If Durant name was Lebron James.......

[bksballer89]

He would be getting absolutely slammed right now.

5-20 in an elimination game for his team.

What an embarrassment for Kevin Durant.

He's going to have a rough off season.

 

[Smoke]

LeBron has brought all that shit on himself.

 

[bksballer89]

Not really...Its been like that since his Cleveland days.

No superstar should get a pass for playing like shit in an elimination game for your team.

 

[Smoke]

1. Embraces and refers to himself as "King James" straight out of high school.
2. Clearly quits on Cleveland in his last game as a Cavalier.
3. "The Decision."
4. All us little people have to go back to our regular and normal lives after Miami losses to Dallas in the Finals.

I could go on.

 

[bksballer89]

1. Embraces and refers to himself as "King James" straight out of high school.
2. Clearly quits on Cleveland in his last game as a Cavalier.
3. "The Decision."
4. All us little people have to go back to our regular and normal lives after Miami losses to Dallas in the Finals.

I could go on.

You missed the part where I said people were criticizing LBJ for playing bad in big playoffs games in Cleveland? This isn't something that just started in Miami.

BTW 27,19, and 10 in final game is your way of saying he clearly quit on Cleveland in his last game? Most organizations would love for a player who supposedly quit on their team to put up anything close to those numbers.

Durant missed a make able mid range shot to tie the game. Finishes the game 5-21.

 

[bone3421]

like smoke said... lebron brought it on himself

durant is a humble,easy to like guy......we know he tries his hardest and sometimes you have bad games

lebron uses the excuse about how he likes to pass when he doesnt attempt a shot in the final 5 minutes of a play-off game

 

[bksballer89]

You guys are talking about just the Miami Lebron. I'm talking about the LBJ in Cleveland as well when everyone loved him. The media still would criticized him big time if he had a poor showing in a crucial playoffs game

 

[Smoke]

You missed the part where I said people were criticizing LBJ for playing bad in big playoffs games in Cleveland? This isn't something that just started in Miami.

BTW 27,19, and 10 in final game is your way of saying he clearly quit on Cleveland in his last game? Most organizations would love for a player who supposedly quit on their team to put up anything close to those numbers.

Durant missed a make able mid range shot to tie the game. Finishes the game 5-21.

Yes he had nice stats in his last game as a Cav but watching him in the last half of that 4th quarter it was clear he was just ready to move on.
I'm not a LeBron hater. How he took that Cleveland team to the Finals that one year against S.A, I have no clue. That's remarkable in itself.
I'm just giving you some thoughts and reasons why he takes more heat (no pun intended) than Durant ever has.

 

[Kold]

The way I remember it, for as many people that criticized Lebron, there was just that amount of people that kept making every excuse in the world for him in Cleveland.

 

[bksballer89]

15/48 in games 4 & 5

 

[MarkOU]

If Durants name was Lebron James........He would be an über douchebag?

 

[Kold]

1 thing I can agree with however is Durant has no excuse for missing that shot. One of the best shooters, one of the most clutch shooters HAS to make an open ft line shot

 

[Clayton]

Durant isn't Lebron. Durant should be catching the ball off a pass. Lebron can play point forward. That said, this isnt too terribly different than Lebron against Tony Allen when Allen was on the Celtics and Lebron was on the Cavs. The difference was that Lebron gave up and Durant looked the fool with missed shot after missed shot.

I think this hurts Durant in that it puts him in a superstar tier lower than Lebron.

 

[piss-tons]

The media didn't crucify Lebron until the 2010 playoff series loss.

 

[MarkOU]

Durant isn't Lebron. Durant should be catching the ball off a pass. Lebron can play point forward. That said, this isnt too terribly different than Lebron against Tony Allen when Allen was on the Celtics and Lebron was on the Cavs. The difference was that Lebron gave up and Durant looked the fool with missed shot after missed shot.

I think this hurts Durant in that it puts him in a superstar tier lower than Lebron.

Well Lebron is a 4 time league MVP and NBA champion. Durant has neither of those so its nice to see him considered as good as Lebron but lets not get stupid.

A superstar tier lower? Not sure what the hell that even means.

Durant is one of the best 5 in the NBA, no question. You wanting to drop him a tier makes it seem like Durant is now the bench.

 

[shitsho]

He would be getting absolutely slammed right now.

5-20 in an elimination game for his team.

What an embarrassment for Kevin Durant.

He's going to have a rough off season.

If his name was Lebron James there would be no difference in the way the media is treating him. If Lebron was in his place is another story. Expectations are impossibly high for Lebron. I often find myself being ho hum about his game if he doesnt get a trip dub with 30 or more points. KD is humble and everyone just sort of feels bad for him. He will get some criticism but it will be nothing like what Lebron got every year his team did not win a ring.

 

[Clayton]

You wanting to drop him a tier makes it seem like Durant is now the bench.

All Im saying is that Lebron is very clearly the best player in the league and Durant has a ways to go to where he can be in that conversation.

 

[MarkOU]

All Im saying is that Lebron is very clearly the best player in the league and Durant has a ways to go to where he can be in that conversation.

And whom was saying he is the best player in the league? Point this crack head out to me.

Thanks

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

Bk, this isn't rocket science. Yes KD deserve criticism, but there are plenty of reasons why Lebron gets it wors. Since high school, he was the next best thing. He called himself king James and got "Chosen One" tatted on him. He also has a big ass ego. Plus all the decision stuff. KD is a nice humble guy who never had the expectations as Lebron. Part of being the best, is being criticize more than others and if Heat/Lebron fans cant take it, then they need to stop calling Lebron the best.

 

[bksballer89]

Bk, this isn't rocket science. Yes KD deserve criticism, but there are plenty of reasons why Lebron gets it wors. Since high school, he was the next best thing. He called himself king James and got "Chosen One" tatted on him. He also has a big ass ego. Plus all the decision stuff. KD is a nice humble guy who never had the expectations as Lebron. Part of being the best, is being criticize more than others and if Heat/Lebron fans cant take it, then they need to stop calling Lebron the best.

Missing the point clearly. This has nothing to do with Heat or Lebron fans not taking it. I just find it funny that even a player like Melo (who durant is better than btw) receives way more criticism than Durant when he fails his team in the playoffs.

And can we please stop acting like LBJ only got criticized when he came to Miami? That is a lie. Do you not remember the finals vs the spurs and also the conference finals against Orlando?

You guys are too obsessed with what he does in his personal live. Do you know how many ppl I know with the chosen one tattoo? Grow a pair if someone you never met in your life gets a tattoo saying the chosen one actually bothers you.

He did not call himself King James. 99.9% of the time players does not come up with a nickname on their own. Either a teammate or someone in the media comes up with something and if it is good it sticks.

who you think came up with the nick name Iso Joe for Joe Johnson?

Flash for D-Wade

Matrix for Shawn Marion?


It hurt your little feelings that LBJ got the nickname King James from the media and has a tat saying the chosen one?