Durant looks worse everytime he talks about his decision

[bondom34]

As expected a few sweeping in to defend him lol.

As expected a lot of familiar faces calling him names and keep crying about the decision every opportunity they get. Some classy stuff here.

At this point, it isn't the decision, its his bizarrely out of touch comments every time. I'm looking forward to OKC's season, but it seems clear at this poitn he's lacking some sort of drive, which does explain his attitude in the past some.

[witnessraps]

just because KD is an elite player, doesn't make him a bad guy for wanting to go to an offense with incredible ball movement that will give him easy looks. It's his life and he doesn't want to go the route of living off contested jumpers.

[Shock Defeat]

Durant will forever be known as a ring chaser. He might win some Finals MVPs but he will always be a ring chaser.

[flow]

As expected a few sweeping in to defend him lol.

As expected a lot of familiar faces calling him names and keep crying about the decision every opportunity they get. Some classy stuff here.

Nothing classless about reacting critically to what someone said at their own press conference.

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[flow]

Durant will forever be known as a ring chaser. He might win some Finals MVPs but he will always be a ring chaser.

And a stat chaser, apparently.

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[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.

Interesting theory...Probably on the right track but then you conveniently left out the fact that Curry played at around 70 to 80% health in the 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

Green missed a game, but he had been getting away with hitting people in the genitals, so that's HIS fault. Curry was not 100%, but I don't buy 70-80%, he still had great games in way earlier rounds. Curry was not really good in the 2015 Finals, and he made some terrible decisions in the 2016, so I don't think his health was the real issue. He also couldn't handle Irving and Lebron was blowing by him too on occasion. Iguodala definitely had his issues I'll give you that, and Bogut was perhaps the most missed. Still the Cavs had their injuries too, they just weren't using them as excuses, they just suited up. The Warriors were simply exploited, and I mean during the end of the season they appeared far less of a threat next to the beginning of the season too, so maybe teams were just beginning to understand how to beat them. The Thunder came awfully close too. Up 3-1 with Curry hurt, so why should it matter that much in the next 3 games? Curry wasn't that hurt as people say he was.

[KrisPol]

Can't understand people who support and defend his decision, unless they are gsw fans i guess. "He wants to play in the free flowing offense where he can get more open looks and enjoy playing basketaball" or however sounds that crap people write trying to defend him. People act like OKC was a crappy team that couldn't do ****. They were one step in the NBA finals, FINALS, and they could compete for the title.

And people bash Westbrook like, he is the reason Durant left. Westbrook was playing magicly in the playoffs, he made some mistakes. But he looked more matured, responsible, and at times, unstoppable. It's not like Durant was perfect. And that Thunder-Warriors series was one of the best in the last couple of years. OKC made some nice moves this offseason, getting Oladipo was the perfect move, made just so they have more chance against that very Warriors team. And what does this guy do, he goes to that team, like WTF, i just can't understand it, i just can't.

And when i talk to people i know, who play basketball throughout their life, they also say that he's a pussy, and i agree. Like you guys have never played basketball or sports whatsoever and have zero competitive spirit, i just facepalm when i see people making it like this move/decision was anything but a weak ass move

[dautjazz]

It's always a question that can and will come up about his decision. Is he suppose to say it was a mistake and he wanted to actually go to Charlotte or something?

Remember when Kareem went to Lakers? Wilt Chamberlain? Shaq? Karl Malone and Payton to Lakers? Pau Gasol to Lakers? KG and Ray Allen to Celtics?

Ya'll act like this has happened for the first time ever in this sport. Can't control their decision. Deal with it or cry a river somewhere.

Malone went to the Lakers at the age of 39, not 28.

[NBA Fan 1234]

Didn't have an issue when he made his decision and I don't have an issue with it now. He had the ability to control where he went and he wanted to play with the Warriors. I don't care about the "respect" garbage. He wants to win and he's sacrificing parts of his image (again, I don't care) and probably his game in order to get the ring.

Also, watching them play is going to be incredibly fun to watch

[Edrees]

Can't understand people who support and defend his decision, unless they are gsw fans i guess. "He wants to play in the free flowing offense where he can get more open looks and enjoy playing basketaball" or however sounds that crap people write trying to defend him. People act like OKC was a crappy team that couldn't do ****. They were one step in the NBA finals, FINALS, and they could compete for the title.

And people bash Westbrook like, he is the reason Durant left. Westbrook was playing magicly in the playoffs, he made some mistakes. But he looked more matured, responsible, and at times, unstoppable. It's not like Durant was perfect. And that Thunder-Warriors series was one of the best in the last couple of years. OKC made some nice moves this offseason, getting Oladipo was the perfect move, made just so they have more chance against that very Warriors team. And what does this guy do, he goes to that team, like WTF, i just can't understand it, i just can't.

And when i talk to people i know, who play basketball throughout their life, they also say that he's a pussy, and i agree. Like you guys have never played basketball or sports whatsoever and have zero competitive spirit, i just facepalm when i see people making it like this move/decision was anything but a weak ass move

Isn't being competitive wanting to win first place? There's nothing in the definition of competitive that suggests you want a difficult path to being the top. Being competitive simply means you want to become the best and you will do what it takes to get there. That's what Durant has done.

Personally I think people have some twisetd logic that being competitive is a desire to struggle. Competitive people want to be the winner no matter what it takes. Personally, I thinka less competitive person would be fine accepting a career being a perennial 2nd place player as long as it meant he was being "tough".

So if you player basketball on the court, does it make you more competitive if you decide to team with people worse than you? Why do you decide to team with people your skill if you can have a more difficult road with worse team mates? These basketball players you speak of do this crap all the time on a smaller scale. You guys act so high and mighty as if you have never desired better teammates so you can win easier.

Every NBA off season there are about 100 players who jump to teams better than the ones they left. Are these players all pussys?

[The-Power]

As expected a few sweeping in to defend him lol.

As expected a lot of familiar faces calling him names and keep crying about the decision every opportunity they get. Some classy stuff here.

At this point, it isn't the decision, its his bizarrely out of touch comments every time. I'm looking forward to OKC's season, but it seems clear at this poitn he's lacking some sort of drive, which does explain his attitude in the past some.

The hate stems from the decision and nothing else, the comments are just being used to confirm one's opinion or call them bs and present fresh opportunities to emit the hate. I don't like all the comments he made and I understand people who don't like his decision but a lot of you guys are simply showing no class at all. Call him POS and give rants over and over again, I don't care, but it still doesn't reflect good on you.

Re: Drive. Or he simply wants to enjoy playing basketball in a good environment. He saw this environment in Golden State, sure it doesn't necessarily look great but it's still nothing to disregard from a rationale perspective. It's clear as day by now that he wasn't happy playing in OKC and next to Westbrook - whether he knew it long ago or discovered it just recently doesn't really matter. We don't know his true intentions or his drive, so I - personally - tend to refrain from making definite statements on the issue but that's just me.

I don't care what people think of his decision but some statements or arguments are obviously stupid and in some cases a result of being too invested emotionally and/or lacking empathy. I'm looking forward to watching beautiful basketball and the noise from outside doesn't bother me in general. I understand if OKC fans are upset but I sure hope that I don't have to deal with silly comments everywhere my team is being discussed because that could become quite annoying.

[The-Power]

As expected a few sweeping in to defend him lol.

As expected a lot of familiar faces calling him names and keep crying about the decision every opportunity they get. Some classy stuff here.

Nothing classless about reacting critically to what someone said at their own press conference.

You either don't get what being critical actually means or you don't read the same posts/comments I do. But class is a subjective term anyway, so it's per se a pretty moot discussion.

[bondom34]

As expected a lot of familiar faces calling him names and keep crying about the decision every opportunity they get. Some classy stuff here.

At this point, it isn't the decision, its his bizarrely out of touch comments every time. I'm looking forward to OKC's season, but it seems clear at this poitn he's lacking some sort of drive, which does explain his attitude in the past some.

The hate stems from the decision and nothing else, the comments are just being used to confirm one's opinion or call them bs and present fresh opportunities to emit the hate. I don't like all the comments he made and I understand people who don't like his decision but a lot of you guys are simply showing no class at all. Call him POS and give rants over and over again, I don't care, but it still doesn't reflect good on you.

Re: Drive. Or he simply wants to enjoy playing basketball in a good environment. He saw this environment in Golden State, sure it doesn't necessarily look great but it's still nothing to disregard from a rationale perspective. It's clear as day by now that he wasn't happy playing in OKC and next to Westbrook - whether he knew it long ago or discovered it just recently doesn't really matter. We don't know his true intentions or his drive, so I - personally - tend to refrain from making definite statements on the issue but that's just me.

I don't care what people think of his decision but some statements or arguments are obviously stupid and in some cases a result of being too invested emotionally and/or lacking empathy. I'm looking forward to watching beautiful basketball and the noise from outside doesn't bother me in general. I understand if OKC fans are upset but I sure hope that I don't have to deal with silly comments everywhere my team is being discussed because that could become quite annoying.

Didn't rant about anything, but trashing your old employer on the way out is a pretty bad look. He's managed to somehow make himself look worse literally every time he's spoken, which is pretty amazing. As for the drive comment, that's something that's been in question for a while. He was alwasy the one standing around on offense with hands on knees. He was the one who never seemed to take losses hard. He was the one who despite the numbers was never emotionally the leader of the team. This isn't new stuff. This is stuff being claimed by OKC fans for a while now. He was the one taking the hard road when its abundantly clear that's not true. The hardest road wants to make it easy on himself. Yeah, calling BS there.

[Pillendreher]

aren't objective at all

Says the guy with the 'KD_Steph' handle who joined one week after the snake joined the bandwagon.

[eagereyez]

Well Zaza Pachulia joined a superteam, and took a massive paycut in order to do so. Now THAT's a weak move. Sorry ass Zaza Pachulia. No competitive drive at all. We all hate this guy, right? Right?

[StepBackCrack]

- Much better system build around ball movement, fun, unselfishness and high IQ players.
- Much better culture.
- Elite coaching (something he never had in OKC).
- Becoming a better player (more well-rounded player) due to the elite coaching that he will get and the culture affect on his play.
- He knows Curry, Iggy and Dray on personal level which makes him quite comfortable. He is a perfect fit with them personality-wise.
- Change of scenery. Many people would love to change something in their lives after 9 years living in the same place.
- Better opportunities for his brand in the bay.
- Better chance of winning. Equal chance (to LeBron and his teams in the East) of making the finals in the West.
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He should have gave up on all the positive things that would make him much happier and grow more as a player just to please some haters and not himself. What a scum this Durant guy is. How dare he seek his happiness? Disgusting.

[NBA Fan 1234]

aren't objective at all

Says the guy with the 'KD_Steph' handle who joined one week after the snake joined the bandwagon.

Don't bait. He could have been a fan for years and joined now. Who the **** really cares?

[bondom34]

Again, you can do this w/o trashing your old employer. But hey, maybe people like that.

[Andre Roberstan]

Again, you can do this w/o trashing your old employer. But hey, maybe people like that.

Main reason why I totally get the abiding Jazz hate for Kanter.

[SFrush]

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.

Oh trust me I am (though the Browns put a damper on things). I'm not even speaking from the standpoint of the move making it harder for my Cavs to win going forward. It just makes the entire league worse off and it sucks to see, and I really can't understand how a competitor like Durant can have no problem with what he said in that quote.

Who do you expect to believe that?