#cantbeatemjoinem

[MDAV28]

I dont really blame the stars for joining up. If you dont join up, Lebron is just going to whoop your ***. The NBA has a salary issue called the max contract. Fix that and you might have more even teams.

I've been thinking a lot about this exact point lately.. I go back and forth, but I think eliminating or drastically changing the rules of max contracts (maybe to be 50% of the cap?) is the way to go. It seems like they are in place to support an NBA "middle class" and prevent one bad contract from crippling a franchise for years.

 

[Utesnjazz]

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

Look man it's a weak move. He could have went anywhere else(except with lebron) and I would have been fine with it. It's weak and soft. I understand wanting to join a different team. You just can't go to the team the you choked to. Durant blew it last year against them.

So I don't like the guy. It's bad for the NBA. It shows how weak minded he is as a person. Like I said he could have gone to 26 other NBA teams and I wouldn't have minded. He couldn't beat them so like a bitch he joined them


#cantbeatemjoinem isn't petty it's the truth.

 

[enchilada_style]

I don't care for Durant's decision either but you really have to blame the league. It seems like the NBA wants only a few powerhouse teams to create buzz in order catch the attention of fans that couldn't name one player from the 2007 Warriors team. The fans that actually follow the NBA or have been devoted to a team will stick around even if there is a super team like GSW. I do wonder if parity would sell in the NBA

 

[Utesnjazz]

I don't care for Durant's decision either but you really have to blame the league. It seems like the NBA wants only a few powerhouse teams to create buzz in order catch the attention of fans that couldn't name one player from the 2007 Warriors team. The fans that actually follow the NBA or have been devoted to a team will stick around even if there is a super team like GSW. I do wonder if parity would sell in the NBA

Your probably right. I think it would have been much better entertainment had Durant stuck with OKC. The battle with GSW would have been a fun rivalry. Or even if he went to the spurs. As it sits now GSW's toughest challenge until the finals will be us. I am really not interested in watching GSW vs Houston or Spurs.

 

[Stoked]

Your probably right. I think it would have been much better entertainment had Durant stuck with OKC. The battle with GSW would have been a fun rivalry. Or even if he went to the spurs. As it sits now GSW's toughest challenge until the finals will be us. I am really not interested in watching GSW vs Houston or Spurs.

Yup, my watching the playoffs ends when ever the Jazz stop playing.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Your probably right. I think it would have been much better entertainment had Durant stuck with OKC. The battle with GSW would have been a fun rivalry. Or even if he went to the spurs. As it sits now GSW's toughest challenge until the finals will be us. I am really not interested in watching GSW vs Houston or Spurs.

It would be now, but the NBA greatly gained from him going to GSW. They got a controversy, plenty of social media interest in teh KD/Russ beef, and the season long triple double story-line. As a hardcore NBA fan I hate it, but it's easy to see this is good for the NBA from a casual fan perspective.

 

[♪alt13]

I dont really blame the stars for joining up. If you dont join up, Lebron is just going to whoop your ***. The NBA has a salary issue called the max contract. Fix that and you might have more even teams.

Nah this is because Curry makes less monew than Alec Burks, Klay makes 17 and Green 16. The issue is the contracts they get after 4 years not after 8. They need to blow the top off of rookie contract extensions. Perhaps they add an extra year to rookie deals as a compromise.

 

[ncoloradojazz]

it was a weak move. a move that wasn't around 30 years ago. Its part of the generation he belongs too. the players are all mostly friends. 30 years ago people were making phone calls but now you can just send out a quick text.

 

[LogGrad98]

Your probably right. I think it would have been much better entertainment had Durant stuck with OKC. The battle with GSW would have been a fun rivalry. Or even if he went to the spurs. As it sits now GSW's toughest challenge until the finals will be us. I am really not interested in watching GSW vs Houston or Spurs.

Agreed. I actually do not enjoy watching the warriors at all this season, but I did last season. Mainly because last year they were over-achieving with the team they had managed to build and some players that really improved themselves (like Green). This year it is just about stacking and it makes for a boring product. A lot like the reason why I never watch basketball in the Olympics anymore. When we can stack the best players in the world and literally cannot lose it is boring.

it was a weak move. a move that wasn't around 30 years ago. Its part of the generation he belongs too. the players are all mostly friends. 30 years ago people were making phone calls but now you can just send out a quick text.

Weird to agree with the troll, but I think it is proof that players today are less competitive than in years past. They want the easy path to a ring, instead of needing to fight and sacrifice for it. I guess you can't blame them, but it puts an asterisk on every ring won that way imo.

I think in past years players had some pride and took great pride in making their team and themselves better and getting over the hump. Jordan could literally have gone anywhere he wanted. Teams could have just loaded up, but you just didn't see it. I think some level of loyalty, personal pride, and competitiveness had a lot to do with it. That is sorely lacking in today's NBA. At the risk of being melodramatic, the business and the accolades have taken over and the spirit of the game is dying.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Nah this is because Curry makes less monew than Alec Burks, Klay makes 17 and Green 16. The issue is the contracts they get after 4 years not after 8. They need to blow the top off of rookie contract extensions. Perhaps they add an extra year to rookie deals as a compromise.

Ehh, no. I would say 4 year rookie deals are fair for both sides. Rookie deals are already a huge bargain, gaining a 5th year would be criminal. There is no issue with the contract after 4 years. Golden State just got lucky that Green/Thompson's extension came before the cap exploded so they are cheap compared to the 2nd contracts guys are getting now like Rudy.

The issue is the owners didnt vote on cap smoothing like it was proposed before the cap explosion happened.

 

[JimLes]

When I was a kid, my friends and I used to play a lot of NBA Live 1995-1998. I remember how I'd trade Ostertag and Russell for D-Rob and Grant Hill and play the brutally long season mode. Of course, my starting 5 of Stockton, Hornacek, Hill, Malone, Robinson would go 82-0 and 15-0 in the playoffs. I'd win the ring, but most games involved me just running the ball up the court and scoring with 20 second left on the shot clock. It was fun for a while, but hardly fulfilling in the end. That's how this whole Durant thing feels like. Too easy, too obvious.

When you cheat at video games, you're really only cheating yourself out of fun, challenge, and entertainment. Pretty much works that way in real life, too.

 

[LogGrad98]

When I was a kid, my friends and I used to play a lot of NBA Live 1995-1998. I remember how I'd trade Ostertag and Russell for D-Rob and Grant Hill and play the brutally long season mode. Of course, my starting 5 of Stockton, Hornacek, Hill, Malone, Robinson would go 82-0 and 15-0 in the playoffs. I'd win the ring, but most games involved me just running the ball up the court and scoring with 20 second left on the shot clock. It was fun for a while, but hardly fulfilling in the end. That's how this whole Durant thing feels like. Too easy, too obvious.

When you cheat at video games, you're really only cheating yourself out of fun, challenge, and entertainment. Pretty much works that way in real life, too.

Agreed. I guess the big difference is in real life there are tangible results that make it worth it. I think everyone likes short-cuts. The philosophical question would revolve around personal character and integrity I suppose. Would you stay on a sinking ship just to prove you could survive a ship sinking? Tough to say I guess.