Is Nick Collison a greater OKC legend than Kevin Durant?

Drygon · Post #1 » by **Drygon** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:04 pm

To the mods: I'm 100% serious with this thread with no intention of trolling or anything. It's a genuine question from my side.

Without further ado, let's jump into the topic:

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Obviously, Kevin Durant is ahead of Westbrook & Collison as the best OKC player. But that's not what I'm talking about.

Being the greatest player for [insert franchise] is something completely different thing.

People says KD isn't OKC's greatest player ever because he didn't stay long enough and is extremley hated by OKC fans.

It doesn't really matter than OKC went to 4 Western Conference Finals + NBA Finals 2012 with KD as their clear-cut #1 option. Westbrook never won a single playoff-series as 'The Man' for OKC between 2016-2019 even when he had an MVP-caliber player in Paul George.

And yet, people still rate Westbrook ahead of KD as the greatest player in OKC's history due to his longevity (played 10 seasons for only 1 franchise), getting unconditional love by OKC fans and will get his jersey retired as soon as the career is over.

Having that said, do you think Nick Collison is ahead of KD among OKC's greatest player ever?

Like I said before, Nick Collison (or any other OKC player) was nowhere near close to KD in term of talent. But Nick Collison spent 10 seasons for the franchise, getting unconditional love by their fans & became the first OKC player to have his jersey retired.

JB2 · Post #2 » by **JB2** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:05 pm

This is getting out of hand

Augusto61 · Post #3 » by **Augusto61** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:09 pm

it all went downhill after this man retired. collison deserves a statue.

iLLmatic860 · Post #4 » by **iLLmatic860** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:09 pm

Absolutely

Post #5 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:16 pm

You know, if you really want to know how a former player is viewed by OKC fans, we have our own forum.

Laimbeer · Post #6 » by **Laimbeer** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:19 pm

In what way was he great, other then being liked by fans and hanging around?

Tracymcgoaty · Post #7 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:22 pm

Crack is undefeated. I heard heroin makes you sleepy though.

Did this post make sense? No? Well neither did this **** topic.

MJ7 · Post #8 » by **MJ7** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:36 pm

people just saying anything now **** wild out here

Lalouie · Post #9 » by **Lalouie** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:40 pm

Drygon wrote:To the mods: I'm 100% serious with this thread with no intention of trolling or anything. It's a genuine question from my side.

Without further ado, let's jump into the topic:

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Obviously, Kevin Durant is ahead of Westbrook & Collison as the best OKC player. But that's not what I'm talking about.

Being the greatest player for [insert franchise] is something completely different thing.

People says KD isn't OKC's greatest player ever because he didn't stay long enough and is extremley hated by OKC fans.

It doesn't really matter than OKC went to 4 Western Conference Finals + NBA Finals 2012 with KD as their clear-cut #1 option. Westbrook never won a single playoff-series as 'The Man' for OKC between 2016-2019 even when he had an MVP-caliber player in Paul George.

And yet, people still rate Westbrook ahead of KD as the greatest player in OKC's history due to his longevity (played 10 seasons for only 1 franchise), getting unconditional love by OKC fans and will get his jersey retired as soon as the career is over.

Having that said, do you think Nick Collison is ahead of KD among OKC's greatest player ever?

Like I said before, Nick Collison (or any other OKC player) was nowhere near close to KD in term of talent. But Nick Collison spent 10 seasons for the franchise, getting unconditional love by their fans & became the first OKC player to have his jersey retired.

i think legend is the wrong word
it's more like a legacy - the thing his presence left behind. it's a personal thing between him and okc fans. like a rudy larusso or a kurt rambis

Post #10 » by **Cactus Jack** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:40 pm

I beg your pardon!

*Sonics legend Nick Collison

AwkwardBoogaloo · Post #11 » by **AwkwardBoogaloo** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:42 pm

Nick Collison was awesome. But to answer your question, no.

alessandrux · Post #12 » by **alessandrux** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:53 pm

To me this argument seems comparable to the argument that Derrick Fisher (or any other roleplayer with a lot of championships) is a better player than Lebron James(or any other great player with 'only' a few championships) because he has more rings.

I'm not sold on this argumentation.

First Take · Post #13 » by **First Take** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:46 pm

Kevin Durant blew a 3-1 lead in the WCF then joined the team that beat him that had a 73-9 record. He "won" 2 rings*. Like Kendrick Perkins said, everyone knows those rings don't count. He can't sleep at night knowing he is a championship because he rode a 73-9 win team to those rings. Like Stephen A. Smith said, it was the weakest move in NBA history. KD knows hes trash and OKC knows KD sold out.

OfficialRef · Post #14 » by **OfficialRef** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:07 pm

absolutely.

Westbrook
Collison
Semaj Christon
Durant/dj augustin

Pharmcat · Post #15 » by **Pharmcat** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:44 am

Whose Nick collision ? Didn't he play for Seattle Sonic's ?

Wallace_Wallace · Post #16 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:47 am

Kevin Durant is a greater Seattle SuperSonics legend than Nick Collison

hongdayuan · Post #17 » by **hongdayuan** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:51 am

I think the only purpose of this thread is to bait and spot kd’s realgm account by triggering him.

HoopsterJones · Post #18 » by **HoopsterJones** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:52 am

No. Cmon bro.

WestbrookGOATed · Post #19 » by **WestbrookGOATed** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:46 am

Wallace_Wallace wrote:Kevin Durant is a greater Seattle SuperSonics legend than Nick Collison

Yeah he can have that. They don't exist anymore anyway.

GrindCityHustle · Post #20 » by **GrindCityHustle** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:26 am

Collision will eventually be in the front office or coaching at some point. He is the eqiv of Udonis Haslem who will also be doing the same thing. Looks good for team PR.

Jordan is a bigger legend but Cartwright ended up coaching in Chicago. Same type of thing.