WOW! Durant to sign with Golden State!

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

yep , they still need to prevent the Cavs from getting 2nd chance points with offensive rebounds..

Ya for sure...i also think they need to look into finding another center. Its crazy how many haters are bitter that he went to oakland. The goal of any player is to put yourself in the best situation to win a championship and the warriors have proven they are that team

[chaddurbin]

there were no one i wanted to root for here. one side you have okc with the cheap-ass owner who never provided help for KD and RWB, and now GS the most hated team with the smug owner who thinks he's better than everyone in the league because he got lucky in some key spots of the franchise.

[Jdoggs]

Great move Durant!

[CMIZ5290]

What a chicken shit he is. If you can't beat em, join em. Blew a 3-1 series lead to the team you sign with?? Really? This makes Lebron's decision in 2010 to join the Heat pale in comparison.....Also, news flash.....This team with all of these superstars still want all of their individual stats. Something has got to give, there's only one basketball! I hope they fall flat on their face....

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

What a chicken shit he is. If you can't beat em, join em. Blew a 3-1 series lead to the team you sign with?? Really? This makes Lebron's decision in 2010 to join the Heat pale in comparison.....Also, news flash.....This team with all of these superstars still want all of their individual stats. Something has got to give, there's only one basketball! I hope they fall flat on their face....

I agree with all the individual stats but durant has been in the league for years. He wants a ring and golden state has proven to be elite so he made the move. Good for him. He played 8 years in that shitty ass organization. Time to move on. Durant is a great athlete and human being. Hope he finally gets his ring

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by JoeyFarino

I agree with all the individual stats but durant has been in the league for years. He wants a ring and golden state has proven to be elite so he made the move. Good for him. He played 8 years in that shitty ass organization. Time to move on. Durant is a great athlete and human being. Hope he finally gets his ring

Even if he gets the "ring", his legacy is going to be tainted big time. As far as the shitty ass organization goes, hasn't OKC been to 4 of the last 6 Western Conference Championships? Not bad for a "shitty" organization in a small market.....

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Even if he gets the "ring", his legacy is going to be tainted big time. As far as the shitty ass organization goes, hasn't OKC been to 4 of the last 6 Western Conference Championships? Not bad for a "shitty" organization in a small market.....

I say "shitty" because i was born and live in seattle. Their organization can kiss my grits

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Even if he gets the "ring", his legacy is going to be tainted big time. As far as the shitty ass organization goes, hasn't OKC been to 4 of the last 6 Western Conference Championships? Not bad for a "shitty" organization in a small market.....

His legacy is FAR from tainted. He's one of the best in the league and hes proven that year after year after year. Hes a good dude outside of the court. I hope he gets the ring he deserves

[Dewey]

Couldn't agree more.

Originally Posted by JoeyFarino

I agree with all the individual stats but durant has been in the league for years. He wants a ring and golden state has proven to be elite so he made the move. Good for him. He played 8 years in that shitty ass organization. Time to move on. Durant is a great athlete and human being. Hope he finally gets his ring

[the 'stache]

Oh, please. Durant is a big time choke artist in the playoffs. He still gets his points, but he starts throwing up enough bricks to build a church with.

Look at the Conference Finals this year. Up 3-1, OKC needs only win one of the final three games to advance to the NBA Finals. That they won the third game had little to do with Durant. The Thunder were good enough to win 118-94 with Durant shooting 8 of 24 from the floor. Game 5? Durant was 12 of 31 from the floor, and the Thunder lose by 9. Game 6? He's even worse. After shooting 33% in game 4, and 38.7% in game 5, he clanks to the tune of 10 for 31 from the floor. 32%. The Thunder lose by 7. Game 7 he shoots more along his norms, hitting 10 of 19 shots, but OKC lose by 8. They'd lost momentum. Durant still scored plenty because he was taking so many shots, and had a bunch of freebies from the charity stripe.

2012-13 playoffs? Same thing. After beating Memphis in the first game of a best-of-7, OKC falls behind 1-2. Durant shoots well, hitting 50% from the floor (20 for 40). The last two games of the series, he chokes it away. He goes 10 of 27 from the floor in game 4 (the Thunder lose by 6), and a laughably bad 5 for 21 in game 5 (OKC lose by 4). Durant goes 15 for 48 (31%) in the final two big pressure games. He also turns the ball over 11 times in the two games. If Durant hadn't played those final few games with his head up his ass, the Thunder would have advanced to the Conference Finals.

In the '11-'12 playoffs, he was good. The year before that? He choked big time in the Western Conference Finals. After tying the Mavericks 1-1, the Thunder lost the last three games by a combined 17 points. In game 3, Durant was 7 for 22 from the floor, including an ugly 0 for 8 from 3-pt range. The Thunder lost by 6. In game 4, he was 9 for 22 from the floor, and turned the ball over 9 times. They lost by 7. And in the final game, he was 8 for 20. He shot 37.5% from the floor in losing three straight.

Seems to me that the biggest reason Kevin Durant has never won an NBA Championship is Kevin Durant. He disappears at the most inopportune moments, like when the season is on the line. It's not like he hasn't had talent around him, either. Westbrook is a stud, an NBA All Star five of the past six seasons. He's been there every year since Durant was a rookie.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by JoeyFarino

Ya for sure...i also think they need to look into finding another center. Its crazy how many haters are bitter that he went to oakland. The goal of any player is to put yourself in the best situation to win a championship and the warriors have proven they are that team

Except he criticized Lebron for going to the Heat. Now he goes to a team that was one game from back to back Championships. He looks weak and hypocritical.