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3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

KD with the flex

By demanding that they fire the coach that he hand-selected? I guess that's him owning up to a mistake, in a way.

Did KD really expect a different response?  If he thought he could shift the public perception with “I was willing to stay but” tactic, he’s sadly mistaken. 

 

47 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Did KD really expect a different response?  If he thought he could shift the public perception with “I was willing to stay but” tactic, he’s sadly mistaken. 

 

Tsai is worth over $8 bilion - KD can bully a lot of people but Tsai ain't one of them.

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

Did KD really expect a different response?  If he thought he could shift the public perception with “I was willing to stay but” tactic, he’s sadly mistaken. 

 

And if things had gone his way, that might have been worse. He's not LeBron; personally getting the whole coaching staff and front office fired isn't something you can shake off without a LOT of immediate winning.

Good…he’s an asshole.

Larry Brown is still out there. 

Edited by Kermit

Trade Kyrie to the lake show for Westbrook and 27 and 29

Cut Westbrook

Trade Simmons to anyone for anything

Send KD home

Next year you will have 40-50 million to get a few good players.

Keep KD at home. 4 years is a long time. You had a good career KD.

Appreciate how big of a Texas ambassador he is... but as a NBA professional. What a diva. 

On 8/9/2022 at 9:39 AM, YChang said:

Appreciate how big of a Texas ambassador he is... but as a NBA professional. What a diva. 

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i think there's a lot of guys in the nba who are as big as/even bigger divas than KD, they just don't have nearly the spotlight on them as he does. millennials gen z'ers are quite sensitive, and few of them are under as much scrutiny/hated on as much as KD is.

If KD returns to the Nets, I’ll root for the Nets. If he plays somewhere else, that’s who I’ll root for. 

On 8/17/2022 at 8:03 AM, statsman said:

If KD returns to the Nets, I’ll root for the Nets. If he plays somewhere else, that’s who I’ll root for. 

Guess you're rooting for the Nets....at least for now.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34446879/brooklyn-nets-kevin-durant-meet-agree-move-forward-together-star-trade-demands

I still can't figure out  what the fuck KD's goal was with his trade demand.

KD: "Trade me or fire Nash/Marks"

Tsai: "No"

KD: "OK, let's run it back"

Really contributes to that team cohesion in Brooklyn.

That team isn't winning shit unless they get rid of Kyrie. 

Look, we all know KD isn't sitting out for the season. He isn't built like that. And he doesn't want to go somewhere that trades ALL their assets for him, because he wants to compete for a title.  

I've thought all along that staying in Brooklyn was probably the most likely outcome.  The thing is, if KD really wants a title, staying with the Nets is his best option anyway.  People get hung up on the fact that they got swept, but those games were CLOSE.

  • Game 1:  115 - 114
  • Game 2:  114 - 107
  • Game 3:  109 - 103
  • Game 4:  116 - 112

That is 18 points total.  Adding Ben Simmons, who has played at an all-NBA level, could easily overcome those 18 points - and now you are talking a Nets sweep.  Kyrie also stunk it up in Game 3 and 4.  

I wouldn't trade Kyrie either. They are only going to get pennies on the dollar for him.  Run it back and try to win a title and turn this thing into a redemption story. Embrace being the most unlikeable team in the NBA.  F it, be the villain.

42 minutes ago, HookEm said:

Look, we all know KD isn't sitting out for the season. He isn't built like that. And he doesn't want to go somewhere that trades ALL their assets for him, because he wants to compete for a title.  

I've thought all along that staying in Brooklyn was probably the most likely outcome.  The thing is, if KD really wants a title, staying with the Nets is his best option anyway.  People get hung up on the fact that they got swept, but those games were CLOSE.

  • Game 1:  115 - 114
  • Game 2:  114 - 107
  • Game 3:  109 - 103
  • Game 4:  116 - 112

That is 18 points total.  Adding Ben Simmons, who has played at an all-NBA level, could easily overcome those 18 points - and now you are talking a Nets sweep.  Kyrie also stunk it up in Game 3 and 4.  

I wouldn't trade Kyrie either. They are only going to get pennies on the dollar for him.  Run it back and try to win a title and turn this thing into a redemption story. Embrace being the most unlikeable team in the NBA.  F it, be the villain.

I honestly completely forgot Ben Simmons was on the team. 

1 hour ago, HookEm said:

Look, we all know KD isn't sitting out for the season. He isn't built like that. And he doesn't want to go somewhere that trades ALL their assets for him, because he wants to compete for a title.  

I've thought all along that staying in Brooklyn was probably the most likely outcome.  The thing is, if KD really wants a title, staying with the Nets is his best option anyway.  People get hung up on the fact that they got swept, but those games were CLOSE.

  • Game 1:  115 - 114
  • Game 2:  114 - 107
  • Game 3:  109 - 103
  • Game 4:  116 - 112

That is 18 points total.  Adding Ben Simmons, who has played at an all-NBA level, could easily overcome those 18 points - and now you are talking a Nets sweep.  Kyrie also stunk it up in Game 3 and 4.  

I wouldn't trade Kyrie either. They are only going to get pennies on the dollar for him.  Run it back and try to win a title and turn this thing into a redemption story. Embrace being the most unlikeable team in the NBA.  F it, be the villain.

I don't disagree with your conclusions exactly but those games were not as close as the scores indicate. Nets were not really a threat in the series at all. I maintain the refs fucked KD hard in the first 2 games. Like he was the inverse D-Wade. Take out the bullshit ref factor and they might have won the series. 

1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

The bad news is: so did he.

Apparently guy just got up and left the zoom meeting when they asked if he was gonna play that night

Lol.  Really well played, KD.  

Now they should trade him

I thought of a Sopranos quote after the news yesterday (starts at 2:30):

 

"And what did you do?! Nothing! Zero! A big fuckin' jerkoff!"

Edited by CurlyDumps

On 8/23/2022 at 12:32 PM, closetohumping said:

Apparently Memphis wouldn't give up Bane for him lol.  But I can understand being skittish if I were a GM.  KD may come for your job.

KD ain't coming for anyone's job at this point.

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I’d like to see KD start wearing a “Free Tibet” or “Free Hong Kong” t shirt. That would get him traded. 

8 minutes ago, statsman said:

I’d like to see KD start wearing a “Free Tibet” or “Free Hong Kong” t shirt. That would get him traded. 

Prince concert shirts all day every day

Durant’s main issue is that he is about to be 34. If he was 26, teams would be giving away their whole franchise to get him. It is really as simple as that. Has little to do with his attitude or his perceived toxicity or his skill set.

Prolly so. There’s only one LeBron. KD’s comebacks are amazing, but this is a guy who has missed almost two entire seasons of his prime with foot and Achilles injuries, and he sucks at load management. 

8 hours ago, HookEm said:

Durant’s main issue is that he is about to be 34. If he was 26, teams would be giving away their whole franchise to get him. It is really as simple as that. Has little to do with his attitude or his perceived toxicity or his skill set.

At this point it'd be like dating a girl who cheated on her boyfriend with you. You really can't be surprised when she turns around and does it to you, too.

Edited by Pam Cummings

Meh. All the stars do it these days, and have for a while. If you land a superstar and don't keep them happy, most will do exactly the same.

  • Kobe threatened to leave and had one foot out the door before they brought in Pau Gasol. 
  • Anthony Davis forced a trade with the Pelicans and would have sat out to force a trade
  • Paul George forced a trade from the Pacers and then basically did it again with OKC
  • Harden completely quit on both the Rockets and the Nets. 
  • Kawhi quit on the Spurs and then was a known mercenary with Toronto. 
  • Ben Simmons sat out a whole season to get traded from Philly 
  • LeBron had a history of 1-year deals to keep leverage. He also got a lot of coaches fired

That is just off the top of my head.  Durant may mouth off and voice his displeasure, but the dude would never fake an injury or sit out a season.  

I don't think any of those guys had just signed a max contract the past year. That's the big difference here, KD would have been a free agent and had a ton of leverage if he waited like a lot of those guys did or were planning to do. That's what makes this trade request so silly, he took the guaranteed money up front for security in case of injury, and then tried to pull this shit. It was a dumb move and makes him look more petty than any of those guys listed. 

 

My opinion of KD has also been on a downturn but the speculation that he knocked up Lana Rhoades might stem the tide. 

11 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

My opinion of KD has also been on a downturn but the speculation that he knocked up Lana Rhoades might stem the tide. 

I didn’t know who Lana Rhodes was before this post. But now?

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  • 2 weeks later...

I think that was the game where he had something stupid like 39/23. 

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