Is there anyway the Blazers sign Kevin Durant?

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EL PRESIDENTE said:
It absolutely defines him as a player. If the Thunder lose tommorow that franchise is DONE.
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It is the most recent definition. In a close-out game, at HOME, he came up just above snake eyes. Had a lot of points on a TON of shots making a terrible percentage. Some clutch performance in a regular season game against the Bucks isn't quite the same.
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
Only way I see this happening is if the media and fans in OKC use him as a scapegoat. I still see him signing a two year deal with a player option on the second.
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It will just be super embarassing. Point of no recovery.
 
The takes in this thread are absolutely sizzling!

Let me go a bit further...Durant actually makes his teams worse. The Thunder would be better off without him and the Blazers would absolutely take a step backwards if they signed him as a free agent. You all saw game 6...no further argument necessary.
 
isonoob said:
He can recover. He didn't tear his ACL he got his ego blasted on live TV.
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Durant has failed time and time again to win it all. What will be new? There's only a number of times before you need to give up. Plus its absolutely embarassing to lose being up 3 to 1.
 
Durant makes mega bucks and he would naturally prefer a large market after OKC. Otherwise he may really want to stay on a team that always sells out IMO. Miami or Orlando would be a good landing spot for him. It would be great to have him here but that seems improbable.
 
The only way I can see Durant leaving now is if the OKC media completely vilifies him and runs him out of town.
 
Things have already gone well enough for the Thunder that I think there's essentially a 100% chance that Durant signs a one-year deal with a one-year player option in Oklahoma City. He gets another year to see if the Thunder can break through and, if the results aren't good, he can decline his option and be a free agent in an even larger cap environment, plus he'll be a 10 year vet, so his max will be far larger than in this off-season. There's essentially no downside for him.
 
My feelings haven't changed, even with all of the new playoff results. If the Blazer somehow trade for Boogie without giving up our starting backcourrt, then PDX would become interesting to me if I were KD - not otherwise.
 
Minstrel said:
Things have already gone well enough for the Thunder that I think there's essentially a 100% chance that Durant signs a one-year deal with a one-year player option in Oklahoma City. He gets another year to see if the Thunder can break through and, if the results aren't good, he can decline his option and be a free agent in an even larger cap environment, plus he'll be a 10 year vet, so his max will be far larger than in this off-season. There's essentially no downside for him.
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Except for the career-ending injury possibility.

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Wizard Mentor said:
My feelings haven't changed, even with all of the new playoff results. If the Blazer somehow trade for Boogie without giving up our starting backcourrt, then PDX would become interesting to me if I were KD - not otherwise.
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LoL.....You say it like the Blazers starting backcourt's one of the elite.
 
The easiest way to the finals is to play in the East...the West just decreases your chances of getting a shot at a ring..I think Miami will sign him in the end
 
Hobbesarable said:
Whatcha talkin bout, Willis. It's now part of the Sports Two Internet Archives and several years from now the BGD bot will bump the thread.
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riverman said:
The easiest way to the finals is to play in the East...the West just decreases your chances of getting a shot at a ring..I think Miami will sign him in the end
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That would be good as it would put Whiteside on the market and I'd give Blazers a good chance to sign him.

Any team that has Durant will automatically be second best team in the West and compete with Cavaliers. Celtics make most sense to me. They could trade a tonne of assets for Boogie and be immense.
 
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