DRAY v KLAY

lol

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imo if you put klay on a bad team he puts up an empty 24-25 ppg. if anyone is a system player it is he. the warriors system works because of drays versatility not the other way around

I don't think "he would just average 25 ppg" is a strong argument that someone is a system player

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lol

bad results!!

is results the name of your dog?

im with k3vin on this one

it is quite possible that many ilh voters mistakenly believed they were voting for beloved poster me, thus skewing the results

i know i did

i thought i was voting for pottery

I voted for Klay to revolt against the elites

ugh so mad at you

http://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2017%2F0316%2Fr191066_1296x864_3%2D2.jpg&w=360&h=240&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=center

something for everyone here

“You know what, Steph Curry has took a step back,” Rodman said. “And it’s cool. It’s actually cool because if you see his game now, I always said with that Golden State team, I always say one thing: that one player is the player right there that makes that team. Who is that player?…

“That is right there: Thompson,” Rodman said. “That kid right there is good. If he went to another team, he’d suck. What I’m saying is that Klay Thompson makes that team. Everybody’s always worried about Curry. I know Curry’s dad and all that bulls—. But Klay Thompson makes that team. It ain’t Green, that guy, no. It’s Klay Thompson.”

lol im 90% sure rodman meant to be talking about dray and just doubled down when he realized what hed done

also he wanted to compliment dray cause of the similarities of their games but then felt threatened by that and said hed suck on another team

why are so many of these x-players so dumb.

if were talking abt designing an alt basketball league with rules that contrast to nba play id go with: 1st to 100 no game clock, 4 on 4 short court, no foul shots players just get the points if theyre fouled in the act, no charges on plays where the defender isnt actively guarding the ball handler ie no sliding in on a driver, soccer style rolling inbounding, hockey style live line changes, no live ball timeouts, 20 second shot clock, euro style playing the ball off the rim in the cylinder, wider court so the 3pt line is uniform and theres more room to shoot in corners, more room under the basket ie move the baseline back relative to the basket, 40 game season, no fouling out, call the foul after the play on fastbreaks, ... and trampolines jk

lol wrong thred

maybe ill make a new thread

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/to-ron-adams-draymond-green-is-the-defensive-equivalent-of-steph-currys-magic/

pretty cool list

http://bkref.com/tiny/5o3Cg

omg the junkyard dog

oh wait no i was thinking of a diff junkyard dog

http://bkref.com/tiny/tNnSs

klay's career playoff numbers x_x

I'd take Draymond. Not close, he's way more unique, valuable. You could find a reasonable Klay facsimile, but not one for Draymond https://t.co/7XGvRXeqGe

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) May 31, 2017

kevins twitter crush said so

dray > klay

— Kevin (@radiokeller) June 1, 2017

testing to see if deleted tweets get deleted on ilx

stet up to stuff

it's a pretty sick feature major props

yeah that showed foresight

still can't believe this is up for debate

haha tbf to others i honestly didn't realize the whole thing embedded if you have images on, i can see how that could start to be annoying. the images off version is pretty ideal tho

i like seeing the whole tweet

oh weird i didnt know that either (as i have images off)

images are good folks

theyre cool if u want to look at stuff

they're bad actually

hmm that doesnt seem right but maybe

no they are indeed the best thing

ahh a lively debate for all

they're actually fine i just mostly use ilx at work and prefer it to be text only

actualkyk,,

ilh is maybe the most twitterlink-heavy board so i appreciate this feature.

dubs w/o kd or dray wld be so flammable, they cld prob stand to lose steph a lil better but they wld def suffer from a playmaking perspective, klay wld be the easiest to lose

― lag∞n, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 3:47 PM (five hours ago)

fair point tbh

mods im being trolled

there is but one mod jesus bise

Lol lagoon outed himself all is right in the world

um hello have u guys ever heard of "context"

i think klay is prob a better basketball player but i also think klay’s skills are very identifiable — quick release, perfect form, ability to shoot at crazy angles, could put it on the floor in his prime. even on defense, what he did — guard the best perimeter player — was very central to the action occupying the eye.

with dray some of his skills are like that, like when he runs the break as a big, his passing, his chemistry with steph would be apparent to even a novice. but a lot of what he does especially on defense is him having a very sharp basketball mind, not rim protection or locking down the no 1 man or whatever. it’s entirely possible he’s the better basketball player than klay

They're both Brock Purdy and Steph is Shanahan. System players.

Come on, they've had individual and team performances that are all time. Dray's game 7 performance in the 2016 finals says everything about him. He's the ultimate team player and when motivated would have been an elite piece on any team. His superpower is his drive and pettiness.

As well as intelligence. The only way he's a "bust" is if some completely incompetent coaching missed his potential.

By bust I mean "average" or an afterthought of a player. As a second rounder, any value is a win.

Still love Dray's hatred for Dillon Brooks: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/draymond-green-dillon-brooks-rockets-playoffs/1848216/

i have my issues with dray but he is correct to hate brooks and gobert

Dray does much questionable stuff on the court but generally pretty otm about who he respects and doesn’t. Also he’s a good sport in losing and gives lots of love and complements to players around the league. His interview after game 6 was interesting, admitting he lost his cool and hadn’t been himself all series. Had a team meeting and owned up to it all. Then played easily his best game when it mattered most. Eternally interesting guy, one day introspective and self realized then the next doing something new and dumb. and because of how hated he is will probably never really be rated correctly by fans. Guy at work yesterday was telling me he’s the worst player in the league and doesn’t understand how he’s still in the league and starting. I really wasn’t sure what to do with that.

A lot of people just ballwatch

discussing dray's value as a basketball player is one of the easiest ways to filter out casuals

voters in this poll excepted!

iirc this poll was initiated immediately after a flurry of Dray's flailing-leg nut-kicking, which may have tended to skew the results against him a bit

Dray is a throwback to the enforcer/bodyguard types, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQb8dK4MC-E

klay cheatin'

https://bsky.app/profile/hottieshq.bsky.social/post/3mkdqjulyds27

what a fuckin fumble

like obv no one deserves to be cheated on, but cheating on meg is like...buddy you will just never find happiness lmao, the problem is you