Was listening to Sam Anderson and Zach Lowe talk about how we’ve never seen KD — easily one of the most talented players ever — have to really enter the Avatar State in his career. He’s never had to go full Harden, touch-the-ball every possession.
We might be about to, though.
We might be about to, though.
My next door neighbor is a DC dude who played professionally overseas. We were having this long convo the other day about how hard it is to place KD (who he coached against in AAU).
He might be the most complete player ever, but no one considers him the greatest. It’s weird.
He might be the most complete player ever, but no one considers him the greatest. It’s weird.
He’s never had to be, like, full tilt every night except for one stretch when Russ was out.
we’ve seen Bron have to do it and Steph have to do it and Harden have to do it. It’s not ideal — it usually means something has gone wrong — but KD hasnt.
we’ve seen Bron have to do it and Steph have to do it and Harden have to do it. It’s not ideal — it usually means something has gone wrong — but KD hasnt.
But he’d probably be better than all of them at it? He’s not the passer that any of them are, but he’s a more dynamic scorer than they are (which is saying a LOT).
He’d have to throttle down on defense, too
But what would that top end look like?
He’d have to throttle down on defense, too
But what would that top end look like?
Remember that Dirk MVP year when the Thunder and Mavs faced each other and Dirk and KD just didnt miss for a whole game?
Like, he can do that anytime he wants, and he’s better/smarter now.
Like, he can do that anytime he wants, and he’s better/smarter now.
That wasn’t the Dirk MVP year — That was the year the Mavs won it all, when Dirk just went supernova for two months.
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