BTW, the ONLY person absolutely, completely loyal to their team in the NBA is Tim Duncan. Dirk is a close second. Please do not bring up Kobe. Even Durant has his dark side.
After we knock okc out of the playoffs the next couple of years Durant will learn to hate the rockets.
I love KD, but I want him to stay in OKC and beat them in the Western Finals. Having him here would be creepy like the "Decision."
What makes you think that? He is as loyal as the organization lets him be. Meaning, if they keep messing up, they will force his hand. I am not saying it's likely or it is going to happen. But, they already lost Harden for essentially Lamb and Adams (LO!L) to keep Perkins. Martin is gone. They will NOT be better next year. When you start seeing that trend, you have to consider all options. I believe with what is happening to OKC, the media will start to make KD into some bad guy. They will want to tarnish his image a little. I mean, it already started. Again, it's not likely, but the trend would give us reason to believe that it is more likely than it ever has been. That being said, Greg Smith for K. Durant.
Read the same article. It was more of a t-Mac thing. His coach wanted him to aspire to play like t-Mac (the combination of size meeting finesse and also being a scoring machine)
I think Durant's heart is in OKC and always will. Not many people made a $1M donation to tornado relief in OKC.
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No, there is no chance of it happening while they're both in prime condition. Harden wanted out of OKC not because of money but because he wanted to be THE man. Well, Durant is already a captain and there is no chance he jumps ship to join Harden. Durant strikes me as a legit human being, not a Lebron James type who runs away at the first sign of adversity. Durant will live or sink on his own ship. He won't second guess his "decision", either.
So much so he wears his sonics hat every so often, right? Although I'd be bitter too if my team got moved from Seattle to OKC.
I'm left to conclude that you must be a LOF, because that's where this whole "he wanted to be the man" idiocy springs. He either wanted more money, or a trade kicker, offered neither so it became clear OKC planned to trade him if he signed for a discount, and then to top it all off, they gave him one hour to decide.
You would be completely wrong. I have a lot of respect for Harden, more so than most professional athletes. I think he took a gigantic risk by walking away from a situation that would surely have netted him atleast a championship or two, in order to come to Houston and be the main attraction. I love James Harden for the same reason that I can't stand Lebron James. Harden wants to assume responsibility, he wants the arrow pointed at him, where as LBJ couldn't wait to run away from it. Harden helped build this current Rockets team. Lebron was just an added piece to the Miami Heat.
You've been nothing but hyper critical of Harden since you came to the board, overpaid, just a 6th man, not very good, and with prototypical broken english where certain verbs are omitted typical of a certain group.... Add the whole "ooh, he left to be the man", which isn't even close to the truth....
Kevin Durant won't come here for less money. And They can't have 3 max players on one team. Yeah Dwight didn't care about the money and came here for less money, but he will opt out in his third year and demand for more money, or he will probably wait until his final year and ask for the 118 million dollars. And when the Beard's contract expires, he will ask for money too. So no, there no chance at all Kevin Durant will come here.
