11-17-2020, 04:46 AM
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MVP
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Re: Harden wants to break 2k.
In some ways (haha and this is starting to seem like when I posted on 'real basketball' forums), I appreciate that players have more power, but it's sad that this super team thing is happening. It leaves so many franchises and players in really bad situations.
If you count old Boston as a super team, that's one (I personally don't, that was a bit different), but it seems like the only people who it worked for were 1. Bron. and 2. GSW, but again GSW was just like woo we got cap space let's add KD! It's a no brainer. A guy like KD can fit on any team.
WB and Harden/Kyrie and Harden both are weird fits cuz everyone wants to hold the ball now.
It is a painful realization... and it probably was a painful realization for like... Patrick Ewing, Stockton/Malone... that we're not gonna get a ring. Is Houston not good enough to compete? If they aren't it's because they blew it with bad management decisions. What happened to Capela(Sp?), they should have kept him. Not everyone needs to be a 3 point threat, you can't start a 6'6 guy at center and think that you are gonna win a ring. I don't think even pre-KD GSW went that far.
Dudes need to stick it out. Houston is Harden's team. Injuries happen, you just gotta build your team and hope for the best if you don't have a player like MJ or Bron or Steph when he was in god mode. Good role players are extremely important, too. There are diminishing returns for stars.
I think the new 'two star per team' superteam works out. Sucks for the league that AD and Bron are on the same team, but that team is beatable. Maybe everyone is going crazy because of the bubble, although... as much as I love Russ's mentality, I do think in terms of winning a ring he might be one of the more cancerous players in NBA history haha.
NOBODY THOUGHT HARDEN AND WB WAS GOING TO WORK, esp without a big. It makes more sense to trade Russ for assets tho than ditch him in Houston, or both ditch Houston into a rebuild. That stuff is decreasing the value of the NBA as a whole.
Edit: also HB you dead wrong about KD, he's a killer and is willing to play any role. That's also a kind of leadership. You're forgetting HOW FREAKING GOOD those gsw teams are. There aren't many players in history... maybe like Larry Bird or Magic that you could throw on a team that was stacked + had chemistry and become even better. And it seems like everyone became salty at how well he fit and how he ended up getting the FMVPs. KD is the real deal. Harden probably could be a winner with the right team. WB could probably be a part of a championship team if he toned some stuff down. But I mean if you're gonna go in on Harden you might as well go in on Kyrie who IMO is also a beast and a winner. You don't think Harden could have won a ring w/ Bron? I do. Russ, not so much.
-Smak
Last edited by ILLSmak; 11-17-2020 at 04:52 AM.
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