Kevin Durant has requested a trade out of Brooklyn: He has decided to stay in Brooklyn: Storyline over

[steph_harden]

KD is an idiot for signing a long term deal

Exactly. He lost his leverage by signing that long term deal. If this is about Kyrie he woulda made sure Kyrie was signed before he reupped. Bron refused to refused to reup until Tristan Thompson and JR Smith got signed to longterm deals…cause if he didn’t they weren’t getting half that. Brooklyn doesn’t pull this stunt if KD still has his opt out

 

[itsyoung!!]

KD aint been the same since he disowned the Slim Reaper alias

 

[Versa]

Ngl I think it's some hoe shyt. Most of the moves Brooklyn made was at his request. From the coach to the roster to hell, prolly even the plays being written up. If he had let the front office do their job then I think he woulda been cool.

That might be true, but if you have the power and influence to not have to own your mistakes, wouldn't you do the same thing? His prime is reaching its end, Kyrie is going to leave and Ben Simmons is an unprecedented mental health case.

First year didn't count due to injury. Year 2 Kyrie took a sabbatical - the first sign of drama. Harden showed up playing well but wasn't quite what he used to be. Both get hurt in the playoffs and KD with Jeff fukking Green got within one toe length of beating the eventual NBA champions.

Year 3, Joe Harris is out for the year, Blake Griffins regressed into ineptitude, Kyrie boycotted half the season, Harden forced his way out, and Ben Simmons didn't play a single fukking minute, all leading to them barely making the playoffs and getting blasted by Boston.

I just hope none of ya'll are LeBron stans, because he practically invented dipping at the slightest sign of displeasure the vast majority of his career, which I am perfectly fine with, as the best player in the world should want to be in the absolute best situations possible to leverage his ability to win

 

[KingBeez]

KD aint been the same since he disowned the Slim Reaper alias

He had the nerve to like “the waiter” nickname over slim reaper its no wonder now, that man loves being the help rather than a true leader smh

 

[Shogun]

Any chance the Nets say fukk it and don’t trade him?

 

[Dwight Howard]

You stay saying some demonstrably wrong shyt because you hate LeBron. You don't get tired of this shyt?

Trying to equate the moves LeBron made to the ones KD made is BS. LeBron has NEVER gone to a ready made team. Every team he went to (2010 Heat, 2014 Cavs, 2018 Lakers) were bottom tier teams with entire roster shake ups. LeBron is the common denominator on those teams-- he is the glue that made each of those teams championship contenders.

Durant is the complete opposite; his M.O. is going to ALREADY BUILT teams that are capable or have already won a championship. The Suns just went to the Finals, and the Suns and the Warriors were the best team in their respective regular seasons-- the Cavs and Lakers were some of the worst teams in the NBA in 2014 and 2018 respectively, and the 2010 Heat were a 40-win 5th place team in the East after rattling off three straight seasons of irrelevance, one of which was a 15 win season


Ignoring all that context to say, "hurr durr, LeBron and KD are the same because they left their teams" is why your rep is redder than the misspelled word squiggle

He came to those teams and sourced their young talent for all-stars innediately. Semantics.

 

[Big Boss]

The next CBA gon be interesting

 

[god shamgod]

Durant can’t be traded to Denver cuz of the rookie max contract rule

They already have Simmons so mpj & Murray can’t be acquired

 

[spencerforhire]

Any chance the Nets say fukk it and don’t trade him?

Then he won’t suit up and play. Then we’ll have to hear “KD to the Lakers” everyday for months on end.

 

[firemanBk]

Then he won’t suit up and play. Then we’ll have to hear “KD to the Lakers” everyday for months on end.

The Nets will acquiesce to his trade demands but KD is not the type to hold out on a team like that. He loves basketball too much to sit out

 

[Ohene]

but he did that at the expense of leaving an amazing situation. id rather throw hands with a mouthy draymond on occasion than play with a basketball mental midget and a general mental case.

Plus he supposedly said he wanted to be dealt with kyrie in a package

 

[Ohene]

Kobe demanded a trade and the Lakers decided to keep him

With 4 years left on KD's deal I'd be tell him to get his black ass to the arena

Kobe then stayed and won another two chips because he didn’t want Deng to be included in the Bulls package


These new players are just mostly weak
Only care about money and easy ring chasing
Egotistical pricks

 

[Spidey Man]

Then he won’t suit up and play. Then we’ll have to hear “KD to the Lakers” everyday for months on end.

I don't think he's built to sit out. He might give you 60 to 70 percent effort but he won't sit at home.

 

[Redguard]

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

That's on Ayton's representatives to know that and not the Sun's job to tell them.