Durant looks worse everytime he talks about his decision

[yoyoboy]

It's been like 3 months since he made his decision and I still can't believe what a weak, weak move that was. And quotes like these really show where his mindset is...

Obviously he's allowed to do as he pleases, which includes playing for whichever team he wants, but that doesn't restrict us as fans from being able to voice our opinions on it. Anyone who compares this to LeBron's decision (which was a weak move in itself, though how he went about it was definitely the worst part) is being naive. LeBron is the guy who made the Heat a super team and without him they would've been a lower playoff seed, plus the team was new and unproven. Durant joined an experienced team that had the best regular season of all time and has one championship and 2 Finals appearances in the past 2 years - a team that could conceivably win the next 3 titles in a row EVEN if Durant never plays a single game... And it makes it worse that Durant led his team to a 3-1 collapse when they played each other in the playoffs last year.

The situations aren't comparable and I don't see where people are coming from when they say with a straight face that they don't see anything wrong with his decision.

[bondom34]

"Not taking the easy way out".

lol

[Joker]

Durant wanting to play in a more fun and unselfish offense vs. playing in an iso-chuck system I can totally respect, actually. It's just unfortunate he had to go to a 73-win team to do so. Had there been a 53-win team that played that style that he could've joined, it would've been a better look.

[Andre Roberstan]

"Not taking the easy way out".

lol

Dom. You got it wrong. This is the hardest road.

[Andre Roberstan]

Durant wanting to play in a more fun and unselfish offense vs. playing in an iso-chuck system I can totally respect, actually. It's just unfortunate he had to go to a 73-win team to do so. Had there been a 53-win team that played that style that he could've joined, it would've been a better look.

[rumdiary]

Sure, go play for the Warriors, just don't expect to have a strong personal legacy afterwards.

[Kempistry2]

Like others have said I've got no problem with him wanting to play on a talented team or a team that plays a style of basketball that is attractive. However he has gone to a team where he isn't required to do much and where things will just be easy. In terms of how we think of Kevin Durant we now know he doesn't like a challenge and it isn't that competitive.

[sfhand]

It's been like 3 months since he made his decision and I still can't believe what a weak, weak move that was. And quotes like these really show where his mindset is...

Obviously he's allowed to do as he pleases, which includes playing for whichever team he wants, but that doesn't restrict us as fans from being able to voice our opinions on it. Anyone who compares this to LeBron's decision (which was a weak move in itself, though how he went about it was definitely the worst part) is being naive. LeBron is the guy who made the Heat a super team and without him they would've been a lower playoff seed, plus the team was new and unproven. Durant joined an experienced team that had the best regular season of all time and has one championship and 2 Finals appearances in the past 2 years - a team that could conceivably win the next 3 titles in a row EVEN if Durant never plays a single game... And it makes it worse that Durant led his team to a 3-1 collapse when they played each other in the playoffs last year.

The situations aren't comparable and I don't see where people are coming from when they say with a straight face that they don't see anything wrong with his decision.

Every two situations are comparable... I think you meant to say the situations aren't similar, which I would also take issue with as you, yourself, pointed out some of the similarities. You also pointed out some differences, but since every 2 situations have differences and not every 2 situations have similarities I would say the similarities are more significant than the differences, especially in this case. The biggest difference, IMHO, is that KD and the dubs didn't exhibit the poor taste Lebron and the Heat exhibited.

[MotownMadness]

Yeah I can't get behind that. This guy just doesn't have that competitive fight that I love about sports. Kinda why I get way more pumped when I watch a good college rivalry game compared to the NBA.

[bondom34]

Poor taste you say? Like texting with the team you're competing with and hoping they lose so you can go there. Ah.

[Andre Roberstan]

Yeah I can't get behind that. This guy just doesn't have that competitive fight that I love about sports. Kinda why I get way more pumped when I watch a good college rivalry game compared to the NBA.

Oh, tune in for the first OKC/GSW game in the Peake. It's gonna be lit.

And I don't think That Guy has any idea.

[sfhand]

KD was texting with "the Warriors" during the Thunder's season? That would be tampering, no?

[Louie_Ruckuz]

It's been like 3 months since he made his decision and I still can't believe what a weak, weak move that was. And quotes like these really show where his mindset is...

Obviously he's allowed to do as he pleases, which includes playing for whichever team he wants, but that doesn't restrict us as fans from being able to voice our opinions on it. Anyone who compares this to LeBron's decision (which was a weak move in itself, though how he went about it was definitely the worst part) is being naive. LeBron is the guy who made the Heat a super team and without him they would've been a lower playoff seed, plus the team was new and unproven. Durant joined an experienced team that had the best regular season of all time and has one championship and 2 Finals appearances in the past 2 years - a team that could conceivably win the next 3 titles in a row EVEN if Durant never plays a single game... And it makes it worse that Durant led his team to a 3-1 collapse when they played each other in the playoffs last year.

The situations aren't comparable and I don't see where people are coming from when they say with a straight face that they don't see anything wrong with his decision.

Get over it! HIs decision is done and he's making millions. Enjoy your Cavs and the Indians.

[LouisLitt]

He literally couldn't look any worse in my opinion.

I would probably respect him more if he just came out and said that he's too mentally weak to ever lead a team to a championship.

[omerome]

KD was texting with "the Warriors" during the Thunder's season? That would be tampering, no?

I think tampering would be the owner of the Warriors texting Durant during the Thunder's regular season. But players can text each other.

This is still weaksauce though. Can't respect a guy who wants to take shortcuts in life. He's free to make that decision, but I won't just go along with it.

[bondom34]

KD was texting with "the Warriors" during the Thunder's season? That would be tampering, no?

With the players, no.

[Statlanta]

I really believe it's the media repeatedly prodding him for questions like this. Obviously he can not comment but each time he does I'm not sure if he knows the blowback. What he did was unprecedented and I'm not sure if there was a better team situation a free agent could have gone to in the whole existence of free agency. He's now making bank, playing with his friends, and as almost everyone points out is probably sleep-walking to a ring. It'll be cool to look back on how he thinks in a probable HOF speech/30 for 30.

[dautjazz]

In 5 years when Durant has 3-4 FMVPs and people will be putting Durant in their top 5-10 all time, no one will remember any of this.

LMAO, come on now. For one, a (atleast relatively) healthy Cavs team in 2015 would of been the champs easily, and that would make the Cavs probably back to back champs at this point. Durant added more offense to a team that played offense at an all-time level, and they were a good defensive team with Bogut, but now they downgraded significantly in that department. Durant helps when Curry and Thompson are off, but otherwise, they didn't need him, they were loaded with scoring options at extremely high efficiency levels. With one ball, only person can shoot at a time, so at a certain point, you need to address other needs. Durant wasn't a bad pick up obviously, but I don't think this Warriors team is better than last year. They lost interior defense, and depth. They have yet address what went wrong in the finals, and Lebron/Irving will continue to exploit them.

There will be time obviously to correct the problems with the Warriors, but I don't think it's this year, but lets say they do win a championship or a couple in the next couple of seasons, I mean do give them the benefit of the doubt that they should win atleast one with this core as Lebron gets older and GS fixes their interior defense issues, Anyways, at this point, who's to say that Durant is the MVP or finals MVP of the team? For one, Durant is already 28 and likely peaked, and Curry will likely be as big if not a bigger impact on the team. Finals MVP can be rather random too, like Parker winning when Duncan was the best player on the Spurs, or Iguodala getting the Finals MVP. Top 5? Assuming MJ, Kareem , and Lebron are top 3, I'll just say Wilt and Russell for 4 and 5, who would he knock out? Who else in the top 10 could he knockout between Magic, Bird, Duncan, Shaq, and Olajuwon?

[Little Digger]

In 5 years when Durant has 3-4 FMVPs and people will be putting Durant in their top 5-10 all time, no one will remember any of this.

LMAO, come on now. For one, a (atleast relatively) healthy Cavs team in 2015 would of been the champs easily, and that would make the Cavs probably back to back champs at this point.

Interesting theory...Probably on the right track but then you conventianly left out the fact that Curry played at around 70 to 80% health in the 2016 Finals..Green missed critical game 5..Bogut was out of games 6 and 7..and last but certainly not least..Iguodala had massive hamstring issues in games 6 and 7..Warriors definitely would have won in 2016 with reasonable health

[sfhand]

KD was texting with "the Warriors" during the Thunder's season? That would be tampering, no?

I think tampering would be the owner of the Warriors texting Durant during the Thunder's regular season. But players can text each other.

This is still weaksauce though. Can't respect a guy who wants to take shortcuts in life. He's free to make that decision, but I won't just go along with it.

Players can and do text players on other teams in todays NBA. You better sit down for this next one, they are even friends with players on other teams (gasp!!!!!). I don't see anything weak about it.

And then there is your attitude about shortcuts. Do you use any method of travelling other than walking to get to where you want to go? Bicycle, car, airplane, horse, they are all taking the easy way out. And if you only walk, do you always take the longest route? No shortcuts? Really???

Have you even considered that his legacy is but one aspect of his life, and that it isn't an aspect that is even in play now, whereas his daily quality of life is in play every minute of every day right now?

Also, as a fan of the Warriors, a team where the players "lead by committee" I am getting a hardy laugh about all the people who think one has to "lead" a team (be the alpha male) to be a great player. This is one case where the dubs are "light years ahead"...