A look back at the Kevin Durant era Warriors, who might be the best in the history of the NBA. Follow Nonstop Instagram: / nonstop TikTok: / nonstop Twitter: / nonstop Imagery supplied by Getty Images
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This team was so OP they had to beat themselves to lose.
@jamaragon24243 ай бұрын
Like the heat
@Betroid3 ай бұрын
@@Betroidlol but nah the heat were beatable
@jamaragon24243 ай бұрын
@@jamaragon2424they heat also had 4 all stars at one point and were betting favorites before every season they jus allergic to old ppl that’s why the mavs and spurs were too much
@YungBZ3 ай бұрын
I would say the 2018 Rockets beat themselves more so than the Warriors beating them with key injuries (Luc A Moute, and CP3) one underperformer ( Clint Capela), and the 27 missed 3s and still losing by single digits.....with a 15 point lead at halftime without CP3. 2017-2018 season Rockets is the focus Don't bring up the yr after when KD got hurt....Rockets lost 2 key pieces in free agency and CP3 and Harden started feuding and the chemistry wasn't the same.
@peterguidry60843 ай бұрын
The threepeat lakers only beat themselves as well. By shaq gaining weight and kobes injuries. They don’t lose if they stayed healthy
@lioninthesun3 ай бұрын
Of the 4 titles the Warriors won, I think their 2022 one was the most impressive. It showed that they were still there when a lot of people assumed their run was over. I think that's the one that meant the most to Steph too.
@BurghFinsFan3 ай бұрын
Obviously 2022 was most impressive , 2015 after tht
@Evilevilmonkeyy3 ай бұрын
it hits more of it
@rationalcommentor3 ай бұрын
The Celtics were loaded and young lions Steph had to go crazy to pull that one off💪🏿💪🏿
@Dipset4153 ай бұрын
To me it was their 2015 one
@tercial3 ай бұрын
They won it because other teams got tons of injuries, LAC, Denver.
@ivanr.10053 ай бұрын
That line "looks like james picked up a random bystandards to play the nba finals" is wild 💀
@k34nu_yt3 ай бұрын
This 😂😂😂
@meljudegomez95213 ай бұрын
Yep! That's the only line that I can recall after watching the whole video. LOL!@@meljudegomez9521
@kenyu42583 ай бұрын
same for 2007 finals
@detelina93653 ай бұрын
that's how lebron fans disrespect his teammates to boost him.
@billyshi15173 ай бұрын
Gotta prop up their favorite player somehow.
@brownie78583 ай бұрын
KD joining the team he couldn’t beat in the western conference finals 8 years ago ruined a would be all time great rivalry between LeBron and Steph
@Braylon19973 ай бұрын
LeBron would easily beat Steph with a healthy Kyrie an K Love. The fact that LeBron won 2 games without Kyrie an K Love in 2015 is already a sign.
@jdapaul13513 ай бұрын
Go watch tennis, or some other individual
@Nikola-vo4mh3 ай бұрын
Exactly
@brandangreen13903 ай бұрын
If kd wasn't in the warriors I don't think they would even get past that mvp james harden rockets
@DRIC1593 ай бұрын
@@jdapaul1351yawn .. warriors first finals after coming from no where with no established superstars coming into the season vs Bron in year 12 and 5th finals appearance
@MrHotSpice1003 ай бұрын
It was already weak that KD joined them, but the warriors winning before he got there AND after he left says a lot
@coldice4353 ай бұрын
It does say a lot it says that warriors needed him for those back to back rings he won for them cause lebron would’ve had 2 extra rings if he wasn’t there to take charge 😂
@Shareef5053 ай бұрын
@@Shareef505its not like Bron stopped existing after KD left warriors. Why didn't he get those 2 extra rings then?
@allstar40653 ай бұрын
@@allstar4065Bron went to the Lakers in 2018-19 and won a ring the year after KD left the Warriors
@Josue-wj2uf3 ай бұрын
@@allstar4065 Kyrie left remember? And Love was reduced to a bench player
@1vaultdweller3 ай бұрын
@@allstar4065 lebron went to the finals both years cause he was on a mission. Take KD out those series and he wins both no doubt about it!
@Shareef5053 ай бұрын
Everyone loves an underdog, and this team was ANYTHING but an underdog. People can get behind a single player trying to drag a trash team to a chip but something like the golden state avengers was a little much. That’s more of a testament to how good each of these players are/were but c’est la vie
@AB-wm9vk3 ай бұрын
They were an underdog until they weren't.
@user-kg4bh1di8i3 ай бұрын
Having 4 top 20 players on your team and the refs on your side is a powerful combination. Moving screen central
@brentw06812 ай бұрын
RDCWorld said it best when the trade happened: "THEY THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!"
@hhtptai3 ай бұрын
Send me a link😂 I gotta see this
@abskhairoun3 ай бұрын
W RDC 🫡
@NoahTyG3 ай бұрын
😂 wasn’t even a trade the league just let it happen for free lmao
@spencerweiss63373 ай бұрын
@@abskhairounSearch in how “lebron reacts to kevin durant's decision rdcworld”
@primorimo4472 ай бұрын
Uhmm hey I got a question
@mongoosehunter6771Ай бұрын
This feels more like a documentary about KD than the warriors
@mmmxxx91843 ай бұрын
my thought exactly
@wofakk2 ай бұрын
The 2019 Warriors were so good that they lost KD in the 2nd round, made the finals anyways, stole 2 games despite KD only playing 12 minutes, and were up late in Game 6 until Klay tore his ACL. And they weren't even as good as the 2017 Warriors.
@GrassToucher1703 ай бұрын
Crazy kawhis legacy is built off of beating an injured team in 6 games 😂
@mattsell23613 ай бұрын
any team that can win a chip running a box and one in the finals cuz the other team is missing all their stars and most of their bench should have their ring taken😭😭@@mattsell2361
@ionlyhavegoodtakes3 ай бұрын
lol. Raptors were the better team that season (2-0 vs the 100% healthy Warriors in the regular season). It was only close because OG never played a minute of the playoffs, Kawhi was playing with a leg injury (which is why his PPG were way lower than they should have been against a weaker defensive team) and Lowry had a hand injury requiring major surgery. I think the fact that Nick Nurse didn't whine about the injury situation is why people mistakenly think they were healthy.
@Paulafan53 ай бұрын
@@Paulafan5 the warriors were not 100% healthy in their regular season
@mattsell23613 ай бұрын
@@Paulafan5 Regular season dont count, playoff matters
@user-dq1ow5ql7e3 ай бұрын
_"I am Kevin Durant. You know who i am"_ the lightest brag i ever heard. And yes, basketball and competition fans knew who you are.
@august62813 ай бұрын
As soon as he said that, I knew the Clippers done fucked up
@kad99473 ай бұрын
Easy to talk when your not the one driving the bus.
@chan131532 ай бұрын
He's two times NBA Final MVP
@NasteeGod2 ай бұрын
@@NasteeGodmeh still more impressed with 2022 Steph Finals MVP though
@alvinlanang2 ай бұрын
@@chan13153 2x FINALS MVP ain’t “driving the bus”? What ever happened to logic these days?
@Supersonic35_7Ай бұрын
This feels more like a Kevin durant video than a warriors video
@Kyrism3 ай бұрын
It certainly is. Everything that didnt have KD included was excluded from this video
@ryanmanoo29882 ай бұрын
KD was the difference maker. It's not Harrison Barnes out there
@doteth6603Ай бұрын
@@doteth6603The warriors have 2 with KD , two without, KD has no rings without the warriors… KD should join the Timberwolves or Nuggets to maybe win another free ring…
@YourFriendWithACamera3 күн бұрын
Warriors KD was the best KD version ngl
@chaos23953 ай бұрын
Especially the playoffs version. He was simply unguardable on offense and terrific on defense.
@kad99473 ай бұрын
No bum westbrook and Robertson shooting 3s, defense just doubl8ng him
@xavierb90612 ай бұрын
No shit he was on the avengers 😂
@kortinskeep2318Ай бұрын
He was the same player the year before just on a superteam
@gmailgmail623413 күн бұрын
The 2015-2019 era was an awesome/awful time in the league. The awesome was being able to witness the dynasty of GS, the other was the Cavs 3-1 comeback. The awfulness was how every team was pretty irrelevant until 2019 free agency.
@DREMONEYSNIPERYT3 ай бұрын
All the finals besides 2016 was Cavs gifting championships to GSW. East was so weak that it was painful to see. Tbf, it’s still weak besides the Celtics and bucks, maybe take out bucks cuz they got doc rivers as the coach
@garunack46643 ай бұрын
@@garunack4664 in fact cavs were proclaimed as worst defensive finalist teams of all time
@theonlygoodonehere22592 ай бұрын
It is like Jordan joining Boston which he couldn’t beat that time spoiling the Magic-Bird rivalry.
@ramdelacruz6923 ай бұрын
@lucaswalker7271 stop lying to yourself
@culturedbyhoops3 ай бұрын
stop dickriding lil bro @@culturedbyhoops
@duck00232 ай бұрын
@lucaswalker7271 2016 is different than 2017
@user-md2jd8bm8r2 ай бұрын
LeBron and the cavs defeated a 73-9 team then the Warriors just assembled the best team in history lmao
@sebastiangonzales463 ай бұрын
you mean injuries😂😂
@alliesstartedww13083 ай бұрын
@@alliesstartedww1308 Up 3-1 with 2 home games for the warriors (Game 5 and 7) and don't forget Draymond puts up his best performance in game 7 (32pts 15reb 9assists)😬
@sebastiangonzales463 ай бұрын
@@alliesstartedww1308you mean the main reason Golden State won all their championships?
@lorddj99103 ай бұрын
Thunder should have beaten them in 2016.
@nikosvault3 ай бұрын
@@sebastiangonzales46 And Dray,ond was suspended for a BS call. Lebron threw him to the ground. Anyone with working eyes can watch that clip and see this. Draymond wasn't given a T or even a foul. But somehow gets suspended? The fix was in bro and you're simply not intelligent enough to realize it.
@roboninja31943 ай бұрын
The fact that golden state still won the 2022 championship shows how little they “needed” him. He needed them to win the chip.
@ashleymathew84423 ай бұрын
The most factual statement I ever heard
@Ari35583 ай бұрын
They didn’t need him they won in 2015 lmaoo But they definitely needed him to stop bron from 3 peating
@ab75973 ай бұрын
They’d have lost to that rocket team without kd, spurs in 207? Maybe
@Justfranktbh3 ай бұрын
you realize thats 5 years into the future gang with whole new team they went into a povety stage without kd
@grassy_butt22793 ай бұрын
What they Warriors lost with KD's departure, they got the combo of Wiggins and Pool: defense, scoring and playmaking. And they also had depth. The 2022 team was not the same team from 2017-2019.
@daniellazo8883 ай бұрын
KD is a champion and nobody can ever take that away from him but him recently asking why he can’t be in the goat discussion is ridiculous. Bro you don’t even clear your teammate in that goat discussion. He’s top 15 but not top 10. No serious person would have KD in the goat convo
@friendlyneighborhoodgoat3 ай бұрын
He's not a real champion.
@SuperSikarlo3 ай бұрын
He’s definitely top 15 for sure. Putting him any higher than that disrespects other players that have done more in their time frames.
@Dmm3143 ай бұрын
Literally it’s no discussion the warriors made his legacy 😂
@jonathank7863 ай бұрын
If he actually leads a team to a chip for once by himself then maybe hed break top ten, but hed have to do it twice
@Taylor-vj6ei3 ай бұрын
@@SuperSikarloThen neither is lebron
@user-nc5ii5fi8t3 ай бұрын
2019 was heartbreaking, so many injuries ruined everything. If Klay survived that game 6, we would go in game 7 and then.. yeah, we would never know. Glad we bounced back in 2022♥️
@gsw87972 ай бұрын
Thanks Nonstop, I’m new to Basketball, so it’s exiting to find out more about legendary teams! The voiceover is also perfect without any unessesary emotions
@Wolf_runner123 ай бұрын
Give your life to Christ, God loves you all.
@Jony.16612 ай бұрын
Kd really let the fans get to him in the way of being a dynasty with golden state.
@HighWoody3 ай бұрын
IMO, I think Draymond Green , is the biggest detriment to the franchise , and keeping him around has messed up the team .
@LISA75_3 ай бұрын
It was mainly Draymond man
@mitchellsommer23212 ай бұрын
All because he wanted thr bag..he ran poole out an kd out smh
@itscard0man2 ай бұрын
Definitely could’ve titled this “i love kevin durant”
@RubbaBand-Ray3 ай бұрын
Only time KD was fan favorites was when he was with the nets 😂
@sirnoname694327 минут бұрын
This feels like a KD documentary 😂
@LordGospelMusic3 ай бұрын
😂
@k.u.a.n1172 ай бұрын
God that 2017 revenge season after choking a 3-1 lead as Warriors fan was so sweet. We went from hated to despised in a single day and one signing and I loved every second of it. The amount of complaining and whining about them being too good was something I never thought I would’ve seen from a Warriors team
@jeremiahmorales2223 ай бұрын
they fit perfectly with each other. you can put every all star in 1 team and it still wont work if they aren’t the right fit.
@senpie28653 ай бұрын
They won before and after KD. Shows how easy it was for him and how impressive that Cavs team fought considering who they had aside from Kylie and Lebron
@Mike0193Azul2 ай бұрын
They did not need Durant but he sure did need them
@HemiNeutron3 ай бұрын
AGREE BRO WHAT DOESENT ANYTHING UNDERSTAND
@Ari35583 ай бұрын
btw I meant anyone
@Ari35583 ай бұрын
i agree. 2016 proved warriors didnt need KD but KD needed them. people say "oh but without KD they wouldnt get 2 rings" they still would get 2 rings even without KD.
@zinvfx3 ай бұрын
They still got a ring without him
@turbina75373 ай бұрын
73-9 says enough the warriors created KDs legacy
@jonathank7863 ай бұрын
I think the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Warriors are the best teams ever assembled in the NBA. I’m picking either one of those teams over any other team in a 7-game series, all-time.
@jamiedoyle4493 ай бұрын
nah, the Gayrriors wouldn't be able to beat a Prime Spurs team or a Prime Lakers team in a 7 game series.
@kmena053 ай бұрын
@@kmena05 Nah, theyd only lose to the 1996 Bulls
@vulcanraven97013 ай бұрын
theyd win in 7@@vulcanraven9701
@Hero-lc7zt3 ай бұрын
@@vulcanraven9701I don't think Gayrriors would survive hand checking
@User.22ps123 ай бұрын
@@vulcanraven9701 ron harper is going to have a seizure guarding steph and Jordan finna feel like lebron being the only viable scorer on that team and then he's gonna have to chase klay off ball lol. KD is smoking scottie and u finna say "WhaT about Defense" until you realize the warriors finished top 2 in both offensive and defensive rating that season LOL. Warriors in 5 and that's being generous
@mohahmed43043 ай бұрын
I don't really have a problem with KD joining the Dubs. What I do have a problem with is him acting like the 2 rings with them puts him at GOAT status even though he left and they got another. He's the most delusional player in the NBA.
@midwestyle3 ай бұрын
He always gonna be Goat status no matter what the fans say.
@Shareef5053 ай бұрын
@@Shareef505 Yeah, no. 😄
@sportjames233 ай бұрын
@@Shareef505 Never
@gregorslana77233 ай бұрын
@@Shareef505lol
@judyclarkson58873 ай бұрын
No Kd = no dynasty
@vintagemonte3 ай бұрын
Recent attempted super teams just validates this warriors team even more imo. We have seen in recent years a fair amount of super teams that have felt very short of their potential.
@eclipse11613 ай бұрын
because there was no team in history that was able to stack the way warriors did, in comes down to you guys learning about cap spaces, and paycuts and such, and moral grounds, no one in history like bulls with mj would pull what warriors did in getting KD, same thing with prime shaq and younger kobe, it was an unforgivable written rule, then lebron ruined it, and kd made it worse
@theonlygoodonehere22592 ай бұрын
two things made this possible: 1. Steph was still on a cheap contract from when he was injury prone 2. The NBPA rejected cap smoothing for the new TV deal and opted for an instant cap spike which allowed GSW to sign KD
@darrylneiltanyag248712 күн бұрын
10:18 😂😂😂 "It looked like he was playing with some bystanders that he picked on his way to the arena"
@jonaficАй бұрын
Kd is so underrated defensively, not the top 20 defenders ever but still an elite defender for his career
@sugansakthi7753Ай бұрын
Is this a Warriors video or a Kevin Durant video?
@thebroslife18943 ай бұрын
KD: "Why I'm not in the goat debate what havent I done" Everyone else: didn't win a real championship and ruined the NBA for 2 years because he was butt hurt. Everyone knows Curry was the best player and main focus of all defenses that played the warriors.
@monkeyfather273 ай бұрын
2017 and 2018 are phantom rungs 🙄
@younglove33623 ай бұрын
Curry is better all time but they gave Durant the FMVP for a reason.
@ivnmrtnz3 ай бұрын
@@ivnmrtnzyes Ty lue himself said they was trying to slow down curry over kd that’s why he got them
@alexescutia48053 ай бұрын
you really are a hater lmao... if you really watch and read the game you will know why... also fyi draymond clay Steph iggy gsw organization would say the same... not what you think and say
@TLB...3 ай бұрын
@@alexescutia4805we both watched different games then.
@metalgear99173 ай бұрын
A great video with lots of great information.
@cherylmaynard56573 ай бұрын
Information about durant
@kingarthurveloria999015 күн бұрын
Bro full love!
@penguinbig46223 ай бұрын
Him joining the warriors ruined an all time rivalry between bron and curry. They was at 1-1. Imo bron was going back to back. But KD shifted the balance. Also, the reason why people criticize Durant is not because he left OKC he left them to the team he JUST choked a 3-1 lead to in the playoffs. If he woulda gone for example to Houston with Harden and beaten GS to a ring, it woulda been legendary.
@ab75973 ай бұрын
I think he played with Harden before and wanted something new
@ezyryder113 ай бұрын
This video was littiraly about KD rather than Golden State Warriors
@TedCwayi-ep6bv3 ай бұрын
Love your videos
@bboliver243 ай бұрын
The most fair assessment of the KD / Warriors saga i have heard yet.
@hudgatling86242 ай бұрын
If the Basket ball gods didn't interfered clearly at least 4 straight rings.
@dealpha36983 ай бұрын
lebron and kyrie must be the baketball gods
@sportstalkonly14423 ай бұрын
@@sportstalkonly1442 I'm talking about KD Warriors era.
@dealpha36983 ай бұрын
@@dealpha3698 I think that shows how unfair golden state really was
@sportstalkonly14423 ай бұрын
True @@sportstalkonly1442
@dealpha36983 ай бұрын
Draymond is the problem plus the injuries maybe kd can stay if Draymond not being a fucking idiot.
@Lokii_023 ай бұрын
The warriors didn`t need KD, they won before him and they won after him. KD needed the GSW so that he could be the guy after Harrison Barnes and the guy before Andrew Wiggins.
@thetruth46543 ай бұрын
Maybe the history said that they didn't "need" KD, but I doubt they will ever win in a series against Prime Lebron and his healthy team. In 2022, LeBron has passed his prime. In short, they need KD to beat the LeBron Cavs, specifically.
@kad99473 ай бұрын
There is something called "in the moment" and they definitely needed him for those 2 years... plus the nba world changed since he left...don't be dumb
@goatstatusj51122 ай бұрын
Lebron with healthy teammates beat them before and after durant...they needed him
@xavierb90612 ай бұрын
Your the best bro
@DanixIsCool3 ай бұрын
Man I wish I still lived in this time it was so fun watching bball just isn’t the same :(
@RuggedHectic3 ай бұрын
I grew up less than a mile from oracle arena, Steph was drafted the year I was born and I will never forget this era of not just nba history but my life. They put Oakland on the map and I will forever be grateful to have grown up in this city at this time. (2017 warriors are clapping 96 bulls btw)
@ZackieDookie3 ай бұрын
most definitely. they would destroy the bulls. the only people that say otherwise are oldheads with nostalgia.
@sportstalkonly14423 ай бұрын
Honestly, the Warriors got so lucky with the Rockets injuries like still, they got pushed to game seven that Houston teams would’ve crushed the Cavaliers
@dsbeats56573 ай бұрын
man stop it lebron would never lose to james harden in the finals🤣🤣🤣🤣
@josiahclutch3 ай бұрын
TBF Rockes' star players James Harden and CP3 are known to be injury prone. Rockets GM is to blame for betting on their health.
@chief82683 ай бұрын
You joking right you got to past a lebron team dude
@BLloydcreator3 ай бұрын
I’m sorry but they probably would’ve won 1 chip if CP3 didnt get injured
@Ari35583 ай бұрын
Btw I am talking about the warriors
@Ari35583 ай бұрын
Great Video!
@gigachad8114 күн бұрын
OSM videos guys keep it up :)
@NBAnewsusa4422 ай бұрын
A ring is a ring. KD's career is better with Golden State than if he had stayed in OKC and never won a ring. But not all rings are made the same. Dirk's one ring is worth more than KD's two, which is why Dirk is ranked higher oat imo
@codg34843 ай бұрын
I’m a Mavs fan and I’ll say KD is more talented than Dirk, but I agree i rather have Dirk because of his loyalty and the fact he could lead a team (an old team basically on their last chance btw) on an impressive run to a championship
@deeblachvlogs58363 ай бұрын
Dirk beat prime wade and bron he deserve that gotta give it to Jason terry too bro went off couple games
@BackwoodChong3 ай бұрын
Exactly. KD is a champion and nobody can take that away from him but he’ll never be in the GOAT discussion like he recently brought up. He made his bed and he needs to be comfortable laying in it. Curry will always be higher up on any GOAT discussion compared to KD.
@friendlyneighborhoodgoat3 ай бұрын
@@deeblachvlogs5836 Mavs had one more chance in 2014. That roster is overlooked bc of an early first round exit but they took the eventual champ Spurs to 7.
@codg34843 ай бұрын
@@deeblachvlogs5836 KD is better no doubt. But Dirk is greater. Dirk has faced countless 50+ win teams (I think more than anyone, if I'm not mistaken), he beat the defending champions LAL, OKC, Portland and the Heat. Dirk is not better, but he's simply greater by far due to that.
@baskeplaye0093 ай бұрын
keep on going for your amazing videos!!!
@BlueWrld9893 ай бұрын
What I liked about this warriors team was their bench, those bench guys were also great and most of the time score a lot when they have the lead.
@raffyibanez96532 ай бұрын
Greatest Offseason Signing Of All Time!!!
@neveonprice32473 ай бұрын
The Bulls still are the greatest team of all-time
@J0hnRatcliffe3 ай бұрын
lmao the warriors would be shooting 3s all over them
@dar72792 ай бұрын
Michael Jordan said, "But did you 3PEAT??"
@Mr._RamosАй бұрын
A GREAT video. A reminder of who the Warriors really are.
@cherylmaynard565728 күн бұрын
KD and the warriors was special 💯 bron bron fans/cavs fans still bitter 😂
@lilcutthroat_3 ай бұрын
Yall need to respect KD more. And it's more of a shame that Warriors fans don't give him respect
@adekunle46723 ай бұрын
na
@tobi92473 ай бұрын
Well they won a chip before and after they left and made a lot of teams irrelevant. Even 2018 playoff LeBron which I consider the best form of him couldn’t take down that team. We know KD is good but until he wins a chip without the warriors or a super team he probably will keep being disrespected.
@quentinhans47553 ай бұрын
@@quentinhans4755 you have a warped understanding of what greatness is
@adekunle46723 ай бұрын
@@adekunle4672 na you defo do, he is 100% correct
@tobi92473 ай бұрын
The "Warriors fans" that hate on KD are just insecure Curry dickriders mad that he wasn't best player during their 2 rings together
@DonkeyKong54793 ай бұрын
Kd is a great shooter for the warriors team than ever before and after he is with the ball rolling in your heart with the sun's team ka.pai 👋☘️
@judyseager445011 күн бұрын
Fax warriors were insane
@zamarmendez46113 ай бұрын
Warriors vs Cavs 2017 were just perfectly matched. The original core were all drafted and Cavs core are all traded to form a superteam
@user-dq1ow5ql7e3 ай бұрын
If they were perfectly matched the cavs wouldn't have lost in 5
@sportstalkonly14422 ай бұрын
@@sportstalkonly1442 not the Warriors fault
@user-dq1ow5ql7e2 ай бұрын
@@user-dq1ow5ql7e never said it was. I only said they weren't perfectly matched
@sportstalkonly14422 ай бұрын
if they are perfectly magtched, then 96 bulls would beat 2017 warriors
@theonlygoodonehere22592 ай бұрын
They looked perfectly matched in 2016 and then they added the 2nd or 3rd best player in the world and it's still even?
@darrylneiltanyag248712 күн бұрын
Question: What if KD stacked the deck again? Request a trade to the top 2seeds in each conference and stacked the deck again after that? Then enters the GOAT DEBATE
@ijayrizzy31163 ай бұрын
Nice video
@JasperAnglin343 ай бұрын
We don’t talk about how in the plays offs of KD’s final season with Golden State they low key struggled with the Clippers. The win is six but they were not supposed to go that many games. The clippers overcame a 30 point deficit to win a game and they did that with their best player being a sixth man.
@tariqrobertson546 күн бұрын
Goddman even this video skipped out Mark Jackson’s role in the birth of the dynasty wtf
@oompaloompa60643 ай бұрын
Brought up don nelson but skipped right over Mark Jackson aka the guy who got the dubs into playoffs
@retronerds68843 ай бұрын
Everybody can say what they want but that warriors team needed KD as much as KD needed that warriors team.
@ikiwheese3 ай бұрын
Stop💀
@Richxwolf3 ай бұрын
Obviously! Lol without KD bron was gon be in in 2017 again
@ab75973 ай бұрын
Yep they both needed each other just to beat Bron. That 2015 title was Bs due to those injuries. When the cavs were healthy they beat GSW. So clearly KD and the GSW both needed each other. Idk why people can't see that. Kyrie and love don't get hurt in 2015. Cavs prob won those back to back. And would've made KD move even more logical. Nobody would be saying what they are saying now
@alexmotts3 ай бұрын
They won a championship and we're one game away from another...they could have gotten any reasonably good player to get back on top
@deonlepharaoh3 ай бұрын
Ya’ll can get triggered all you want but it’s the truth. I agree the cavs looked strong and bron definitely had a good shot at carrying the cavs forward. He clearly proved that. I’m not a Lebron fan at all but the proof is in the pudding.
@ikiwheese3 ай бұрын
One of the best final performances by kd
@goldenboy163 ай бұрын
Please please do a video on the Toronto Raptors run to a championship in 2019
@zudarzahnshow57593 ай бұрын
if kawhi didn't get hurt in game 1, spurs would have beaten them
@justinrouster24443 ай бұрын
yeah sure.............. whatever helps you sleep at night buddy
@TopDrifter2033 ай бұрын
Sure buddy sure
@Richxwolf3 ай бұрын
You’ll never know that lol
@bboyggez3 ай бұрын
No one knows , its game 1, even kawhi didnt get hurt, warriors still win in that series cuz curry,klay and kd still hungry in winning championship rings no one cant stop this trio
@user-vh8wi5wy1e3 ай бұрын
Not very likely but yes there was a chance. That spurs team with kawhi was special, they always matched up well vs gsw.
@LeafyPeach3 ай бұрын
"Because he was Kd it worked" 🥶🥶🥶 (12:45)
@kjjr32703 ай бұрын
As a warriors fan. This was the greatest move they did acquiring KD without getting rid of the big 3 is huge and all those crying are lebron fans to be honest 😂😂
@jaymarschwi64183 ай бұрын
as much as it was snake for kd to join them, the value he provided proved they also needed him
@anwarrabah51933 ай бұрын
They eventually won in 2022. That speaks volumes on how good that team was without KD. They also won in 2015. Having said that, I think that the 2017 GSW is the best team ever assembled.
@baskeplaye0093 ай бұрын
And had to hurt Khawi Leonard to secure a win vs the spurs and lost to the guy on 2019. Khawi the Dubs killer!
@omarvarela74413 ай бұрын
I agree
@bonemarrow02203 ай бұрын
Kawhi on one leg beat the Warriors in 2019. He had some leg/knee injury he suffered at the end of the ECF.
@Paulafan53 ай бұрын
@@Paulafan5 Warriors was depleted in 2019 clown
@jerryren40763 ай бұрын
72-10 don't mean a thing without a ring.
@micci98653 ай бұрын
73-9
@Dominicano809_3 ай бұрын
So... it goes us another two in the end!! And a 7 game series is no slouch. That's as close as it gets
@NoahFernandes-by4zo3 ай бұрын
lmao 73-9 is more meaningful than a ring. I forget who even won the last 5 rings but I'm never forgetting a team getting 73-9
@dar72792 ай бұрын
@@dar7279 This is peak basketball retardation right here. Dumbest of the dumbest comment.
@micci98652 ай бұрын
The NBA gift wrapped that game 4 for the Cavs IYKYK in 2017
@jeremypayne770811 күн бұрын
My rant on the 2016 - 2019 Golden State Warriors: The Kevin Durant era of the Golden State Warriors was obviously one of the most hated eras of the team. 2016 - 2017: The San Antonio Spurs were on the verge of obliterating the Warriors UNTIL ZAZA PACHULIA HAD TO INJURE KAWHI LEONARD TO MAKE SURE SAN ANTONIO PAID THE PRICE BY HAVING THE WARRIORS COME BACK TO WIN GAME 1, ULTIMATELY COMPLETING THE SWEEP OF THE SPURS!! LIKE IN 2016, GAME 1 AND GAME 2 WERE LOPSIDED WINS FOR GOLDEN STATE, AND MY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WERE ON THE VERGE OF WINNING GAME 3, BUT THEN DURANT HAD TO RUIN IT BY HITTING THAT DAGGER ON THE WAY TO WINNING THE 2017 TITLE FOR GS, AND FORCING DAVID GRIFFIN TO STEP DOWN AS GENERAL MANAGER AND ALSO FORCING KYRIE IRVING TO REQUEST A TRADE!! 2017 - 2018: The Houston Rockets had a chance to go back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995, BUT GOLDEN STATE HAD TO RUIN IT IN GAME 6 AND GAME 7!! THEY ALSO HAD TO SWEEP MY CAVALIERS WHEN DURANT HAD TO HIT THE SAME DAGGER FROM 2017, WHICH FORCED LEBRON JAMES TO LEAVE MY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AGAIN!! 2018 - 2019: My FLAMING passion for hating the Warriors no doubt reached its peak, as I would start going furiously ballistic every time Golden State won following that Warriors-Bulls game on October 29, 2018 (Simpsons star Dan Castellaneta turned 61 that day), AS WELL AS MY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS NOW BEING TRASH BECAUSE OF KD AND GOLDEN STATE MESSING THEM UP!! After almost making me want to go Homer Simpson mode by violently strangling Durant with the Warriors once again breathing through the playoffs, they finally got their comeuppance in the 2019 NBA Finals by losing in six games to the Toronto Raptors. And that’s my rant.
@RSpeller-ym6jj25 күн бұрын
2017 sweep 96 bulls
@4ktkaram3953 ай бұрын
they were struggling with hobbled kawhi and injured spurs team, how would they beat 96 bulls?
@theonlygoodonehere22592 ай бұрын
@@theonlygoodonehere2259modern spacing could make an AVERAGE team beat the 1996 bulls
@antiarezzo76302 ай бұрын
Gm ones of the p-offs are just a feel. The next gms would not b the same anymore. Poffs is a game of adjustments@@theonlygoodonehere2259
@cornflakes307128 күн бұрын
Klay boasting his 4 rings being just carried😂
@LeFlopPleaseRetireNow3 ай бұрын
yeah sure
@TopDrifter2033 ай бұрын
Fun team to watch. Everyone here in Northern California was rooting for em
@Jordan.Vaughn2 ай бұрын
KD followed a principle ’If you can’t beat them, join them’
@harihardhik32932 ай бұрын
2019 roster should be the best ever. They had curry, klay, KD, Draymond, and boogie.
@Kevinboy54573 ай бұрын
Tee hee they still lost to the raptors No offense I mean they could have been goated but KD always gets injured
@spiderman-zs9ej3 ай бұрын
@@spiderman-zs9ej Put it in a what if perspective.
@Kevinboy54573 ай бұрын
Raptors beat them twice in the regular season (both times, the Warriors were 100% healthy). It's just a shame that BOTH teams were so crippled for the Finals. Raptors were without OG (their most versatile defender) and both Lowry and Kawhi were playing with injuries (Lowry had a hand issue requiring major surgery and Kawhi injured his leg/knee at the end of the Bucks series).
@Paulafan53 ай бұрын
nah, the bench sucks
@user-dq1ow5ql7e3 ай бұрын
@@Paulafan5 at that point warriors did not take the regular season serious at all. When kd came back against raptor for that 1 quarter they were destroying the raptors. Plus they got raptors to 6 games and only started losing when klay got injured.
@dar72792 ай бұрын
KD will forever be a snake for joining a 73 W team that he couldn’t beat the year prior.
@daveczarnik60173 ай бұрын
4:45 They got murdered by the Durant Curry Pick and roll 😆
@jupiterjk9919 күн бұрын
They need a movie or a tv series
@Jaime.Lannister15 күн бұрын
The 96 Bulls would have demolished this team with 90s rules. They would have won comfortably with modern rules.
@CG-vn8iy3 ай бұрын
Sorry to tell you bro but the 2017 warriors would blow the 96 bulls out every game in a best of 7
@PriestDaSensei3 ай бұрын
@@PriestDaSensei lol, no....bro.
@CG-vn8iy3 ай бұрын
I STILL can’t believe people genuinely think 96 Bulls beat this team 😂
@Jeff_2x3 ай бұрын
It's cuz Jordan fans think that he is christ himself
@jamaragon24243 ай бұрын
We'll never know
@kurtcometa48183 ай бұрын
Research the 1996 bulls and tell me what you see
@Ari35583 ай бұрын
They wouldn’t lmao
@YungBZ3 ай бұрын
As a die hard 90s Bulls fan, no doubt that KD's Warriors is the greatest team ever assembled, especially the last version....the 2018/19 with the Cousin, Pole and all that bench. Only injuries could stop them
@tm75_883 ай бұрын
As painful as it sounds, losing Game 7 in 2016 was a blessing in disguise for DubNation. All that loss did was unleash an active volcano on the rest of the NBA. Kevin Durant's arrival signaled one thing. "CLEVELAND YOU'RE A DEAD MAN WALKING!" Not to say the Cavs weren't pushovers, they had come back from 3-1, and most of if not their entire 2016 team would be back in 2017. However, I must admit this. The only time I've never ever gotten nervous during a single playoff run of any of my teams was the 2017 Warriors. I made the point that this team may never lose again. Their only loss was Game 4 of the Finals where the Cavs got off to a ridiculously hot start and never looked back. Other than that game Game 3 against Cleveland, and Game 1 against San Antonio were the Dubs ever in a position to lose a game during that postseason. 2018 I thought would be more of the same. But then we realized that the Houston Rockets were going to make us earn every minute of that series. The Chris Paul injury was a big blow, but thats not why they were eliminated. The Rockets got beat at their own game. The 3 ball. You tried to copy us Houston, but to no avail. And by the way, enjoying missing 27 straight 3-pointers. The Finals was a coronation other than the overtime epic in Game 1. Once JR Smith didn't know what he was doing, the Cavs were dead on arrival. 2019 would be considered a What If by most Warrior fans, but to be honest, they got outplayed by Toronto. When you lose all 3 games at home regardless of who is out there, thats not a good look. I know KD was hurt, and Klay tore his ACL in Game 6, but there's no excuse to go 0-3 at home especially losing the final game at Oracle to lose the series. I do think it was best that KD left for the Nets only in the sense that both he and Steph wanted to prove that they could win a title without the other. Durant hasn't really come close other than in 2021, and Steph was able to win it all in 2022. That team like the 2015 Warriors had 30, 11, and 23 leading the way with their Strength in Numbers motto of unsung heroes making key contributors helping them out. Who knows if the Dubs will make it back, but I must say this. Boy, what a joy it was to watch those teams, especially 2015-18 play.
@michaelhession21052 ай бұрын
so much bout kd but u cudnt once speak abt how gud curry was during this period. all the gud part of the team u spoke abt was circling around kd and all the bad part around curry and the splash brothers. lowkey sad. are we really gonna forget how curry inhibited his own growth in ball for the overall team success. he cudve have played like how he does now way back then too. with insane finishes at the basket. hes just more than wht stats can show. and cmon he averaged just 2 points less than kd in the 18 finals. the main focus of defense was curry.
@abhinavvarma82433 ай бұрын
this team will never match 72-10 chicago bulls.
@patrickoloko41843 ай бұрын
If Chicago went nearly undefeated in the playoffs in their 72-10 season, they would undoubtedly be the greatest team of all time.
@jdapaul13513 ай бұрын
who can you compare them to?, they got the job done, went a historic 72-10 and still won the chip. total domination of all other teams. if thats not your standard for the GOAT team then I don't trust it.
@patrickoloko41843 ай бұрын
@@patrickoloko4184 I still believe the 72-10 Bulls are the greatest team of all time. However, just by a razor thin edge with all the skill and spacing of today's game. Plus, by the numbers, the 2017 Warriors were better. They're my favorite team all time but objectively, 72 wins with a ring edges out slightly.
@jdapaul13513 ай бұрын
This team went 73-9 without Kd and you think the bulls are better then them with KD 😂
@Kendricktimes23 ай бұрын
I love Kd, but I am not sure if he would have a ring if he did not join the warriors
@DangerHunter3173 ай бұрын
Even if the warriors are done I'm really happy that they won in 2022 this season is straight sad
@pandabearmadness62633 ай бұрын
I’m sure KD regrets joining the warriors.
@purekeuste3 ай бұрын
They can never take that from the Dubs. We have Steph, and 4 rings. The Core will continue to be in the Best Team conversations!!💯💯
@its420somewhererightnow3 ай бұрын
KD WE STILL LOVE YOU, TURTLE HEAD STEVEN A SMITH DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE GS FAN BASE, A MATTER OF FACT HE CANNOT SPEAK FOR US...
@roadcoadog3 ай бұрын
If the Warriors hadn't got KD to join them, they would have had a lot more money to spread around multiple role players, like they'd done in 2014 and 2015, to give them a chance to win titles. They wouldn't have been as good as they turned out to be with him, but they would have been right there in the mix...every year. That was a jacked team, even without KD.
@anodyne57Ай бұрын
laughing to klay rn😂
@shinobusckgiyudck20 күн бұрын
The whole video about the Warriors dynasty is incomplete without Mark Jackson
@franklinmohlala9553 ай бұрын
1:53 GSW’s dynasty starting 3:12 Warriors with KD
@Amir_2KАй бұрын
When the Warriors win, there are no Kyrie and Love; when the Cavs win, there is no Bogut and Green, all of whom play big roles on defense in the Warriors' system. What I mean is, both teams deserve credit for winning the finals. Injuries are part of the game..
@RvThesecond29 күн бұрын
I would like to call myself at the time a die hard thunder fan, so when. KD left I was irate; but I’m older now and wiser. He went there and got 2 rings, and had THEE best offensive PER season in nba history. I’m not gonna say I respect what he did, but he definitely got results with that move. There’s so many great players that never got rings, Love em or hate em he made a tough but smart decision. That was one of the best teams I’ve ever witnessed in basketball personally. It was a fun time, respect KD 🫡
This team was so OP they had to beat themselves to lose.
Like the heat
@@Betroidlol but nah the heat were beatable
@@jamaragon2424they heat also had 4 all stars at one point and were betting favorites before every season they jus allergic to old ppl that’s why the mavs and spurs were too much
I would say the 2018 Rockets beat themselves more so than the Warriors beating them with key injuries (Luc A Moute, and CP3) one underperformer ( Clint Capela), and the 27 missed 3s and still losing by single digits.....with a 15 point lead at halftime without CP3. 2017-2018 season Rockets is the focus Don't bring up the yr after when KD got hurt....Rockets lost 2 key pieces in free agency and CP3 and Harden started feuding and the chemistry wasn't the same.
The threepeat lakers only beat themselves as well. By shaq gaining weight and kobes injuries. They don’t lose if they stayed healthy
Of the 4 titles the Warriors won, I think their 2022 one was the most impressive. It showed that they were still there when a lot of people assumed their run was over. I think that's the one that meant the most to Steph too.
Obviously 2022 was most impressive , 2015 after tht
it hits more of it
The Celtics were loaded and young lions Steph had to go crazy to pull that one off💪🏿💪🏿
To me it was their 2015 one
They won it because other teams got tons of injuries, LAC, Denver.
That line "looks like james picked up a random bystandards to play the nba finals" is wild 💀
This 😂😂😂
Yep! That's the only line that I can recall after watching the whole video. LOL!@@meljudegomez9521
same for 2007 finals
that's how lebron fans disrespect his teammates to boost him.
Gotta prop up their favorite player somehow.
KD joining the team he couldn’t beat in the western conference finals 8 years ago ruined a would be all time great rivalry between LeBron and Steph
LeBron would easily beat Steph with a healthy Kyrie an K Love. The fact that LeBron won 2 games without Kyrie an K Love in 2015 is already a sign.
Go watch tennis, or some other individual
Exactly
If kd wasn't in the warriors I don't think they would even get past that mvp james harden rockets
@@jdapaul1351yawn .. warriors first finals after coming from no where with no established superstars coming into the season vs Bron in year 12 and 5th finals appearance
It was already weak that KD joined them, but the warriors winning before he got there AND after he left says a lot
It does say a lot it says that warriors needed him for those back to back rings he won for them cause lebron would’ve had 2 extra rings if he wasn’t there to take charge 😂
@@Shareef505its not like Bron stopped existing after KD left warriors. Why didn't he get those 2 extra rings then?
@@allstar4065Bron went to the Lakers in 2018-19 and won a ring the year after KD left the Warriors
@@allstar4065 Kyrie left remember? And Love was reduced to a bench player
@@allstar4065 lebron went to the finals both years cause he was on a mission. Take KD out those series and he wins both no doubt about it!
Everyone loves an underdog, and this team was ANYTHING but an underdog. People can get behind a single player trying to drag a trash team to a chip but something like the golden state avengers was a little much. That’s more of a testament to how good each of these players are/were but c’est la vie
They were an underdog until they weren't.
Having 4 top 20 players on your team and the refs on your side is a powerful combination. Moving screen central
RDCWorld said it best when the trade happened: "THEY THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!"
Send me a link😂 I gotta see this
W RDC 🫡
😂 wasn’t even a trade the league just let it happen for free lmao
@@abskhairounSearch in how “lebron reacts to kevin durant's decision rdcworld”
Uhmm hey I got a question
This feels more like a documentary about KD than the warriors
my thought exactly
The 2019 Warriors were so good that they lost KD in the 2nd round, made the finals anyways, stole 2 games despite KD only playing 12 minutes, and were up late in Game 6 until Klay tore his ACL. And they weren't even as good as the 2017 Warriors.
Crazy kawhis legacy is built off of beating an injured team in 6 games 😂
any team that can win a chip running a box and one in the finals cuz the other team is missing all their stars and most of their bench should have their ring taken😭😭@@mattsell2361
lol. Raptors were the better team that season (2-0 vs the 100% healthy Warriors in the regular season). It was only close because OG never played a minute of the playoffs, Kawhi was playing with a leg injury (which is why his PPG were way lower than they should have been against a weaker defensive team) and Lowry had a hand injury requiring major surgery. I think the fact that Nick Nurse didn't whine about the injury situation is why people mistakenly think they were healthy.
@@Paulafan5 the warriors were not 100% healthy in their regular season
@@Paulafan5 Regular season dont count, playoff matters
_"I am Kevin Durant. You know who i am"_ the lightest brag i ever heard. And yes, basketball and competition fans knew who you are.
As soon as he said that, I knew the Clippers done fucked up
Easy to talk when your not the one driving the bus.
He's two times NBA Final MVP
@@NasteeGodmeh still more impressed with 2022 Steph Finals MVP though
@@chan13153 2x FINALS MVP ain’t “driving the bus”? What ever happened to logic these days?
This feels more like a Kevin durant video than a warriors video
It certainly is. Everything that didnt have KD included was excluded from this video
KD was the difference maker. It's not Harrison Barnes out there
@@doteth6603The warriors have 2 with KD , two without, KD has no rings without the warriors… KD should join the Timberwolves or Nuggets to maybe win another free ring…
Warriors KD was the best KD version ngl
Especially the playoffs version. He was simply unguardable on offense and terrific on defense.
No bum westbrook and Robertson shooting 3s, defense just doubl8ng him
No shit he was on the avengers 😂
He was the same player the year before just on a superteam
The 2015-2019 era was an awesome/awful time in the league. The awesome was being able to witness the dynasty of GS, the other was the Cavs 3-1 comeback. The awfulness was how every team was pretty irrelevant until 2019 free agency.
All the finals besides 2016 was Cavs gifting championships to GSW. East was so weak that it was painful to see. Tbf, it’s still weak besides the Celtics and bucks, maybe take out bucks cuz they got doc rivers as the coach
@@garunack4664 in fact cavs were proclaimed as worst defensive finalist teams of all time
It is like Jordan joining Boston which he couldn’t beat that time spoiling the Magic-Bird rivalry.
@lucaswalker7271 stop lying to yourself
stop dickriding lil bro @@culturedbyhoops
@lucaswalker7271 2016 is different than 2017
LeBron and the cavs defeated a 73-9 team then the Warriors just assembled the best team in history lmao
you mean injuries😂😂
@@alliesstartedww1308 Up 3-1 with 2 home games for the warriors (Game 5 and 7) and don't forget Draymond puts up his best performance in game 7 (32pts 15reb 9assists)😬
@@alliesstartedww1308you mean the main reason Golden State won all their championships?
Thunder should have beaten them in 2016.
@@sebastiangonzales46 And Dray,ond was suspended for a BS call. Lebron threw him to the ground. Anyone with working eyes can watch that clip and see this. Draymond wasn't given a T or even a foul. But somehow gets suspended? The fix was in bro and you're simply not intelligent enough to realize it.
The fact that golden state still won the 2022 championship shows how little they “needed” him. He needed them to win the chip.
The most factual statement I ever heard
They didn’t need him they won in 2015 lmaoo But they definitely needed him to stop bron from 3 peating
They’d have lost to that rocket team without kd, spurs in 207? Maybe
you realize thats 5 years into the future gang with whole new team they went into a povety stage without kd
What they Warriors lost with KD's departure, they got the combo of Wiggins and Pool: defense, scoring and playmaking. And they also had depth. The 2022 team was not the same team from 2017-2019.
KD is a champion and nobody can ever take that away from him but him recently asking why he can’t be in the goat discussion is ridiculous. Bro you don’t even clear your teammate in that goat discussion. He’s top 15 but not top 10. No serious person would have KD in the goat convo
He's not a real champion.
He’s definitely top 15 for sure. Putting him any higher than that disrespects other players that have done more in their time frames.
Literally it’s no discussion the warriors made his legacy 😂
If he actually leads a team to a chip for once by himself then maybe hed break top ten, but hed have to do it twice
@@SuperSikarloThen neither is lebron
2019 was heartbreaking, so many injuries ruined everything. If Klay survived that game 6, we would go in game 7 and then.. yeah, we would never know. Glad we bounced back in 2022♥️
Thanks Nonstop, I’m new to Basketball, so it’s exiting to find out more about legendary teams! The voiceover is also perfect without any unessesary emotions
Give your life to Christ, God loves you all.
Kd really let the fans get to him in the way of being a dynasty with golden state.
IMO, I think Draymond Green , is the biggest detriment to the franchise , and keeping him around has messed up the team .
It was mainly Draymond man
All because he wanted thr bag..he ran poole out an kd out smh
Definitely could’ve titled this “i love kevin durant”
Only time KD was fan favorites was when he was with the nets 😂
This feels like a KD documentary 😂
😂
God that 2017 revenge season after choking a 3-1 lead as Warriors fan was so sweet. We went from hated to despised in a single day and one signing and I loved every second of it. The amount of complaining and whining about them being too good was something I never thought I would’ve seen from a Warriors team
they fit perfectly with each other. you can put every all star in 1 team and it still wont work if they aren’t the right fit.
They won before and after KD. Shows how easy it was for him and how impressive that Cavs team fought considering who they had aside from Kylie and Lebron
They did not need Durant but he sure did need them
AGREE BRO WHAT DOESENT ANYTHING UNDERSTAND
btw I meant anyone
i agree. 2016 proved warriors didnt need KD but KD needed them. people say "oh but without KD they wouldnt get 2 rings" they still would get 2 rings even without KD.
They still got a ring without him
73-9 says enough the warriors created KDs legacy
I think the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Warriors are the best teams ever assembled in the NBA. I’m picking either one of those teams over any other team in a 7-game series, all-time.
nah, the Gayrriors wouldn't be able to beat a Prime Spurs team or a Prime Lakers team in a 7 game series.
@@kmena05 Nah, theyd only lose to the 1996 Bulls
theyd win in 7@@vulcanraven9701
@@vulcanraven9701I don't think Gayrriors would survive hand checking
@@vulcanraven9701 ron harper is going to have a seizure guarding steph and Jordan finna feel like lebron being the only viable scorer on that team and then he's gonna have to chase klay off ball lol. KD is smoking scottie and u finna say "WhaT about Defense" until you realize the warriors finished top 2 in both offensive and defensive rating that season LOL. Warriors in 5 and that's being generous
I don't really have a problem with KD joining the Dubs. What I do have a problem with is him acting like the 2 rings with them puts him at GOAT status even though he left and they got another. He's the most delusional player in the NBA.
He always gonna be Goat status no matter what the fans say.
@@Shareef505 Yeah, no. 😄
@@Shareef505 Never
@@Shareef505lol
No Kd = no dynasty
Recent attempted super teams just validates this warriors team even more imo. We have seen in recent years a fair amount of super teams that have felt very short of their potential.
because there was no team in history that was able to stack the way warriors did, in comes down to you guys learning about cap spaces, and paycuts and such, and moral grounds, no one in history like bulls with mj would pull what warriors did in getting KD, same thing with prime shaq and younger kobe, it was an unforgivable written rule, then lebron ruined it, and kd made it worse
two things made this possible: 1. Steph was still on a cheap contract from when he was injury prone 2. The NBPA rejected cap smoothing for the new TV deal and opted for an instant cap spike which allowed GSW to sign KD
10:18 😂😂😂 "It looked like he was playing with some bystanders that he picked on his way to the arena"
Kd is so underrated defensively, not the top 20 defenders ever but still an elite defender for his career
Is this a Warriors video or a Kevin Durant video?
KD: "Why I'm not in the goat debate what havent I done" Everyone else: didn't win a real championship and ruined the NBA for 2 years because he was butt hurt. Everyone knows Curry was the best player and main focus of all defenses that played the warriors.
2017 and 2018 are phantom rungs 🙄
Curry is better all time but they gave Durant the FMVP for a reason.
@@ivnmrtnzyes Ty lue himself said they was trying to slow down curry over kd that’s why he got them
you really are a hater lmao... if you really watch and read the game you will know why... also fyi draymond clay Steph iggy gsw organization would say the same... not what you think and say
@@alexescutia4805we both watched different games then.
A great video with lots of great information.
Information about durant
Bro full love!
Him joining the warriors ruined an all time rivalry between bron and curry. They was at 1-1. Imo bron was going back to back. But KD shifted the balance. Also, the reason why people criticize Durant is not because he left OKC he left them to the team he JUST choked a 3-1 lead to in the playoffs. If he woulda gone for example to Houston with Harden and beaten GS to a ring, it woulda been legendary.
I think he played with Harden before and wanted something new
This video was littiraly about KD rather than Golden State Warriors
Love your videos
The most fair assessment of the KD / Warriors saga i have heard yet.
If the Basket ball gods didn't interfered clearly at least 4 straight rings.
lebron and kyrie must be the baketball gods
@@sportstalkonly1442 I'm talking about KD Warriors era.
@@dealpha3698 I think that shows how unfair golden state really was
True @@sportstalkonly1442
Draymond is the problem plus the injuries maybe kd can stay if Draymond not being a fucking idiot.
The warriors didn`t need KD, they won before him and they won after him. KD needed the GSW so that he could be the guy after Harrison Barnes and the guy before Andrew Wiggins.
Maybe the history said that they didn't "need" KD, but I doubt they will ever win in a series against Prime Lebron and his healthy team. In 2022, LeBron has passed his prime. In short, they need KD to beat the LeBron Cavs, specifically.
There is something called "in the moment" and they definitely needed him for those 2 years... plus the nba world changed since he left...don't be dumb
Lebron with healthy teammates beat them before and after durant...they needed him
Your the best bro
Man I wish I still lived in this time it was so fun watching bball just isn’t the same :(
I grew up less than a mile from oracle arena, Steph was drafted the year I was born and I will never forget this era of not just nba history but my life. They put Oakland on the map and I will forever be grateful to have grown up in this city at this time. (2017 warriors are clapping 96 bulls btw)
most definitely. they would destroy the bulls. the only people that say otherwise are oldheads with nostalgia.
Honestly, the Warriors got so lucky with the Rockets injuries like still, they got pushed to game seven that Houston teams would’ve crushed the Cavaliers
man stop it lebron would never lose to james harden in the finals🤣🤣🤣🤣
TBF Rockes' star players James Harden and CP3 are known to be injury prone. Rockets GM is to blame for betting on their health.
You joking right you got to past a lebron team dude
I’m sorry but they probably would’ve won 1 chip if CP3 didnt get injured
Btw I am talking about the warriors
Great Video!
OSM videos guys keep it up :)
A ring is a ring. KD's career is better with Golden State than if he had stayed in OKC and never won a ring. But not all rings are made the same. Dirk's one ring is worth more than KD's two, which is why Dirk is ranked higher oat imo
I’m a Mavs fan and I’ll say KD is more talented than Dirk, but I agree i rather have Dirk because of his loyalty and the fact he could lead a team (an old team basically on their last chance btw) on an impressive run to a championship
Dirk beat prime wade and bron he deserve that gotta give it to Jason terry too bro went off couple games
Exactly. KD is a champion and nobody can take that away from him but he’ll never be in the GOAT discussion like he recently brought up. He made his bed and he needs to be comfortable laying in it. Curry will always be higher up on any GOAT discussion compared to KD.
@@deeblachvlogs5836 Mavs had one more chance in 2014. That roster is overlooked bc of an early first round exit but they took the eventual champ Spurs to 7.
@@deeblachvlogs5836 KD is better no doubt. But Dirk is greater. Dirk has faced countless 50+ win teams (I think more than anyone, if I'm not mistaken), he beat the defending champions LAL, OKC, Portland and the Heat. Dirk is not better, but he's simply greater by far due to that.
keep on going for your amazing videos!!!
What I liked about this warriors team was their bench, those bench guys were also great and most of the time score a lot when they have the lead.
Greatest Offseason Signing Of All Time!!!
The Bulls still are the greatest team of all-time
lmao the warriors would be shooting 3s all over them
Michael Jordan said, "But did you 3PEAT??"
A GREAT video. A reminder of who the Warriors really are.
KD and the warriors was special 💯 bron bron fans/cavs fans still bitter 😂
Yall need to respect KD more. And it's more of a shame that Warriors fans don't give him respect
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Well they won a chip before and after they left and made a lot of teams irrelevant. Even 2018 playoff LeBron which I consider the best form of him couldn’t take down that team. We know KD is good but until he wins a chip without the warriors or a super team he probably will keep being disrespected.
@@quentinhans4755 you have a warped understanding of what greatness is
@@adekunle4672 na you defo do, he is 100% correct
The "Warriors fans" that hate on KD are just insecure Curry dickriders mad that he wasn't best player during their 2 rings together
Kd is a great shooter for the warriors team than ever before and after he is with the ball rolling in your heart with the sun's team ka.pai 👋☘️
Fax warriors were insane
Warriors vs Cavs 2017 were just perfectly matched. The original core were all drafted and Cavs core are all traded to form a superteam
If they were perfectly matched the cavs wouldn't have lost in 5
@@sportstalkonly1442 not the Warriors fault
@@user-dq1ow5ql7e never said it was. I only said they weren't perfectly matched
if they are perfectly magtched, then 96 bulls would beat 2017 warriors
They looked perfectly matched in 2016 and then they added the 2nd or 3rd best player in the world and it's still even?
Question: What if KD stacked the deck again? Request a trade to the top 2seeds in each conference and stacked the deck again after that? Then enters the GOAT DEBATE
Nice video
We don’t talk about how in the plays offs of KD’s final season with Golden State they low key struggled with the Clippers. The win is six but they were not supposed to go that many games. The clippers overcame a 30 point deficit to win a game and they did that with their best player being a sixth man.
Goddman even this video skipped out Mark Jackson’s role in the birth of the dynasty wtf
Brought up don nelson but skipped right over Mark Jackson aka the guy who got the dubs into playoffs
Everybody can say what they want but that warriors team needed KD as much as KD needed that warriors team.
Stop💀
Obviously! Lol without KD bron was gon be in in 2017 again
Yep they both needed each other just to beat Bron. That 2015 title was Bs due to those injuries. When the cavs were healthy they beat GSW. So clearly KD and the GSW both needed each other. Idk why people can't see that. Kyrie and love don't get hurt in 2015. Cavs prob won those back to back. And would've made KD move even more logical. Nobody would be saying what they are saying now
They won a championship and we're one game away from another...they could have gotten any reasonably good player to get back on top
Ya’ll can get triggered all you want but it’s the truth. I agree the cavs looked strong and bron definitely had a good shot at carrying the cavs forward. He clearly proved that. I’m not a Lebron fan at all but the proof is in the pudding.
One of the best final performances by kd
Please please do a video on the Toronto Raptors run to a championship in 2019
if kawhi didn't get hurt in game 1, spurs would have beaten them
yeah sure.............. whatever helps you sleep at night buddy
Sure buddy sure
You’ll never know that lol
No one knows , its game 1, even kawhi didnt get hurt, warriors still win in that series cuz curry,klay and kd still hungry in winning championship rings no one cant stop this trio
Not very likely but yes there was a chance. That spurs team with kawhi was special, they always matched up well vs gsw.
"Because he was Kd it worked" 🥶🥶🥶 (12:45)
As a warriors fan. This was the greatest move they did acquiring KD without getting rid of the big 3 is huge and all those crying are lebron fans to be honest 😂😂
as much as it was snake for kd to join them, the value he provided proved they also needed him
They eventually won in 2022. That speaks volumes on how good that team was without KD. They also won in 2015. Having said that, I think that the 2017 GSW is the best team ever assembled.
And had to hurt Khawi Leonard to secure a win vs the spurs and lost to the guy on 2019. Khawi the Dubs killer!
I agree
Kawhi on one leg beat the Warriors in 2019. He had some leg/knee injury he suffered at the end of the ECF.
@@Paulafan5 Warriors was depleted in 2019 clown
72-10 don't mean a thing without a ring.
73-9
So... it goes us another two in the end!! And a 7 game series is no slouch. That's as close as it gets
lmao 73-9 is more meaningful than a ring. I forget who even won the last 5 rings but I'm never forgetting a team getting 73-9
@@dar7279 This is peak basketball retardation right here. Dumbest of the dumbest comment.
The NBA gift wrapped that game 4 for the Cavs IYKYK in 2017
My rant on the 2016 - 2019 Golden State Warriors: The Kevin Durant era of the Golden State Warriors was obviously one of the most hated eras of the team. 2016 - 2017: The San Antonio Spurs were on the verge of obliterating the Warriors UNTIL ZAZA PACHULIA HAD TO INJURE KAWHI LEONARD TO MAKE SURE SAN ANTONIO PAID THE PRICE BY HAVING THE WARRIORS COME BACK TO WIN GAME 1, ULTIMATELY COMPLETING THE SWEEP OF THE SPURS!! LIKE IN 2016, GAME 1 AND GAME 2 WERE LOPSIDED WINS FOR GOLDEN STATE, AND MY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WERE ON THE VERGE OF WINNING GAME 3, BUT THEN DURANT HAD TO RUIN IT BY HITTING THAT DAGGER ON THE WAY TO WINNING THE 2017 TITLE FOR GS, AND FORCING DAVID GRIFFIN TO STEP DOWN AS GENERAL MANAGER AND ALSO FORCING KYRIE IRVING TO REQUEST A TRADE!! 2017 - 2018: The Houston Rockets had a chance to go back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995, BUT GOLDEN STATE HAD TO RUIN IT IN GAME 6 AND GAME 7!! THEY ALSO HAD TO SWEEP MY CAVALIERS WHEN DURANT HAD TO HIT THE SAME DAGGER FROM 2017, WHICH FORCED LEBRON JAMES TO LEAVE MY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AGAIN!! 2018 - 2019: My FLAMING passion for hating the Warriors no doubt reached its peak, as I would start going furiously ballistic every time Golden State won following that Warriors-Bulls game on October 29, 2018 (Simpsons star Dan Castellaneta turned 61 that day), AS WELL AS MY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS NOW BEING TRASH BECAUSE OF KD AND GOLDEN STATE MESSING THEM UP!! After almost making me want to go Homer Simpson mode by violently strangling Durant with the Warriors once again breathing through the playoffs, they finally got their comeuppance in the 2019 NBA Finals by losing in six games to the Toronto Raptors. And that’s my rant.
2017 sweep 96 bulls
they were struggling with hobbled kawhi and injured spurs team, how would they beat 96 bulls?
@@theonlygoodonehere2259modern spacing could make an AVERAGE team beat the 1996 bulls
Gm ones of the p-offs are just a feel. The next gms would not b the same anymore. Poffs is a game of adjustments@@theonlygoodonehere2259
Klay boasting his 4 rings being just carried😂
yeah sure
Fun team to watch. Everyone here in Northern California was rooting for em
KD followed a principle ’If you can’t beat them, join them’
2019 roster should be the best ever. They had curry, klay, KD, Draymond, and boogie.
Tee hee they still lost to the raptors No offense I mean they could have been goated but KD always gets injured
@@spiderman-zs9ej Put it in a what if perspective.
Raptors beat them twice in the regular season (both times, the Warriors were 100% healthy). It's just a shame that BOTH teams were so crippled for the Finals. Raptors were without OG (their most versatile defender) and both Lowry and Kawhi were playing with injuries (Lowry had a hand issue requiring major surgery and Kawhi injured his leg/knee at the end of the Bucks series).
nah, the bench sucks
@@Paulafan5 at that point warriors did not take the regular season serious at all. When kd came back against raptor for that 1 quarter they were destroying the raptors. Plus they got raptors to 6 games and only started losing when klay got injured.
KD will forever be a snake for joining a 73 W team that he couldn’t beat the year prior.
4:45 They got murdered by the Durant Curry Pick and roll 😆
They need a movie or a tv series
The 96 Bulls would have demolished this team with 90s rules. They would have won comfortably with modern rules.
Sorry to tell you bro but the 2017 warriors would blow the 96 bulls out every game in a best of 7
@@PriestDaSensei lol, no....bro.
I STILL can’t believe people genuinely think 96 Bulls beat this team 😂
It's cuz Jordan fans think that he is christ himself
We'll never know
Research the 1996 bulls and tell me what you see
They wouldn’t lmao
As a die hard 90s Bulls fan, no doubt that KD's Warriors is the greatest team ever assembled, especially the last version....the 2018/19 with the Cousin, Pole and all that bench. Only injuries could stop them
As painful as it sounds, losing Game 7 in 2016 was a blessing in disguise for DubNation. All that loss did was unleash an active volcano on the rest of the NBA. Kevin Durant's arrival signaled one thing. "CLEVELAND YOU'RE A DEAD MAN WALKING!" Not to say the Cavs weren't pushovers, they had come back from 3-1, and most of if not their entire 2016 team would be back in 2017. However, I must admit this. The only time I've never ever gotten nervous during a single playoff run of any of my teams was the 2017 Warriors. I made the point that this team may never lose again. Their only loss was Game 4 of the Finals where the Cavs got off to a ridiculously hot start and never looked back. Other than that game Game 3 against Cleveland, and Game 1 against San Antonio were the Dubs ever in a position to lose a game during that postseason. 2018 I thought would be more of the same. But then we realized that the Houston Rockets were going to make us earn every minute of that series. The Chris Paul injury was a big blow, but thats not why they were eliminated. The Rockets got beat at their own game. The 3 ball. You tried to copy us Houston, but to no avail. And by the way, enjoying missing 27 straight 3-pointers. The Finals was a coronation other than the overtime epic in Game 1. Once JR Smith didn't know what he was doing, the Cavs were dead on arrival. 2019 would be considered a What If by most Warrior fans, but to be honest, they got outplayed by Toronto. When you lose all 3 games at home regardless of who is out there, thats not a good look. I know KD was hurt, and Klay tore his ACL in Game 6, but there's no excuse to go 0-3 at home especially losing the final game at Oracle to lose the series. I do think it was best that KD left for the Nets only in the sense that both he and Steph wanted to prove that they could win a title without the other. Durant hasn't really come close other than in 2021, and Steph was able to win it all in 2022. That team like the 2015 Warriors had 30, 11, and 23 leading the way with their Strength in Numbers motto of unsung heroes making key contributors helping them out. Who knows if the Dubs will make it back, but I must say this. Boy, what a joy it was to watch those teams, especially 2015-18 play.
so much bout kd but u cudnt once speak abt how gud curry was during this period. all the gud part of the team u spoke abt was circling around kd and all the bad part around curry and the splash brothers. lowkey sad. are we really gonna forget how curry inhibited his own growth in ball for the overall team success. he cudve have played like how he does now way back then too. with insane finishes at the basket. hes just more than wht stats can show. and cmon he averaged just 2 points less than kd in the 18 finals. the main focus of defense was curry.
this team will never match 72-10 chicago bulls.
If Chicago went nearly undefeated in the playoffs in their 72-10 season, they would undoubtedly be the greatest team of all time.
who can you compare them to?, they got the job done, went a historic 72-10 and still won the chip. total domination of all other teams. if thats not your standard for the GOAT team then I don't trust it.
@@patrickoloko4184 I still believe the 72-10 Bulls are the greatest team of all time. However, just by a razor thin edge with all the skill and spacing of today's game. Plus, by the numbers, the 2017 Warriors were better. They're my favorite team all time but objectively, 72 wins with a ring edges out slightly.
This team went 73-9 without Kd and you think the bulls are better then them with KD 😂
I love Kd, but I am not sure if he would have a ring if he did not join the warriors
Even if the warriors are done I'm really happy that they won in 2022 this season is straight sad
I’m sure KD regrets joining the warriors.
They can never take that from the Dubs. We have Steph, and 4 rings. The Core will continue to be in the Best Team conversations!!💯💯
KD WE STILL LOVE YOU, TURTLE HEAD STEVEN A SMITH DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE GS FAN BASE, A MATTER OF FACT HE CANNOT SPEAK FOR US...
If the Warriors hadn't got KD to join them, they would have had a lot more money to spread around multiple role players, like they'd done in 2014 and 2015, to give them a chance to win titles. They wouldn't have been as good as they turned out to be with him, but they would have been right there in the mix...every year. That was a jacked team, even without KD.
laughing to klay rn😂
The whole video about the Warriors dynasty is incomplete without Mark Jackson
1:53 GSW’s dynasty starting 3:12 Warriors with KD
When the Warriors win, there are no Kyrie and Love; when the Cavs win, there is no Bogut and Green, all of whom play big roles on defense in the Warriors' system. What I mean is, both teams deserve credit for winning the finals. Injuries are part of the game..
I would like to call myself at the time a die hard thunder fan, so when. KD left I was irate; but I’m older now and wiser. He went there and got 2 rings, and had THEE best offensive PER season in nba history. I’m not gonna say I respect what he did, but he definitely got results with that move. There’s so many great players that never got rings, Love em or hate em he made a tough but smart decision. That was one of the best teams I’ve ever witnessed in basketball personally. It was a fun time, respect KD 🫡