lilfishi22 wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:Slim Charless wrote:
I have no idea why Durant would EVER consider going to the Wiz....they have like 10 wins. So what if he's from there? He'll go to a team that he can win with. He turned them down back when he was like in his 20s and they had a healthy Beal and Wall-both coming off ASG berths and the Wiz had just made the 2nd round of the playoffs.....
Now he decides to go to the worse (by 5 games) team in the league?
I don't get why this is so difficult for some to objectively consider. I mean I gave multiple reasons why he might consider such a possibility now. Obviously a person's values and priorities can change with time and age!
And clearly, as people get older and closer to finishing their careers, their views/ perspectives of things that they maybe wouldn't have considered at 20 yrs old could be vastly different 27 yrs later in life. Again, he's already reached the pinnacle of achievements both in winning championships and in his personal achievements as a top 5 all time player in NBA history.
People keep trying to argue that he somehow must keep pursuing more achievements and accolades, but based on what exactly? Because they think he should? What if he's fulfilled in that aspect of his career? What if he just wants to play basketball and be happy in his last few remaining years? Would he be wrong for wanting that?
Have I missed somewhere that he's said he intends to only play for a contender? Have I missed somewhere where he's gone on record saying that he fully intends to chase more championships? Does anyone here know him personally or speaks for him or can read his mind?
In life, we all know that over time (and with age) a person's perspectives and priorities can change. And like I've said, people's live are not determined by " absolutes" either. People actually can and do make up their own mind and choices without needing approval or understanding of the masses.
Heck, sometimes people even make choices or decisions that shock and surprise people. The point is that whatever a person's reasons for doing something others might not expect or understand, in life a whole lot of things (even surprising or unexpected) are obviously possible.
Lastly, teams with assets, expirings, and actual cap flexibility can pivot rather quickly if the situation arises wherein a KD has interest. So they might be tanking currently. But obviously, Washington is in position to pivot rather quickly.
All they'd need is to utilize their assets, expirings and picks ( they have 28) to trade for some key vets in addition to the ones they already have with Middleton and Smart, and they could put some key pieces around KD rather quickly! And being I'm the East, they'd have a much easier path into the playoffs.
It's a ridiculous position because you could argue anything for the sake of arguing. It doesn't make it any more credible. One could just as easily argue he would retire from the NBA and then join the Tasmania Jackjumpers in Australia because he'll have a great opportunity to win a championship and Tasmania is beautiful. Do they get paid a fraction of NBA salaries? Yes but "he's already made generational money" Are they so far below NBA talent? Yes but "maybe he doesn't want to play hard anymore at his age." Are the NBL on the other side of the world? Yes but "maybe he wants to get away from it all".
Reaching for reasons a ridiculous premise
could in theory happen is just that, reaching.
Lol! This is exactly the same thing you're doing man! Arguing from a position of your personal, opinion just the same as what you're accusing me of. And I can just as easily find your perspective to be ridiculous in how incredibly narrow minded your being lacking any legitimate semblance of objectivity. Especially considering the multitude of reasons I've shared making such a consideration absolutely plausible.
There's nothing that I've proposed that you could really refute or invalidate beyond just your subjective opinion on the premise. And the same could be said for you that your just arguing for the sake of arguing absent any evidence to my position. Show me some proof? any proof anywhere that KD has said even in comments what his plans are in any capacity towards actually substantiating your position legitimately?
Show me any example of him speaking to
his top priorities as being competing for a championship on a contending team?? and he wouldn't entertain any other possibilities. Because again, he clearly isn't doing much winning or contending here over the last few seasons, didn't do that in Brooklyn much either, Yet he hasn't asked out of Phoenix or to be traded to a legitimate top tier contender now has he?
Perhaps you're just talking from personal opinions of what you believe he show prioritize. But neither you nor I speak for him or the slightest idea what he'd actually prefer to do in his last few years of professional basketball.
And to take such a close minded position on a theoretical premise as you're choosing to do given that there's no evidence of either sides legitimacy beyond spirited speculation is borderline ridiculous.
So we can argue our positions to infinity if you want to keep going. It doesn't change anything really. Unless you have actual evidence to the contrary for my perspective, you're still just going to be arguing from a position of personal opinion and not any legitimacy any more than the claims that you're insinuating about my perspective.
