2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

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KD is a superstar but I can't put him in the same class as Lebron and Kobe until he does what they've done in this league.
 
Like I said before Lebron, Wade, Duncan, Kobe have to be put on a higher echelon than everyone else playing right now. Calling them the true "Superstar" players or "Elite" is up to you guys. But we cannot continue to allow these guys to be compared and in the same group as KD, Melo, CP3, Harden, Dwight, etc. Those guys haven't won at all yet but the other guys have done it multiple times and have to be respected like the multiple time champions they are.
Okay, I see what you're saying, but that only applies because they have multiple rings. Because that's the only way anybody can convince me that saying that Tim Duncan is a superstar, yet Durant isn't, isn't asinine.
 
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[quote name="Vincent Van Ho"][QUOTE name="JJ Watt"]There's 2 levels of super stars in his wording.


Those with rings.


Those without.[/QUOTE]I think that goes without saying. KD is definitely the second best player in the world he just happens to not have a ring.[/quote]Wait, second best? Who, without a ring, is better than KD? 8o
 
Wait, second best? Who, without a ring, is better than KD?
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Nah he was saying KD is the second best player in the world, he just doesn't have a ring. Yet.
 
KD is a superstar and 2nd best player today but you guys are missing the context. Barkley, Malone and Stockton were also superstars but we don't put them in Kobe or MJs class. Point is KD at the end won't be in that top tier unless he wins a ring. He's so young though and so much time is left this convo is premature.
 
According to some opinions on here, Karl Malone wasn't a superstar then
Yall worse than Lillard from that commercial
 
He was a superstar. I'm talking post career. KD if he never wins will be equivalent to Dan Marino. Example being Marino may be a better QB than Brady on pure skill and ability but the rings put Brady on a level Marino isn't on, regardless of his play. Allan Iverson is another prime example.
 
I just said that as a joke...

of course I'm serious...

Congrats buddy u probably jinxed your team now. Watch houston win the next 4.

If it wasnt for dwight bricking free throws you would be crying right now

1. that's not my team
2. My statements have no affect on outcomes
of games, jinx isn't real
3. Blaming the loss on any one thing always weird to me. If Portland hadn't of fouled Dwight he wouldn't have the chance to make said free throws that could have won him the game so, they lost because Portland is better, the end.
 
He was a superstar. I'm talking post career. KD if he never wins will be equivalent to Dan Marino. Example being Marino may be a better QB than Brady on pure skill and ability but the rings put Brady on a level Marino isn't on, regardless of his play. Allan Iverson is another prime example.
Allen Iverson literally put his team on and could have won the title if the Lakers were worse than his team. Dan Marino would have won if his team helped him out at the Super Bowl. Your point only proves that even great players or superstars need help from their team regardless of their individual talent. If Jordan never had Pippen, he probably would have never won a championship. He would be considered "not in your ultra superstar" tier then.
 
The "Allen Iverson carried the Sixers narrative again." :rolleyes
The point went over your head. My point was that superstars shouldn't be knocked down due their team's inability to win the championship.
 
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Knicks Fire Mike Woodson as Coach

By removing Woodson and his coaching staff, including the assistants Jim Todd, Darrell Walker and Herb Williams, Jackson has started to exercise that freedom. The Knicks did not offer a timeline for hiring a new coach, though it seems likely that Jackson — who won 11 championships as coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers — will want a surrogate on the bench who is familiar with his views and schemes, particularly his famed triangle offense. Steve Kerr, a former point guard who played for Jackson in Chicago, could be a leading candidate.



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/s...ke-woodson-as-coach.html?hpw&rref=sports&_r=0
 
Allen Iverson literally put his team on and could have won the title if the Lakers were worse than his team. Dan Marino would have won if his team helped him out at the Super Bowl. Your point only proves that even great players or superstars need help from their team regardless of their individual talent. If Jordan never had Pippen, he probably would have never won a championship. He would be considered "not in your ultra superstar" tier then.

No he wouldn't. If Jordan never won any titles he wouldn't be JORDAN. We all know these are teams sports but lets not act like we don't compare individual players ALL THE TIME. Every sports convo can end in the team sport argument. We give individuals credit for greatness when they win but it's on the team when they lose though? If they accept the credit for winning they need to own the loses too, right or wrong.
 
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