Low key the skyhook is one of the most aesthetically pleasing moves ever

D rob vs Hakeem is a great analysis on this

@@luizansounds there was supposed to be a LeBron version of the sky hook but he never released it 💀

same reason people hate on jokic, even though his passing can be very entertaining

@Fries KD, Kyrie, Curry, Embiid, Ja ect, and back in the days Kobe and Iverson, 2 of the most overated players ever because they had « swagg ». Even MJ is overated because of it, a lot of people think Lebron or Kareem aren’t close to MJ because they aren’t as elegant and flashy as him, but the stats, record and accolades are proof that they are close or even better (Bron).

Cap, Dame chokes against the warriors

@@joshuaarawole8589 kyrie can't lead his team to the wcf dame did

@@omarionbrown3075 whoa whoa whoa, dame lead them past the first, after that it was cj who played as their best player

@@joshuaarawole8589 Dame had no one on his level to match up with Klay and Draymond if Dame covered Curry. Put Dame + Lebron in prime years vs Curry / Klay and let's run it 100 times.

@@temp2k773 so give him lebron and they win that series since kd was hurt and they had the lead for most games anyways

That's what a highlight means

@@simple45679 thanks for saying absolutely nothing of substance. You’re the best.👏

@@simple45679 bro you gonna take that bro talking crazy rn like if that was me I would’ve responded but I guess we are different individuals 🤷‍♂️

Oscar technically defined the position so everything he does is the standard that is why it tends to have no flair

Remember when steph was gone and people were saying Dame was leagues better than Steph

@@theblazingblaziken1951 yeah we be repeating the same stupidity though

@@theblazingblaziken1951 the cycle always repeats itself

@@theblazingblaziken1951 no one said he was leagues better, a few people said dame was better and that quickly got shot down

@@baktosh1124 are you kidding bro everybody was saying the same shit "oh steph isnt a shot creator" or "Dame can carry a team while Steph needs KD" And mfs who had common sense were labeled as "Curry Fan Boys"

Preach!!

Look into an article by Jason Holt, called the tale of two tigers. It's about Homogenization and hyper athleticism in sport. Essentially it is saying that as fans and to an extent coaches and scouts, want our athletes to look and play a certain way. That's why we find them "aesthetically pleasing" because they fit the "perfect mold" but some people fit that mold. If it doesn't fit the mold we look at it like it should be fixed. But when we try to fix the perceived issue with an athletes skill( in this case thier handles) we run the risk of ruining what is already working.

True but Kawhi is aesthetically pleasing, Kawhi is the closest thing to MJ you can find in this era with Derozan, Kawhi has a very smooth jumper/fadeaway like MJ, his handles aren’t flashy but just like MJ, he can control the ball extremely well with his big hands and waste no move, and he can also dunk like MJ just without the crazy hangtime. Kawhi isn’t Kyrie, but to say he isn’t aesthetically pleasing isn’t true, same for Giannis, how many 7ft guys can handle the ball like him, make crossover, hezi, dribbles between the legs and dunk on people like elastic man ? Except KD there is no 7footer on planet earth with betted handles so i don’t understand why people say that, maybe 3-4 years ago it was true, but now Giannis can look very smooth sometimes.

@@Anthonydu01630 ​ All throughout Kawhi’s career we often hear how “stiff” he is. People were berating Giannis because he can only “run and dunk”. People may be opening up more now, but that doesn’t erase the fact that people don’t find those two visually appealing due to dumb reasons. Personally, I love their games; they’re two of my favorite players in the history of the game, and all of those critiques about them aren’t even true. But, because they don’t have shifty handles like Kyrie, they don’t get mixtapes from media attention- that was the point I was trying to make. I agree with all of your points, but unfortunately, others don’t.

It was a team of misfits

It was a team that had no chemistry while kyrie was coming off a major injury along with the several things in his personal life that are infinitely harder than anything dame had to face

@@shadic4977 cap

Look at the Cleveland team he had in his first 3 years Idk a player apart from lebron who could take that team to the Playoffs

@@TerribleTake everything I said was true

Bruh CJ has never bailed out Dame idc how you twist it or how good CJ played for a series. Shit ain't ironic.

them this applies to kyrie too who has been bailed out by lebron kd and 19 year old Jason tatum

@@folkscrazyouthere3076 ok just ignore the nuggets blazers series in 2019

@@folkscrazyouthere3076 CJ was easily better against the Nuggets in 2019,and even had a near 40 point game on 58% shooting,while Dame went 3-17 and had 13 points.

There are even people who say Dame > Curry, funny bunch

Yup! We won't have them forever. Need to cherish and savor what we got now before father time comes and takes whats his.

That’s really unfair to say, it’s not like Kyrie didn’t do anything with LeBron, in his first finals he played like he was a seasoned vet and would’ve definitely been enough to beat the warriors in 2015, 2016 as great as LeBron’s historic run was he still needed Kyrie and Vice Versa is was as close as Superman and Batman we got since Shaq and Kobe in a very satisfying and great way, even in 2017 those 2 where insanely good and complemented each other so well as ball dominant duos go, if KD didn’t come to save the warriors then the Cavs led by LeBron and Kyrie would’ve definitely had their number, any time Dame had even a chance to shine and come out on top he choked like against the warriors when they lost KD, dame really blew 4 4th quarter leads in a sweep against the warriors. It’s not a bad thing to need a certain team and player to win considering many NBA superstars and all time greats benefited because of a team and stats around them.

@@somregularguy Kyrie in Dame’s position would’ve never made it to even play the Warriors. You fail to mention Dame played the Warriors in the conference finals. Kyrie has never been to the conference finals without LeBron. Dame would’ve won the chip with LeBron too

there way closer then most people think.

I honestly think they’re both better than Dame..

You making it sound like curry is completely out of their league yeah he is better but he doesn't totally outclass them

@@PiggTheKidd I hate when people think it’s disrespecting Steph to compare them. Yes it’s undeniable that he exists in his own league but if any point guards of this generation have truly challenged Steph (outside of CP3 because of age) it’s Dame and Kyrie..

and D Rose pre injury but let’s not talk about that 😢

kyries better

ya fanboys just be cherrypicking stats to prove w.e nowadays

@@RecapRico Kyrie before Lebron: 0 playoff games Kyrie since leaving Lebron: 17-18: Injured before playoffs, team makes ECF without him. 18-19: Historically bad series vs Milwaukee, shoots 33% FG and 19% 3PT, loses round two, leaves team. 19-20: Plays 20 games with losing record, doesn’t play in playoffs for Nets who made it despite him playing 20 games. 20-21: Gets injured in playoffs, loses round two. Losing record without Harden all year. 21-22: Plays 20 games with losing record, gets swept first round and averages 15.3 PPG on 37% FG in the last 3/4 games. He would be Walmart Kemba Walker without Lebron, Harden, and Durant.

CAP !

So nicely said Rudy gets so much unreasonable hate

Not reading that. Rudy is a bum

Gobert has the highest offensive rating in NBA history… 🤯

As a 6’1 big man you right

Gobert's a good offensive player but gets clowned for his bad postseason performances.

which advanced stats we talking bc Dame has never been as efficient as Kyrie offensively

Surprise Dame was outside the top 5 in 2019 and 2020

@@RecapRico Damian Lillard has a better TS% than Kyrie (58.3% to 57.7%)

@@jonathansykes4986 Not by much tho

Let me guess ur a lakers fan

Everyone like we need a AUSTIN REAVES VID NO CAP 😤😤😤 AR-15🫡🔥🔥🔥

@@Jnior12 lebron fan, but he really can ball

@@mausito3859 i respect the honesty, i think people hate on being fans of just players too much

Why do people use super star so easily, there are only 4. Leborn, Steph, Kevin Durant, and Giannis. He's a star but not a super star box office must see player. He simply just doesn't have the accolades for it. He's a great Star player and has achieved stardom just isn't a superstar. And he isn't "clearly" better.

@@ThatPrettyMFR so we putting KD on that list but not Embiid or Jokic?

@@ThatPrettyMFR has Kyrie lead a team to the playoffs as the main leader? I said more of a superstar than Kyrie I don’t think Dame is a for real superstar. I was just going off what Taylor Rooks said

@@ThatPrettyMFR Jokic is a 2x MVP. Luka is the star on his team and just made the last WCF. Kawhi won in the 1 year he was with the Raptors. Trae Young is basically a younger Damian Lillard although much worse defensively.

@@ThatPrettyMFR uhh jokic luka😂😂 kawhi?

But kyrie is the reason why the won a chip tho

In Kyrie's defense, he arguably outplayed Curry in the 2016 finals. Dame never did that, when they met in 2019, Dame was just dominated.

@@simple45679 yup

@@simple45679 it’s not even arguable. He outplayed Steph in every major statistical category.

Kyrie has made the playoffs every yr since 2014 lmao 🤣🤣🤣

@@Jayden_Dailey lol he has never been the best player tho. half of those years where lebron then an extremely deep Celtics then Kevin duran

@@gabrielantunez7642 there will always be an argument against kyrie lol yall haters make me sick

@@gabrielantunez7642 The extremely deep Celtics featuring rookie Tatum, Terry Rozier, and one legged Hayward 😒 He was the best player on the 2015 Cavs, 2018 and 2019 Celtics, and 2021 Nets based on Win Shares. His biggest failure (2nd round loss) is Dame’s ceiling.

@@officialconch u have to b delusional to think he was the best player on the 21 nets , that’s sum next level meat riding

Give Dame Paul George as a number 2 and he gets the chip.

Ehhh idk golden state would lock him up. They couldn’t guard kyrie

kyries better than dame at everything 💀

@@tickingtimebomb126 nah bro, shooting obviously goes to dame

@@housesuns-kings8480 dame shots look nicer but I think kyrie more efficient

@@tickingtimebomb126 How? Where?

Skip is just a troll so I don't take him seriously imo dame is better than kyrie because dame has been the number one guy on his team and kyire has been number 2 option on his teams

Definitely whole fact. Mr Fundamental himself. Lol. I have a respect for Duncan now that I’m older. I used to think he was a boring player but he excelled at what he did well.

Kyrie was never close to Curry, it made no sense back then

Dames my nigga but Curry vs Dame was always a pipe dream argument 💀 I’m glad people let that comparison die

I mean dame was at least a top 5 ball handler in the league imo for the majority of his career. Sure kyrie can probably pull off better moves, but keeping it real that happens like 2 times a year in an actual game. Doesn't make that much of a difference to me.

Ball handling doesn’t have that much value. As long as you have a good enough handle to get your shot, you’re fine. Like I don’t like, when people use their checkboxes to see which player is better in use ballhandling, as like a full point, That’s like half a point

They made the playoffs in 2017 as the 8th seed

They got swept by the warriors because it was the 2017 warriors

yea we know Dames entire career hes had 2 and a half good playoff series congrats

please explain how a Cleveland Reporter asking Kyrie what its like to be Lebrons son is a GOOD thing?

Thank you I've been saying this to folks for years. It's a perception thing heavy . Perfect example is KD and Giannas folks that think KD is better main argument is his game looks better like bruh lol.

Out of your mind if you think adding Dame beats the 2018 Warriors.

@@504leaux You never know man, rockets were one CP3 injury and HOF bad shooting night away from beating them. Lebron was one JR smith mistake/George hill free throw away from taking game 1. Might be crazy but who knows

The Cavs w/ Dame obviously wouldn’t have won in 2017 or 2018 BUT, they would have won in 2015 (as well as 2016) because Dame before the last year or so has been incredibly durable (unlike Kyrie) so the Cavs with dame on 2015 would have obviously won Dame on a skill level isn’t better than Kyrie, but While some guys have that IT factor that makes them better than they should be-Kyrie has the opposite, he has that Anti factor that makes him far less valuable and far less good than he should be, Dame>Kyrie

KD + Curry warriors was the most unfair team in NBA history. Basically 2 top 15 players all time + 1 All-time defender + 1 top 5 3pter vs Lebron and a "super-star" and an all-star.

@@titankiller5287 Dame has struggled against the Warriors every single time they’ve matched up in the playoffs. It is highly unlikely he’d replicate what Kyrie did in 2016. And they’d likely lose in 2015 as well, as Delly would receive SIGNIFICANTLY less playing time and Curry would have his way with Dame.

@Fries I think so but tbh if we are going off the criteria that a superstar is a player who can be the first option on a championship team you could easily argue that Dame might not fit that description and Kyrie doesn't but if we are saying a superstar is someone that is able to consistently change the momentum of the game then both would have to fit that description too

The bullshit. As in he doesn't come with Kyrie's bullshit. 🤣

Nothing. Handles? Lmao but that has nothing to do with having superstar credibility and Dame doesn’t even lack handles so yeah nothing. Kyrie played with LeBron James. That’s why he’s looked at so highly. His success came off the safety blanket that was having LeBron James as a teammate. Give Dame Bron back in 2016, 17, 18 etc. and that’s at least 2 rings.

The 2017 Celtics argument honestly hurts Kyrie more than it helps because they lost 1-4 the Blazers when they made it to the conference finals were not expected to make it that far with a significantly worse team around their star especially with Nurkic injured for the whole playoffs

@@devonhalford5522 Had Kyrie been healthy and playing I’m saying they’d have a better shot at reaching the Finals.

dame is more durable don't forget that outside of this past season

Cringe

More then Kyrie as a number 1 option

Who cares. Kyrie still won a chip with lebron and without kyrie they ain’t winning shit