Betta Bulleavit wrote:I was listening to ESPN earlier on the ride home. Some guy on the Will Cain show was talking about rumblings that Durant’s people might encourage him to move on from GSW. His reasoning is that the chemistry between he and Curry has been a bit wonkier than what most people believe. Also said that Durant still really hasn’t accomplished what he truly set out to accomplish, which was to shake the bridesmaid stigma. Said that after a couple of rings, he might decide that he wants to improve his legacy by going to a large market and building a legacy as the undisputed alpha for a storied franchise. Mentioned LAL specifically but my thought is that Chicago could just as easily fit the bill and is in a much more generous East.
This angle makes sense. It seems clear KD is having some chemistry issues in GS. Not to mention the well known belief amongst GS fans that its still Steph’s team. I dont think this can be ruled out on a 2 year deal. If he gets his second ring he very well may look around. LA is a possibility but we should be as well.
At a certain point, you just ask yourself "why?" Why does Durant deserve any props? I think you could've replaced Harrison Barnes with a whole slew of characters, and they'd win just as much: Jimmy, George, Oladipo, hell even DeRozan. OK fine - they wouldn't be as good as with KD, but right now, they literally need to play like complete ass (for their standards) to not close a series in 5 games. Which arguably happened against Houston. They really shot well below their standards.
