Kevin Durant on the Clippers' offseason...

[illastrate]

KD was recently on Bill Simmons' podcast and here's what he had to say about the Clips:

Simmons: And then the Clips have the random Patrick Beverley.

Durant: [Milos] Teodosic. I can’t wait to see him play.

Simmons: Have you seen the YouTube clips of him?

Durant: I played against him. I can’t wait to see him. He made the greatest pass I’ve ever seen in my life last summer. We all was like, “Yo how the — how the hell do you see that?” He was running toward the sideline and he flicked it around his head like through two people on the dime. He was at the 3-point line and flicked it to somebody over his head with his right hand, and hit him on a dime. And it kind of faked me out. I spun in a circle. I’m like, “That was the greatest pass I’ve ever seen in my life.” From anybody. Best pass I’ve ever seen. So I’m excited to see how he plays.

Simmons: What does DeAndre say about the revamped Clippers? I know you’re buddies.

Durant: They like it. He’s excited. He’s excited about it. Me and DeAndre; that’s my best friend in the league. You could tell that at some point that everybody there needed some new life and energy. Whether it was somebody was leaving or somebody was bringing in another big player, they needed some new energy, and you could sense that now with the Clips. Especially with Doc just being the head coach now. I think that’s going to be good for him. And this is all my opinion, so anybody getting offended by it, I’m sorry. It’s just how I feel.

You got two good point guards. You got a starting point guard and your backup, and then you got irrationally confident Austin Rivers who can go off and get you 30.

Simmons: He’s got some Dion Waiters DNA in him.

Durant: Oh, him and Dion Waiters are on the same island.

Simmons: Yeah.

Durant: Or right next door to each other. He’s got a — 

Simmons: He’s got a canal. He’s got a little canal that leads into Waiters island.

Durant: A channel.

Simmons: A channel.

Durant: He got a channel. He’s confident so they should be good. Blake, now he’s a man.

Kleiman: [Danilo] Gallinari.

Durant: Gallinari. Now Blake’s the man, so.

Simmons: My issue with all the moves they made: I like the team on paper, but those guys have to stay on the court. Gallinari is great but he misses … durability. I think durability is an underrated NBA skill. Gotta stay on the court.

Durant: No more four in five nights … the schedule is stretched out longer. So, let’s be optimistic about injuries this year too, all right?

Simmons: I’m hoping!

Durant: Gallinari and Blake Griffin are going to have healthy seasons.

https://www.theringer.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/2017/8/27/16207028/kevin-durant-bill-simmons-paul-george-chris-paul-jimmy-butler-bs-podcast

[Ranma]

I appreciate Durant's candor. Calling Junior Rivers "irrationally confident" was spot on. He also thinks Doc should focus on just coaching. Plus, he's a fan of Teodosic's.

[Quake Griffin]

I don't like Durant one bit but lmao at irrationally confident.

[esqtvd]

irrationally confident

I think that goes back to when Baby Doc said he was better than many on the Olympic team, which of course he wasn't.
But Durant thinks Dion Waiters is pretty good. Now, at least.

KD says Waiters “knows” it’s his fault for not getting a bigger payday.

Durant believes his former teammate could have had his breakout much sooner.

Per The Ringer:

Are you ready to play in a league where Dion Waiters has a $52 million contract?



Durant: “Hell yeah. He should have got more. … But he knows that his fault.”


He knows, why?



Durant: “He could have got more. He **** around.”


You thought he waited too long?


Durant: “Nah, nah, he’s supposed to be better. He know that. He waited too long to do what he’s doing in Miami I think.”

Read more at http://www.slamonline.com/nba/kevin-durant-dion-waiters-fault-not-getting-bigger-contract/#J42u51m0YfxtDtmB.99

[Galloisdaman]

With a little luck the Clippers could surprise some folks this season. I think they have some legit talent.

Should I be concerned about Blake and the Kardashian/Jenner factor?

[og15]

I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

[Sofia]

KD seems to have all of the Bill Simmonsisms down.

[Galloisdaman]

I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

When I spoke about surprise I was referring to the group of people that thought the team was done after Paul/Reddick left. Some early forecasts a couple of months ago said the team would win around 38 games. That has since risen.

[og15]

I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

When I spoke about surprise I was referring to the group of people that thought the team was done after Paul/Reddick left. Some early forecasts a couple of months ago said the team would win around 38 games. That has since risen.

Oh okay, but a lot changed since the initial time, so it's understandable that as the Clippers added more and more talent the expectation changed.

[Akklaim1]

Kendall Jenner seems to be well-behaved compared to the other sisters. But what the hell do I know?

[Galloisdaman]

I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

When I spoke about surprise I was referring to the group of people that thought the team was done after Paul/Reddick left. Some early forecasts a couple of months ago said the team would win around 38 games. That has since risen.

Oh okay, but a lot changed since the initial time, so it's understandable that as the Clippers added more and more talent the expectation changed.

My memory may not be exact but I do not think the team added anyone after those predictions. It was like 38.5 a couple of days after Gallo then raised to around 41 soon after.

[Galloisdaman]

Kendall Jenner seems to be well-behaved compared to the other sisters. But what the hell do I know?

I agree but after Bruce, Kanye, Rob, Scott, Humpries, etc I worry about the man curse lol

[esqtvd]

well this settles it once and for all

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