Did Kevin Durant's 3-Pointer Prove He Passed LeBron James As The Best? | First Take | June 8, 2017
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- Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Will Cain debate if Kevin Durant’s 3-pointer in the final moments of the Golden State State Warriors’ Game 3 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals proves he passed LeBron James as the best player in the world.
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Jesus Christ. 2 weeks ago it's "is this the best LeBron James has ever played". Last season it was "Is Steph Curry better than KD and LeBron?".
The media flip flop more than a pancake
Avery Bradley too many facts
i dont think anyone ever said steph curry was a better basketball player than kd or lebron, he might be the greatest shooter ever, but he isnt elite at much else, he is a huge liability on defense, where as kd and lebron cant competantly guard any position very well. Lebron has jumped over ppl twice, has steph curry ever dunked in traffic? lebron took a team with no other allstars to 60 wiins and left and they only won 11, whereas steph would be useless on his own, and if u took him off GS they would still be the best in the league. Lebron adds 40 50 wins to a team, steph must have many many others to help him, in face a team has to be built to cover his glaring weaknesses. i mean he's scrawny and week, soft and mild, and very unathletic, lebron and kd, strong, fast, and most athletic dudes in almmost any sport. who the fuck could think steph is an actual basketball player, he is a great shooter, that is a liability on defense and gets pushed around very easy, in fact he prob wouldnt even be in the league in jordans day or when dell curry played. steph is literally like a girl playing with men, he isnt dunkin on anyone or overwhelming them on defense, he has to be on a team with parts that fit with him, in fact put him in orlando, they still wouldnt make the playoffs, but you put lebron or kd any fuckin where and they win 50 at least. stephanie
Carl French nah for a year curry was considered the best player in the NBA. SAS even said it on first take
Carl French you obviously are salty and you don’t like curry. To say that curry is a women in a man’s league is biased. Even after all that pushing, and shoving, getting knocked down, he still makes the buckets. Curry does so much more for the offense than just score. He creates so much space, not only that, he can play off ball unlike Lebron. Don’t get me wrong, Lebron is the best player, but if they didn’t have KD, and curry is hurt, they are not the same team. You sound so stupid, just because he’s not athletic, he’s not a basketball player? 🤔 Do you know who John Stockton was? Great basketball player, but he doesn’t dunk at all. You can’t use old basketball rules and mix them with today’s style of play for point guards, because there really wasn’t any high flyer pgs back in the day. The best pgs were not dunking on ppl back in the day. And curry can dunk, he just saves his energy for shooting. He’s very underrated at attacking the rim, he’s just as good as Kyrie when attacking the basket. For a player who can’t dunk, he finished 4th in points in the paint last year. Get out your feelings and be realistic. Everybody knows he doesn’t play defense as well, but that’s because his team doesn’t ask him too, the same as the rockets not asking James harden not to play defense, and harden can play defense very well, being so he played good defense in okc. Curry was considered the best player in the league when he won MVP, get ya facts straight
Avery Bradley is
If KD was still on OKC and it was OKC in these finals doing this to LeBron, THEN I would be thinking KD was better.
Jalilm17 maybe but it would still be okc with Westbrook vs the cavs
Ihatefatpeople what you trynna say, Westbrook is the best pg in the league right now
@@waleedelnaim9109 it was a rhetorical question idiot
True
Nonsense! If Lebron was better he would not let him...Being that it's GS, his effort should be doubled! GS does not grant KD magical skills
People acting like kd didn't join a 73-9 team
bronsexuals acting like lebum didnt handpick his super team with the higest payroll in nba history
silver tiger your point is ?
silver tiger everyone knows that dumbass.
Leo a.k.a Forlan I didn't so thank you silver tiger
Lebron's handpicked team is good... when those players decide to show up. But they didn't. Outside of Lebron and Kyrie, everyone else was absent yesterday. Do you realize that Tristan Thompson is being outrebounded by Steph EASILY??
That crowd is soooo quiet, you can just feel all the inner tears they are holding in 😂😂😂
This very stupid question is one of the reasons why I cut my cable and dropped ESPN
D. D. No more college football then
All of the important games I want to see are on ABC or CBS. Dont need cable for that.
KD shoots over Lebron in the final minutes, now KD is the best? GTFOH
durant has been the best since he won mvp
Mitchell Martinsky That's why he lost against Curry last year right?
Cause he dont disappear when his team needs him
SMIRKS like last year? When he Carried the thunder to the finals over golden state ? Oh yeah, that didn't happen
dencoj they didnt win cuz westbrook was a ball hoggin ass
Lebron told Rodney Hood “You go guard KD”
Max Kellerman a real nigga
lil dyce thank u
I think u give Lebron one more year to see if KD has eclipsed him. It's been 3 games and yes their preforming on the highest stage but still. THREE GAMES!!! It's not KD outplaying Bron, it's the Warriors outplaying the CAVS. The CAVS do not match up at all with the Warriors which is why KD is playing this well. All I'm saying is slow do a bit. Lebron is too great to be eclipsed by KD for the position as the best player on the planet. Just disrespectful.
Preach 👆
KD is playing this well because Bron can’t guard KD at all lmaoooo. KD is the only reason this is a damn near sweep 😂
Another thing, he could’ve been doing this with your team but guess who has no shooters, guess who has no floor spacing, guess who’s PG is an out of control maniac. Oh well, you see what a coaching change can do.
Slightly Biased Kevin Durant Fan WTF!!! This got nothin to do with KD leaving OKC. I'm just speaking fax ma boy.
#1 Thunder Fan statistically... this year in the regular season. Durant is the better player.
to make it simple, let lebron and kd switch teams, let's see if Durant can do what lebron is doing for cavs,... yeah kd is the better scorer but lebron is the better all around player!
jason L Looks like someone is smart. The media can't wait to hop on a bandwagon.
no he's not. the only thing lebron is better than kd is passing. durant is a better scorer and defender.
Dzejman KD wouldn't have beaten a 73-9 Warriors team
and how do you know that? can you see into some kind of alternative universe where kd was on cavs 15-16 roster?
Dzejman We know because he DIDNT beat the 73-9 Warriors with a BETTER PG in Westbrook. I don't include Love because he didn't contribute much until Game 7
😴Where was this "greatness" in OKC??
LBJ > Kd
Durant won regular season mvp in okc, what are you talking about
Dumb ass he won 4 scoring titles n mvp tf is u talking about dude
Kingkai Sauce Westbrick.
Or before he left Miami for lebron gay boi
@Snow Wolf Hey, what about OKC vs Warriors in games 5, 6, and 7? How come KD couldn't get the job done in those 3 games and had to choke badly in game 6? Stop with the weed
"durants there when ya need em, lebron is the most valuable player in this series." PERFECT
Soo your telling me if scalebrine comes out of retirement and hits a 3 in the 4th he's better than lebron🤔
wtf are u talkin about
Bob Jones he doesn't have to
Bob Jones he already is what you talking about
Bob Jones he always has been. You must be new to the game 😌
Yes 👍
They are joking right, asking this question?
no man has every carried any team in the history of basketball like lebron has carried the cavs. per 100 positions, the score is 118-117 gsw while lebron is on the floor whilst per 100 positions the score is around 120-75 for gsw when lebron is benched. that's how ridiculous this is. durant has it in easy mode. he has the best shooter in nba history as well as 2 allstars and a perfect bench behind him. ofc he has good individual performances. who you have to worry about for the cavs? kyrie maybe? nothing else there. try double teaming durant and you have 3 excellent shooters who have no range open. he has it in super easy mode. both in terms of his team success and his individual success. switch teams with lebron and lets see if you will make the conference finals.
Deniz Demir Why are you bronsexuals acting like LeBron doesn’t have a superteam of his own?
They're talking about right now buddy
Idk Idk bud, it doesn't matter if LeBron had MJ on his squad, if the players don't produce them they're just bodies bro. It's like having an all time player on ur time that scores 2 points a game. Stop looking at stats and watch the games
Thats what these fucks dont get like just because these niggad are on a team with lebron their made out like elite players who are perennial all stars I mean apart from lebrron noone on the cavs are a perennial all star
allen iverson led a much worse sixers team to the finals and won Game 1 against the Lakers in the finals. that sixers team was much worse the the team lebron had on the cavs when he first made the finals
Whose watching in 2018 when Lebron can shoot
Random Guy jup
Red Skittles I agree as I am a lebron fan also but that heat team had an outstanding floor spacing with people like ray Allen and miller he shot that 40% because he would be left open more but nonetheless it was a great shooting season
Sooo kd joins a 73-9 team... he plays 3 great games he's better then Lebron James? Huh the fuck
The baddest man on The planet AND LBJ is averaging a trip dub
than
Young Sachi Come on?! You do your best to defend Lebron? How can you switch argument so fast? Is it because you can't answer?He told you that KD has had better stats than Lebron for 3 years now.What makes a player better then?! Last year Cavs were way better than OKC, and if Lebron was so great he wouldn't have taken that big fat 3 in his face.The fact is as a GSW fan, I'm way more afraid when Irving has the ball than LBJ, that's a fact: All time Lebron is better than KD but RIGHT NOW KD is the best, take it to the head....And Lebron will never catch Jordan, not even Kobe, he isn't clutch at all
Hes played 3 better games vs Lebron. It was a direct matchup. KD won.
The baddest man on The planet how about the entire season of better stats... the shot in his face is just the cherry on the top.
First Curry was passing LeBron, then it was Kawhi and now it's KD? Swear, how'd they get a job talking about sports?
Remarkable SeiF Exactly
Remarkable SeiF ..KAWHI PASSING LEBRON IS THE ONLY LEGIT
+Ang Kalawang No, LeBron is the best player in the league hands down and it's not even close to whoever is second.
LeBron has become the new standard which people bass their comparisons off thats why lol its a compliment the same time
if you have watched basketball for longer than 5 years you would now this isn't kd first time he is considered to be passing lebron
no disrespect but lebron fanboys are the worst
Na that's them GSW fans all the fuck shit they support
Kyle Lindsay 3-6
snivblackops _ haters are worse at least we’re are being positive supporting someone but you’re being very negative hating on a man loser
Lebron haters are the worst cause y'all come wit any excuse
Not even close to surpassing Lebron. He will get his time, tired of these comparisons already.
@Derek Sangster It's Giannis's time
@Derek Sangster true
LoL Cleveland now have two iconic shots that happened on their home court the mj shot in 1989 and the kd shot in 2017
Greatness shots that crushed their championship dreams
Kyrie g7 shot on steph
Lebron game winning 3 in Chicago 2015 playoffs
Greatness that kd shot wasn't iconic haha. Joining the best team in the NBA for an easy chip isn't iconic, it's pathetic.
you know what else is pathetic? making a superteam in Miami and losing to the Mavs in 6.
Ethan Tenorio that's not pathetic. That means that team was still fair. This golden state team, because of what Durant did, took all competition out of the NBA. That means that ring is undeserved. Which is why he and the warriors are pathetic.
So because of 3 games, apparently Durant is better then LeBron, I'm sleep
ajjurae he's been better this series
There talking about the best in the world lol, Durant is not better than Lebron
ajjurae factssss
ajjurae they are saying KD is the best in the world
And in Game 3 he was BADLY outplayed by Lebron, who went 40-10-8...
Lol everyone saying kyrie is better than curry after his clutch shot in game 7. Now it can't go the other way?
Jacob Garcia I get what your saying but curry played poorly at least compared to his own standards throughout that series, lbj is scoring 30+ and averaging a trip dub
Thomas G "trip dub" is a stat, no one would have been saying anything if he averaged 35 9.9 and 9.9
Jacob Garcia kyrie had a better series than Steph tho so ppl compared them. But that was only cavs fans. No-one actually seriously thought for real that kyrie was better than someone who led his team to 73-9 record. And kd didn't have a better series than LeBron in terms of stats. KD averaged 35ppg that's it. LeBron averaged 32 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists.
Carmelo Anthony Facts
he WILL be he is going MVP mode this 2017-2018 season
As a Warriors fan my whole life I don't care if Durant is better than Lebron. I have the upmost respect for Lebron and what he has done in his career and tis series is far from over. Don't celebrate until we win the fourth game boys.
know what you are they VERY first Warriors fan i have respected and im a Wolves/Nuggets fan XD
I would celebrate if I had KD up 3-0 this isn’t 2016.
I respect you bro. You just spat straight facts.
Bandwagon
BarcaFC39 CHANGE YOUR PROFILE NAME, YOU DISGUST ME
This best player in the world debate is getting too blown out of proportion it's pathetic... This 2017 NBA Finals will go down as the worst NBA Finals series in the history of the NBA... Also this series exhibits how weak the NBA has became competitive-wise...
RaiderSteelerfan factsss
RaiderSteelerfan BIG W
RaiderSteelerfan true
How is it the worst series? Last night's game was actually close, some series have been all blowouts.
ADAJ3 bro a finals series is suppose to be unpredictable , unexpected, your not suppose to expect its gonna be over before it starts
Doesn't matter who his teammates are. KD is having the biggest impact on the outcome of games in this series, where it counts the most. He is clearly proving it on the biggest stage. This is his time.
Offensive Skill: KD
Dominance and Overall Skill: Lebron
Career- wise: Lebron
All i know is that was one of the cold blooded shots in NBA playoff history. That was the defining moment of this year, this series and KD's career.
KD will never pass LeBrons legacy. period. theres no argument, LeBron at 28 already achieved way more than KD
Bleach who averages more career points?
Bleach KD had Westbrook, and how has Draymond Klay and Steph in his corner
Tqe they average the same amount of points over their careers lmaooo
He's better stat wise but KD actually shows up when it matter and LeBron constantly chokes
Nameless Name like that triple-double he had in game 7 last year, right?
wow kd shoots a 3 over an exhausted lebron. Kd had the privilege of sitting on the bench when lebron played over 40 minutes
Aaron Rampersad exactly he was fresh
Boss of Royalty if the cavs come back from 3-0 LeBron is the Goat no doubt
Aaron Rampersad kd played 41 minutes though
Thank you. Someone finally gets it. Lebron is still better people
KD played over 40 minutes tho
"Kevin Durant is 6'11with a 7'6 wingspan who can pull up from 30"
We missed you Stephen A
I just like watching these pros go at it.
so we just gonna act like Kawhi, Giannis & PG arent in the league?
Yo Gotti KOM PG hasn't been good this year
Yo Gotti KOM none of those players are better than kd
Teddy McLovin no hes not😂😂
Teddy McLovin kawhi is not better than kd
Yo Gotti KOM giannis and pg are battling for the most overrated player title
It's Lebron fault for having that bench. He personally pick his bench.
Michael Kirschner exactly lol this guy knows nothing . He’s just following what everybody says
For some reason no one understands this...the only reason they are discussing such an ignorant disrespectful question is to get more viewers of their show and become more popular in the media.
Lebron: 4mvps 3rings 3finales mvp
Durant: 1mvp 1ring 1finales mvp
Have they not seen KD in OKC last yr against the Warriors? 3-1 lead. But he and Russ never trusted their teammates, ended up playing too many minutes and burnt out in the 4th. So they choked, turned the ball over a whole bunch and missed a lot of bad shots. The only difference this year is that KD has more legs in the 4th quarter cus his team's 2nd unit can keep score tight against Cleveland's 1.5 unit.
Okay if that was the case how come no one is saying Kyrie Irving is better than Curry. 2016 NBA Finals Kyrie scored a game winning 3 over Curry in game 7
Logan Erwin Because Curry’s on a higher level than Kyrie.
Idk Idk no not really
YourWelcome 3D yes really
YourWelcome 3D shall I hop on you curry was hurt regardless of if he played this isn’t an excuse but you could see it the handle will always be there but when curry can’t beat people off the dribble something is wrong bcuz nobody can guard him one on one Mcl sprains are not a joke his shot is depending on his legs as well as his quickness curry wasn’t the same period when healthy name a team that coulda beat golden state in the finals Nobody in 2016 bcuz they got owned. 2017 showed that curry was back Kevin Love if he can stay in front of steph you know something wrong bcuz he’s slow footed. 2017 is what 2016 woulda been if everyone was healthy n curry hit that same shot on Kyrie again as revenge people need to stop disrespecting the injury to curry in 2015 love and Kyrie Kyrie woulda made a difference but love not as much he’s not Minnesota love anymore. Curry is better than Kyrie no matter how you put it numbers don’t lie the accolades don’t lie either don’t try to argue with numbers period 2 time mvp scoring champ steals leader 50 40 90 member 400 3s in a season 2 time nba Champ and the first uniamous mvp
CrazyKay Stevenson boy getcho dumbass
this can't be a real debate
lebron is better than durant overall. durant is a better shooter thats all and he is longer and taller than bron
Isaac Stroud the main thing that makes lebron still the best in the nba today. Is that it's his leadership..
Isaac Stroud and he can dribble better and he’s faster.
Not sure at all.
Not true at all
U forgot about handles
KD has been better than that guy PERIOD.
Eric Watler haha youre smoking so strong stuff mate
KD earned this ring based on his level of play in this series and the entire playoffs, hate on him if you want but he's been balling ALL season long.
willemdee he didnt ball out enough to win with OKC. He hd to join another 2x MVP, 2 other all stars, a 73-9 team. Dude is kind of sad if you think about it. 😂
+Ali Kobaissi so LeBron didn't do it?
willemdee fax
KD has balled his whole career.
willemdee agree
There has to be space in the market for a show like this that is actually done with rigor and serious analytics, logic, etc...
The greatest excel in the greatest moments.
Bruh I watched every game over and over this morning along with that last 3 by Durant . Lebron james didn't want no part of Durant in that pull up 3 and throughout the game 1 and 2. Lebron literally looks like he's afraid to guard Durant.
Durant is more versatile and probably a little better than LeBron at offense. That said LeBron is still the better player overall.
A little? No a lot!
@@9durrell9 LeBron has a higher FG% for his career
No
I think for someone to have so many good players on his team who are going to take more chances, giving Durant less time but still be able to average 30 points, that is dope.
The fact that KD is still efficient and closes out the game on the biggest stage against the King says he is in a different stratosphere
Me: one on one with mj throws up shot makes it
Media: Is hE BetTeR ThAn mJ
LeBron James a wild bronsexual appeared! He is better than LeBron buddy no question about it
@@george4281 who is better if you say mj I agree if you say Durant I don't
@@george4281 L
Max needa stop talking about boxing like we give a fuck every 5 minutes
Hell nah this shouldn't be a debate
"Hol on Molly" lol
fuck no. it was one clutch shot on a stacked ass team lebron has made those plays all carrer
Jonathan Berry no. LeBron does not play those plays. fuck out here with your ignorant ass.
cjvvaliente r u dumb ur saying lebron hasnt made clutch plays stfu. u obviously havent watched basketball until recent stupid fuck
cjvvaliente oh how ironic 😂
For real, Lebron has been making those plays his whole career. KD hits one good shot in the fourth quarter and he's "better in high leverage moments".
I've only see LeBron make that kind of play one time in his Finals career. Other than that I'll take Kevin Durant's 1st 2 Finals performance over LeBron's 1st 2.
anyone that thinks KD is even close to LBJ doesn't know basketball
sephron17 he is close but not that close
You right fam
Kd has always been close to lbj tbh
Nah specially right now that team up with a super team
Kd aka the snake you're can't put him on the same sentence as lebron
Exactly KD is way better than Bronny
Thank God for Max
Legendary I seen this live😁
"If lebron was in KD's place he would do the same thing" FALSE he didnt do it when he played vs The Mavs and he had a stacked Roster. FOH Molly
AboutMillions mavs team was no joke
AboutMillions that mavs team swept kobe bryants championship team. Like the other guy said that mavs team is no joke
Mav were a good team though
Just my opinion… LeBron is better than Kevin Durant… Smh sad how people aren't witnessing his greatness because players who have yet to prove anything finally start to show up…
Anytime anyone plays good or has a good run they eclipse LeBron lol…
KD leaving OKC makes that conclusion harder to make because instead of being the guy he wanted to win with a good team where steph is obviously the guy & that keeps him behind LeBron because LeBron is going to go out & keep competing as a leader.
LeBron may not be as good a shooter but he'll go out there & try to uplift his guys & KD doesn't need to do that at GSW, he failed to at OKC people blame Westbrook but if KD wanted to win he would've pulled him aside & inserted himself more…
He couldn't win with OKC because he wouldn't become a better leader…
Great players are great leaders MJ Magic for example were both leaders…
Savanna Henry
So you're trying to say Kd he's a líder?
Nonsense, why LJ joined the Miami Heat?
high leverage moments!?!?! das dat sneaky talk!!! to make it sound less bad
And look at the playoffs this year already hit 2 game winners and a game winning block!
I don't give a damn!! Kevin Durant Is not the best player in the world because he went to the team that beat him. If he was in OKC and beat Golden state and beat cavs then you can make that argument! All I see is a guy who wanted to win the easiest championship ever because he join the 73-9 team!
Yup, he joined the 73 win team that didn't won a ring last year.
clutchbot 02 cuz they choked
clutchbot 02 1 game away from winning. Oh wow the warriors add Kevin Durant they suppose to lose? Lls
Cavs gonna come back from 3-0 deficit. Imma speak it into existence
Shut up your sons are busts
Will waited for his turn to talk and right when he was about to start the video ends lmaooo
"Hold on Molly" lmfaooo
If KD is the best player in the world OKC would have beat the warrior when we were up 3-1 last year. Infact that cupcake aint even the best player on the Warriors.
Russell Westbrook hey Russell if you were the MVP you would've made it past the first round
Russell Westbrook if the Lebron is the best player he would not get swept and is on the urge of being a second time! And if he was the best! Why are we like oh no your giving it to lebron for the last shot lol!!! If we all feel that way there is no way he's the best cuz we question giving him the ball in clutch moments!! Boo yaaaaaa!!!
Chris Robinson tru stuff
He couldn't bcuz he had a fckn idiot like you forcing everything in crunch time instead of passing him 'THE BEST PLAYER ON UR TEAM" the ball so he could've delivered. That's y he left and u are now but hurt. If he's not the best on warriors then why is he brightest star amongst all the stars that are on that team. Y do they differ to him in big shot or game winning shot scenarios? The kid is a SNIPER and the best right now, get over it.
Kemar Thompson preach
Whoever say KD is better must be on drugs.
James, Lebron James he is bih.
James, Lebron James what does LeBron do better lol
Marcus Clarke Everything besides shoot....
Whoever rides Lebron's dick to work is brainwashed by the media. Don't let the media tell you how to think. Watch more games, make your own assessments. Right now, the warriors are the better team and KD is the better player.
ecks8 Warriors are the better team I give you that, but KD isn't even the best player in his conference better yet the world, furthermore everyone that doesn't think KD is better isn't necessarily a Cavs or lebron fan, just something to think about
0:39 - I wonder what Max is thinking this exact moment
how many finals appearance that weren't on GSW?
KD > LEBUM
Victor L for Larriors
Victor L
Victor Kd has to joina 73-9 team he lost to and u think he better 😂😂😂😂
Victor Dumbfuck
Look daddy! I've spotted another Warriors bandwagon named Victor!
Max got owned
Rob Mayher no he owned
Arav Bhatt no you dumbass max is lebron dickrider
SAS: Can the one individual who actually knows basketball interject here?
Max: I already did
🤣🤣
YES
KD "the snake" > Lebron "the bitch"
jutasportsman the bandwagon
now ill say this, Kevin durant is a better scorer by far
Zachie & he play better defense than LeBron don't forget that... LeBron defense is horrible
wrong, scoring is not just shooting my dude, its efficiency, volume and the value of your points relative to the teams sucess because Lebron is damn near 100 percent the cavs offense whereas the fucking warriors can score 130 and kd can be on the becnh in the 4th
I think a big part of the difference between the Warriors and Cavs is Kerr and Brown are coaching circles around Lue.
I like when Will and Max go at it. Good jousting. Stephen A brings the gauntlet.
I Will Take Kevin Durant Over Lebron Any Day 💯
Cap
Using the fact that the Warriors have a more talented team and a better coached team is hypothetical. Hypothetical points are weak. All that matters is in-game performance. In this series LeBron has played as good if not better than KD overall. The biggest reason the Cavs lose is because the rest of the team don't show up BUT that's not the only reason. Another reason that most people seem to be ignoring is that the last 3 games, LeBron has underperformed in the second half of the game. Game 1 and 2, the Cavs were within single digits by the end of the first half. In the first half of games 1 and 2 LeBron has been playing great but in the second half he plays much worse. The difference here is that KD plays great throughout the entire game. Even in game 3, whilst unlike the other games LeBron stayed poised up until the end of the 3rd, he shown again that he can remain constant throughout the game like KD can and hence LeBron had to rely on Kyrie and Korver to close the game whilst KD was just performing great individually and ended up with the game sealing 3.
Now I can accept that the reason it's like this is because LeBron is older and therefore fatigues quicker. Do you really think that's a point in favour though? 😂 That's like saying that MJ is better than LeBron right now but he can't show it because he is older. Just accept that LeBron is older and therefore his time is up and he is now physically compromised to a point where he can't outplay KD. Yall talking as if it isn't possible that a 4 years younger number 2 won't catch up to an ageing number 1.
Emad Talukdar You ever think that because Lebrun has to do more than kd that he gets tired and can't sustain the level of play? Kd is not out performing Lebron, the warriors are all around a much better team than the cavs. And if you think that if the roles were switched, that kd would be able to do what lebron is doing you're insane. Switch the roles and lebron and gs would walk all over kd and the cavs, wouldn't even be close. It's a team sport, lebron can't win by himself against an all-star team. Anyone who thinks kd is better than lebron or even equal is delusional to the fact that he joined a 73-9 team that was considered possibly the best team ever.
Emad Talukdar how is it hypothetical? I'm pretty sure you know that the warriors have the better team, and the better coach. But I can agree with you. LeBron does look exhausted in the second half of each game. I can see why LeBron doesn't guard KD. Its not because he can't, it's because if he does, he'll get tired quicker, and we know how useless Cleveland is without LeBron on the court. It's just embarrassing how bad they are without LeBron on the court, I'm talking 76ers bad. Unfortunately, LeBron can't carry a team who has no defense, and is inconsistent as hell. If I was LeBron, I'd try to avoid the sweep.
the audience in the back had to get up really really early to get those seats
5:04 Why is Molly talking? Shut up LMAO
Wait a second...So KD out performing Lebron doesnt prove he is a better player because GSW compliments KD's attributes more? Did i hear that correctly?
Lebron has been doing that this entire 7 years. That's why he needs Bosh and Love. So they can stretch the floor for Lebron because Lebron is a terrible jump shooter. So Bosh and Love can stretch the floor by standing at the perimeter, thus opening up the lane for Lebron to do layups and dunks. Also allowing Lebron to collect several assists along the way while Bosh and Love sacrifice their own personal stats (especially Rebounds while Lebron collects his assists and rebound stats). But during this time ESPN was proclaiming Lebron the best ever.
But now that KD is doing it, it doesn't count... OK ESPN!!! GOT IT!!
W
Waisoserious smartest comment I've read regarding this argument 👌🏻
Waisoserious Dafuq? You sound stupid as fuck boi, KD didnt collect assets, he already went to a team full of assets..... Fuck u mean gtfoh dumbass nigga.
KD went to the greatest team of all time that was like LeBron going to the spurs in 2010 instead of Heat, heat weren’t doing good the season before he arrived
Lol im not even a fan of both o this team and i just saw this video in this day but this makes me laugh.Clearly a biased comment plus the reason is just absurd.You're clearly a KD fan.Max is right.You don't get it dont you.Compare the level of your so called Love and bosh to the current GSW team lol it's not even close.The GSW team i better than cavs thats a fact.But KD is better than Lebron no way.KD has an easier job than lebron.Lebron is carrying the whole team.KD has 3 more allstar in his team plus a great bench players.WTF is the sense of that argument.And i will bet my whole life savings that if they switch teams KD wont even get close on the competition against a lebron with GSW team.Sorry bro but your reasons and deduction is just absurd totally i biased deduction
Give me Kawhi over KD 😴
End of one era and start of another.
"Hold on Molly" 😂
The game was only close due to the refs 😂😂 keep it a buck
Breed Ndot fuck you bitch
Always blaming LeBron's teammate, what an excuse. Why he doesn't play alone then?
Jorge Rodriguez you sound stupid af
You really a stupid shit 😂💀😂
Jorge Rodriguez he is
Jorge Rodriguez Type in Floyd Mayweather says Lebron James isn't the King on CZcams.
Y'all dumbasses say it's a five man sport but then be the ones to say LeBron won the game stfu 1v1 KD is better
All I did was read the vid title and I know for a fact this video contains nonsense
He joined a fucking 73-9 team man this shouldnt even be a discussion
KD is not better than Lebron
Shut up snake ass nigga 🐍🐍🐍🐍
no he isn't
Arav Bhatt lebron >Durant snake cupcake
durant teamed up with steph to beat lebron cuz he’s a cupcake
Cyberclone8790 i agree
Kevin Durant is more clutch and a better scorer... lebron is still the better all around player
Shariff Barak another G3 dagger later.
Marc NY how is blowing a 3-1 lead clutch
It's not our fault if you died in 2016, just see these Game 3 daggers in 2017 and 2018 finals.
Francisco Lopez How is 3-6 clutch?
Stephen A: can the person that actually knows basketball interject?
Max: I already have!
Lmfao 😂😂
Just think of it like this. Who are u giving the ball in crunch time? That will give u ur best player in the world.
Kawhi is better than Durant FACTS!!!!
Big facts
I'm the G.O.A.T gtfoh KD is better and more valuable than Kawhi. And Le3-5 ain't even top 5 of all time with his floppin, high ego and 3-5 Finals record havinass.
Mike McCoy le3-1 is already the second greatest player of all time.
Carmelo Anthony he's not even top 5.
I'm the G.O.A.T exactly
don't let this distract you from the fact GS went 16-0 in the playoffs
Minam Ashraf are you lost last time i checked, Cavaliers won in 7 🤔
Cavs blew a 6 point lead and Durant won the game right over Lebron.
Trell at least it's 6 point and not 3-1
I can't wait for the new memes
Minam Ashraf sorry bud. have to wait another year.
I'm really beginning to believe that Max has no idea what he's talking about... most if the time
first 30 seconds pretty much sums it up
Lebron would not be doing the same thing on the warriors because he's not as good of a shooter he's not really a closer and he's an isolation player who needs the ball in his hands a lot of the time in a system where they use player movement and off ball screens lebron hasn't proved that he's a great off ball player
otto porter guess you didn't watch Miami basketball....
Al Bundy F.B.Z. Miami heat is my favorite team actually 😴
Bankai652 and he choked then muthafuckas won 2 rings when they were supposed to win 8 according to LeBron gtfoh he still doesn't play off ball he needs the ball in his hands at all times and when kyrie had the ball he just stood there and watched
Solomon Oliver but kevin durant couldn't carry the cavs
Chi3f Matic Kevin Durant went to the finals in the West and carried his team in the playoffs with no Westbrook the East sucks ass no comparison KD had to get through Elite teams LeBron plays in the weak ass East
KD is not better then Lebron smh
joe fontaine he is
yo name say damian lillard the goat.. that right there tells me you don't know a damn thing about basketball!
joe fontaine LeBron sucks
jalen martin k
jalen martin LeBum is garbage no debate
There both great players but we’ll see who’s on top when they retire you never know what might happen
he'd probably be bossing around Steve Kerr like he does tyron lue lol