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KD to GSW... I hate those guys

JimLes said:
This. A hundred times this. I mean, this isn't Kevin Garnett leaving a 32-50 Wolves team at the age of 31 to try and win a ring. Or a 32-year old Drexler asking to be traded from a 25-20 Blazers team to try and win a championship with Hakeem. This is a 27-year old superstar 2 years removed from winning the MVP leaving what is on the evidence of this year's playoffs the third best team in the league because they're not good enough. The third ****ing best team! This is WWE-level ridiculousness. This isn't "I want out because my team is bad." This is "I want out because my team is not the absolute best."

Remember, this team was 10 minutes from playing in the Finals, people.
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Good post
 
Nah. I don't blame him for wanting out of a team with Russ who obviously shadows his leadership... But Warriors? !... they have beaten your ace remember?

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3 of the best shooters in the history of the NBA are on the same team.

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Tom Pitt said:
So, Jordan would never have left the Bulls in the 80's to join the Celtics or Pistons because he couldn't beat them in the playoffs.
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Maybe if jordans teams were not good enough to beat the Celtics or pistons he would have left Chicago. No one knows.
 
Tom Pitt said:
Doesn't Vegas set the lines though, not on what they think will be the end result, but on how they think people will bet?
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You are exactly right. Ncolorado jazz is really dumb though so don't expect him to understand this concept.
 
Hack said:
The fact that they didnt have max contracts made it very hard if not impossible for superstars to team up.
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Showtime Lakers? Magic, kareem, worthy?

Celtics? Mchale, bird, parish?

Bad boy pistons?

Bulls? Jordan, pippen, rodman, kukoc, grant, kerr?

Drexler and hakeem teamed up iirc.
 
Tom Pitt said:
I understand the point your making, and it is a valid point, but I'm just saying, I don't think Jordan would have ever left the Bulls to go to the team that just set the record for most wins in a season, and just beat him in a 7 game playoff series. I don't think for 1 second he'd have done that had he had the chance. Jordan wanted to beat the best, not join them. That's one of the reasons he was the best.
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Agreed
 
Hack said:
I dont agree with the premise that KD could just ride the pine all year long and collect a ring. GS is surely a favorite to win it withoit Durant, but not a guarantee.
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You say that GS is surely a favorite to win it without durant.
That means that you agree with the premise that durant could ride pine all year and collect a ring.
It wouldn't be a guarantee, but a definite possibility. "Could" in other words.
 
fishonjazz said:
Maybe if jordans teams were not good enough to beat the Celtics or poisons he would have left Chicago. No one knows.
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That's a good point, but I think the Thunder had all the tools to beat the Warriors. They came so close this last season. At times, they looked like the better team in that 7 game series. Even after losing, I thought they were better but Klay Thompson in game 6. Wow. That was legendary.

In a series that was as competitive and heart breaking as this one, I feel confident in saying MJ would have come back the next year on a mission to beat them. That is the thing that Blows my mind. Durant's team was really good and I think one could argue they should have beat the Dubs. But he's leaving to play with the greatest regular season team of all time who just beat his team in a 7 game series. This kind of thing seems like a new precedent. Has a superstar ever left a team as good as Durant's Thunder, who were as close to a title as Durant's Thunder for the team that he just lost too in a 7 game series. Seems wildly unprecedented.
 
Tom Pitt said:
That's a good point, but I think the Thunder had all the tools to beat the Warriors. They came so close this last season. At times, they looked like the better team in that 7 game series. Even after losing, I thought they were better but Klay Thompson in game 6. Wow. That was legendary.

In a series that was as competitive and heart breaking as this one, I feel confident in saying MJ would have come back the next year on a mission to beat them. That is the thing that Blows my mind. Durant's team was really good and I think one could argue they should have beat the Dubs. But he's leaving to play with the greatest regular season team of all time who just beat his team in a 7 game series. This kind of thing seems like a new precedent. Has a superstar ever left a team as good as Durant's Thunder, who were as close to a title as Durant's Thunder for the team that he just lost too in a 7 game series. Seems wildly unprecedented.
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I agree about Jordan. I don't think he would have done what durant is doing either. He was ultra competitive.
 
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