October 1, 20223 yr I mean Kobe pulled that shit and then rattled off a few Finals trips and 2 titles. I'm not super bullish on the Nets but on the surface there have been more irreparable situations in the NBA that have turned out fine.
October 3, 20223 yr On 9/27/2022 at 11:29 AM, Brothahorn said: @Vic Mackey What's the deal with Lana Rhoades and KD? Did he plant that seed?
October 5, 20223 yr On 9/27/2022 at 11:29 AM, Brothahorn said: @Vic Mackey What's the deal with Lana Rhoades and KD? Did he plant that seed? I just starting seeing about this a few days ago. I have no clue lol. I need to read about it more
November 5, 20223 yr I mean he kind of did sign up for some of it. That said - with the franchise falling apart around him KD is putting up 32/6/5/1/2 on .654 TS%. At 34 years old. The best version of their team is with Kyrie and Simmons not playing. I just don't think there's any chance Udoka repairs this or figures it out. I guess Kyrie retiring would be a good start.
November 5, 20223 yr I’d say he signed up for all of it-for multiple years, in fact. He willingly tied his career to Kyrie. He might not be responsible for any particular manifestation of it, but the insanity that comes with him is inevitable. That’s what he committed to. The questionable personnel decisions he forced all around that are just icing on the cake.
November 5, 20223 yr Quote “I’m not here to judge somebody or talk down on the life or how they feel their views," said Durant. "I just didn't like anything that went on. I felt like it was all unnecessary. I felt like we could have just kept playing basketball and kept quiet as an organization.” I do get the sense that basketball is all that matters in KD's life, but lulz at the idea that the rest of the world is just gonna ignore Kyrie's stupid bullshit. KD can be naive as fuck, there is no way that the Nets as an organization can just keep quiet on KI and his batshit crazyness. Nike didnt feel it was appropriate to just ignore it all, so why should the Nets? KD didnt call out KI when he was fucking up the season with his covid stupidity, and he apparently isnt planning on calling KI out on this latest crap. Its almost like he is trying to protect the Net's chances at salvaging the season, but he doesnt realize KI is gonna fuck it up regardless. KI cares more about being KI than KD cares about winning. He needs to understand that.
November 10, 20223 yr Some grab bag stuff. Durant is 19th right now on the all-time scoring list. He's moved past Alex English and Vince Carter already this season. He has an outside chance at getting to 10th by the end of this season. Yes, you read that correctly. Durant has recorded 25 points in every game so far this season (12). It's the longest season-starting streak of 25+ since MJ in 1989. He's quietly keeping the Nets above water amid an ungodly amount of distractions and controversies this season. Brooklyn is 5-7 after starting 1-5 and just demolished the Knicks on the back of a 29/12/12 night from KD. Lastly - a girl on my Instagram feed caught this picture the other night and I thought it was a pretty fucking cool shot for some girl sitting near courtside at an NBA game. Edited November 10, 20223 yr by ztejas
November 29, 20223 yr Missing from that tweet is the fact that he only shot 4 free throws. On 24 shot attempts.
November 30, 20223 yr KD passed KG on the scoring list for 18th all time a few games ago. He's a couple hundred away from Havlicek and Paul Pierce. About a hundred away after that from Timmy. He has a chance to end this season at 10th all time.
December 1, 20223 yr Durant with a quiet 39 on 13/20 shooting tonight. Reminder he's 34 and has had 2 season-ending injuries in the past 8 years.
December 17, 20223 yr Just months ago it was safe to say that the significant majority of the basketball world was probably out on the ability of Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons to ever contribute to a winning culture again - let alone see the floor for extended stretches - yet as of now the Brooklyn Nets (with Kyrie and Simmons both seeing significant action and playing well) are 16-7 since firing Nash, 9-1 in their last 10, 5-0 in their last 5 and a game out of 3rd place in the Eastern conference. Kevin Durant alongside them - in his 16th season in the league at age 34 - is putting up 30.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 5.5 apg, 1.7 bpg, 0.7 spg on .559/.346/.922 splits. He has played all but one game. He is 4th in the league in minutes per game. He is 3rd in the league in total minutes played. With his 4th point scored in his next game he will become the 16th leading scorer in NBA history - passing John Havlicek and Paul Pierce in the same night. I don't know if the Nets will keep this up. I don't know if they will make a run in the playoffs or flame out in the first round again. I do know that players like Durant very rarely if ever come around. To take the literal two biggest head cases in the NBA and somehow get them playing passionate, team-first, winning basketball with each other after a quarter of the season is something that I seriously doubt that any other superstar in the league could pull off right now. The part of him that allows for something like this is the part of him that shows up for the Olympics a year removed from a potentially career-ending injury to carry the US to gold despite throwing out a fairly uninspiring lineup. I don't expect Durant to win another title or MVP - although if he somehow did the latter with this group it would immortalize him to an astounding degree. Whether he does or not - and whether anyone likes it or not - he is going to retire - at the absolute worst - as one of the 15 most prolific players to ever play the game. I'd suggest tuning in to the twilight of his career whenever you can. He's the most accomplished professional athlete to ever attend Texas (depending on how you feel about Clemens) and it is extremely likely that there will not be another basketball player of his stature that attends Texas in any of our lifetimes. Hook 'em KD.
December 19, 20223 yr KD 26 in the 3rd quarter tonight - just hit 3 3s on Brooklyn's last 3 possessions. Edited December 19, 20223 yr by ztejas
December 27, 20222 yr Pretty emotional right now. KD just tied Tim Duncan on the all-time scoring list. With his next point he'll pass him. Texting about it with my dad who bestowed upon me both his Spurs and Longhorns fandom. Timmy played his last game against KD. Pretty soon KD will play his last game. Time flies. Enjoy it while you can I guess. The NBA will never be the same for me when KD hangs it up.
January 1, 20232 yr The Nets - by record - would be in first place in the Western Conference right now. Featuring two players currently playing significant minutes at a high level that the basketball world had all but completely written off going into this season. But KD isn't a leader and doesn't elevate his teammates. Fuck Outta Here Top 15 all-time
January 3, 20232 yr Look at how fucking insane his best teammate is. This guy (not KD - the man seen in the video) is arguably the best player on arguably the best team in the NBA right now. Durant is at the same time potentially the greatest scorer and easiest superstar to play with of all time. Edited January 3, 20232 yr by ztejas
January 5, 20232 yr So, is Kevin Durant now the best example of a successful return from an Achilles tear?
January 11, 20232 yr Can we please change this dumb title? For fuck's sake, the guy won a Naismith Award for our university and has donated $3M to the program on top of that.
January 12, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: the title was 100% appropriate at the time. No it wasn’t. This thread started in 2018. His Texas jersey was retired in 2009. Nothing about his NBA exploits has anything to do with whether he’s one of our own. He always was, always repped the university, gave back to the university, etc. Edited January 12, 20232 yr by hobbes2702
January 12, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said: No it wasn’t. This thread started in 2018. His Texas jersey was retired in 2009. Nothing about his NBA exploits has anything to do with whether he’s one of our own. He always was, always repped the university, gave back to the university, etc. yes it was. whooooole bunch of "Longhorns" around here calling him a bitch and a front running piece of shit for joining the Warriors. people literally saying they don't consider him a real longhorn and that he doesn't represent UT, with even more people repping those posts. thread title was 100% accurate, and the bitchassness towards KD around here will not be forgotten.
January 12, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: yes it was. whooooole bunch of "Longhorns" around here calling him a bitch and a front running piece of shit for joining the Warriors. people literally saying they don't consider him a real longhorn and that he doesn't represent UT, with even more people repping those posts. thread title was 100% accurate, and the bitchassness towards KD around here will not be forgotten. I don’t know that they were Longhorns. This board has a lot of Okies, and they’re pretty vocally anti-KD. Then, there are a few LeBron fans (although not as many as in most basketball forums), pissed about him joining GS. Then, there are some fans of other would-be contending NBA fans (Spurs, for example) that were pissed he joined GS (but would have been fine if he signed with SA). Then, there are a few flamethrowers that just like to dog pile with memes. I think the Longhorns are pretty supportive of KD. (To his credit, our main Aggie poster isn’t a hater, either).
January 12, 20232 yr there were people here with degrees from Texas outright stating that KD was not a real Longhorn and that he didn't represent the university. i'll never forget that shit.
January 12, 20232 yr It may have been an accurate depiction of the moronic discussion going on here, but it was a dumb thread title then (because it was a moronic question) and it still is, certainly for the catch-all KD thread.
January 12, 20232 yr The title and past contents of this thread doesn't even crack T50 in the surly hall of regardedness and terrible takes.
January 12, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, derpyhorndog said: The title and past contents of this thread doesn't even crack T50 in the surly hall of regardedness and terrible takes. Disagree. The OP was questioning whether the best athlete in UT history (from a career perspective), who won every major award at Texas, who has his jersey RETIRED and who continued to support the program to the tune of $3.5M... is actually "one of our own". On a UT sports board, I don't think it is possible to have a worse take.
January 12, 20232 yr Looks like my shot at a new thread was deleted. So I guess the bitch-assedness can continue. I could see it if this was an OKC or Golden State board. As a UT board this is embarrassing.
January 12, 20232 yr I understand why we love KD. He's great. And he hasn't been an embarassment for UT off the court, other than some dumb social media activity. But, i will never budge that going to GS was a bitch move that ruined the NBA for 3 years.
January 12, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, derpyhorndog said: The title and past contents of this thread doesn't even crack T50 in the surly hall of regardedness and terrible takes. Which is not to say that it isn't wholly regarded. It's just that the bar here is set very high.
January 13, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Mole said: It may have been an accurate depiction of the moronic discussion going on here, but it was a dumb thread title then (because it was a moronic question) and it still is, certainly for the catch-all KD thread. Ding ding ding
January 13, 20232 yr 22 hours ago, Pam Cummings said: I understand why we love KD. He's great. And he hasn't been an embarassment for UT off the court, other than some dumb social media activity. But, i will never budge that going to GS was a bitch move that ruined the NBA for 3 years. Crazy, because I thoroughly enjoyed those three years. KD joined GS to explore next generation basketball, while Russ stayed to give ‘90s ball one more good try. Russ win awards, KD won championships (two of my fave moments are his pull up dagger shots over LeBron).
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