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The narrative surrounding Stephs 2015 NBA Finals is crazy.
Guy finished that series with 26-6-5 on 44-39-89 and the last three games he averaged 24-5-6 on almost 50-40-90.
He was balling that series.
Just like we argue with Russ's triple double, it's just stats. Watching a lot of those games. He gets a bulk of those points when they're front running and in no threat of losing. But when it's crunch time that guy is absolutely nowhere to be found. Unlike the playoffs and regular season where he flat out destroys teams in crunch time.
It diminished Kobe because people kept trying to argue that he was equally as good/important as Shaq.Does it diminish Steph as a player like it did Bean if in 2 of his 3 titles he doesn't get FMVP?
Live footage of him being hospitalizeddelly was hospitalized at some point during that finals
healthy delly still got steph shook
I could see this or some weird three team trade that has Blake end up on the Thunder.Blake for Melo sign and trade.
It diminished Kobe because people kept trying to argue that he was equally as good/important as Shaq.
Steph 2015 Finals has been explained and no one thinks he's better than Kevin Durant. This has been Durants team since he got there.
delly was hospitalized at some point during that finals
healthy delly still got steph shook
Live footage of him being hospitalized
Everyone getting exposed in these playoffs.
LMA is a bum.
CP3 letting Joe Johnson and Rodney Hood do them in.
IT isn't better then advanced age Rondo.
Jimmy Butler isn't a star.
Spurs outside of Kawhi (real MVP) are trash.
PG13 isn't a clutch guy.
Brad Beal stinking up the playoffs building houses.
Any coach can win with the Warriors.
Blake is damaged goods.
Lowry is playoff trash.
Russ is the empty stat God.
Milsap is a baby of cry.
Again...depends on what lens you want to view it through.It diminished Kobe because people kept trying to argue that he was equally as good/important as Shaq.
Steph 2015 Finals has been explained and no one thinks he's better than Kevin Durant. This has been Durants team since he got there.
EXACTLY.
Again...depends on what lens you want to view it through.
If you're still stuck on individuality and the idea of "being the man"...then you think it's "KD's Team".
Same thing happened when KD went down and Steph started going off and a bunch of people start saying "It's Steph's team".
Good thing it seems like THEY don't feed into any of that nonsense. The beauty of watching them play is that everything is extremely unselfish. Nobody's worried about "who's who". The ball moves...everybody eats.
Oh yeah I agree man, but you know a narrative has to be created for everything and that's exactly what is going to happen.It diminished Kobe because people kept trying to argue that he was equally as good/important as Shaq.
Steph 2015 Finals has been explained and no one thinks he's better than Kevin Durant. This has been Durants team since he got there.
Again...depends on what lens you want to view it through.
If you're still stuck on individuality and the idea of "being the man"...then you think it's "KD's Team".
Same thing happened when KD went down and Steph started going off and a bunch of people start saying "It's Steph's team".
Good thing it seems like THEY don't feed into any of that nonsense. The beauty of watching them play is that everything is extremely unselfish. Nobody's worried about "who's who". The ball moves...everybody eats.
Been trying to tell you for years man. Dude is trash.Another issue is the defense from the bigs and for this I was victim of the regular season. Gasol and Lee look helpless out there, especially my guy David Lee. It's Knicks Lee all over again.
Again...depends on what lens you want to view it through.
If you're still stuck on individuality and the idea of "being the man"...then you think it's "KD's Team".
Same thing happened when KD went down and Steph started going off and a bunch of people start saying "It's Steph's team".
Good thing it seems like THEY don't feed into any of that nonsense. The beauty of watching them play is that everything is extremely unselfish. Nobody's worried about "who's who". The ball moves...everybody eats.
The contradiction in how we view the game is really amazing when you think about it
EXACTLY.
It's sad that some believe 1 on 5 represents some type of elevated basketball. The reason Tim Duncan remains eternally underrated. I am not a hater of Kobe or Iverson, but its the reason they remain a little overrated, too.
It diminished Kobe because people kept trying to argue that he was equally as good/important as Shaq.Does it diminish Steph as a player like it did Bean if in 2 of his 3 titles he doesn't get FMVP?
Steph 2015 Finals has been explained and no one thinks he's better than Kevin Durant. This has been Durants team since he got there.
it's crazy because a similar narrative exists that KD was trash in the 2012 finals
There's this vicious cycle of certain players (Carmelo is the poster child) who play just well enough to inflate their own numbers while having a negative impact on the players around them. Which leads to excuses for them continuing to play this way. And some fans will always look to elevate this style above all else while denigrating the guys whose play actually improves their teammates.
The contradiction in how we view the game is really amazing when you think about it
We yell "_______ needs more help" when they put up amazing numbers and have to carry the load.
Then we ***** about competitive balance or say "but he has all stars on his team" to knock someone.
Fans don't know what the hell they want.
I just want to know in what league are Steph's finals numbers "average" or "trash".