#cantbeatemjoinem

[Utesnjazz]

This league has been around for 70 years. How many times has an MVP joined the guy who dethroned him a year later?
While they were all in their primes? How many times has a 5-time All-NBA first player in his prime joined a 70+ win team?

This is David Robinson bolting to the Bulls in 1996. Or even Shaq signing with them instead of the Lakers. Except that they never did, so no, not everyone would. And if you can find me another example from NBA history where this happened, I'd love to see it.

Great post! Most people wouldn't do what he did. Most people would have taken the money and stayed in okc

 

[Ron Mexico]

Durant was leaving OKC. OKC and Westbrook were not allowing him to play to his full ability and use all of his talents. He also didnt like playing with Westbrook. It was an easy choice to leave. As far as the team he chose why wouldnt he find the team that he best fit, had cap room and had a chance to win it all. What other teams should he have joined that would have been okay to Jazz fans? He could have gone to a team like Boston but fans would have been equally upset and he would have had the same problem. He is a bad fit for that team and what they do. No other team would other good players had room. You do not win championships right now without 3 really good players that are all-stars and better. What team had 2 really good players for him to join with that would have been okay? Keeping in mind he didnt want to play with a ball hog player like Westbrook. So that eliminates most stars.

 

[homeytennis]

Durant was leaving OKC. OKC and Westbrook were not allowing him to play to his full ability and use all of his talents. He also didnt like playing with Westbrook. It was an easy choice to leave. As far as the team he chose why wouldnt he find the team that he best fit, had cap room and had a chance to win it all. What other teams should he have joined that would have been okay to Jazz fans? He could have gone to a team like Boston but fans would have been equally upset and he would have had the same problem. He is a bad fit for that team and what they do. No other team would other good players had room. You do not win championships right now without 3 really good players that are all-stars and better. What team had 2 really good players for him to join with that would have been okay? Keeping in mind he didnt want to play with a ball hog player like Westbrook. So that eliminates most stars.

Another reason he wanted to leave was the coach. KD really liked Scott Brooks and Billy D not so much.

 

[Utesnjazz]

LeBron did it. Built his own super-team. He set the standard.

I guess you could argue that Payton and Malone joining the Lakers was kind of like this, but older players at the end of their careers often end up on other teams, whether ring-chasing or not.

Lebron joined a 70 win team?
Lebron joined a 2 time MVP?
Did lebron join the team that beat him?

Just because lebron left Cleveland doesn't mean he was the one that set this "standard". It would have been like lebron joining the celtics. But he didn't do that because he wanted to beat them. They are completely different situations. Durants move is the most cowardly move in the history of sports.

 

[fishonjazz]

Oh I didn't know it meant it had to be exactly the same in every single detail. I guess everything that happens is always completely unique. Makes tons of sense.

It's not really even close doe.

Durant went to one of the best teams you will ever find after they beat his team. He went to a team that could win a championship with him chilling on the bench.

Lebron left a team that had just been to the finals to go to a mediocre team that needed him to get a championship.

Different situations.

 

[JimLes]

It was an easy choice to leave. As far as the team he chose why wouldnt he find the team that he best fit, had cap room and had a chance to win it all.

Best fit? They're the best ****ing fit for anyone! Is there a player in the league that would fit poorly on a 73-win team? With a 2-time MVP? And two other All-Stars?

Maybe I wouldn't think Durant was such a punk if he just nicely owned up to this. Said "Hey, I've tried for a decade to win the hard way and it didn't work, and I'm just looking to win easy now." Why lie to everyone and make excuses?

 

[Ron Mexico]

It's not really even close doe.

Durant went to one of the best teams you will ever find after they beat his team. He went to a team that could win a championship with him chilling on the bench.

Lebron left a team that had just been to the finals to go to a mediocre team that needed him to get a championship.

Different situations.

Lebron left to join a team that he thought would be the greatest team ever assembled and win Not 1 not 2...not 7 championships. He left to play with the Finals MVP and championship winner from a couple years before and another high level all-star. Durant left to chase a ring with an easy spot but he most left because he didnt want to be on his team and went to a team that played basketball the way he wanted to play. Also comparing any of what players do today to what players did in the 90s or another era is silly. FA rules are very different.

What team do people think Durant should have left for? What would have been okay in your minds?

 

[Ron Mexico]

Best fit? They're the best ****ing fit for anyone! Is there a player in the league that would fit poorly on a 73-win team? With a 2-time MVP? And two other All-Stars?

Maybe I wouldn't think Durant was such a punk if he just nicely owned up to this. Said "Hey, I've tried for a decade to win the hard way and it didn't work, and I'm just looking to win easy now." Why lie to everyone and make excuses?

What lies has he told? He already said he was going to a winning team and he did. His game has expanded so much this year. He has become a great defender, passer and able to do so many more things that he was not doing in OKC. People are kidding themselves into thinking they wouldnt make a similar decision. He was leaving OKC no matter what. So if you are picking a new team who is that team you are going to go to? Where would you have gone if it was you?

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

A professional that has worked his *** off wants to coalesce with other bests to win it all and you hate him for it? Petty.

He was up 3-1 on that team and had just as good a chance as anyone that year of winning a ring. Instead of fighting through adversity and earning his ring, he chose the sissy's way out by joining up with some guys who will earn it for him.

He's the most gutless wonder any sport has ever seen and so are you for trying to justify his spinelessness. You two can be jellyfish bros.

 

[fishonjazz]

Lebron left to join a team that he thought would be the greatest team ever assembled and win Not 1 not 2...not 7 championships. He left to play with the Finals MVP and championship winner from a couple years before and another high level all-star. Durant left to chase a ring with an easy spot but he most left because he didnt want to be on his team and went to a team that played basketball the way he wanted to play. Also comparing any of what players do today to what players did in the 90s or another era is silly. FA rules are very different.

What team do people think Durant should have left for? What would have been okay in your minds?

For what it's worth I have not been criticizing what durant did. Just saying that it's not the same as what lebron did. I stand by that.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

My God, anyone still comparing what Lebron did is ****ing delusional. Lebron had to play his guts out in Miami to get the rings he got. That team doesn't sniff a championship without him. Jellyfish Durant could sit out the rest of the playoffs and still get his ring. He's a big, hairy, *****.

 

[Utesnjazz]

Lebron left to join a team that he thought would be the greatest team ever assembled and win Not 1 not 2...not 7 championships. He left to play with the Finals MVP and championship winner from a couple years before and another high level all-star. Durant left to chase a ring with an easy spot but he most left because he didnt want to be on his team and went to a team that played basketball the way he wanted to play. Also comparing any of what players do today to what players did in the 90s or another era is silly. FA rules are very different.

What team do people think Durant should have left for? What would have been okay in your minds?

He could have gone to any team but Cleavland (because of lebron) or the warriors (because they are were already one of the greatest regular season teams assembled).

So according to your theory, Hayward and Lebron should just pony up and join the Warriors next season? Because it's the best fit for them? It doesn't matter if it's "the best fit" it would still be a cowardly move.