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Nash was garbage his first four years. He put up better scoring numbers his last few seasons in Dallas, but he became a dominant point guard his second stint in Phoenix under Dantoni.

Exactly. He had the green light and put up big numbers with inefficient shooting on a bad team. Curry would be a lot better than that, but he would not be the Curry we saw at his peak. Curry could have been a great college player that didn’t live up to his potential, but he was drafted into a...

Agree to disagree.

The percentages. It’s the NBA Finals. The other teams star player averages 28 pts and 9 ast for the playoffs on 51% fg and 45 % 3pt fg. You hold him to 23 pts and 7 ast on 45% fg and 39% 3 pt. A good game and he got his, but not his typical dominating numbers. That is a very good defensive...

Why the confusion? Slowing a guy down isn’t the same as locking a guy down. Slowing him down is making him work hard for his numbers and holding him to at least a little below his general percentages. Lock down is when the defender takes his man out of the game and holds him way under...

I said for a series. Superstar players get theirs regardless. Titles are determined by whose role players play the best and which superstar goes more apeshyt. Curry would be one of, if not the best, scoring point guard in the league in the 90s or any other era. But he can be had in a Finals...

Steph can be slown down like anybody else. Not him, Jordan, Durant or anyone else scores 50 a night. Y’all act like he gonna play his best basketball EVERY night. When you challenge the Warriors at the rim, protect the ball on offense, and get back on defense, they come back down to earth and...

Nobody “locks down” superstar players as a general rule. The goal is always to make them earn everything, make them less efficient, and keep them from going ape **** crazy on you. That happens to Durant all the time, and to think Scottie doesn’t fit the description of a defender that could do...

As we have written before, he is not the most explosive athlete, but he shows the quickness, first step, and body control to suggest that he can play a variety of positions and roles at the next level. - Source: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Spencer-Dinwiddie-41168/ ©DraftExpress This is...

A lot of guys that are combine freaks/ athletes don’t look explosive in the game except in rare flashes under perfect conditions because they don’t have the court awareness and technical skill to make that athleticism turn into basketball plays. It’s always been like that and applyies to other...

EXACTLY DMoney lol.

Spencer Dinwittie doesn’t Look athletic because of his style of play. It doesn’t matter if you got a 40” when you are not that fast and don’t show out in transition. He can jump but he isn’t that explosive on the floor with his running to really showcase it. So he doesn’t fly down the court...

Durant beat a younger, still growing Kawhi who grew to lead the aging Spurs to a title over the Heat. Kawhi is the better player now. The only thing being underestimated is the championship tenacity of the Bulls. Anybody thinking Durant would work Pip for career numbers over a seven game series...

Didn’t Kawhi beat the Warriors in the Finals? Pippin doesn’t have to carry the Bulls scoring offense like Kawhi does either. Like I said, he would bother KD and dampen his percentages.

Running doesn’t just happen.It’s the result of long rebounds and turnovers, things the Bulls didn’t give up. Pippin would be the toughest matchup of Durant’s career. His percentages would be below his average most games. Iggy and Kukoc are a wash off the bench. Livingston is decent, but he...

You forget Ron Harper existed? I would take Golden State against the first three peat Bulls because of the defensive mismatch at point guard for the Bulls. But the rules MATTER ALOT. With defensive 3 seconds, when Curry drives, bigs have to chase him to the rim. Without it, Curry has a 7...

Durant eats in any era. He would be the same guy, the good and the bad. He never wins a championship as the main guy with one other star player. Put his scoring on the Knicks, Pacers, or Jazz, and those series get a lot more difficult for th Bulls. I still wouldn’t bet against Jorda n though...

It didn’t help MAR playing for Denver. They were never on tv. He put up monster numbers but I didn’t realize how raw he was until I went back and saw his highlights. Timmy Hardaway and Hot Rod would be murder in the wide open offenses of today. They were lightening with the crossover...

I don’t see Steph going crazy with Harper and Jordan switching on him all night with the first unit. They would wear him down and cause to have a “down” series. Pippen would be one of if not the single best defender Durant has ever faced. The Bulls wouldn’t be constantly lobbing up and missing...

I was referring to defense with Kyrie and JR. We all know Kyrie is a beast scorer. If he could pass at that level, Cleveland would have competed better in the series they lost to the Warriors. The Warriors would have to rely on their bench to have a shot to beat the Bulls. The Bulls tenacity...