. I know what I saw

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

23 | 4 hours ago

It was absolutely KD, like there was a significant power gap between him and LeBron/Steph. Dude won his second FMVP by accident because he got a triple double while trying to gift wrap it for Curry.

It’s interesting to read the fanfics people come up with about those Finals. Their brains are poisoned by a single highlight they saw on here of KD getting a transition dunk off Curry’s gravity.

soyboysnowflake | Nuggets

-2 | 4 hours ago

Did you see doubles and triples thrown at Steph so KD could get clear easy dunks in the lane?

Purple-Mountain-Mist

-6 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, it was Steph. Durant just did the scoring because all 5 defenders were looking at Steph. But if 5 defenders are looking at you it’s because you’re the best player on the floor.

A third of the league could have done what Durant did, and Klay rode the same wave for years when he was just an average player with some spot shooting, as proven in all his non-Curry minutes across his career.

naijaboiler

7 | 3 hours ago

I agree with you except the party about a third of the league for have done it.

KD is really a heckuva ceiling raiser. You add a healthy KD to championship capable team and the team becomes unstoppable. Free of other responsibilities (leading, motivating others, primary ball handling, heck defense) and he’s able to go one-on-one on offense. Yeah he’s money. He has so many ways to score that he’s unguardable. A third of the league can’t evite add consistently as he can

keuralan | Heat

8 | 4 hours ago

One of the best finishers in NBA history. It was unfair what he could do against coverages that could not key up on him

PanthalassaRo | Knicks

2 | an hour ago

League was a wash that 4th of July when he signed with the Warriors, he was that good that even a very very good Cavs led by LeBron was an afterthought.

Sparrow_Wilson | Knicks

86 | 4 hours ago

Lol this is mental, our guys got hot at the perfect time

Clinkzeastwoodau

41 | 4 hours ago

Theres so much talk around this series, but I think the Knicks are just legitimacy insanely hot and thats the biggest factor no team had been able to manage.

TatumBrownWhite | Celtics

30 | 4 hours ago

Their eFG% in the playoffs would’ve led the NBA in the last 2 seasons.

All of their guys are insanely hot and shooting outrageous %s on middies and 3s for the playoffs.

ontheru171 | Knicks

11 | 4 hours ago

The 2000s and 2010s spurs were onto something with that free flowing passing half court offense to create open looks

lkn240 | Bulls

5 | 3 hours ago

Bridges was unconscious at points last night - dude was barely looking at the basket before banging in 3s

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

He was annoying lmao. Nothing we can do since our guys except Vic can block his slightly fading jumper

Dependent-Cup3759 | Jazz

5 | 4 hours ago

Success inspires confidence which leads to more success which leads to more confidence…

Has been amazing to watch their run

lkn240 | Bulls

3 | 3 hours ago

I love OG man - that dude is just a baller

heat_fan_ | Raptors

27 | 4 hours ago

KD with the Warriors was insane

StudiousLebronJames

4 | 4 hours ago

he was the same player. just got countless open shots cuz of the generational spacing. bro was getting layup line drill type of looks that entire series

matsy_k | Warriors

-10 | 4 hours ago

He was getting wide open lanes because no one wanted to sag off Steph and Klay

Character-Raise-3789

14 | 3 hours ago

delusional. bozos like you take those 3-4 instances and pretend it was happening the entire series. He took more contested shots than anyone else that series.

matsy_k | Warriors

-9 | 3 hours ago

Settle down princess

hoastman12

11 | 3 hours ago

Me when I watch two highlights and want my favorite player to get credit

Alternative_Life3240

1 | 23 minutes ago

Steph benefits from the most insane revisionism ,it’s kinda insane.

lardner23 | Knicks

26 | 4 hours ago

Another way to look at it - only 6 title winning players have had 10+ PPG on 65%+ TS .

KD ¹⁶⁄₁₇ Warriors
Michael Cooper ⁸⁴⁄₈₅ Lakers
AD ¹⁹⁄₂₀ Lakers
Curry ¹⁶⁄₁₇ Warriors
Poole ²¹⁄₂₂ Warriors
Ginobili 04/05 Spurs

If the Knicks win they’ll end up with 3

Warriors with two in the same postseason and Lakers essentially did the same (LeBron 7th on the list at 64.7) edit - left out Michael Cooper

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

21 | 3 hours ago

Poole’s the greatest player on this list.

bedlam_au | Celtics

7 | 3 hours ago

The one fucking time in his life he caught magnet ball

LuckynCursed

5 | an hour ago

The best Jordan to ever ball

Methylobacterium | Knicks

2 | 44 minutes ago

I’d say he was punching above his weight class.

Dr_Gordon_Tweeterson

13 | 4 hours ago

How are the Knicks playing so good? KAT OG, last night Bridges went off, these playoffs it’s looking like they have 4 #1 options for the first time with this iteration. Really special stuff

Purple-Mountain-Mist

17 | 4 hours ago

Turns out that players can do more stuff when they have a coach that uses them

Floasis72 | Cavaliers

10 | 3 hours ago

Mike Brown really does deserve a lot of credit for this run

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

8 | 3 hours ago

After those first few hawks games, Brown realized that he has one of the greatest offensive bigs on his team and added him as a playmaking hub which reduced a lot of pressure on Brunson. And from then on the Knicks looked nigh unstoppable.

PrettyBoyKev | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

Because they’re an actual TEAM.

Sure-Bus-3917

5 | 4 hours ago

It’s kind of wild that three Knicks are on that list

Usually championship teams have one or two ultra-efficient finishers, not half the rotation putting up historically efficient numbers at the same time 😂

Dangerous_Ad5039

4 | 3 hours ago

KD still is but he was so good on the warriors

Simple_Purple_4600

5 | 3 hours ago

The world isn’t ready for Karl-Anthony Towns, FINALS MVP

Affectionate_Ad4879 | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

Nobody cares about anyone’s bets, bet I did drop 5 on KAT and Harper for finals mvp. Odds were comical

aesop_fables | Knicks

4 | 4 hours ago

It’s only because we’re playing middle school teams! That’s why the ball is going in. Has nothing to do with the offense

Connect_Flatworm_512

2 | 4 hours ago

that’s a wild stat if it holds because 70% TS with 10+ ppg on a title team is basically elite efficiency without the usual drop from playoff pressure

also shows how valuable the knicks role players are in that system they’re getting clean looks and finishing at an absurd rate

curious if it stays above 70 once defenses fully lock in and scouting tightens because that’s usually where the efficiency comes back down

Delanorix | Knicks

4 | 3 hours ago

Defenses?

Theres max 4 games left lol

PhysiolMM

1 | 4 hours ago

Is this just to show how good KD was by putting a random thing about the knicks? 😃 Good job in that case!

Outrageous.

davemoedee | Celtics

0 | 3 hours ago

On the other hand, if you do this list for after game 2, the list is likely much more packed and this is much less impressive.

No player has averaged 10+ PPG on &gt; 70% True Shooting on a title winning team. Two Knicks are in contention to be the first.

No player has averaged 10+ PPG on > 70% True Shooting on a title winning team. Two Knicks are in contention to be the first.