Kevin Durant Signs With The Golden State Warriors

[I AM WARHOL]

From a basketball standpoint the move just makes so much sense. Stylistically OKC wasnt the right fit for him next to Westbrook. They were just so talented that it worked at ties.

But with Gs he fits in seamlessly. Probably the biggest reason he went there. Its just the perfect system for him. Like Cam Newton and gus Malzhans offense

 

[havoc]

Heard the same thing about LeBron when he went to Miami. KD will be our leading scorer. Steph will now be able to score 1 on 1 without being doubled like Kyrie did in the finals.

I think Steph will morph to a Steve Nash on steroid. Will love to see him play a traditional pg role now that he has Durant and West as reliable screeners and can use them to create more option for the offense.

 

[blackestofpanthers]

I really can't believe people still go back and forth with that clown@GoddamnyamanProf

 

[I AM WARHOL]

I think KD will average a double double. 24-10-5

 

[Bounty]

I think Steph will morph to a Steve Nash on steroid. Will love to see him play a traditional pg role now that he has Durant and West as reliable screeners and can use them to create more option for the offense.

Steph is gonna be like Wade when he slowly handed the keys to Bron in MIA. Steph will get his but he will be alot more patient now with KD in the mix.

I think you will also see less turnovers since Bogut wont be there.

Bogut clogging the paint killed them at times. He wouldnt even try to score on PNR's and sometimes it would result into turnovers.

Steph with a spaced out floor at all times

I dare teams to trap him in a PNR situation

 

[kingofnyc]

Breh that team also lost Mo Williams(traded 30 something games in), Shaq, Delonte West, and Big Z. Let the Thunder also lose Kanter and Adams and lets see where theyre at. People get so wrapped up in Lebron that they forget he wasnt the only player they lost. LeBron is obviously the most important but they also lost 4 out of there top 6 leading scorer.
Plus that team had Antwan jamison who was averaging 21 and 8 that year on the wizards before getting traded to that Cavs
Its really not apples and oranges its just that no one respects the players on that team even though they weren't bad players by any means. Theres a stigma that comes with losing on lebrons team. You're automatically just labelled a scrub lebron carried

breh
your just proving my point even farther
d. west got traded for r. sessions (whom is a better player)
m. williams got traded for b. davis (whom is a better player)
shaq was 38 and broken down and retire the season after
big z was the same 34 broken down and retire the season after

what hope was lebron james coming back to CLE
his best player who was 29 and a 14pts 6.5ast under 40% FG
d. west marginal player fukking his moms
a 35 year old a. parker & jj hickson both below avg role players
varojao was 28 whom mostly injuried with big z & shaq final year



KD
playing with a top5 player who only 27
ibaka 26
waiters, robinson & kanter all 24
and adams is 22
3 smalls and 3 bigs for his core
shyt KD would have been da oldest nikka from them


i REALLY cant comprehend this argument
u must have a real disdain for lebron

 

[I AM WARHOL]

breh
your just proving my point even farther
d. west got traded for r. sessions (whom is a better player)
m. williams got traded for b. davis (whom is a better player)
shaq was 38 and broken down and retire the season after
big z was the same 34 broken down and retire the season after

what hope was lebron james coming back to CLE
his best player who was 29 and a 14pts 6.5ast under 40% FG
d. west marginal player fukking his moms
a 35 year old a. parker & jj hickson both below avg role players
varojao was 28 whom mostly injuried with big z & shaq final year



KD
playing with a top5 player who only 27
ibaka 26
waiters, robinson & kanter all 24
and adams is 22
3 smalls and 3 bigs for his core
shyt KD would have been da oldest nikka from them


i REALLY cant comprehend this argument
u must have a real disdain for lebron

You must really love LeBron breh.

Breh you dont understand my point. Im not saying lebrons team was as good as KDs okc team. But im saying when you look at in the the context of the field of play its the same thing. Brons team lost to the Magic and Dwight howard with Hedo and lewis being his wingmen. then to an aging Boston squad. That was the overwhelming competition. Not a 73 win GS team. A Dwight howard lead team that they had a better record than. Then the year after an aging big 3 that had won 50 games that season.

Kd's team was better but they were competing against better competition. Like you are saying KD couldve beat GS if he stayed in OKC, im saying Lebron definitely could've beaten Orlando with the team he had in Cleveland.

The magic weren't some juggernaut. Boston was hobbling. Even if you think Cleveland was ass, Orlando was not that much better. Boston was hobbled.
Its revisionist thinking that have people believing the Cavs were that outmatched.
Kd and Lebron both went the extreme route and shifted all competitive balance to there side. When James did it the magic had just won the east one year and boston had won it the next.

When he made the decision, Miamis talent dwarfed the talent in the league. Same as The warriors right now. EVERYONE had miami 3 peating.
No point going back and forth in this one. We won't see eye to eye. Regardless y'all gone have to deal with the Warriors one way or another just like everyone had to deal with Miami .

 

[kingofnyc]

If dwight howard could make it to the finals with hedo turkgolu and Rashard lewis has his best teammates, I damn sure believe LeBron could have with Mo williams and Antwan Jamison. Maybe i thinking too highly of him.

Im not even defending KDs move. I just think its crazy for LeBron fans to complain.
The heat were so stacked compared to the rest of the league at the time many people (including Lebron wade and bosh) thought they'd 3 peat and more. You dont say this without thinking cakewalk rings in mind

bron made the finals with CLE


that series with ORL
shard 18pts 6rebs 1ast 49%
hedo 17pts 6rebs 7ast 39%


that series with BOS
mo 13pts 3.5rebs 5.5ast 40%
jamison 12pts 7rebs 1ast 42%


add da fact shard & hedo are much better defenders
its no match breh
shard & hedo >>> mo & jamison

 

[I AM WARHOL]

bron made the finals with CLE


that series with ORL
shard 18pts 6rebs 1ast 49%
hedo 17pts 6rebs 7ast 39%


that series with BOS
mo 13pts 3.5rebs 5.5ast 40%
jamison 12pts 7rebs 1ast 42%


add da fact shard & hedo are much better defenders
its no match breh
shard & hedo >>> mo & jamison

Who said he didnt? Im talking about after he lost to Boston if he stayed in Cleveland he couldve definitely made it to the finals vs an older boston and dwight led Magic.

Would it have been harder than in miami? Yeah. But it was definitely possible.
Same with KD. Could he have made it to the finals again with OKC? For sure.
Will it be easier to do so in GS? Without a doubt.

Im not even hating on Bron atm but its hilarious that nikkas are really trying to act like this is much worse than LeBron going to the Heat and its not. Both moves assured multiple guaranteed trips to the finals

 

[NoMorePie]

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

5. Despite their greatness, KD and Russ were never the perfect fit for each other because Russ needed the ball in his hands at all times and mostly refused to yield to his teammate who was better and more efficient than he was. Durant is a much better fit with a player like Curry who is more efficient and more willing of a passer. He said all the right things and clearly loved Russ like a brother, but I do not believed he thoroughly enjoyed playing with a guy like that. Fact. KD's game also never looked smoother and more effortless than when Russ missed a large portion of the 2013-2014 season and KD went on his MVP run. Bonus fact.

no disrespect breh
but this shyt makes absolutely no sense (had to stop reading)

u care to explain

curry assist 6.7
westbrook assist 10.4​

@Versa actually made perfect sense.

More assists doesn't mean he's more "willing of a passer". Considering Westbrook handles the ball more (8.4 minutes per game - time of possession) in an ISO-heavy system and Curry handles the ball less (5.5 minutes per game - time of possession) in a motion-based system with multiple ball-handlers - it only makes sense Westbrook has more opportunities to get assists. Nevermind the fact that the Warriors offense is predicated on getting the best shot possible through continual ball-movement; Curry isn't going to be accredited with all the open looks he creates for his teammates when you look at standard assists (he led the league in secondary assists last season and even those don't reflect how many FGs he generates for his team). Curry is a more willing passer for the simple fact he is elite on and off the ball. He doesn't need to control the offense by having the ball in his hands - he can give it up and weave his way through screens in the halfcourt distracting multiple defenders and dragging them away from Durant - leaving him more space to operate with and/or a shooting option if Curry gets open.

 

[LEEeveryday]

 

[ghostwriterx]

Who said he didnt? Im talking about after he lost to Boston if he stayed in Cleveland he couldve definitely made it to the finals vs an older boston and dwight led Magic.

Would it have been harder than in miami? Yeah. But it was definitely possible.
Same with KD. Could he have made it to the finals again with OKC? For sure.
Will it be easier to do so in GS? Without a doubt.

Im not even hating on Bron atm but its hilarious that nikkas are really trying to act like this is much worse than LeBron going to the Heat and its not. Both moves assured multiple guaranteed trips to the finals

2 things:
1. LeBron averaged 38 8 and 8 with a game winning buzzer beater for good measure in the ecf vs. Orlando . There was nothing more HE could do, surrounding cast wasn't good enough and it was unclear how that was going to change for the better.
2. This Boston team you keep claiming was "hobbled" took the Heat to 7 two years after they beat Bron in Cleveland and it took a legendary game 6 performance by Lebron to win that series. No way Cleveland was getting past them without a serious upgrade in talent.

 

[Illin Degenerate]

You must really love LeBron breh.

Breh you dont understand my point. Im not saying lebrons team was as good as KDs okc team. But im saying when you look at in the the context of the field of play its the same thing. Brons team lost to the Magic and Dwight howard with Hedo and lewis being his wingmen. then to an aging Boston squad. That was the overwhelming competition. Not a 73 win GS team. A Dwight howard lead team that they had a better record than. Then the year after an aging big 3 that had won 50 games that season.

Kd's team was better but they were competing against better competition. Like you are saying KD couldve beat GS if he stayed in OKC, im saying Lebron definitely could've beaten Orlando with the team he had in Cleveland.

The magic weren't some juggernaut. Boston was hobbling. Even if you think Cleveland was ass, Orlando was not that much better. Boston was hobbled.
Its revisionist thinking that have people believing the Cavs were that outmatched.
Kd and Lebron both went the extreme route and shifted all competitive balance to there side. When James did it the magic had just won the east one year and boston had won it the next.

When he made the decision, Miamis talent dwarfed the talent in the league. Same as The warriors right now. EVERYONE had miami 3 peating.
No point going back and forth in this one. We won't see eye to eye. Regardless y'all gone have to deal with the Warriors one way or another just like everyone had to deal with Miami .

absolutely, this is what people arent getting. miami had 3 all stars 28 and under. this is more about the situation youre going into vs where youre coming from. also like you said the situation youre going into vs the rest of the league.

he didnt have to leave in the same sense lebron didnt have to leave, but he probably had the same sense of an opportunity that might not be there if he waited a year or two. if he comes back to okc next year, they dont win the title, russell leaves to the lakers, where does that leave kd? maybe there isnt an option to go to a contender that puts him in a better position to win now than everyone else and for the next few years.

 

[South Paw]

however you wanna spin it, this is all Brons fault