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Durant: I Was Too Obsessed With Winning

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by hotballa, Oct 29, 2013.

  1. hotballa

    hotballa Contributing Member

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    damn I thought this was a good thing to be such a prick about wanting to win. The great ones were never that popular with their teammates because of their drive to win. Guess times have changed.

    http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9...-city-thunder-says-no-longer-obsessed-winning

     
  2. durvasa

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  3. hotballa

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    true. i'm probably overstating it because of Jordan's reign of terror in the 90s.
     
  4. Mr Exlax

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    MJ didn't win until he trusted his teammates.
     
  5. BeardSanity

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    Oh c'mon don't give me that
     
  6. Bill Worrell

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  7. Voice of Aus

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    so he wants to lose just so he can sleep?
     
  8. cheke64

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    Sounds like he gave up and is ready to join the rockets.
     
  9. heypartner

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    Kevin, don't be so hard on yourself. It happens to everyone who is forced to work and live in Oklahoma. Time to come back to Texas.
     
  10. Air Langhi

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    Apparently the ownership in OKC doesn't care either. They told Presti they couldn't pay harden. Lebron was smart he realized he couldn't rely on ferry.
     
  11. Mr Exlax

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    You gotta think about it man. Let's say you're on a team playing with somebody and they're a dick. Just a pick up game though. You can't sit here and say with a straight face that you're gonna give your all to win. Being a good teammate is important as hell, unless you're on a really stacked team. Imagine Serge Ibaka or Thabo Sefolosha not giving 100% all game. That's gonna be noticeable since their defense and just overall hustle is uber important to that team.
     
  12. LabMouse

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    I hope so.

     
  13. Grapenutz

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    Kevin Durant will NEVER win a championship in OKC or anywhere else
     
  14. -Rockets

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    He will here ;)
     
  15. supdudes

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    KD needs to put on weight.
     
  16. Rockets2K

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    Hmm, who should we believe on this point? You, a random internet poster that probably wasnt actually alive before Jordan started winning, or a couple of top 50 HOF players on the NBAtv show Open Court, who just said that same exact thing when I watched it Sunday?
     
  17. Grapenutz

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    Not even here. Gets pushed around way to easy
     
  18. rocketsfeeva

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    I guess OKC trading away Harden had a huge negative impact on him. It hasn't been the same for Durant since that day Harden got sent away.
     
  19. Easy

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    Sounds like he's obsessed with winning INDIVIDUAL GAMES and lost sight of the long term goal of winning championship, and that he let losing affect his composure.

    Nothing wrong with what he said.
     
  20. Grapenutz

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    I think losing the Championship affected him. Lebron owned him
     

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