KD to GS - Pt III

DoubleLintendre · Post #181 » by **DoubleLintendre** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:02 am

jbk1234 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/Heandog8/status/750001738250412032[/tweet]

What's unintentionally implied is that winning a championship is like finally having sex, so most NBA players will unfortunately end their careers as virgins...

The great ones will be virgin HoFs wondering just "what if" they got laid just once. :nonono:

AIfan3 · Post #182 » by **AIfan3** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:07 am

DoubleLintendre wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/Heandog8/status/750001738250412032[/tweet]

What's unintentionally implied is that winning a championship is like finally having sex, so most NBA players will unfortunately end their careers as virgins...

The great ones will be virgin HoFs wondering just "what if" they got laid just once.

Yeah, you're over analyzing here..

DoubleLintendre · Post #183 » by **DoubleLintendre** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:08 am

No I'm not lol. Read between the lines man.

Pennebaker · Post #184 » by **Pennebaker** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:10 am

AIfan3 wrote:
Pennebaker wrote:
BigtimeNBAfan wrote:I'm no fan of Durant going to GS, but it is funny people say Curry is cocky when he celebrates. He is literally doing things that no other player in NBA history is doing and you want him to show no emotion? If I could shoot like that, I certainly would be celebrating. There is nothing wrong with how Curry has acted.

It's not that he celebrates, it's how he does it. It's just plain-old bad taste to me, and off-putting.

I'm curious as to what Curry does that is off putting? Chew his mouth guard like a camel ? Point to God every time he makes a shot ? Curry showboats the least of any superstar in the league currently.

It's particularly the shoulder shimmy and his howl and tongue. It's so out of character for him... so out of his neighborhood even... that it comes off as him posing to be street credible in a certain way when he's a suburban rich kid.

ratul · Post #185 » by **ratul** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:12 am

It's weird how I went from loving kd to now loathing him. Same for gsw and curry, Blake griffin, Lebron, and d wade.

It's a shame this league is so nonsense. Everyone should just move to norcal and call it a day.

warriorschamps · Post #186 » by **warriorschamps** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:18 am

witnessraps wrote:OKC was destined for the NBA finals this year...really unfortunate the KD story has to end this way. It's funny to think that if he shot 12/31 or 13/31 in game 6 they would've beaten GSW but no, he had to miss 21 shots.

That's mainly why he left. I'm sure Durant was thinking man these are tough, tough shots I'm getting. I can go to GSW and not have to take so many tough, tough shots.

Playing for GSW now is like what it was playing with Magic and the Lakers. Not only is it highly effective but it's fun. People can say what they want but if you are Durant and your number 1 goal is to win a championship you go to GSW.

Think about it. If he had stayed in OKC yeah they COULD of won a title but they WOULDN'T have been favorites to do so. CLEV/GSW would of been favorites before OKC. And that's not even counting SAS and Clippers in their OWN conference. As you can see that's a lot of stuff to deal with. Well with one move Durant changed all of that. OKC has been eliminated entirely from the title picture. GSW have moved from a virtual tie with the CAVS as favorites to CLEAR favorites by themselves. And GSW rivals in the West like SAS and Clippers are MUCH further behind GSW than they were 24 hours ago. Truthfully I felt this year GSW was going to come back to the pack a little bit. Teams were starting to get a read on them. We saw that in the playoffs and even late in the regular season. But that all changes now with Durant on board. SMART move by KD. It kind of like how when Lebron went to Miami and people said no matter how many titles he won there they would be discredit. Five years later that's clrealy not the case. Same with KD. If anything people will say KD was SMART for so heavily stacking the odds in his favor.

mos_def · Post #187 » by **mos_def** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:41 am

warriorschamps wrote:
witnessraps wrote:OKC was destined for the NBA finals this year...really unfortunate the KD story has to end this way. It's funny to think that if he shot 12/31 or 13/31 in game 6 they would've beaten GSW but no, he had to miss 21 shots.

That's mainly why he left. I'm sure Durant was thinking man these are tough, tough shots I'm getting. I can go to GSW and not have to take so many tough, tough shots.

Playing for GSW now is like what it was playing with Magic and the Lakers. Not only is it highly effective but it's fun. People can say what they want but if you are Durant and your number 1 goal is to win a championship you go to GSW.

Think about it. If he had stayed in OKC yeah they COULD of won a title but they WOULDN'T have been favorites to do so. CLEV/GSW would of been favorites before OKC. And that's not even counting SAS and Clippers in their OWN conference. As you can see that's a lot of stuff to deal with. Well with one move Durant changed all of that. OKC has been eliminated entirely from the title picture. GSW have moved from a virtual tie with the CAVS as favorites to CLEAR favorites by themselves. And GSW rivals in the West like SAS and Clippers are MUCH further behind GSW than they were 24 hours ago. Truthfully I felt this year GSW was going to come back to the pack a little bit. Teams were starting to get a read on them. We saw that in the playoffs and even late in the regular season. But that all changes now with Durant on board. SMART move by KD. It kind of like how when Lebron went to Miami and people said no matter how many titles he won there they would be discredit. Five years later that's clrealy not the case. Same with KD. If anything people will say KD was SMART and stacked the odds in his favor.

I wouldn't say that. CUrry jacked up his knee as did Bogut. Iggy threw out his back and Draymond got suspended...how is that the NBA getting a bead on them?
If Durant wins rings people will forget about any bad feelings with Durant. He would be Robert Horry

Bandeazyy · Post #188 » by **Bandeazyy** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:45 am

Pennebaker wrote:
AIfan3 wrote:
Pennebaker wrote:
It's not that he celebrates, it's how he does it. It's just plain-old bad taste to me, and off-putting.

I'm curious as to what Curry does that is off putting? Chew his mouth guard like a camel ? Point to God every time he makes a shot ? Curry showboats the least of any superstar in the league currently.

It's particularly the shoulder shimmy and his howl and tongue. It's so out of character for him... so out of his neighborhood even... that it comes off as him posing to be street credible in a certain way when he's a suburban rich kid.

really?... :noway:

Pennebaker · Post #189 » by **Pennebaker** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 10:55 am

Bandeazyy wrote:
Pennebaker wrote:
AIfan3 wrote:
I'm curious as to what Curry does that is off putting? Chew his mouth guard like a camel ? Point to God every time he makes a shot ? Curry showboats the least of any superstar in the league currently.

It's particularly the shoulder shimmy and his howl and tongue. It's so out of character for him... so out of his neighborhood even... that it comes off as him posing to be street credible in a certain way when he's a suburban rich kid.

really?...

Yes, really. Curry is seen as a rich kid from suburbia (same with Klay Thompson). This is why black people were rooting for the Cavs and white people were rooting for the Warriors.

Promezclan · Post #190 » by **Promezclan** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 11:06 am

He got a max contract and moved from the smallest market in the league to one of the biggest. It's no-brainer self-interest, and didn't involve any conspiring, tampering or pay cuts to get around the cap. Even if you found the Miami trio move objectionable (and that was hugely overblown), this is hardly comparable.

BigTrade92 · Post #191 » by **BigTrade92** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 11:41 am

Promezclan wrote:He got a max contract and moved from the smallest market in the league to one of the biggest. It's no-brainer self-interest, and didn't involve any conspiring, tampering or pay cuts to get around the cap. Even if you found the Miami trio move objectionable (and that was hugely overblown), this is hardly comparable.

You apologists don't get it.

It's not that he moved, it's where he moved to.

No one cares that he left OKC, but KD, a former MVP and top three player in this league should not under any circumstances be signing with a 73 win team, that has the 2x reigning MVP, 2015 champs, with back to back Finals appearances, was moments away from going back to back as champs, and came back from a 3-1 lead against the team KD was just on.

It's a fraudulent, cowardly move. Everyone knows it makes them better, but that's the point. The Warriors had a 3-1 Finals lead and were a win away from being known as the "greatest team of all time", but they choked. They don't need to get better and the league doesn't need for them to get better. KD could sit on the bench all year and the Warriors may still win the title. Heck, I could ride the bench myself and win a title, it's just that unfair. Any ring he wins there is now meaningless and hollow.

That's the issue here.

cksdayoff · Post #192 » by **cksdayoff** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 11:45 am

good for KD, f the haters. nba will be fun to watch next year as there will be a clear division among fans that will root for them and hate on them.

phraoh · Post #193 » by **phraoh** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 11:47 am

Big Trade92....couldn't have said it better myself....what you wrote is 150% true. Everyone is blaming KD and no one is blaming Golden State, but I do think Golden State is partially to blame. They really should have targeted a big (Whiteside) which everyone would have applauded (both Whiteside and Warriors), which would have balanced their team better, and yes I am saying it, made their team better than it is adding Durant (and subtracting multiple guys), and would have been cheaper this year giving them more $$$.

sikma42 · Post #194 » by **sikma42** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:08 pm

As fans you want to see great players compete against each other on at least close to level playing fields. In this case fans lost the opportunity to see what KD could do under that load, we lost the opportunity to see Curry ever respond after being under a comparatively light load...

The NBA just became a bit less interesting.

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ElectricMayhem · Post #195 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:10 pm

All these people chastising Durant for Golden State don't seem to comprehend the strength required in humility. Durant realized that even with another top 5 talent and a team full of talented role players, he didn't have it in him to lift them up to a championship level. There is absolutely no shame in that. When AquaMan gets in over his head and dolphins aren't enough to save the day, what does he do? He calls in the more capable superfriends to lend him a hand. That's what a smart person does. Kevin Durant is strong precisely because he realizes his limitations and understands that he is more apt to be a role player than setting his sights on being a star. Big ups to him.

reapaman · Post #196 » by **reapaman** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:24 pm

What seems to be lost is Curry the back to back mvp, went to NY to essentially gravel to Durant that he needs him to come to GS to basically help them beat Lebron.

Both Curry and Durant should be getting equal backlash for not just putting it on themselves that they both choked away a 3-1 series lead and they don't need to run to each other to try to win it all again.

sikma42 · Post #197 » by **sikma42** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:29 pm

reapaman wrote:What seems to be lost is Curry the back to back mvp, went to NY to essentially gravel to Durant that he needs him to come to GS to basically help them beat Lebron.

Both Curry and Durant should be getting equal backlash for not just putting it on themselves that they both choked away a 3-1 series lead and they don't need to run to each other to try to win it all again.

It's just sad to see from a fans perspective. It's like your robbed of seeing Curry and Durant in truly competitive situations. They should win every series that they are in for the foreseeable future assuming health. That's not a fun scenario for a fan.

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Slimreaper703 · Post #198 » by **Slimreaper703** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:44 pm

OKC is such a nice squad they have Adams, Westbrook , Oladipo and they are a threat but let's be real a lot of people would prefer living in California >>> Oklahoma City.

Can't blame KD here

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BigTrade92 · Post #199 » by **BigTrade92** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:49 pm

ElectricMayhem wrote:All these people chastising Durant for Golden State don't seem to comprehend the strength required in humility. Durant realized that even with another top 5 talent and a team full of talented role players, he didn't have it in him to lift them up to a championship level. There is absolutely no shame in that. When AquaMan gets in over his head and dolphins aren't enough to save the day, what does he do? He calls in the more capable superfriends to lend him a hand. That's what a smart person does. Kevin Durant is strong precisely because he realizes his limitations and understands that he is more apt to be a role player than setting his sights on being a star. Big ups to him.

My word, give it a rest....

Understood he's more apt as a "role player"? He has "limitations"? After we talking about Drew Gooden or Kevin Durant? Because I'm confused....

Seriously, what are you talking about? This is the guy who proclaimed himself the best player in the league, the guy who said he was never taking a back seat to anyone....now he's not a star? And we should call him "strong" and "humble"? Uh...what? :crazy:

All of a sudden now we should feel bad that this former league MVP and top three player in the game can't win a title so we should regulate him to "role player" status and forgive him for ring chasing with a 73 win championship team that didn't even need him to begin with?

Yeah, nope, it doesn't work like that. Get out of here with that nonsense......

ElectricMayhem · Post #200 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Tue Jul 5, 2016 12:55 pm

BigTrade92 wrote:
ElectricMayhem wrote:All these people chastising Durant for Golden State don't seem to comprehend the strength required in humility. Durant realized that even with another top 5 talent and a team full of talented role players, he didn't have it in him to lift them up to a championship level. There is absolutely no shame in that. When AquaMan gets in over his head and dolphins aren't enough to save the day, what does he do? He calls in the more capable superfriends to lend him a hand. That's what a smart person does. Kevin Durant is strong precisely because he realizes his limitations and understands that he is more apt to be a role player than setting his sights on being a star. Big ups to him.

My word, give it a rest....

Understood he's more apt as a "role player"? He has "limitations"? After we talking about Drew Gooden or Kevin Durant? I'm confused....

What are you talking about? This is the guy who proclaimed himself the best player in the league, the guy who said he was never taking a back seat to anyone....now he's not a star? Uh...what?

All of a sudden now we should feel bad that this former league MVP and top three player in the game can't win a title so we should regulate him to "role player" status and forgive him for ring chaser to a team that didn't even need him to begin with?

Get out of here with that nonsense and don't come back with it...

It takes a big man to realize he has become what he once railed against on Twitter, to own up to that and to embody its virtues. The meek shall inherit the Earth. It is said that many people fail at their jobs because they are often promoted to one spot above their talent level. Kevin Durant self-demoted. Much respect for knowing who he is.

Why should one fight and claw to rise to a new level of achievement when material rewards are but a dotted line and some ink away?