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Electromatic · Post by **Electromatic** » Tue June 13, 2017 6:27 pm

I frankly don't understand the hate for Durant. This is how the NBA works now. Lebron went to Miami for some of the same reasons. Going to a team doesn't guarantee anything see Malone, Karl and hundreds of other ring chasers.

Durant went for basketball reasons and likely personal ones. He fits perfectly in Golden State, He's 10 years in to his NBA career so to think OKC was going to somehow get it together and win in the playoffs is deeply flawed logic. Lebron knows he can't do it himself either, in some ways Durant's career mirror's Lebron's as well. So many people go back to Jordan. Well, Jordan couldn't beat the teams he needed to beat in the 80's either until those Bulls teams went and found other stars and quality role players.

Durant went to the team that gave him the best chance to win a title and he was free to do so, or languish forever not winning one so people can laud how wonderful it is to waste one's career doing that. Lebron is probably even now trying to convince his owner to pay the tax and sign another star that they clearly need. Cleveland is one year away from a title and they were close this year, the next best option is probably San Antonio who will probably sign Chris Paul and get better, healthier and younger. The rest of the league, gets a nice vacation after their season is over.

lennytheweedwhacker · Tue June 13, 2017 6:28 pm

i get it, i just don't like it

i still found them easy to pull for against the cavs

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Tue June 13, 2017 7:05 pm

San Antonio has no fucking chance. Chris Paul has never won a damn thing and is an old guy now. It's not happening.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Tue June 13, 2017 7:07 pm

Saying 'thats how the NBA is now' as an excuse for Durant is fine if you're Kevin Durant. It doesn't excuse what is a flawed and overall shit product for me as a fan though. My NBA interest is at an all time low. His bitch ass said in the playoffs if you don't like the blow outs don't watch. Well....bye.

Electromatic · Post by **Electromatic** » Tue June 13, 2017 7:55 pm

verb_to_trust wrote:San Antonio has no fucking chance. Chris Paul has never won a damn thing and is an old guy now. It's not happening.

Fair enough.

lennytheweedwhacker · Tue June 13, 2017 8:01 pm

verb is the angriest guy i know

@SkitchP · Post by **@SkitchP** » Tue June 13, 2017 9:08 pm

The Best Team that Jordan had to beat in the Finals would be the worst team Lebron has played in the finals.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Tue June 13, 2017 9:12 pm

@SkitchP wrote:The Best Team that Jordan had to beat in the Finals would be the worst team Lebron has played in the finals.

Pretty much.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Tue June 13, 2017 9:23 pm

@SkitchP wrote:The Best Team that Jordan had to beat in the Finals would be the worst team Lebron has played in the finals.

Salty Pistons fan. Probably say Magic is goat next.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Tue June 13, 2017 9:57 pm

verb_to_trust wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:The Best Team that Jordan had to beat in the Finals would be the worst team Lebron has played in the finals.
Salty Pistons fan. Probably say Magic is goat next.

Shaq is GOAT, and he got rich playing in college. Everybody knows that.

veddar10 · Post by **veddar10** » Tue June 13, 2017 10:43 pm

verb_to_trust wrote:Saying 'thats how the NBA is now' as an excuse for Durant is fine if you're Kevin Durant. It doesn't excuse what is a flawed and overall shit product for me as a fan though. My NBA interest is at an all time low. His bitch ass said in the playoffs if you don't like the blow outs don't watch. Well....bye.

Exactly. As a hardcore fan this season and what I saw last night left a bad taste in my mouth. Durant sat a 1/4 of the season and it still all felt like a waste of time. Not looking forward to the watching the same nonsense for the next few years.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Tue June 13, 2017 11:06 pm

veddar10 wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Saying 'thats how the NBA is now' as an excuse for Durant is fine if you're Kevin Durant. It doesn't excuse what is a flawed and overall shit product for me as a fan though. My NBA interest is at an all time low. His bitch ass said in the playoffs if you don't like the blow outs don't watch. Well....bye.
Exactly. As a hardcore fan this season and what I saw last night left a bad taste in my mouth. Durant sat a 1/4 of the season and it still all felt like a waste of time. Not looking forward to the watching the same nonsense for the next few years.

The league survived the early '10s Heat, the late '00s Lakers and Celtics, the early '00s Lakers, '90s Bulls, etc. No one is forcing you guys to watch.

Both of these teams will look different, if not dramatically different, in a year or two due to salary cap/chemistry/injuries. The level of hyperbole acting like this is the first "superteam" ever is bordering on First Take/Sports Radio levels here.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed June 14, 2017 12:12 am

No one is forcing us to watch? Thanks for the reminder KD

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed June 14, 2017 12:21 am

This is the first time in NBA history a record breaking team with a unanimous MVP and three All Stars signed a top 3 player after top 3 player choked against record breaking team in a conference finals.

I'm just going to go ahead and treat this as if it is completely unique. Because it is.

veddar10 · Post by **veddar10** » Wed June 14, 2017 4:07 am

verb_to_trust wrote:This is the first time in NBA history a record breaking team with a unanimous MVP and three All Stars signed a top 3 player after top 3 player choked against record breaking team in a conference finals.

I'm just going to go ahead and treat this as if it is completely unique. Because it is.

Again exactly. We don't have to watch but we want to watch but we hate that we know there is going to be weak to average product for 25 of 30 teams

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed June 14, 2017 4:27 am

veddar10 wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:This is the first time in NBA history a record breaking team with a unanimous MVP and three All Stars signed a top 3 player after top 3 player choked against record breaking team in a conference finals.

I'm just going to go ahead and treat this as if it is completely unique. Because it is.
Again exactly. We don't have to watch but we want to watch but we hate that we know there is going to be weak to average product for 25 of 30 teams

I really don't think most of the other teams are weak to average. There are some good teams out there and some great players all over the league. The Warriors are historically great. They skew the perspective.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed June 14, 2017 4:28 am

Who are the good teams? I want to shit all over them.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed June 14, 2017 4:32 am

verb_to_trust wrote:Who are the good teams? I want to shit all over them.

You'll shit on anything...

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed June 14, 2017 4:42 am

You can't pick out the 'good' teams, can you?

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed June 14, 2017 4:51 am

verb_to_trust wrote:You can't pick out the 'good' teams, can you?

Sure, the top 4-5 seeds in the west and top 4 seeds in the east were good teams. Just like most years.

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