KD to GS - Pt III

[CnG]

Warriors getting called cocky with some gifs of Curry celebrating after hitting clutch shots whilst Westbrook is lauded for his 'competitive nature' as he screams his head off after every dunk.

This is glorious. You can stop finding petty reasons to hate them

Just be real, you hate the Warriors because they're good...

THERE'S NO SHAME IN THAT. I was the exact same with the Miami Heat during the 'Big 3' era, they were soooo much fun to hate.

[GIMME_DATT]

How is this good for the league unless you enjoy a team winning majority of their games by 30 points. Games will be over after the 1st qtr.

you will be watching the games on national tv saying man this boring

[BigTrade92]

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?

This isn't bible class and this $300 million+ athlete has not owned up to a thing.

He's a coward, a fraud and just set back the game of basketball for the next half decade.

Take your bible thumping nonsense elsewhere and don't try and sugarcoat a universally panned move.

Why should he rise to a new level? Is that a joke? That's the whole point of this game, this career. It's not to fly under the radar and be a wuss. He chose this life and has enjoyed it for years. He can and will take his lumps for his poor decision. Plain and simple.

[tosi]

Its funny how everyone is talking trash about Kevin Durant and acting like they wouldn't do the same thing to win a championship.

Yea he did say it back in 2010. But if guys are constantly forming new super teams all the time what else are you supposed to do. Lay there and die every year?

[GIMME_DATT]

Its funny how everyone is talking trash about Kevin Durant and acting like they wouldn't do the same thing to win a championship.

Yea he did say it back in 2010. But if guys are constantly forming new super teams all the time what else are you supposed to do. Lay there and die every year?

maybe he could of played better in game 6 and his team would of been in the finals

[Next Coming]

Really happy for Kevin Durant and Warrior fans. I'm happy for us too. We're entering the enlightenment stage of beautiful basketball.

[ElectricMayhem]

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?

This isn't bible class and this $300 million+ athlete has not owned up to a thing.

He's a coward, a fraud and just set back the game of basketball for the next half decade.

Take your bible thumping nonsense elsewhere and don't try and sugarcoat a universally panned move.

Why should he rise to a new level? Is that a joke? That's the whole point of this game, this career. It's not to fly under the radar and be a wuss. He chose this life and has enjoyed it for years. He can and will take his lumps for his poor decision. Plain and simple.

Perhaps you are correct. Perhaps my piety has made me look more like a man of the cloth than a dude with a Joann Fabrics point card. Perhaps I erred in my belief that Kevin Durant joining a record-breaking team was a symbol of his own strength and that AquaMan calling in Superman was, in turn, a symbol of his strength. Perhaps.

[Next Coming]

sucks for Barnes that his teammates were openly recruiting his replacement for an entire season. It may have even affected his game. He got his money though. All those supposed "great teammates" in Golden State.

He turned down 16M at the beginning of the season. I'm sure his teammates were annoyed by that.

[sharkeisha]

How is this good for the league unless you enjoy a team winning majority of their games by 30 points. Games will be over after the 1st qtr.

you will be watching the games on national tv saying man this boring

lebron goes to final every year because the east is so bad....you dont hear people crying over that.

[RaptorNews]

Warriors getting called cocky with some gifs of Curry celebrating after hitting clutch shots whilst Westbrook is lauded for his 'competitive nature' as he screams his head off after every dunk.

This is glorious. You can stop finding petty reasons to hate them

Just be real, you hate the Warriors because they're good...

THERE'S NO SHAME IN THAT. I was the exact same with the Miami Heat during the 'Big 3' era, they were soooo much fun to hate.

If you don't think the Warriors were abnormally cocky and entitled you really are blinded by fandom

Klay Thompson was out there proclaiming them all time great and then pouted like a child when they choked.

And they get rewarded for failure anyway.

[DreDay]

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.

Nothing cowardly about it. If anything it's brave to move to a team you believe is best for yourself knowing the public backlash that will occur if you sign there.

Nothing unfair about it from the Warriors side either. The Warriors opened up cap space for Durant by letting go of key contributors. Durant took the maximum money he could get from the Warriors. No shifty dealings happened here.

You think the Warriors don't need to get better. I do. So do many other Warriors fans out there. Can't call them chokers and simultaneously say they don't need improvements. Pick one. The league doesn't need for them to get better, but tough luck. The goal of an organisation is to continuously get better.

Even still, basketball is more than competition. It's a game meant for fun and entertainment. If Durant felt like he could enjoy his career most with the Warriors style of play, culture and teammates, just because they're a great team shouldn't mean Durant cannot join the Warriors. He only has one career, and people are telling him that he shouldn't join a great team even if that's the situation where he feels he can have the most fulfilling career.

Whether that's unfair or not is not Durant's problem. Durant's job is not to ensure league parity.

And no, no rings are meaningless and hollow. This is a legitimately constructed team, whether you accept that or not.

[smallgains]

How is this good for the league unless you enjoy a team winning majority of their games by 30 points. Games will be over after the 1st qtr.

you will be watching the games on national tv saying man this boring

lebron goes to final every year because the east is so bad....you dont hear people crying over that.

The east record versus the west is almost the same and the east had no sub .500 teams in the playoffs. On top of that, the east won the championship. Please stop with that.

[zidane13]

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.

I think this is an underrated part of KD's decision. Compared to the 1-on-1 grinding that he's been doing at OKC for years, GSW players look like they're genuinely having much more fun playing basketball.

[BigTrade92]

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.

Nothing cowardly about it. If anything it's brave to move to a team you believe is best for yourself knowing the public backlash that will occur if you sign there.

Nothing unfair about it from the Warriors side either. The Warriors opened up cap space for Durant by letting go of key contributors. Durant took the maximum money he could get from the Warriors. No shifty dealings happened here.

You think the Warriors don't need to get better. I do. So do many other Warriors fans out there. Can't call them chokers and simultaneously say they don't need improvements. Pick one. The league doesn't need for them to get better, but tough luck. The goal of an organisation is to continuously get better.

Even still, basketball is more than competition. It's a game meant for fun and entertainment. If Durant felt like he could enjoy his career most with the Warriors style of play, culture and teammates, just because they're a great team shouldn't mean Durant cannot join the Warriors. He only has one career, and people are telling him that he shouldn't join a great team even if that's the situation where he feels he can have the most fulfilling career.

Whether that's unfair or not is not Durant's problem. Durant's job is not to ensure league parity.

And no, no rings are meaningless and hollow. This is a legitimately constructed team, whether you accept that or not.

You're a Golden State fan. Everything you said in this post is completely irrelevant.

Of course you're going to support KD and your team. Heck, I'd do the same if he was on mine.

But that doesn't change the fact that his choice was cowardly and handicaps the competitive nature of the league. Take the Warrior spin elsewhere, not being bought here.

[Beffiosa]

How is this good for the league unless you enjoy a team winning majority of their games by 30 points. Games will be over after the 1st qtr.

you will be watching the games on national tv saying man this boring

lebron goes to final every year because the east is so bad....you dont hear people crying over that.

Isn't that all we hear about? It got so annoying I find myself defending the East.

[Hindenburg]

People criticizing Durant:

Do you purposely take the hardest and longest commute to work everyday?

[zimpy27]

People trying to appeal to the ego of a guy that nicknamed himself 'the servant'.

[NewWolvesOrder]

People criticizing Durant:

Do you purposely take the hardest and longest commute to work everyday?

yeah, like competitive sports and 9 to 5 jobs have anything in common

[spacemonkey]

Love "the greater good" arguments like Durant is supposed to place the health of this league above himself. Please, get a grip.

[XxIronChainzxX]

People criticizing Durant:

Do you purposely take the hardest and longest commute to work everyday?

This analogy makes no sense. Going to work isn't the equivalent of winning a championship.