Most other elite point guards are shooting just as many 3’s per game as he is (and at a 40% clip), he’s never been a good defender, Durant coming to that team and him seeing just how much more dominant that durant is compared to he and Thompson hurt his confidence, and they began to play less like Golden state of the past two years and my like a team dependent on Duran’ts otherworldly scoring ability… so yes, with all of that factored in, the rest of the league has caught up to him. Let us also not forget the fact that everyone witnessed Kyrie destroy him in the the finals last season! The mystique is gone.
I always said that when the Warriors won in 2015, it took them six games to beat the Cavs without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. And we saw the difference last year.
Most other elite point guards are shooting just as many 3’s per game as he is (and at a 40% clip), he’s never been a good defender, Durant coming to that team and him seeing just how much more dominant that durant is compared to he and Thompson hurt his confidence, and they began to play less like Golden state of the past two years and my like a team dependent on Duran’ts otherworldly scoring ability… so yes, with all of that factored in, the rest of the league has caught up to him. Let us also not forget the fact that everyone witnessed Kyrie destroy him in the the finals last season! The mystique is gone.
I always said that when the Warriors won in 2015, it took them six games to beat the Cavs without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. And we saw the difference last year.