Pure Water
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I mean he's right. You in the NBA, you shouldn't be trash. It shouldn't be this much of a talent disparity in the NBA.
Kevin Durant Says He's Not to Blame for NBA's Parity Concerns
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feelosofer
#ninergang
He's right in the grand scheme of things.
He's right.
KD goes to GS and its
Boston was the 1 seed, made the ECF, and has the #1 pick in the draft and its
Cleveland got 3 #1 picks while Bron was gone and didn't have to trade any of them to get him back.
Why would KD go from OKC to Washington? Or Boston? Why would he willingly go to a team that's worse than the one he's on?
well, for one, (and some of us said this here before he left OKC) he wouldve made either of those teams IMMEDIATE threats to keep Cleveland from getting to the Finals. To see how well those teams did this year, why is that far-fetched. As others have stated....he's been mentally sonned by Bron and obviously would rather meet him in another Finals than to challenge his supremacy in the East. This is one of the big reasons he had been tagged as not being a true competitor. So yeah, he couldve made the East better but he obviously he feels that Bron owns the East and didnt feel confident enough to challenge him. Pierce who has an unique perspective (while being one of Bron's chief rivals) on this was namely one person who was disappointed by the decision.
El Coupeacabra
Diamond Teeth Samurai
Nah. OKC lost Ibaka, Waiters, Morrow, Augustin, Foye...all shooters/ball handlers (except Serge) that would've made a world of difference this season.
2017 Washington with KD is a worse team than 2016 OKC was.
Okay but listen...nobody gets a trophy for making Bron's road to the finals tougher. That shouldn't be anyone's goal. That's stupid.
If Pierce doesn't get all that help in '08 and never wins...would we even give a shyt what he thought? The championship completely changes how people value your opinion.
So Pierce can sit on his high horse and say "you're supposed to try and beat those guys" when I guarantee you he wasn't complaining when Ray Allen and KG came to town to help. Where was this competitive spirit then? Pierce turned 30 that year. KD turned 28 this year. Not a huge difference there.
If Chris Webber came out and said "I'm disappointed in KD...he should've tried harder like me and Bibby did!" Would you be on his side?
KD has one job. Win a championship. Not "be better than LeBron."
YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy
Superstar
Everytime he talks it comes off as a force.
Every interview it seems like he's swearing or trying to show he doesn't give a fukk.
Every interview it seems like he's swearing or trying to show he doesn't give a fukk.
that's not what I am saying. what I am saying is, he took the path to the championship he felt that was of least resistance. there is no other reason why you join a team like that. take Bron off the Heat or Cavs and they couldnt win more than 30-50 games. GS without KD already proven in reg and post season. he obviously isnt up for that type of challenge and is intimidated by Bron even though he probably wouldve gotten to the ECF with no problem.
also not sure why you are so sure Wizards with KD is worse than OKC. Wall is almost certainly a better fit next to KD than Russ is. Also all those players you mentioned that left OKC dont me shyt. Ibaka had ran his course and was looking very faded there. Waiters never really fit and its not like he is an elite jumpshooter, hence why the Cavs replaced him with J.R. who is definitely a better spot up shooter. I say Wiz would be better because although KD and Russ were unstoppable forces together, their weakness in the playoffs when it came to crunch time was stagnant ball movement and too much hero ball.
based on? he's getting the exact same shots on a lower usage in gsw as well. how would wall mythically be better for him
. their weakness was not having enough options.
KD didn't create the CBA loophole that allowed this to happen. He didn't tell Cuban to accept a trade for Bogut that would give the Warriors the room to sign him.
He's not at fault for how this situation was created.
He's not at fault for how this situation was created.
Honestly, I don't understand why these GMs and front office execs don't get more blame. Having seen what a terrible front office can do to a team first hand, I'm inclined to say that a lot of the NBA's parity issues also comes from trash employees building these teams to lose/fail. Spurs had no problem as a small market to be competitive because they have a great front office and coaching staff. I find it hard to believe that ONLY the Spurs are capable of doing that. These teams need to step their game up, it ain't just on the players especially when they're being put in situations where they can't succeed. 
jwonder
Superstar
He is a bytch. Can't wait till Kang James humbles him................AGAIN!didn't he complain about everyone wanting to go to the Heat and Lakers way back?
what a bytch
