He had an off night as the Warriors did a fantastic job contesting his shots, especially Wiggins getting right at his hands while he’s bringing the ball up, also GP2 for swarming him. Wiggins/Kuminga/GP did a great job.
He had a mini flurry at the beginning of the 4th but I didn’t even hear his name after that. Book took over the rest and closed it out.
We just dae playoffs KD. He shoots horribly when he gets nervous these days. Chucking up brick after brick. Suns aren’t going to the finals.
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Just an off night, and he still managed to contribute quite a lot. 10 boards and a consistent presence at the rim on defense.
KD when 2 of his teammates aren’t first options
He just dominated the lakers (albeit a preseason game) on the same shot selection. I think he’ll be okay. Curry was almost as inefficient yet people don’t seem worried either. They’ll both bounce back
He’s just getting old man. Luckily he still has more than enough in the tank for a title run or two and Book and Beal will be more than enough to pick up slack.
Book is clearly the #1 option and he honestly should be, seeing as he’s going into his prime
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Don’t think it’s a trend yet. He rarely has inefficient nights like this but he does have them.
He will be fine. Particularly when Beal returns. Tonight with Beal just exposes limitations offensively nowadays in the fact his game is incredibly jumper oriented and he doesn’t get all the way to the rim with a lot of consistency these days. I also agree with u/SirThixcksAlot that he’s gonna need to take some of these 3’s that he has created for it and be more willing to let it fly. That’ll be an adjustment for him, as an off ball player, but it’ll be for the benefit of the offense and himself in the end.
In light of his declining athleticism, he needs to move the ball more.
To me he just takes too many terrible shots, even for a shooter as good as KD.