The Kevin Durant Discussion Thread

[gigantes]

...All he needs to do is catch the ball in the high post/low post and shoot the ball. All that other crap he's doing hurts the team. I'd rather watch Kyrie go 1 on 4 than watch Durant do what he did Sunday night

I'm not convinced this team can go anywhere in the playoffs with KD & KI playing point by committee.

One thing I really like about Giannis is that he probes more forcefully and keeps the ball moving more efficiently than KD&KI, which helps keep the Bucks offense moving & humming. With these guys, it's more of the AI / Steve Francis / Stephon Marbury model, where they spend the shot clock finding the right pass, and if not, then going for a bailout shot.

Kinda like that old maxim: "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing." KD&KI are good passers, but not quite as gifted as they might think.

[MrDollarBills]

...All he needs to do is catch the ball in the high post/low post and shoot the ball. All that other crap he's doing hurts the team. I'd rather watch Kyrie go 1 on 4 than watch Durant do what he did Sunday night

I'm not convinced this team can go anywhere in the playoffs with KD & KI playing point by committee.

One thing I really like about Giannis is that he probes more forcefully and keeps the ball moving more efficiently than KD&KI, which helps keep the Bucks offense moving & humming. With these guys, it's more of the AI / Steve Francis / Stephon Marbury model, where they spend the shot clock finding the right pass, and if not, then going for a bailout shot.

Kinda like that old maxim: "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing." KD&KI are good passers, but not quite as gifted as they might think.

We will lose.

[sashaturiaf]

See that's where I have to blame my own old technologically unsophisticated ass, I knew something like a filtering of the reddit feed was possible but I never explored it and have left it on default, which is why i hate r/nba. The format where both the topics and responses within are all sorted and displayed based off their upvote system encourages an endless supply of one-liners in r/nba, rarely do I see any proper basketball discussion it's either a hot take or a corny joke, everyone is either a wannabe Stephen A Smith or comedian. Not to mention the hive mind effect it promotes by hiding opinions unpopular with the majority.

Your suggestion deserves a try, as my biggest problem with r/nba is the noise to quality ratio.

I completely agree about the amount of upvoted tripe in typical threads. It's sadly not unique to r/NBA, either. The basic issue is that Reddit takes time to set up properly, and IMO it does an underwhelming job in guiding people upon that. But you might take a look at this for some helpful tips.

Btw, in any thread, you can also sort responses a number of ways, such as via new / old, controversial, or "top" vs. "best." The difference between those last two is that one displays the most upvoted comments, and one displays the comments with the best voting ratio.

Getting back to my initial suggestion though, I'd again recommend building a "friends" list of the commenters who provide actual good NBA comments, like Rake2204, who's also here on RGM. You only need a couple more like him to create a truly excellent feed, which you would browse via FRIENDS. Cheers!

Helpful reply, thank you.