Durant to GSW

[DreamKillah]

The owners will push for a franchise tag and hard cap during the next negotiations. There will be a lockout. Thanks KD!

OKC fanboy philosophy:
"Option #5. Move the franchise back to Seattle where they won't mind the rebuild
It’s amazing how fast a fan base goes from starving for a team to entitled."

 

[Haakzilla]

...not sure if this was posted already, but enjoy!

 

[Minstrel]

Meh, there's only one ball on the court. The Warriors won 73 games without Durant last year and didn't win the title. How much better are they going to be really? Durant is good and all that, but he takes away shots from Curry, Thompson and Green so it evens out in the end. I don't think they are going to own the league any more than they would have without him.

The main benefit for them is that they can rest their stars plenty and still have two or three stars on the court at all times. They can always have three of Curry, Thompson, Green or Durant on the court at all times. Last year, the only way they could have three stars on the court all the time was by playing their three stars 48 minutes per game, which wasn't possible.

Against weaker teams, they can rest their stars even more and still have two stars on the court at all times.

That's a pretty gigantic benefit.

 

[ripcityboy]

Does San Antonio count as a small market?

Not really. San Antonio is like a small island in of the biggest growing metro areas of the US. They will point this out to you when your ask them why they deserve an "NFL franchise." Portland is actually just Portland. San Antonio is also on the way to Houston.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

THERE IS NO GOD!!!

 

[SIeepwalker]

Fucking Mavericks

 

[Chris Craig]

Fucking Mavericks

Cuban is Satan

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[maxiep]

Via Stein
Marc Stein

✔ @ESPNSteinLine
Sources say Dallas, furthermore, has emerged as a strong potential trade destination for Andrew Bogut, who the Warriors must now move.

Cuban i have always been a fan of as a personality but if he does this then F him and the Mavs

Exactly right. I was just going to hop on and say "Fuck D*llas". Then again, I'm a Skins fan, so those are two words go together easily.

Seriously, what the f*** was he thinking? The owners should have gotten together Mattingly-style and shut out GS and Durant.

 

[Natebishop3]

THERE IS NO GOD!!!

Seriously? Cuban is fucking losing it.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Cuban can go fuck himself. I'm tired of seeing the Warriors literally get EVERY break in the book... The Warriors turned LeBron from the most hated NBA player of all time to the only fucking savior, this some bullshit.

 

[maxiep]

Teams are not going to start taking and giving away their talent because of this. How would that help their ratings and ticket sales? Every team wants to be as competitive as possible.

We'll agree to disagree.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Warriors are the first team in NBA history to have 2 players who led 3-1 collapses

 

[Strenuus]

THERE IS NO GOD!!!

Cuban is a freaking moron. Having billions doesn't make you smart, apparently.

 

[Sinobas]

Wow. The first time I've ever agreed with Stephen A. Smith.

 

[Minstrel]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Another reason to love the internet.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Cuban can go fuck himself. I'm tired of seeing the Warriors literally get EVERY break in the book... The Warriors turned LeBron from the most hated NBA player of all time to the only fucking savior, this some bullshit.

If Lebron wins next year, is he the messiah ?

 

[MarAzul]

Wow! I think the Warrior have screwed up big time.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

The Warriors are the first team in NBA history to have 2 players who led 3-1 collapses

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

If Lebron wins next year, is he the messiah ?

If he wins his windback dunk should be the new logo

 

[Blazers Roy]

I'd say this was Durexit, but that makes it sound like a brand of condom.

Wow, this is really similar to the memes Lillard got after most of his teammates left him a year ago.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Remember how OKC were the epitome of how to succeed in a small market? Tank then draft brilliantly. And now they've been fucked. Perhaps there is no hope for small markets at all.

They dodged bullets too!

-They wanted to avoid Harden's extension so they send him for a draft pick which turned out to be one of the best Centers in the league (Adams).
-They managed to avoid paying Jeff Green so they traded him for Perkins and then got Kanter for Perkins.
-They wanted to avoid Ibaka's extension so they traded him for Oladipo and Sabonis.
-Not paying Reggie Jackson, yet still not lose a step.

Just avoid getting to these extension talks at all cost! got a good player? good, now trade him for a similar player with a long contract.

 

[illmatic99]

Idealist in me wants to think he's going to GS for a year, realize how easy it is to win when you have 4 all NBA players on the roster and reunite with Russ somewhere else.

 

[LuckyShot]

Well the NBA is basically one step from WWE anyway.

 

[Natebishop3]

So what happens next summer when he opts out and they can't afford him without bird rights?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Let's see,

Last Year LMA visited a bunch of teams and signed with the obvious best one.
This Year KD visited a bunch of teams and signed with the obvious best one.

#stupidasstimewasters

 

[SIeepwalker]

Let's see,

Last Year LMA visited a bunch of teams and signed with the obvious best one.
This Year KD visited a bunch of teams and signed with the obvious best one.

#stupidasstimewasters

He needs to do it to make it like it was a hard decision LOL
"GSW is the place where I can grow the most as a player" yeah right, I'm sure teaming up with 3 other all star is gonna make it tough and challenging

 

[julius]

The NBA should just change their name to AAU.

 

[Sinobas]

It's ironic how he wants to win a ring for the prestige of it, but he's really just making everyone see that he's a pussy. I think basically the entire nba fanbase aside from the Warriors will forever see him as a chickenshit.