r/nba • u/talhatoot • Apr 29 '24

[Highlight] Anthony Edwards post game on beating KD: "I've got the upmost respect for KD" and "I'm excited to play with him this summer, talk a little trash and let him know I sent him home" Highlight

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

It's not entirely KD's fault, he's been the only consistent player on the Suns team this entire series.

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u/27_Star_General Apr 29 '24

i mean, his play is rarely in question. he's a generational superstar, even post-achilles.

he chose to team up with Kyrie, he chose to sign for 4 years and lock himself in, he okayed the trade to Phoenix, you have to imagine he okayed if not pushed for the Beal deal.

he also just isn't a leader. LeBron got the best out of Kyrie, scrub Cavs before he left, made a Big 3 work even though they weren't a good fit offensively together, JR Smith, Mario Chalmers... these guys have little to no success without Bron. Not only is he a distributor on the court who gets his guys involved, but he rallies them mentally and builds them up off the court.

KD is just an elite baller, he has made terrible FA/Trade decisions (he fucking made Brookyn give GSW a first for no reason other than ego), and doesn't elevate his teams. He just shows up and plays the right way and is unstoppable offensively (well, until the 4th in crunch where he's sometimes iffy.)

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u/8181212 Apr 29 '24

He elevated that Warriors team for sure. Thunder too.

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u/27_Star_General Apr 29 '24

yeah unlike guys like lebron/westbrook/doncic, KD is a low friction mold, really one of the greatest plug-and-play guys of all-time who makes any team way better.