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Kevin Durant to Warriors (Two years, $54.3M)

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by batkins, Jul 4, 2016.

  1. hooroo

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    KD's health, he's going to miss games. Plus the pressure to win, will be too much I think.
     
  2. Ubiquitin

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    I predict both KD and Curry will be injured for short portions of next season.
     
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    :grin:
    (and after several news outlets ask him if they can use the tweet and him enthusiastically saying "YES!" ...)

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Traitor. Damn it.</p>&mdash; Jacob Puma (@Jay_Pums) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jay_Pums/status/750000160319500289">July 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  5. Cstyle42

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    RESPECT>Rings
     
  6. Cstyle42

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    F Durant, the Golden State Warriors and the NBA.
     
  7. JayGoogle

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    Why are they sitting so far from eachother? WTF?

    Two desks and a couch in between them...

    Any ways that would be funny as hell if it happened, I seriously doubt it though...but I guess the Thunder could try the Rivers approach and bug him about it until he actually signs. Make him feel guilty about it. Isn't that what the Clippers did?

    They continued to court DeAndre after he verbally agreed with Dallas.
     
  8. francis 4 prez

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    i agree with you in the long run. winning tends to cure everything. people will just see 3 titles on durant's resume and talk about how great he was. but i would argue there is a time value to praise or your legacy. being praised as you do something is worth a whole lot more than being praised later. if lebron won this championship and people, for whatever reason, hated him for it but then 20 years later said "wow, he was unbelievably great and somehow won a championship for cleveland" i don't think it would mean nearly as getting all of that praise and adulation right now. i imagine having to fight for the legitimacy of your accomplishments probably sucks more than just having people say "great job." if i ever get some accomplishments, i'll let y'all know.



    i suppose durant could be practically unique in all of the world of sports, and even the human species in general, in not caring how other people perceive him. some people don't. in that case, he won't care. but if he's not that unique guy, if he's the guy who said he was always tired of finishing second (which included personal accomplishments, not just team ones), then he probably cares what the fans think to some degree. no one's going to tell durant how great he is if the warriors go 78-4 and sweep the playoffs. i mentioned this is another thread, but if lebron really had won "not 5, not 6, not 7" then he probably would have still gotten a lot of hate for his miami championships. the fact that reality smacked them in the face and then he had to throw that team on his back to pull out playoff series ended up helping his "in the moment" praise and legacy talk and still helps it to this day.
     
  9. slothy420

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    I would LOVE to see this happen.
     
  10. SF3isBack!!

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    What Durant did was so p***y like that no one can believe that he would actually do it. So now the conspiracy theories are gonna come out of the woodwork, lol.
     
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    It would be epic.. Don't think there are any rules that could prevent that..
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">People in OKC are NOT happy with KD. Here's Big Rich, who runs the Pink Parrot, one of the best bars out there. <a href="https://t.co/62xIVxmf99">pic.twitter.com/62xIVxmf99</a></p>&mdash; Landry Locker (@LandryLocker) <a href="https://twitter.com/LandryLocker/status/750061522978742274">July 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  13. francis 4 prez

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    do you think lebron enjoyed having the whole world hate him for the first 2 years in miami? he managed to change the narrative with his 45/15 game in boston and eventual championship where he carried the team. and the heat even seemed to become a begrudgingly respected team after that. but that still involved being the most hated person in sports for 2 years. it seemed to weigh on lebron. and he still had to change the narrative to get out from under it.

    maybe kd won't care that half the time he sees his name it's followed by "is a b****", but he'd probably just as soon be liked than hated, like most people would. sports fans may not "matter" in the grand scheme of things, but when your entire career essentially involves being around and being scrutinized by sports fans, it can't be fun if they hate you.
     
  14. ISOBall

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    Kevin Durants a loser
     
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    Lol, KD is one of the most sensitive superstars in the NBA. No way in hell can he take all the hatred without being eaten alive inside...

    Enjoy the hate, KD. You brought it on yourself.
     
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    Warriors will miss Bogut's interior defense. He makes up for a lot of mistakes by their overrated perimeter defenders. Lets not forget they went 0-3 in the finals without him back there.
     
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  18. dback816

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    Respect from whom exactly?
     
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    I keep seeing this, but here's an easy way to think about it... KEVIN DURANT is going to get HARRISON BARNES' wide open shots. Let that sink in for a second.

    Imagine Draymond running the break with Klay on one side, KD on the other, letting Steph run to either corner or even trail the break for a long 3. That's ridiculous.

    3>2 and the other team isn't going to be able to score 130 points a game.
     
  20. TheresTheDagger

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    Ah Kevin.....what happened to the guy who said THIS back in 2010?

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now everybody wanna play for the heat and the Lakers? Let's go back to being competitive and going at these peoples!</p>&mdash; Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) <a href="https://twitter.com/KDTrey5/status/18688294600">July 16, 2010</a></blockquote>
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