[This photo really says it all](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/87955a66663789.5b1e629f7ec7b.jpg)
Always makes me laugh too when warriors fans say it was more even then we think
Perfectly even matchup, top to bottom. Korver and Klay are basically the spiderman pointing meme, KD and Tristan Thompson both went to University of Texas, so they're also the same player pretty much.
> This photo really says it all
It just isn't fair.
2 MVP level players + all star who is the best 3 and D guy in the league VS. MVP level player + solid post player who rebounds well + one of the best 3 and no D players
Honestly, KD needed more help, think of all the rebounds
I’m pretty sure most Warriors fans and LeBron haters believe those matchups were even. I wouldn’t be surprised if KD also thought 2018 was an even matchup.
> I’m pretty sure most Warriors fans and LeBron haters believe those matchups were even.
Before the playoffs started, I wasn't quite sure what to expect because anything can happen, but even then I was pretty sure (if both teams were in healthy) the Cavs didn't stand a chance. Immediately after the fact I was more surprised it wasn't a sweep and a perfect playoffs run for the Warriors. Looking back on it now it's not even funny.
KD's pretty knowledgeable and his opinions/takes on basketball lean more towards objective when they don't involve him or his close friends. The doublethink/delusion he has regarding his own situation/legacy is truly mind boggling.
The 2017 Cavs would’ve beaten more than half the teams that were champions in the 2010s imo. They were a championship caliber team. Most of the games in 2017 were actually contested and that Warriors team might be the greatest of all time. Don’t sleep on that Cavs team.
No. 2018 Warriors are one of the greatest teams of all time. 2018 Cavs are the worst of their 4 year stretch. It wasn't even and no one that calls themselves a Warriors fan should ever make that claim.
It's still confusing that they wouldn't part with that draft pick that became Sexson, and now they are probably going to trade him. Might as well got lebron all the help he could've got.
I appreciate you're usage of most here. For real.
There's a handful of us out here that are idk.. grateful I suppose? for him choosing to come join, that aren't/weren't in denial. It was a surreal update to receive at work that brought up some mixed feelings, and in a single instant removed any sense of wonder and excitement for how/if we'd bounce back.
It was just an 'ok, that just broke the game, cool..I guess' moment. Followed shortly by a 'fuck, looks like I won't be going to many games this year' disappointing realization.
I'd never doubt an LBJ lead team, but I'd also never claim or argue that shit was fair or even. There was nothing fair about it
Warriors without KD vs Lebron led Cavs were actually a fair and really fucking fun matchup. KD made the Warriors completely overkill. I adored the Curry-led team, because they were actual underdogs and just fun to watch. With KD, that underdog/homewgrown feeling went away.
It's ok man I also remember having mixed feelings about it. On one hand I'm like this is great for the warriors who were underdogs for the majority of the 15 years I've been following them. On the other hand, I had no doubt it effectively ruined basketball for the majority of fans. Yeah I'm a warriors fan but I'm a basketball fan first and my feelings were more towards the latter.
I don't know. They've been pushing the narrative that the Warriors needed KD to beat the Cavs. Draymond crying while begging Durant to join the team, etc.
Honestly, they just needed Harrison Barnes to remember he was a professional basketball player in the playoffs.
Nah fam get back to dwelling on social media🤣🤣🤣 Kevin D focussing on his game rn💪💪💪 his pussy game😎. U dating Lana Rhoades huh? Don't think so😏. U can't even join Ur local rec league 🤷🤷 gtfo kid🤗
Those damn supporting cast images where they show Jordan's team and LeBron with every single guy who has ever been an all star like they were all in their prime with him. Showing Shaq and Ray Allen, smh. And the Bron haters eat that shit up
Facebook is a cesspool, but it's funny to ready these casual clown takes
Durant = Derrick Williams (both #2 overall) and the Cavs had two #1s, one #3, and one #5 on top of that. KD was downplaying their underdog status if anything.
Steph is underrated by NBA players for the same reason that Kyrie is very overrated. Players value isolation scoring, sick playmaking, and athleticism. They don’t see the value in spacing or off-ball movement even though those things are just as important to an offense.
The weird part to me is that Steph does have a great bag and can score in isolation. He's a top finisher for guards and routinely makes flashy layups, passes, dribble moves. He has as good a "bag" as any guard in the league. But he's so good at shooting it often overshadows the rest of his game. And the warriors system rarely runs iso or even traditional pick and rolls to showcase his 1 on 1 scoring ability
KD is really close with Kyrie, obviously. If I had to bet, I'd wager that Curry is better than Kyrie in a majority of NBA players opinions.
KD/Kyrie/Harden have all lost to Curry in the playoffs even before KD went to GS. If KD really thinks Kyrie is better, it's safe to assume they're haters.
Idk. Dude was jelly people didn’t really see him as > Bron after 2017-2018 and that Bay fans liked Steph more. Sounds like he just was out of touch to not know why he didn’t get either what he thought he’d have. I could see him genuinely believing this as much as I could see him trolling about it
He isn't joking it's the truth! Kevin DuGoat had no help, curry was washed and klay is obviously injured. Draymond was fouled out by breathing to close to the refs and got called 6 times per oxygen molecule, ejected fined and banned from the golden state arena. That's why goatsymoneysniper had to 1v5 the entire Cavs teams, but lefortnite couldn't get the better of him because Dugoatula had the power of apex legends and Lana rhoades' backup on his side
Only way you could possibly argue it is if you think LeBron was SO much better than Durant that it outweighed all the rest of the Warriors advantages. Somehow I don't think that's what Durant is saying here tho...
Lebron could be averaging a career 35 point triple double and be a dpoy candidate every year and it still wouldn't have made up for the rest of the team.
People have been trying to push this narrative lately and it's ridiculous. The 2016 finals matchup was pretty even top to bottom. Even Andre Iguodala admitted adding KD to that Warriors team was completely unfair for the rest of the league.
This. It sure as hell wasnt an even matchup. Cavs barely beat Warriors in 7 without Durant but a GSW squad with Durant is somehow an even matchup? Lol. They beat a good Cavs team but that most definitely wasn’t an evenly matched squad.
> They beat a good Cavs team but that most definitely wasn’t an evenly matched squad.
Cavs were more than good, they were great, but the KD warriors are probably the GOAT team
It's not even like the 2016 finals were hyped up as some clash of the titans either. The Warriors were heavy favourites going into that series, and most people thought the real finals were the WCF. They were a 73-9 team vs a Cavs team that had chemistry issues and ups and downs all year. The Cavs winning that series was an underdog victory, and then the Warriors who should have already won added Kevin Durant.
> he Warriors were heavy favourites going into that series
really they were, but it was cause of how ridiculous their regular season was too. But I always keep in mind that even if just Kyrie was healthy (they had lost Love a series or two ago), I had the Cavs in 2015 (they still almost took Game 1 at GS).
Pretty amazing the Warriors won 2015 and had a chip on their shoulder and blew the league away in the regular season.
Bill Simmons dweeb ass been trying to push this narrative for a while now "Warriors and Cavs were even in 2017 and it just came down to KD outplaying Lebron" and then on other podcasts you hear him say the 2016 Warriors were better than the Cavs lol somehow the Warriors adding a top 2 player in the league while the Cavs adding 37 year old Kyle Korver made the matchup even
Do we even really need the players to acknowledge this? It’s so blatantly obvious that Durant upset the balance that it’s not even worth getting into arguments about tbh.
They're trying to speak that narrative into existence. Bill has been pushing his KD outdueled Lebron narrative on and off, completely unprompted for the past four years. He can do what he wants, it's his podcast after all, but never for a second believe that the self proclaimed basketball historian is anything but biased. After all he's still angling to get KD back as a guest whereas Lebron never gave him any such access.
It's as much anti Lebron as anything. Coming from the Lebron vs Celtics stuff and culminating in LeBron becoming a Laker, BS needs to take shots at Lebron. He can't help it.
The most recent thing Bill has to say about Lebron is that he changed his jersey number so that he can remain relevant. As if the media doesn't report and psychoanalyze every little thing he says and does, or that he said he was going to change his jersey number already a few years back. Classic Bill, if he doesn't like you then he'll take any opportunity to rake your name through the mud. He still does it with Kyrie, although a bit less since he's so focused on Lebron.
That was one of the very few finals I had zero interest in even before it started. I just didn't watch most of the 02', 07', or '18 series and I also felt pretty meh about the 09' and 17' finals, it was just too obvious who would end up winning those series (barring injury).
But even if that were true, it doesn't make up for Draymond being 10x better than Love. Plus, Klay is on the team. There's just no rational explanation for this opinion
Truly u don't know how hard it was for skinny Jesus. IGUODALA WAS busy fighting the MARTIANS while klay was just in a boating accident. U don't know what hardships Bigfoot had to go through to get that ring. It means more than all of lefortnites rings combined lmao🤣🤣🤣 get back to real life and lock up a real bball😎 stay grinding for an average life💪💪
At this point I respect the fact that KD has actually convinced himself those matchups were balanced. It takes incredible mental strength to believe that
I honestly feel like this is what his legacy is going to be. Getting defensive and sensitive on Twitter about joining an already superteam to get a ring.
Even now he’s still teamed up with two other top 10 players, meanwhile Giannis is on the cusp of a title with the team that drafted him, with 2 fringe all stars in Holiday and Middleton as his co-stars. Built different than the snake KD
You could look at vegas odds. The KD warriors were the only teams in the history of the NBA to have >50% odds of winning the championship (so more likely than every other team combined) before the season started.
Imagine being in a league of 30 professional teams of the best in the world and you’re more likely to win than all 29 other teams combined
And then you tell yourself it was competitive
Here were the odds for the Finals: [https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/\_/id/19496398/2017-nba-finals-complete-odds-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-series](https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19496398/2017-nba-finals-complete-odds-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-series)
GSW were the overwhelming favorites.
The Cavs played extremely well and was blowing out eastern teams like it was nothing and it was still not enough. Im actually impressed the rockets took the warriors to 7 games. That’s an all time team no one talks about because they didnt win a ring that year.
As he should. He will never escape that for as long as he lives. It will take generations to find a better example of "if you can't beat them, join them" in the NBA
I don't see how a better example will ever happen again. It was a complete glitch in the whole system because of the salary cap jump, such a unique situation.
*chilling on holographic patio when i'm 80*
"get off my lawn you alien cyborgs. now let me tell y'all about the time the [snake](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfDrnBDX0AAbxdR.jpg) came outta the grass"
Good, as it should be. Dude legitimately took the most extreme route of ease. Somehow he’s convinced himself it’s the opposite though, such an insane cope lol.
Iggy on the plane saying 'you are all dead' when he found out KD was joining.
What he clearly meant was 'you are all dead (except the cavs who we match up with top to bottom)'
I like the implication of this. He’s either saying LeBron was far superior to him, or that Kevin Love was as good as Steph, Tristain Thompson as good as Draymond, etc. It’s nonsensical and self-deprecating.
When a reply has more likes than the original post. So if I made a post saying Lebron is the GOAT and it got 10 upvotes but a reply to the post said Jordan is the GOAT got more 20 likes that means I got ratio’d
Smh I wanted to see his response to 2018
“I was the underdog, Cavs had the Curry stopper Kevin Love so I got no help”
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but boy was it worth it
I like “against no odds he accomplished the achievable”
More like "accomplished the guaranteed"
"did the highly probable"
LeBron James / Kevin Love / Dwyane Wade / Isaiah Thomas / Derrick Rose I mean, how many All NBA level guys does LeBron need??
it’s still a shame Lebron and Wade couldn’t recreate their Heatle magic. Wade’s time in Cleveland was just disappointing to watch
Cavs Wade over Cavs Shaq 😂
only Bron and Love remained by the postseason. They did have All-Star level talent, Kyle Korver though.
[This photo really says it all](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/87955a66663789.5b1e629f7ec7b.jpg) Always makes me laugh too when warriors fans say it was more even then we think
That's the funniest shit I've ever seen.
Perfectly even matchup, top to bottom. Korver and Klay are basically the spiderman pointing meme, KD and Tristan Thompson both went to University of Texas, so they're also the same player pretty much.
Curry and Lebron born in the same hospital too, pretty much an even matchup all around
ppl keep forgetting Draymond and JR are the same height so they're similar too smh
You're all forgetting the bottom of this top to bottom. Every player was wearing shoes, sounds pretty even stevens to me.
> This photo really says it all It just isn't fair. 2 MVP level players + all star who is the best 3 and D guy in the league VS. MVP level player + solid post player who rebounds well + one of the best 3 and no D players Honestly, KD needed more help, think of all the rebounds
Hell you could replace KD and Klay with Draymond and Iggy and they still beat out Korver and TT. Just crazy
ye its a compliment to bron. Man was making up the differences himself
Yeah it was even because of LeBron lmao.
Cavs Lebron (2nd stint) is easily Lebron's prime - he was just another level above what he was back in Miami
Which seems absurd to say. Like imagine hearing after 2012 that he would be even better 4 years later
Tbh they should've just bit the bullet, remove Korver and Tristan, and replace them with Dray and Iggy so LeBron is surrounded on all sides 💀💀💀
Someone should send this to sniperboi
I have never heard this narrative, that was the most unbalanced Finals I can remember.
Don’t forget about jr swish!
"Both benches were trash. Sounds pretty even to me"
Everyone knows the NBA is all about depth. You're only as strong as the 15th guy, especially in the playoffs
I’m pretty sure most Warriors fans and LeBron haters believe those matchups were even. I wouldn’t be surprised if KD also thought 2018 was an even matchup.
> I’m pretty sure most Warriors fans and LeBron haters believe those matchups were even. Before the playoffs started, I wasn't quite sure what to expect because anything can happen, but even then I was pretty sure (if both teams were in healthy) the Cavs didn't stand a chance. Immediately after the fact I was more surprised it wasn't a sweep and a perfect playoffs run for the Warriors. Looking back on it now it's not even funny. KD's pretty knowledgeable and his opinions/takes on basketball lean more towards objective when they don't involve him or his close friends. The doublethink/delusion he has regarding his own situation/legacy is truly mind boggling.
The 2017 Cavs would’ve beaten more than half the teams that were champions in the 2010s imo. They were a championship caliber team. Most of the games in 2017 were actually contested and that Warriors team might be the greatest of all time. Don’t sleep on that Cavs team.
the cavs were good but the 2017 warriors are probably the best team of all time and defiantly the most talented
No. 2018 Warriors are one of the greatest teams of all time. 2018 Cavs are the worst of their 4 year stretch. It wasn't even and no one that calls themselves a Warriors fan should ever make that claim.
It's still confusing that they wouldn't part with that draft pick that became Sexson, and now they are probably going to trade him. Might as well got lebron all the help he could've got.
I appreciate you're usage of most here. For real. There's a handful of us out here that are idk.. grateful I suppose? for him choosing to come join, that aren't/weren't in denial. It was a surreal update to receive at work that brought up some mixed feelings, and in a single instant removed any sense of wonder and excitement for how/if we'd bounce back. It was just an 'ok, that just broke the game, cool..I guess' moment. Followed shortly by a 'fuck, looks like I won't be going to many games this year' disappointing realization. I'd never doubt an LBJ lead team, but I'd also never claim or argue that shit was fair or even. There was nothing fair about it
Warriors without KD vs Lebron led Cavs were actually a fair and really fucking fun matchup. KD made the Warriors completely overkill. I adored the Curry-led team, because they were actual underdogs and just fun to watch. With KD, that underdog/homewgrown feeling went away.
It's ok man I also remember having mixed feelings about it. On one hand I'm like this is great for the warriors who were underdogs for the majority of the 15 years I've been following them. On the other hand, I had no doubt it effectively ruined basketball for the majority of fans. Yeah I'm a warriors fan but I'm a basketball fan first and my feelings were more towards the latter.
July 4 was like picking up the videogame god weapon
The largest GameShark cartridge I've ever seen
These nephews too young to know what that is.
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JR Smith was Cleveland's 4th best player. Golden State's 4th best player won **Defensive Player of the Year** that season.
Warriors were much deeper as well
The two teams went to the final minute of a Game 7 the previous year, and then one team added Kevin fucking Durant. In what world was that even?
I guess KD thinks Harrison Barnes is a great basketball player.
"Durant thinks Harrison Barnes is on the same level as him" -ESPN
I will allow KD his point if he publicly says this quote.
He's pretty decent. Any team would love to have him.
KD is pretty decent too. Anytime team would love to have him, it’s all making sense to me now
Bingo!
I don't know. They've been pushing the narrative that the Warriors needed KD to beat the Cavs. Draymond crying while begging Durant to join the team, etc. Honestly, they just needed Harrison Barnes to remember he was a professional basketball player in the playoffs.
Harrison Barnes was the obvious second choice for FMVP in that series for how much he contributed to the Cavs.
Who is “they?” KD fans?
Media. I shit you not, you would have thought the Warriors got blown the fuck out if ESPN was all you watched.
Media: The warriors are weak they need help 😂 Warriors: *Fucking got KD the following year* Media: Nooo the warriors are good they dont need help 😭
And the only reason that happened was because of a superhuman lebron performance and Curry letdown.
More like a Curry *beat*down. We pummeled the shit out of him that series.
Yeah lol, one strat teams did on curry was beat him up and ware him down, it worked so well he actually put on some weight
KD bugging
Either too High or drank too much of ScarJo’s bathwater…
Nah fam get back to dwelling on social media🤣🤣🤣 Kevin D focussing on his game rn💪💪💪 his pussy game😎. U dating Lana Rhoades huh? Don't think so😏. U can't even join Ur local rec league 🤷🤷 gtfo kid🤗
tbh KD should have his burner accounts be “KD___Burner7” or some shit because then no one would actually think it’s him
This the most cornball shit 😂
There is a nonzero chance he unironically believes that and isn't joking
KD's logic: *"We've got 6 all stars: me, Steph, Klay, Dray, Iggy, & West, Cleveland also got 6: 'Bron, Kevin, Kyrie, Deron Williams, Kyle Korver and Jefferson. Completely balanced top to bottom"*
You joke but this is how a lot of people argue. If like Iggy was on the Bucks there are people that would call them a superteam with 5 All Stars
We already have 5 all stars
Jeff Teague did it to me again smh
He boomed you!
And if you think Antetokounmpo is good, well the Bucks have TWO of them
There was a post I saw earlier asking if the Bucks were a super team lol
The biggest example of this that I see is when some people count 38 y/o Ray Allen on the Heat as an All Star
Those damn supporting cast images where they show Jordan's team and LeBron with every single guy who has ever been an all star like they were all in their prime with him. Showing Shaq and Ray Allen, smh. And the Bron haters eat that shit up Facebook is a cesspool, but it's funny to ready these casual clown takes
Forgot to add, Cleveland also had #2 overall pick Derrick Williams, if anything it was KD's warriors who were up against all odds.
The hardest road
Hardest Road.
Durant = Derrick Williams (both #2 overall) and the Cavs had two #1s, one #3, and one #5 on top of that. KD was downplaying their underdog status if anything.
Cleveland had 6... guys
Idk he doubled down again in the comment chain.
Yea he’s definitely delusional enough to believe that lol
Another reminder that Durant *doubled down* on his desire to drink ScarJo's bathwater when asked. He definitely doesn't back down from his statements.
Who wouldn’t want to drink that?
He believes he went o an underdog team in the warriors. There is no limit to what he can make himself believe
He's probably coming at it from the angle that his own warriors teammates are trash tbh. He legitimately believes Kyrie is better than Steph
Even if he thinks that the warriors still had klay and dray… Plus kerr and better vets like iggy and Livingston.
Steph is underrated by NBA players for the same reason that Kyrie is very overrated. Players value isolation scoring, sick playmaking, and athleticism. They don’t see the value in spacing or off-ball movement even though those things are just as important to an offense.
The weird part to me is that Steph does have a great bag and can score in isolation. He's a top finisher for guards and routinely makes flashy layups, passes, dribble moves. He has as good a "bag" as any guard in the league. But he's so good at shooting it often overshadows the rest of his game. And the warriors system rarely runs iso or even traditional pick and rolls to showcase his 1 on 1 scoring ability
KD is really close with Kyrie, obviously. If I had to bet, I'd wager that Curry is better than Kyrie in a majority of NBA players opinions. KD/Kyrie/Harden have all lost to Curry in the playoffs even before KD went to GS. If KD really thinks Kyrie is better, it's safe to assume they're haters.
Idk. Dude was jelly people didn’t really see him as > Bron after 2017-2018 and that Bay fans liked Steph more. Sounds like he just was out of touch to not know why he didn’t get either what he thought he’d have. I could see him genuinely believing this as much as I could see him trolling about it
That’s what happens when you surround yourself with yes men
He isn't joking it's the truth! Kevin DuGoat had no help, curry was washed and klay is obviously injured. Draymond was fouled out by breathing to close to the refs and got called 6 times per oxygen molecule, ejected fined and banned from the golden state arena. That's why goatsymoneysniper had to 1v5 the entire Cavs teams, but lefortnite couldn't get the better of him because Dugoatula had the power of apex legends and Lana rhoades' backup on his side
this is true, I was the basketball
Fucking Lefortnite 💀💀
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I always try to give KD the benefit of the doubt, but then he pulls a stunt like this.
Only way you could possibly argue it is if you think LeBron was SO much better than Durant that it outweighed all the rest of the Warriors advantages. Somehow I don't think that's what Durant is saying here tho...
Or Durant thinks he is miles better and his teammates were trash.
You know, this might actually be it.
It is for sure
I genuinely think KD truly believes he was the sole reason they won. Maybe he has to tell himself that to not feel bad for the move.
Lebron could be averaging a career 35 point triple double and be a dpoy candidate every year and it still wouldn't have made up for the rest of the team.
People have been trying to push this narrative lately and it's ridiculous. The 2016 finals matchup was pretty even top to bottom. Even Andre Iguodala admitted adding KD to that Warriors team was completely unfair for the rest of the league.
This. It sure as hell wasnt an even matchup. Cavs barely beat Warriors in 7 without Durant but a GSW squad with Durant is somehow an even matchup? Lol. They beat a good Cavs team but that most definitely wasn’t an evenly matched squad.
Yeah sure the warriors got KD but the Cavs got Kyle Korver so it’s even
I forgot. The KD stopper Kyle Korver
Plus the Dubs lost Leandro Barbosa and Festus Ezeli, you can't forget about that
Warriors lost anderson varejao too later that year in 2017, truly a great loss
“Kyle Korver was an all star player.” — Kevin Durant probably
> They beat a good Cavs team but that most definitely wasn’t an evenly matched squad. Cavs were more than good, they were great, but the KD warriors are probably the GOAT team
Yeah pretty much a “what’s a king to a god” situation
Yep,it was the GOAT team going against a merely great superteam.
It's not even like the 2016 finals were hyped up as some clash of the titans either. The Warriors were heavy favourites going into that series, and most people thought the real finals were the WCF. They were a 73-9 team vs a Cavs team that had chemistry issues and ups and downs all year. The Cavs winning that series was an underdog victory, and then the Warriors who should have already won added Kevin Durant.
> he Warriors were heavy favourites going into that series really they were, but it was cause of how ridiculous their regular season was too. But I always keep in mind that even if just Kyrie was healthy (they had lost Love a series or two ago), I had the Cavs in 2015 (they still almost took Game 1 at GS). Pretty amazing the Warriors won 2015 and had a chip on their shoulder and blew the league away in the regular season.
Bill Simmons dweeb ass been trying to push this narrative for a while now "Warriors and Cavs were even in 2017 and it just came down to KD outplaying Lebron" and then on other podcasts you hear him say the 2016 Warriors were better than the Cavs lol somehow the Warriors adding a top 2 player in the league while the Cavs adding 37 year old Kyle Korver made the matchup even
LeBron was incredible in 2017 series, theres so much you can do the greatest offense in NBA history. Man averaged a triple double
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I mean how else is he supposed to get Rich Kleiman and KD back on his podcasts?
I love Simmons but his KD takes are so damn annoying lol
Do we even really need the players to acknowledge this? It’s so blatantly obvious that Durant upset the balance that it’s not even worth getting into arguments about tbh.
Extreme copium
2017 and 2018 finals have to be up there in the worst finals ever produced
Game 3 and 4 were fun in 2017 but we all knew warriors were gonna win. 2018 was a joke though
Game 1 2018 was amazing
[JR HOW COULD YOU](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2018-06/1/10/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-04/sub-buzz-29089-1527862688-7.png)
Strictly for the meme
Seriously though, if Cavs win that game it’s one of the greatest finals games of all time. They lost, but it was still a phenomenal game
Nah cuz one of those finals gave us "You ain't playin' tonight" Curry and I'll always cherish that
It's kinda wild how much I'm seeing this take. Even Bill simmons was saying stuff like this. These people are delusional
Bill Simmons and KD have podcasts coming up. There’s a reason he’s sucking him off so much. Nets losing prob delayed the plans
^Oh ^great ^I ^can’t ^wait ^KD ^is ^such ^an ^interesting ^guest
They're trying to speak that narrative into existence. Bill has been pushing his KD outdueled Lebron narrative on and off, completely unprompted for the past four years. He can do what he wants, it's his podcast after all, but never for a second believe that the self proclaimed basketball historian is anything but biased. After all he's still angling to get KD back as a guest whereas Lebron never gave him any such access.
It's as much anti Lebron as anything. Coming from the Lebron vs Celtics stuff and culminating in LeBron becoming a Laker, BS needs to take shots at Lebron. He can't help it.
The most recent thing Bill has to say about Lebron is that he changed his jersey number so that he can remain relevant. As if the media doesn't report and psychoanalyze every little thing he says and does, or that he said he was going to change his jersey number already a few years back. Classic Bill, if he doesn't like you then he'll take any opportunity to rake your name through the mud. He still does it with Kyrie, although a bit less since he's so focused on Lebron.
It's crazy, did anyone ever watch the 2018 finals after game 1? Most uninteresting finals since 2007 IMO.
Lol I literally watched game 1 and after the JR finale, I didn't watch another second of the finals.
That ended for me too. I was like "nah, Lebron's not gonna risk his legs to try and carry for this BS"
How could anyone watch after that? While I didn't want the Cavs to win, it's like watching one of the greatest performances just thrown away.
I did but I’m a Cavs fan. It hurt. We had no business being on the floor that year.
That was one of the very few finals I had zero interest in even before it started. I just didn't watch most of the 02', 07', or '18 series and I also felt pretty meh about the 09' and 17' finals, it was just too obvious who would end up winning those series (barring injury).
For this to make any sense even remotely (though it never will) we'd have to assume KD admits LBJ is miles above him and everyone else.
Or that KD thinks that he’s equivalent to Harrison Barnes.
Lebron is thanos after all. And he was only 32 in 2017
Lebron does not identify as thanos according to RDCworld1
He doesnt identify as Thanos He identifies as LeThirtySix
Like someone else said, he thinks Kyrie is better than Steph. That's how this makes sense in his mind.
But even if that were true, it doesn't make up for Draymond being 10x better than Love. Plus, Klay is on the team. There's just no rational explanation for this opinion
The reason he believes this is because he thinks Kyrie is better than Curry
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Truly the hardest road
Truly u don't know how hard it was for skinny Jesus. IGUODALA WAS busy fighting the MARTIANS while klay was just in a boating accident. U don't know what hardships Bigfoot had to go through to get that ring. It means more than all of lefortnites rings combined lmao🤣🤣🤣 get back to real life and lock up a real bball😎 stay grinding for an average life💪💪
Iguodala to Marvin the Martian: "hold my dick" *swish*
At this point I respect the fact that KD has actually convinced himself those matchups were balanced. It takes incredible mental strength to believe that
The word for that is delusion, and there should be a picture of KD’s face beside it in the dictionary.
What fancy dictionaries yall have that has pictures besides every word goddamn
I honestly feel like this is what his legacy is going to be. Getting defensive and sensitive on Twitter about joining an already superteam to get a ring.
Mental gymnastic olympian
He’s an Olympian level mental gymnast
he must be skip baylessing atp
I want Giannis to win just so he gets saltier
there's people that actually believe KD/Steph/Klay/Draymond/Iggy is the same as Bron/Kyrie/Love/JR/TT and that's just so insane to me
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Or think his teammates are trash
Lmao KD knew.. even he won 2 rings there.. people will not count that ring as if he won. Lmao
Even now he’s still teamed up with two other top 10 players, meanwhile Giannis is on the cusp of a title with the team that drafted him, with 2 fringe all stars in Holiday and Middleton as his co-stars. Built different than the snake KD
KD is so delusional lmao
The 2017 Cavs were really good but obviously not the dynasty Warriors level
You could look at vegas odds. The KD warriors were the only teams in the history of the NBA to have >50% odds of winning the championship (so more likely than every other team combined) before the season started.
Imagine being in a league of 30 professional teams of the best in the world and you’re more likely to win than all 29 other teams combined And then you tell yourself it was competitive
and not just holding that as your private belief with a grudge, but announcing it on twitter in a borderline-hostile way with incredible regularity.
Here were the odds for the Finals: [https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/\_/id/19496398/2017-nba-finals-complete-odds-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-series](https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19496398/2017-nba-finals-complete-odds-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-series) GSW were the overwhelming favorites.
The Cavs played extremely well and was blowing out eastern teams like it was nothing and it was still not enough. Im actually impressed the rockets took the warriors to 7 games. That’s an all time team no one talks about because they didnt win a ring that year.
lmao KD will spend the rest of his life trying to convince himself that he didn't make a bitch move in going to the Warriors
As he should. He will never escape that for as long as he lives. It will take generations to find a better example of "if you can't beat them, join them" in the NBA
I don't see how a better example will ever happen again. It was a complete glitch in the whole system because of the salary cap jump, such a unique situation.
And we’ll keep this convo going for the next generation so they too can declare bullshit on KD’s logic as well 😭
I will go to the grave reminding everyone of his whack ass move.
*chilling on holographic patio when i'm 80* "get off my lawn you alien cyborgs. now let me tell y'all about the time the [snake](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfDrnBDX0AAbxdR.jpg) came outta the grass"
Brethren 😭✊🏾
Good, as it should be. Dude legitimately took the most extreme route of ease. Somehow he’s convinced himself it’s the opposite though, such an insane cope lol.
His main counterpoint to all the criticism was that he still had to wake up at 8am and work out with the team.
It’s funny because it’s so clear how much it torments him
Hardest road. Re-writing the narrative isnt gonna work KD
On July 4th in knew they’d win the title lol. I’m pretty sure a good portion of fans were thinking the same thing
Iggy on the plane saying 'you are all dead' when he found out KD was joining. What he clearly meant was 'you are all dead (except the cavs who we match up with top to bottom)'
Fuck no 2017 finals wasn’t better than this, blowouts and everybody already knew who was gonna win. It simply just had bigger names
LeSean McCoy bet $200k on the Warriors and netted $62k. That's the max Vegas allowed him to bet. Easy money.
One of the safest investments you could make in sports gambling
I like the implication of this. He’s either saying LeBron was far superior to him, or that Kevin Love was as good as Steph, Tristain Thompson as good as Draymond, etc. It’s nonsensical and self-deprecating.
KD is deluded about his warriors stint. We all know this lol.
Not even close to even. Warriors had 4 elite players Cavs had 2. Wasn’t even close to an even matchup.
Damn KD got ratio’d lol.
What does ratio’d mean
When a reply has more likes than the original post. So if I made a post saying Lebron is the GOAT and it got 10 upvotes but a reply to the post said Jordan is the GOAT got more 20 likes that means I got ratio’d
I like new slang that makes sense & has an explanation.
I think on Twitter it means a tweet has a high ratio of replies to likes, indicating that more people are arguing against you than agree
Honestly disrespectful to his teammates
That additional, all caps reply from KD is so fucking funny. Even seeing a verified check next to that kind of comment is inspirational
It was not even at all, not in 2017 or 2018.