Kevin Durant Explodes

[BGrantFan]

. Like I said, I was just reporting the explosion, simple as that.

To be fair, you're editorializing by calling it an "explosion". That, and what I construed to be a bit of sour grapes ('media darling'), made the thread to be about anything but "facts".

I won't comment on your reiteration of what you posted previously about FIBA's "little plastic trophy", because I already gave my opinion about that once and don't feel like doing so again.

 

[hasoos]

Well you know if Durant needs a "Team" atmosphere where you are family, I know someplace that fits the bill...

 

[Minstrel]

Take as you will. Won't argue the point. Like I said, I was just reporting the explosion, simple as that.

You said "Not quite the nice guy any longer," which is an opinion on the matter, not a dry recitation of the facts. Nothing in the story you provided suggested that Durant is not a nice guy. I have no idea whether he actually is a nice guy or not, but that story surely didn't show that he isn't.

As for "what has he won," basketball is a team sport. Championships are team accomplishments, not individual accomplishments. It says nothing about Durant's value as a player that he doesn't have a championship in college or pro ball.

 

[illmatic99]

Fuck the media. They build you up, only to bring you down.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/playe...KRdCG8vLYF#nba/Y_Sports_NBA_Coverage/22806760

 

[LittleAlex]

I thought the image shown in the link would be far more gory then it turned out to be.

Thanks for over-selling the article.

 

[espn_hall_of_famer]

You said "Not quite the nice guy any longer," which is an opinion on the matter, not a dry recitation of the facts. Nothing in the story you provided suggested that Durant is not a nice guy. I have no idea whether he actually is a nice guy or not, but that story surely didn't show that he isn't.

Fair enough. That's constructive criticism and I can accept that. I suppose it is like having airplanes fly into building and saying at the terrorists are not playing fair any longer. There is opinion that statement that they were playing fair in the first place, or that flying planes into buildings is somehow not playing fair.

So my point of reference there in "nice guy" was in terms of the character he portrays when he gets in front of a camera. In dozens of post-game interviews, when he gets into character, he gets into a Roy-like, or even an old Tiger Woods-like character of an unemotional, soft-spoken player. He went away from that character when his emotions got the best of him and boiled over. So I'm not talking about the actual player as he would be outside of his basketball character he portays in front of a camera, none of us will ever know the true individual, so I disregard the "real person" when discussing that aspect on a message board.

 

[Wheels]

for some reason IExplorer wont load the link.. can anyone quote what he said please?

 

[andalusian]

for some reason IExplorer wont load the link.. can anyone quote what he said please?

It says "time to upgrade to FireFox or Chrome".

 

[Wheels]

It says "time to upgrade to FireFox or Chrome".

oh trust me the only thing I run at home is firefox lol. But these damned state people wont let me upgrade my work PC with anything decent

 

[andalusian]

oh trust me the only thing I run at home is firefox lol. But these damned state people wont let me upgrade my work PC with anything decent

Gotcha. Not rewriting everything, but he was very upset with the team and himself for their performance. Sounds like a good development for OKC, to be honest.

 

[MickZagger]

Has anybody thought about the possibility of Durant being worn out and tired? I mean he did log a ton of minutes this summer, piggy backing that Team USA team on the back of his frail 6'11" 185lb body.

If he was built more like LeBron I'd be less concerned. But, this looks like an exhausted Durant.

 

[THE HCP]

oh trust me the only thing I run at home is firefox lol. But these damned state people wont let me upgrade my work PC with anything decent

The STATE owns Taco Bell?

 

[andalusian]

The STATE owns Taco Bell?

The state of Pennsylvania.

 

[espn_hall_of_famer]

Has anybody thought about the possibility of Durant being worn out and tired? I mean he did log a ton of minutes this summer, piggy backing that Team USA team on the back of his frail 6'11" 185lb body.

If he was built more like LeBron I'd be less concerned. But, this looks like an exhausted Durant.

Good point. How much did he bench press in the pre-draft workout again?

OK, OK. Don't want to be called a "hater" out fo the blue. I just couldn't resist the reference of carrying weight and the sudden memory I had of those pre-draft workout numbers being almost the legendary memory of that draft year's pre-draft workout.

 

[THE HCP]

ESPN, you gonna be there tonight?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Has anybody thought about the possibility of Durant being worn out and tired? I mean he did log a ton of minutes this summer, piggy backing that Team USA team on the back of his frail 6'11" 185lb body.

If he was built more like LeBron I'd be less concerned. But, this looks like an exhausted Durant.

Good point about being tired.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I would expect him to be tired in March, but the first 4 games of the season? Not sure how much the OKC coaching staff ran him in preseason, but he should not be tired yet. He should have been resting in Sept/Oct. But I agree that eventually it should take its toll on him.

 

[MickZagger]

I would expect him to be tired in March, but the first 4 games of the season? Not sure how much the OKC coaching staff ran him in preseason, but he should not be tired yet. He should have been resting in Sept/Oct. But I agree that eventually it should take its toll on him.

Look at how much energy the guys exerts every time he steps on the court. He's not like most players, he's long, but extremely weak. I swear, a good gust of wind might blow him away someday.

 

[hasoos]

So I am going to throw this out there, because it happens. A lot of years when players do not get any time off, and go and play in international play, they suffer the season after because they do not get any recuperation in the off season. I have seen it happen many times.

 

[Pinwheel1]

So I am going to throw this out there, because it happens. A lot of years when players do not get any time off, and go and play in international play, they suffer the season after because they do not get any recuperation in the off season. I have seen it happen many times.

I don't doubt it is a factor. Especially for guys who play until the end of June. But Durant could have taken 2 months off before the July practices. Then another month before the season. He probably didn't, but he could have.

I still expect him to get at least 30 tonight.

 

[hasoos]

I don't doubt it is a factor. Especially for guys who play until the end of June. But Durant could have taken 2 months off before the July practices. Then another month before the season. He probably didn't, but he could have.

I still expect him to get at least 30 tonight.

Yea I am expecint about 30 out of him too. Unless we can somehow bother him like Kirlilenko did the other night.