Reminds me of Fellaini in how annoying he is to play against.
Woohoo!No question.
Where would you rank Kyrie Irving? And he'll only get better too the coming years.Didn't get to see it but not surprised at the result. From the stats I saw it looked like Curry and Durant were the driving forces - not that there is a surprise there. Well done to them for closing it out. And well done to LeBron for being a freak again. It took the 2nd and 3rd best players combining to beat him. Unfortunately we'll probably have the same match-up next season and I think the Warriors will only continue to get better.
feck KD
In terms of top players? Somewhere between 10th-20th probably. There are still a few PGs I'd have ahead of him too: Harden, Westbrook, Curry, Paul and Wall at least anyway.
In this Cavs series it was certainly Durant. In their "fo-fo-fo" run prior to the finals it was probably Steph. That is what is so remarkable about this team, they go with the "hot" hand (no egos involved) and KD was certainly "hot" in these finals.
I view it as KD being a steady 9-9.5/10, while Curry is like an 8.5-9/10. BUT Curry has the ability to just go beserk and play at a level that not even KD can reach. So I would say that KD is the Dubs best player but Curry can be if he plays at his best (which is probably less likely because I think he defers to Durant - which evidently works so kudos to him). Just my view though.In this Cavs series it was certainly Durant. In their "fo-fo-fo" run prior to the finals it was probably Steph. That is what is so remarkable about this team, they go with the "hot" hand (no egos involved) and KD was certainly "hot" in these finals.
Are you watching Russ?
I don't think there is any deferral at all any more. They tried that at the beginning of the season and while not quite being a disaster it really wasn't working well. After the Cleveland loss on Christmas Day, Steph basically decided he was going to just play his game and the rest is "as they say" history. I honestly believe that now they literally do go with just who has the hot hand.I view it as KD being a steady 9-9.5/10, while Curry is like an 8.5-9/10. BUT Curry has the ability to just go beserk and play at a level that not even KD can reach. So I would say that KD is the Dubs best player but Curry can be if he plays at his best (which is probably less likely because I think he defers to Durant - which evidently works so kudos to him). Just my view though.
Russ would have either been brooding or singing along to Pitch Perfect. Incidentally, the Finals MVP, regular season MVP AND runner-up were all on the same team once. Imagine supporting the team that messed that up.
Even if they did screw it up (which they won't) 2 rings from it is still a good effort. Better than one solitary finals appearance.
Appreciate it. Was very nervous for game 5. Even though we have no NBA till October, I'm relieved it's over.
Even Durant admitted such. There just isn't a strategy to defend against great players, sometimes you just need to let them play.
Without getting into the team chemistry stuff, Clay Bennett is the person to blame for Harden being let go. He didn't want to pay the luxury tax. Bad timing with cap spikes, rule changes and injuries also went against that Thunder team (and coincidentally benefited the Warriors).
There a quite a few players on that Cavs team that need to go like Williams and Jefferson. They provide nothing offensively when the team needs them.
