KD says titles no longer drive him

[Peruvian Connect]

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i think when it’s all done, Durant is gonna b a top 10 player. 1 or 2 more titles will cement it

This goofy comment is what he talking about. LeBron is "the goat" but Durant is borderline top 10? How?!?! He beat LeBron for rings in 2out of 3 meetings. Their career stats are basically the same minus the assists. If he doesn't get hurt he probably has more rings than LeBron in less attempts.

 

[South Paw]

Coli been telling me for years that the problem in gs was him joining a 73-9 team and bron was different because all these guys came together on a team that sucked the previously in Miami

Y'all changing the narrative again cuz ita kd and bron.

 

[Da King]

cuz he knows his 2 are viewed as fraudulant

that’s factual

 

[skylove4]

This nikka has never not played on a stacked team. Fraudantula will never be seen as top 10 player all time, all because he didn't have the patience and fortitude to organically win as a true alpha. Him and Kyrie deserve each other. At least Harden put in work for 5 years trying to do it the right way

fukk the dumb shyt. If anybody is not picking Kevin Durant as a top 10 basketball player ever they really don’t know basketball. fukk rings and accolades, they don’t make you the best because bball is a team sport.

this cat can flat out ball.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

He’s smart. That’s all you should play for. The rest should follow. But reaching your very best, while ignoring the narrative is the best thing any hooper, athlete, or person can do. Focus on your craft. Improve each day.

 

[AAKing23]

 

[Damnshow]

That nikka done lost to Andre Drummond Lakers extra cast squad by 20+

 

[murksiderock]

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i think when it’s all done, Durant is gonna b a top 10 player. 1 or 2 more titles will cement it

Whose coming out of the Top 10 if Durant gets in? Keep in mind, currently he's viewed as a pretty much consensus Top 20 guy and people tend to have him in that 14-19 range. Back end Top 10/borderline Top 10 guys that are still seen as in front of him are generally some order of West, Russell, Olajuwon, Robertson, and Bryant, so if Durant moves in, who's coming out?

He isn’t far from Top 10 at all so I'm not entirely disagreeing with you, but a lot is gonna weigh on how he finishes his career. First of all if he misses 45-50% of seasons due to injury, as he will this year, thats gonna limit his ceiling as we'd be directly lining him against Iron men...

How he wins the championships will matter, too...

This goofy comment is what he talking about. LeBron is "the goat" but Durant is borderline top 10? How?!?! He beat LeBron for rings in 2out of 3 meetings. Their career stats are basically the same minus the assists. If he doesn't get hurt he probably has more rings than LeBron in less attempts.

Their careers stats are similar but their careers aren't, and thats the issue with a Durant/LeBron comp. LeBron has been more impactful to the game in every way imaginable from his first game on, compared to Durant from his first game on. Winning two Finals over Bron has elevated KD way more than its actually hurt Bron which underscores my point...

He had 9 years in OKC, 8 with another Top 50 All-Timer, only two of those 8 were they derailed by injuries, and despite four trips to the WCF, he came away with one Finals appearance and no W. There is no precedent set that if KD doesn't get hurt he'd have more rings because we saw him for years without getting hurt...

fukk the dumb shyt. If anybody is not picking Kevin Durant as a top 10 basketball player ever they really don’t know basketball. fukk rings and accolades they don’t make you the best because bball is a team sport.

this cat can flat out ball.

Everybody in the Top 10 was flat out ballers. Who are you moving out for Durant?

 

[skylove4]

Whose coming out of the Top 10 if Durant gets in? Keep in mind, currently he's viewed as a pretty much consensus Top 20 guy and people tend to have him in that 14-19 range. Back end Top 10/borderline Top 10 guys that are still seen as in front of him are generally some order of West, Russell, Olajuwon, Robertson, and Bryant, so if Durant moves in, who's coming out?

He isn’t far from Top 10 at all so I'm not entirely disagreeing with you, but a lot is gonna weigh on how he finishes his career. First of all if he misses 45-50% of seasons due to injury, as he will this year, thats gonna limit his ceiling as we'd be directly lining him against Iron men...

How he wins the championships will matter, too...



Their careers stats are similar but their careers aren't, and thats the issue with a Durant/LeBron comp. LeBron has been more impactful to the game in every way imaginable from his first game on, compared to Durant from his first game on. Winning two Finals over Bron has elevated KD way more than its actually hurt Bron which underscores my point...

He had 9 years in OKC, 8 with another Top 50 All-Timer, only two of those 8 were they derailed by injuries, and despite four trips to the WCF, he came away with one Finals appearance and no W. There is no precedent set that if KD doesn't get hurt he'd have more rings because we saw him for years without getting hurt...



Everybody in the Top 10 was flat out ballers. Who are you moving out for Durant?

As long as isn’t lebron, Kobe, Jordan or Kareem. I don’t give a fukk, the rest aren’t better basketball players than Durant

 

[Ozymandeas]

Durant going down top 10 all time Anybody arguing otherwise is a hater. He probably has the purest jumper I’ve ever seen.

 

[Regular_P]

He said the same thing after he won his first ring but the local Bay Area media posted the headline with an incomplete part making him sound like winning a title didn’t make him happy when he said it made him even more excited to work on the craft.

KD looks at the game like art. Russ was some shyt when they throw paint at a wall and bite it. GSW were running the best offense without a dikk head like Greg Popovitcg as coach. Warriors wanted KD since 2013. KD is an Olympic hero I bring that up to make mention of the fact he competed in the Olympic and FIBA tournaments at junior and senior levels making sure the USA Squad could make it to more.As a young guy so when Vets like Kobe were resting in the summer KD wasn’t. Remember the video of Kyrie challenging Kobe that’s how he fits. KD always talks up Kyrie as an artist on and off the court and he saw it up close and early before Kyrie even got into the league. Too often we act like none of the people never hooped with or against each other until the NBA.

KD also said similar about his scoring he much rather score 25 a night very efficiently consistently for long runs than score big popping numbers.

Some of the media shyt is bullshyt especially think about it like this KD is 32 years old the media been shytting on him for more than his entire life at this point (only highly toughted ones go through it we’ve been watching Zion since he was 13) so at what point do we acknowledge he’s cynical of them at this moment in time.

Selfishly, I've always thought he's kinda cheated himself and the game by not having more scoring outbursts. KD looks like he was created in a lab to get buckets and he only has six 50 point games.

 

[McPiff]

Who’s y’all and where did I say that he completely outplayed Bron?

KD played equally or better than Bron which led him to two Finals MVP’s in consecutive years.. that’s all

Y'all = consensus coli thoughts.

And again my brother, read carefully. I said y'all making it seem like he outplayed him which isnt the case. That's all

 

[Remote]

I dont know why people are upset about this.

It makes sense.
Work on getting better. Everything else should fall into place.

 

[McPiff]

HE DID COMPLETELY
OUTPLAY BRON.

WE DONT HAVE TO LOOK
AT THE PADDED NUMBERS
BECAUSE WE SAW IT LIVE.

BRON OUTPLAYED KD
IN THE 50PT GAME.

THAT WAS 1 OUT OF 9 GAMES.

HELL JIMMY BUTLER
OUTPLAYED BRON LAST FINALS
UNTIL HE WAS COMPLETELY
GASSED IN GM 6.

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yeah aight

 

[Da_Eggman]

Cuz his rings are kinda meaningless can’t take them away but he can’t truly be totally at peace with how he won