Kevin Durant Is Just Having Fun...

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Kevin Durant adjusting to Warriors, separating from Thunder

Good article on KD.

“I’m used to going into practice and having it a certain way,” he said. “These guys around here are super loose. But disciplined at the same time. It’s just a fun brand. They make basketball just even more fun than it was.”

“Everybody is super-focused, but they realize that we’re playing a game and you’re supposed to enjoy it,” Durant said. “It’s great for me. Especially for someone who is just used to always being drill sergeant with what I do. To relax a little bit, let my hair hang a little bit has been fun.”

“There’s a lot I need to learn about the game of basketball,” he said. “I’m not as smart as I thought I was about the game.”

@G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman

 

[Big Boss]

It's over


Warriors winning 5 straight titles

 

[Remote]

That's great.

But maybe since you were the leader of the team in OKC, if you weren't having fun, you were probably part of the reason why.

All this shyt does....WHILE IT'S GREAT FOR HIM IN GOLDEN STATE....is shed light on the reality that for as great as Kevin Durant is as a player...he seems to be much more of a follower than anything.

 

[Miggs]

Can this guy be anymore of a BETA...even his quotes reak of softness...

"let my hair down"

 

[Dushane Hill]

All fun and games until Henny Bron has him finishing second best again.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

That's great.

But maybe since you were the leader of the team in OKC, if you weren't having fun, you were probably part of the reason why.

All this shyt does....WHILE IT'S GREAT FOR HIM IN GOLDEN STATE....is shed light on the reality that for as great as Kevin Durant is as a player...he seems to be much more of a follower than anything.

Nah, he had no say so in how the team shared the ball. Russ wasn't having that. And if you read the article he wasn't just talking about on the court stuff per se. Golden State is just a more loose atmosphere. That's why Steph is usually smiling on the sidelines.

 

[director_of_bands]

he wants to just let his hair hang I aint mad...sounds like he was getting mentally tired of leading that okc team for whatever reason

 

[Boogie]

he wants to just let his hair hang I aint mad...sounds like he was getting mentally tired of leading that okc team for whatever reason

He was the leader of OKC?

 

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Nah, he had no say so in how the team shared the ball. Russ wasn't having that. And if you read the article he wasn't just talking about on the court stuff per se. Golden State is just a more loose atmosphere. That's why Steph is usually smiling on the sidelines.

You guys need to stop this nonsense that somehow Russell held the same amount of power in Oklahoma City.

Russell and Kevin were near equals on the court.
Literally everywhere else in the organization and in the city of Oklahoma City....Durant was king.

Don't play stupid.
Durant had tremendous pull. If he was unhappy about ANYTHING in OKC, he could have flexed his influence.
And everyone knows it.

Anything Durant was unhappy about in OKC was almost certainly his fault that he didn't change.

 

[director_of_bands]

He was the leader of OKC?

oh lol I thought he was since hes considered top 3

 

[NoMorePie]

A part of me is now starting to think that he didn't wanna go to the Spurs because he wouldn't like pop yelling at him.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

You guys need to stop this nonsense that somehow Russell held the same amount of power in Oklahoma City.

Russell and Kevin were near equals on the court.
Literally everywhere else in the organization and in the city of Oklahoma City....Durant was king.

Don't play stupid.
Durant had tremendous pull. If he was unhappy about ANYTHING in OKC, he could have flexed his influence.
And everyone knows it.

Anything Durant was unhappy about in OKC was almost certainly his fault that he didn't change.

Nah, that's like saying Kobe and Shaq had equal influence in '01. If Shaq wanted to run 1 offense and Kobe wanted to run a different offense they would have to meet in the middle. Obviously KD wants to be in a ball movement system. You'll never get that with Russ as your point guard.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Girls just wanna have fun

 

[CSquare43]

A part of me is now starting to think that he didn't wanna go to the Spurs because he wouldn't like pop yelling at him.

Possibly, but it sounds like (at least in this article) that he's OK with being coached:

Kerr demands movement. Durant has been forced to break some built-in offensive habits.

“Just the standing,” Durant said. “When I’m off the ball, always cutting, always trying to free up my man, free up another guy to get a good shot for the offense. That’s something that’s very, very challenging, but it’s needed for me to be the complete basketball player that I want to be.”

Throughout the first few practices, Kerr would find himself correcting a stagnant Durant. Cut, back screen, do something. Don’t stand if you don’t have the ball. He looked a bit lost in Vancouver. He looked fluid on Tuesday against the Clippers.

“We’ve talked to him a lot about pinning away, cutting through, setting a back screen,” Kerr said. “Especially on the weak side. It all clicked last night. All of a sudden, he was feeling it. He was setting screens, he was moving, he was cutting.”

“There’s a lot I need to learn about the game of basketball,” he said. “I’m not as smart as I thought I was about the game.”

 

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Nah, that's like saying Kobe and Shaq had equal influence in '01. If Shaq wanted to run 1 offense and Kobe wanted to run a different offense they would have to meet in the middle. Obviously KD wants to be in a ball movement system. You'll never get that with Russ as your point guard.

You might have a point if

1) Shaq and Kobe didn't win 3 rings together
2) Shaq and Kobe were both 27 years old the way Durant and Westbrook are.

Edit - Durant turned 28 last week.