INKtastic wrote:And it's hard to appreciate Durant when he's playing on a team where he has to get single covered and he wrecked what would have been an epic rivalry by joining the side that already had the most talent in the league.
We aren't angry with KD because he is a bum. We are angry with KD because he is one of the best players in the NBA and he literally broke the league.
Ink is exactly right here. If you have been watching the Finals post G1 the Warriors have been doubling LeBron every time he gets to the lane (with the DPoY). Often earlier. He has gotten his teammates open looks but they have largely not made the Warriors pay for fundamentally setting their D to allow others open looks but not to allow LeBron to singlehandedly beat them.
After G2 when Steph destroyed the Cavs, Cleveland treated him similarly. They trapped the PnRs they couldn't hedge (most of them) which led to Dray having the ball on a 4-on-3. Defenders wouldn't leave Klay and KD so the Cavs were literally giving GSW a 2-on-1 every time they wanted it. When Dray, Looney, and even Iggy couldn't beat that very well (McGee sure did though) they went to KD on the worst Cav defender.
So it wasn't nearly the "best offensive performance" because he was literally a secondary priority to the Cavs. He never saw a double. He picked on slow and small defenders without concern over help defenders or double teams. He was literally playing in the wake of other great players. So yeah, as a role playing secondary option he is pretty much the best ever. Which again, is why we were all so mad when he went there.