Kevin Durant hasn’t achieved anything after leaving Steph Curry: Shaq posts an IG mocking KD
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murksiderock
Superstar
The underlying conundrum with KD isn't so much of what he hasn't accomplished post-GS, it's that his career overall is somewhat underwhelming...
He's been on contenders every year of his career since Y4--->He's approaching Y16 for those of you bad at math. And aside from GS, he has one Finals appearance, one MVP, and a 1-3 WCF record to show for it...
The problem with Durant is the Warrior years made some people elevate him to a stature he hadn't quite earned, both in real time and historically. What we're seeing now is a gradual regression to where he properly belongs...
Here's a snapshot of the 12 completed seasons of Durant's career without GS, and for the record 12 years is Zeke's entire career so it's a full career:
'14 MVP, '12 AMVP, '08 ROY, 7x All-NBA (5x 1st), 9x All-Star, 4x scoring champ, '13 50-40-90
0-1 Finals, 1-3 WCF
Today we universally hold Durant as a Top 15 GOAT. His resume sans GS isn't that of a Top 20 player. The sentiment of the IG post as well as those of many is the beginning of a gradual regression to his level...
He's going to eventually be held accountable for the OKC run with Russ, it just hasn't happened yet. After Malone/Stockton and West/Baylor, KD/Russ is somewhere up there with greatest underachieving duos, they had 8 years together (just like Shaq/Kobe) and underachieved...
We're gonna eventually hold him accountable for playing most of his career (currently 11/15 seasons) on championship favorites and delivering nothing outside The Bay...
Injuries ain't nobody else's fault and eventually we're gonna stop saying, "man if KD wasn't hurt, ____________________". Because it isn't just '22 we can say that about. Or '21. Or '20. There have been more durable superstars and his injury history is what it is and it's part of his story and overall legacy. He's been hurt. Alot. And in due time that will be weighed properly when comparing him to more durable superstars...
The Durant sentiment is just properly weighing his career...
The only thing I'll say is this. There are people out there tirelessly reworking the narrative that KD was the best player on his Warriors, to say that he wasn't. I'm not for changing what the real time sentiment was, and in real time it was agreed upon by consensus that Durant was their best player, period. We all understood in real time that Steph was the reason that machine clicked, so this isn't a new recognizance that Steph needs applause for...
The widely-held opinion of the time was that KD was their best player abd we don't get to change that because their career arcs in Steph's favor in the years they've been apart. I definitely think Steph could leap him historically but I'm not reimagining what the sentiments were when they played together...
But KD was never the degree of historical greatness he was said to be at since his GS years. The real GOATs of the GOATs would have won a title with Westbrook or a Westbrook-caliber player. The GOAT actually DID when a title with Kyrie (or a Kyrie-caliber player). He never belonged in the conversation as LeBron-level from a historical perspective but he's on the level or two below those guys...
He's been on contenders every year of his career since Y4--->He's approaching Y16 for those of you bad at math. And aside from GS, he has one Finals appearance, one MVP, and a 1-3 WCF record to show for it...
The problem with Durant is the Warrior years made some people elevate him to a stature he hadn't quite earned, both in real time and historically. What we're seeing now is a gradual regression to where he properly belongs...
Here's a snapshot of the 12 completed seasons of Durant's career without GS, and for the record 12 years is Zeke's entire career so it's a full career:
'14 MVP, '12 AMVP, '08 ROY, 7x All-NBA (5x 1st), 9x All-Star, 4x scoring champ, '13 50-40-90
0-1 Finals, 1-3 WCF
Today we universally hold Durant as a Top 15 GOAT. His resume sans GS isn't that of a Top 20 player. The sentiment of the IG post as well as those of many is the beginning of a gradual regression to his level...
He's going to eventually be held accountable for the OKC run with Russ, it just hasn't happened yet. After Malone/Stockton and West/Baylor, KD/Russ is somewhere up there with greatest underachieving duos, they had 8 years together (just like Shaq/Kobe) and underachieved...
We're gonna eventually hold him accountable for playing most of his career (currently 11/15 seasons) on championship favorites and delivering nothing outside The Bay...
Injuries ain't nobody else's fault and eventually we're gonna stop saying, "man if KD wasn't hurt, ____________________". Because it isn't just '22 we can say that about. Or '21. Or '20. There have been more durable superstars and his injury history is what it is and it's part of his story and overall legacy. He's been hurt. Alot. And in due time that will be weighed properly when comparing him to more durable superstars...
The Durant sentiment is just properly weighing his career...
The only thing I'll say is this. There are people out there tirelessly reworking the narrative that KD was the best player on his Warriors, to say that he wasn't. I'm not for changing what the real time sentiment was, and in real time it was agreed upon by consensus that Durant was their best player, period. We all understood in real time that Steph was the reason that machine clicked, so this isn't a new recognizance that Steph needs applause for...
The widely-held opinion of the time was that KD was their best player abd we don't get to change that because their career arcs in Steph's favor in the years they've been apart. I definitely think Steph could leap him historically but I'm not reimagining what the sentiments were when they played together...
But KD was never the degree of historical greatness he was said to be at since his GS years. The real GOATs of the GOATs would have won a title with Westbrook or a Westbrook-caliber player. The GOAT actually DID when a title with Kyrie (or a Kyrie-caliber player). He never belonged in the conversation as LeBron-level from a historical perspective but he's on the level or two below those guys...
Rell84shots
Veteran
Everyone needs a Robin. As great as Kobe(RIP) was, the 3peat Lakers were Shaq's team.
Folk got to talk about it sooner or later… KD hoping Steph don’t get a chip lol
Durant overrated in my opinion. He is a pure scorer nothing more nothing less. Do I think he can lead a team like Lebron/Curry/MJ/Kobe/Duncan, Helll no.
DlAMONDZ
That pu$$y got me grinning
Let me see: Kobe without Shaq made 3 straight finals, won MVP, and won back to back chips and Shaq without Kobe got swept every year and got carried by Wade and refs to a chip
Tell me again who needed who
Forum comes back to life and I immediately have 5 @'s from 10bandz and I wasn't even talking to him. :lol:
Constantly uses "fakkit" language yet he'd rather talk about me than talk about basketball.
Constantly uses "fakkit" language yet he'd rather talk about me than talk about basketball.
Kinguno
The Immortal
To a lot of people KD can’t ever be a sympathetic figure and he has known that for years but the amount of hate he does get is overboard at first it was all racist dogwhistle shyt now it’s like no matter what he does he’s a soft ass bytch whose all this shyt but great ball player. (All of the best guys get it but it’s so out in the open for KD that’s the difference) like every story that comes out about him is held against him from shyt like his childhood and the fact he has his mother’s last name. Like two years ago when that fakkit Rappoaport dmed KD deleted his messages and posted the shyt THE LEAGUE FINED KD FOR THAT.
Honestly if I was KD I would’ve put a hit on Russ because in a way he was the Farrakhan to KD’s Malcolm X. Because he truly betrayed him in similar way. That vacuum of hate directly lead to Russ getting MVP. But the Karma has been the disintegration of his legacy. Think about how KD has never blamed Russ and even called out Cuban for him.
He’s been hurt a lot but that’s how the NBA has been. Most stars who have a certain level of load don’t play as many games.
I listen to a lot of basketball podcasts by guys who used to be in the league and the way they boost up their and their guests careers and 97% percent of them don’t have careers or resumes as good as KD.
Zeke has something similar where every time he speaks he has to defend his standing.
I still think that KD and Kyrie can win a ring.
Honestly if I was KD I would’ve put a hit on Russ because in a way he was the Farrakhan to KD’s Malcolm X. Because he truly betrayed him in similar way. That vacuum of hate directly lead to Russ getting MVP. But the Karma has been the disintegration of his legacy. Think about how KD has never blamed Russ and even called out Cuban for him.
He’s been hurt a lot but that’s how the NBA has been. Most stars who have a certain level of load don’t play as many games.
I listen to a lot of basketball podcasts by guys who used to be in the league and the way they boost up their and their guests careers and 97% percent of them don’t have careers or resumes as good as KD.
Zeke has something similar where every time he speaks he has to defend his standing.
I still think that KD and Kyrie can win a ring.
IllmaticDelta
Veteran
ABlackMan
Superstar
Lol one week it be G19 then G14
BlueHeffner
Veteran
And will give any of your favorite players buckets.
And he’s played with talented players since
