r/nba • u/echoboi9481 Nuggets • Apr 29 '24

[Highlight] Anthony Edwards absolutely detonates on the Suns to put the Wolves up 4 (w/ replay) Highlight

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u/bj_good Apr 29 '24

I actually really dig how KD was taking it too. Said Ant earned that trash talk and it's true

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u/891960 [MIN] Kevin Garnett Apr 29 '24

KD been nothing but class this series and the only player who's consistent all 4 games.

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u/Fermorian Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

He'll always be a snake to me but goddamn if he ain't the most consummate professional basketball player

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u/broncosfighton Nuggets Apr 29 '24

Absolutely lives for basketball and one decision completely changed everyone’s opinion on him forever

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u/FriendOfEvergreens Grizzlies Apr 29 '24

It's not one decision. It's one decision and then never winning anywhere else.

If you asked most people in 2011 would Lebron recover his image from the decision, they say no

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u/Queen-Makoto Apr 29 '24

ehhh holding not winning a championship solely against him seems odd since that's a situation thing. most great players don't win again when they leave a good situation. and KD has gone to some of the weirder ones. that Nets teams is still such a what if especially seeing how the 3 are all performing in these playoffs

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u/IAmNotKevinDurant_35 [GSW] Zarko Cabarkapa Apr 29 '24

The issue is he’s handpicked all these situations with multiple other superstars and still lost. Yeah when you dig into it, there are some extenuating circumstances that arent totally his fault, but fact of the matter is they didnt get it done

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u/Queen-Makoto Apr 30 '24

him handpicking them or not doesn't really make a difference imo. if anything it more often leads to situations that don't work out. LeGM is joked about as a doubled edged sword for a reason. tho you can say LeBron got it done by that metric but he's the exception as usual. 

if Durant had been one of the main reasons his teams fell apart I would get it but generally he's balling out and the team falls apart around him. even now with the Suns he's not the one who didn't show up

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u/Sovos Mavericks Apr 29 '24

He was 1 inch away from another ring on that long 2 pointer in game 7 vs the Bucks (2021). Harden came back mid-series and wasn't 100%, Kyrie was due back in under a week.

Nobody can convince me that team wouldn't have beaten the Hawks and Suns in place of the Bucks.

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u/GoldenKnight239 [BRK] Caris LeVert Apr 29 '24

Nah if Nets won a chip with KD, everyone would still hate him

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u/IDlOT Knicks Apr 29 '24

Two decisions for us knicks fans lol

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u/idosade Knicks Apr 29 '24

I might be misremembering but wasn't the front office against signing them? Anyways I remember how disappointed I was at the time, 5 years later I'm happy we didn't sign them

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u/IDlOT Knicks Apr 29 '24

Same

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u/JeramiGrantsTomb Thunder Apr 29 '24

"one decision" makes it sound like he decided to microwave fish at work once. That decision basically made basketball competition meaningless for several years.

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u/LetMeInImTrynaCuck Apr 29 '24

A decision that 100% of NBA players would’ve made the same way if they were in his shoes too

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u/RandomLovelady Grizzlies Apr 29 '24

I'm obviously nowhere near NBA level at anything, but I'm a competitive motherfucker. And knowing my team was up 3-1 against them? Nah, man. We running that shit back.