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

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

  1. Mashing

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    Ummm, how can one team afford this many all star players? Did the Warriors have to renounce their entire bench or something?
     
  2. juicystream

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    Easy to forget, Durant already had a super team.
     
  3. LosPollosHermanos

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    Its also ironic considering him and WB were the ones that choked. It wasn't his team's fault...it was Durbetta.
     
  4. Sooner423

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    OK is getting close to Peak Redneck.
     
  5. juicystream

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    Curry signed his deal before he became MVP when there were big questions about his ankles. The still have Iguodala and Livingston. They lose Ezeli & Barnes plus traded Bogut.
     
  6. digitallinh

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    Durant fits in seamlessly. He was also the leading rebounder for OKC. Plus, they just got Zaza.
     
  8. Mashing

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    I can't lie, I'm jealous they can afford that many all star players.
     
  9. digitallinh

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    Wooooow Zaza is huge for them lolol
     
  10. glimmertwins

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    I hope Durant leaves the rich kids in two years.
     
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    So warriors have...

    Curry/Livingston
    Thompson/?
    Durant/Igodaula
    Green/?
    ZaZa/?

    That's seven pretty legit players right there.
     
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    Right? :p
     
  14. rpr52121

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    Sure guarding them is now going to be absolutely insane considering that Barnes' poor shooting at the end of the series killed them.

    Wasn't one of the biggest issues for the Warriors during the Cav's comeback the lack of a rim protection because Green was suspended followed by Bogut's injury and Ezeli not performing consistently? Are they really going to be able to succeed purely with 100% switching defense without that?

    True not every team has players good enough to take advantage of Curry on defense, but it could still be problematic.
     
  15. juicystream

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    That roster is so much better than what the Heat had. They could lose Durant or Curry to injury and still be title contenders.
     
  16. cheke64

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    When Harden leaves Houston it's going to be the opposite. People will be cheering him and thankful he left that crappy team.
     
  17. rocketsjudoka

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    I'm going to root for every team versus the Warriors next year. Even the Lakers, Mavs and Jazz.
     
  18. t_mac1

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    No rim protector at all. Green will have to do much more defensively throughout the year to try to cover that, which will limit his offense and playmaking.
     
  19. TesseracT

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    Imagine if Harden went to GS 2 years ago after they beat us
     
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    If he doesn't win a ring and bails out, he will be disrespected worse than how he is being perceived now.
     

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