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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2732062, member: 488"] Getting KD shots in crunch-time has been a problem his whole career. Russ was an easy scapegoat for a while, but how long can we continue to act like he's not a huge part of the problem? He gets pushed off his spot on the block and can't dribble through tight spaces. As a result, he tends to launch long, low-reward twos that don't make sense for an offense that's at its best when Curry is peeling through the paint. This isn't a new opinion because I've said this about KD forever. He's a brilliant, brilliant basketball player who has never developed into the one on one killer people wanted him to be. That doesn't mean he isn't still one of the best iso players in the league, but he's not the dude who busts through the residential gates to hold your kids for ransom. Without Russ five years ago, the Thunder lost to Memphis in 5 and he shot 42%. Four years ago against Memphis he shot 44% and turned it over more than he assisted. Two years ago against Golden State he shot 42%. If you want to go back to Dallas in 2011, he shot 43%. (He shot a remarkable 55% against Miami in the finals six years ago, but turned it over twice as often as he assisted). He's not LeBron. He needs structure to succeed. If Houston begging him to beat them one on one hasn't proven that, I don't know what will. Unless your name is LeBron James, every player has strengths and weaknesses. KD's struggles are likely to mimic the struggles of the Warriors as a whole, and vice versa. He might be the best player on the floor but right now he would not be the best offensive player on either team. When you're talking about a sample of four minutes, it's hard for me to call it moronic that he didn't get a shot. Teams are obviously going to guard him. At that point, it becomes a matter of whether you want Steph or Draymond creating or KD. I'll take Steph on a big or Draymond probing a 4 on 3 before I take a KD turnaround from the baseline. [/QUOTE]

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