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santeesioux said:
Do you guys also think it's a complete joke Oklahoma has a pro basketball team?
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Yep. They were gifted the second best player in the league. Christ! Didn't even have to draft him.

Hopefully Seattle gets a new team in the near future.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Dunno if this is against the rules, but that Spursfan sig GIF gives me continuity porn shivers... I've always wanted a team that is successful over a decade with career stars...
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I agree, badass GIF, and awesome that it resembles that long term cohesion and loyalty.

Also, Durant is a self absorbed star. He was humble, now he buys into his hype so much he thinks someone MUST have fouled him on the line if he missed a free throw. Dude said a prepared speech that someone probably helped him write, but his actions on the court and in front of the media on the spot tell a less-than humble story.
 
Great speech. Love the end when he says his mom is the real MVP.
Haters gonna hate because of their own personal issues.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Some emotional shit coming out. Basically feels like a public pep talk following their ugly loss. This will energize the thunder, really nice look into that teams chemistry. Also makes you realize that you really can't dislike KD, dude is so humble and thankful for everyone in his circle.

Respect
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I agree. I think he is a class.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
No.

hoop fam
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You should listen to it, I think it might change your perspective. The fact he goes down the line and addresses each of his team mates personally shows how committed he is to the team as a group, and shows his understanding that it is more than him. If anything he is too humble, but you can't fault him for saying his mother is the true MVP.
 
OneLifeToLive said:
You know when I think of an arrogant prick, I think of Dwight Howard.

I would say that KD is grounded and pretty humble for what he has accomplished to this point.
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Dwight doesn't seem like the best off the court, but he also doesn't seem like the worst. I think as a fan it's hard to differentiate between players on and off the court. Especially when they play for a team that is not the one you follow. I used to think the same about Lebron until I started doing research and learned that the media spent many years painting him as a demon. Then I saw the videos of his fan interaction and realized he was a lot better person than the media made him out to be.

[video=YouTube;iyRwPal9DnI]youtu.be/iyRwPal9DnI[/video]

I'll probably be chastised for that video, and my beliefs. But you don't see stuff like that often, especially from a star player.

That being said I rank KD ahead of Lebron on my respect level because "the decision" still weighs LBJ down heavily in my book.
 
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Fonzthecpt1 said:
You should listen to it, I think it might change your perspective. The fact he goes down the line and addresses each of his team mates personally shows how committed he is to the team as a group, and shows his understanding that it is more than him. If anything he is too humble, but you can't fault him for saying his mother is the true MVP.
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I don't need to change my perspective. I don't need to believe the NBA marketing machine. Keep on sipping the Kool Aid that Silver and company feed you. Anyone can put forth a heartfelt speech, happens every day. Any venue.
 
If you don't think KD is one of the good guys in the NBA, you simply aren't paying attention. Ignorance is bliss.
 
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I'm watching the speech right now on NBATV. Wow. Makes me like Durant and makes me want them to win the title if we don't. Great speech. A class act.
 
KingSpeed said:
I'm watching the speech right now on NBATV. Wow. Makes me like Durant and makes me want them to win the title if we don't. Great speech. A class act.
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By all reports, he was a very good kid in PG County and the Blazers thought he had high character as well.

OKC is damn lucky to have him.
 
Great speech. He has such a likeable attitude. Comparatively makes Jordan seem like a greedy arrogant prick.

I like how Durant played flag football with college kids in the lockout and spent time with Seattle fans in the summer. One of the great personalities in sports.
 
You have got to wonder if Paul Allen still kicks himself for not drafting this guy though.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
I dislike him as a function of the franchise he plays on. I'd probably like Kobe if he wasn't a L*ker. The player's team affects my outlook on him.

I was the BIGGEST Shaq fan in high school. I had all the Shaq gear. When he went to LA, he instantly became the player I hated the most in the NBA.
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Same here. And as soon as shaq left I found him entertaining again. Especially kobe tell me how my ass taste.
 
Whats with the Thunder and all their gay ass hipster glasses. Even Scotty Brooks sports them.
 
All this Blazer saltiness.. shit was genuine and heartfelt.
Just because there probably won't be any Blazer MVPs in our remaining lifetimes..
 
I have zero regret about drafting Oden. 29 of the 30 NBA GMs would have done the same, with the exception being Orlando who had a center in Dwight. This wasn't a stupid move like passing on CP3 for Martell Webster. Just bad luck it didn't work out.
 
Draco said:
I have zero regret about drafting Oden. 29 of the 30 NBA GMs would have done the same, with the exception being Orlando who had a center in Dwight. This wasn't a stupid move like passing on CP3 for Martell Webster. Just bad luck it didn't work out.
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Yep. It wasn't like Oden was LaRue Martin. When he played, you could see what a monster he would have become with time and seasoning. The amazing thing is we NEVER saw him in 100% basketball shape.

If he would have stayed healthy, he would have become the second coming of Nate Thurmond. Hindsight is 20/20. Who knew his body wasn't able to take the game?
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Great speech. Love the end when he says his mom is the real MVP.
Haters gonna hate because of their own personal issues.
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repped

I don't like the Thunder. I don't like Durant as a player (know little of him as a person except he's engaged to a WNBA player). I don't like OKC. I don't like Oklahoma. Hell, I don't even like the play Oklahoma! except the song "Many a New Day". But when Durant started tearing up recalling how his mother went without food so her children could eat, that was spoken from the heart. And he gets slammed?

I guess those who insist there is no such thing as privilege also have to contend there is no such thing as lack of privilege. You know, his mom must have been some shiftless slut, or his grandpa or something. In fact she was a woman who worked very hard to raise her children under very tough circumstances, like millions of others. Her son had the luck to have size and skill and now she will never have to go hungry again.
 
MickZagger said:
Whats with the Thunder and all their gay ass hipster glasses. Even Scotty Brooks sports them.
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Please define gay ass glasses.
As opposed to straight ass glasses.
Thank you.
 
gay ass glasses are full of penis

staight ass glasses are full of shit

both suck, get some lasik
 
that said, i dont support the use of gay as an adjective, its just lazy
 
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