How often do people bring up Barkley forcing his way out of Philly or Drexler's Phi Slama Jama reunion? Players have been moving to better situations forever.
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NBA Offseason |OT| "It's a complete shit move, but we're stuck with it now"
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How often do people bring up Barkley forcing his way out of Philly or Drexler's Phi Slama Jama reunion? Players have been moving to better situations forever.
Ninja Scooter
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PUt yourself in KD's shoes, and you really want to play in GS. You think it will be fun to play with those guys, compete for rings, ect...and someone close to you says "But Kevin, it will be a terrible look". And you ask, "To who?" And his response? "The Internet". Do you let that sway your decision? Would you honestly give a half of a fuck?
D U A L I T I E S
Ingram plus 2 unprotected first rounders
Should have edited out the timestamp on Kds tweet
Talked shit about super teams forming
Helped choke away 3-1 series lead
jumped ship to team you choked against that was already the best in the league to form super team
Somehow KD managed to take the unwanted crown away from 2010 LeBron. This has been a great year for King James
Helped choke away 3-1 series lead
jumped ship to team you choked against that was already the best in the league to form super team
Somehow KD managed to take the unwanted crown away from 2010 LeBron. This has been a great year for King James
Dreams-Visions
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It's better for players. It's worse for fans. OKC fans lost their heart man. Having never been a fan of an NBA team that doesn't have 20 banners, I understand why you can't appreciate how the fans of 90% of NBA teams feel, but I'm sure you can at least imagine. You're arguing the principle; people are discussing how they feel. You can't win an argument by being technically sound. It comes off as tone deaf.
LyleLanley
Banned
Too lazy.
Ninja Scooter
Member
OKC fans make up like 2% of the people posting in this and the KD thread. It's not fans of a team having hope ripped out, it's people using terms like "Bitch made!" and "**insert player from the 80s** would have never done this!" that I'm referring to.
Starphoenix
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Tim.... ;____;
i3allistic
Member
Kinda want the Dubs to offer Seth Curry a 1 yr deal ...
Western conference final. Basically if Durant had beaten Golden State once more he would have gone to the finals to face the Cavs.
If I was the Thunder I would be calling Boston and ask them for IT+Jay Crowder+Nets pick. Boston would not say no unless they believe Westbrook would not resign. Westbrook will not stay in OKC that's for sure.
Barkley? You mean the guy who went to the suns and was their best player? The guy who didn't win any rings?
Did that Rockets team have three stars like the GSW did? iirc that team also had injury issues before Clyde arrived. Did they have a regular season run like the GSW did? Did Portland beat Houston the year before? It's not even comparable. Players have moved to better situations always but your examples are Apples to Oranges.
I mean are we going all in on hypothetical inner conversations now? If I was KD would I consider joining the team that beat me when I was so close to reaching the NBA final for a chance at the ring with the team I have been repping for so many years? Hell no. GSW isn't the only option to go out and try to win a ring with. Hell Spurs would have been better. But I'm not KD, neither are you. No use in arguing about this. I just 'personally' do not like this move at all, not for KD (and I love his game, one of the greatest of all time imho) or as a fan of the league.
Like I said, let's wait and see
Dallas is going to sign him. We're building the reject Warriors.
That is ok you wont have to see it anyway. Curry will lead the team, Durant is very used to being #2.
KD could be the best player on that team next season, which he likely will
It'll still be Curry's team
agentofatlas
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Mavs just got Bogut lol. Call me crazy but I actually like it.
Face it Tiger..
Banned
Oh dear god, don't let Mark Cuban take Bogut.
Seth curry is a decent defender right? I think he would be a good get for you guys.
I wonder if Portland can get Ezeli
Would be shocked if he doesn't
LyleLanley
Banned
Westbrook seems like they kind of guy that would want to stay in the West just to play Durant at least 4 times a year.
mingoguaya
Member
So next year GS will have to pay $300+ million just to max out Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant? 😅😅
Cornbread78
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He's signing in LA next year. Any team woukd be stupid to trade for him at this point, since everyone will be planning for 2018 anyway.
No worries, Sabonis JR will convince him to stay!
LyleLanley
Banned
I can't wait to see their luxury tax bill when they eventually have to pay the repeater tax.
There's no point in pointing at historical precedence if you're going to ignore every example that's not identical to Golden State. Guess what? No two situations are ever going to be the same.
mingoguaya
Member
Lockout on 2021 incoming. Even though they have that enormous television deal, it will take too much money and cap taxes to form a team that actually can compete with.
Ninja Scooter
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santeesioux
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Ezeli is interested in Portland and we're still waiting for Pau to turn us down.
i3allistic
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We finally have an owner that don't mind spending money
Randolph Freelander
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So when does KD post the follow-up, "I was just joshing with you, I'm going to Toronto. 'Sup, Drake."
Ninja Scooter
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I don't understand where people get this idea that "Super team forming=lockout"? Did a super team forming lead to the last one? Owners are still limiting salaries, ratings and revenue are through the roof, international growth is on the rise, and a move like this will keep the NBA on the front page throughout the offseason (here's KD at the Olympics with Klay and Dray! Here's KD's first day of training camp! Here's KD's first preseason game in Oakland!). The owners are loving this.
Of course but this is a special issue. The reason for such a huge outcry is because 1. How damn strong the gsw team was before KD joined them. One of the historically great teams. 2. They beat his own team in the conference finals, partly because he was terrible. Simple as that. If it wasn't for these reasons there won't be anywhere near of an outcry about this. So many it 'is' useless to argue using historical situations because I can't think anything that fits these two factors from the past about a player moving.
LyleLanley
Banned
As a long suffering Warriors fan I'm just glad something is finally going or way. We earned this.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Sure it won't, for the enclave of bitter people who will never let it go. But the rest of us will marvel in the brilliance of what this will look like.
After thinking about your criteria for two seconds... Ray Allen
Randolph Freelander
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Lyle and Bam Bam sitting in a tree...
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Was Ayesha Curry right?
LyleLanley
Banned
We did it!
Andrew Korenchkin
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So did Durant really block his former teammate? What a dick move.
I've lost tons of respect for Durant. Really bad.
I've lost tons of respect for Durant. Really bad.
my name is ed
Banned
Idk its pretty shocking
This is probably the first time someone has left Oklahoma for California for a better shot at accomplishing their career goals
Straight up unprecedented
Yes KD blocked YNB
On 9/9/13
DragonKnight
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Lol. Now this would be awesome just for the fuckery.
This is my favorite post in the last three hours.
Vanillalite
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I'm down with this reasoning.
It's less of a KD problem and more of a league problem that their current salary and drafting structure make it so it's easier for mega teams to exist while the other 95% of the league flounders.
It's also semi unique to basketball as the rosters are sooo much smaller, and other sports like baseball and football are just fundamentally structured as sports differently.