The Durant Injury Thread: ramifications on Spurs and rest of league..

[spursistan]

836852734791991297836853660181229569This is looking bad for KD/Warriors...Thread to discuss the new NBA season reality...

[spursistan]

Has to be meniscus or ACL?

[Robz4000]

If it's for the season, Dubs are fucked. Regular season, means little. Spurs might be able to surpass them for the #1 seed, but then they'd have to face the Clips in the second round which would end their season.

[SAGirl]

GEtWellSoon KD!
Not wishing something like that on anybody. I still thought Spurs could take them fully healthy TBH... I am optimistic like that.

[spursistan]

Think Spurs will reel them in for the top seed..Their depth is shot and their original Big 3 are all having a down year..but this is seismic stuff, tbh..Not only about this season's outcome...Durant is Free Agent again this summer and this opens a whole new discussion if it turns out he suffered a career-altering injury..

[TheGreatYacht]

Fuck that beta. Glad it happened tbh. Fuck the corny get well soon bs

[cutewizard]

I feel like celebrating hahahahahahahahahaha

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo!

[cutewizard]

The only bad news is that spurstalk is still reported as a deceptive site, very hard to enter the site, any repair updates, good Sirs?

[cutewizard]

Fuck that beta. Glad it happened tbh. Fuck the corny get well soon bs

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Happpppppppppppppppppy new year to all Spurs fans!

Can Boston reach the NBA finals?????

What a unique match up it could be...............

[cutewizard]

GEtWellSoon KD!
Not wishing something like that on anybody. I still thought Spurs could take them fully healthy TBH... I am optimistic like that.

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The battle for the NBA title is still war man,

ill take any advantage....

:bobo

[cutewizard]

Karma is a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bobo

even synthetic diaw agrees, hahahahaha

[cutewizard]

To Gortat of the Wizards:

You are always welcome to the Spurs man!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Chinook]

If it's for the season, Dubs are fucked. Regular season, means little. Spurs might be able to surpass them for the #1 seed, but then they'd have to face the Clips in the second round which would end their season.

But at least they would avoid the Thunder amirite?

[PopTheGOAT]

If it's for the season, Dubs are fucked. Regular season, means little. Spurs might be able to surpass them for the #1 seed, but then they'd have to face the Clips in the second round which would end their season.
Think the Spurs could beat the Clips, but I'm not confident. Hope they stay at 2 tbh

[SuperCam]

REPEAT

[PopTheGOAT]

OUT (rest) FTW tbh

[Chinook]

The Clippers are two games out of the seventh seed. There's simply no reason know assume they won't drop below five

[NameLess Scrub]

If it's for the season, Dubs are fucked. Regular season, means little. Spurs might be able to surpass them for the #1 seed, but then they'd have to face the Clips in the second round which would end their season.

This, tbh.

This is probably the way the inevitable elimination at the hands of Austin Rivers happens.

Warriors can just come back if KD is ready for the playoffs.

[Play Boban]

This is the biggest victory of the Spurs season.

[siraulo23]

At least wait for the actual mri results before saying "karma" and celebrating :lol

He'll probably be back playing in 2 weeks hah

[TrainOfThought5]

This is the biggest victory of the Spurs season.

[Blake]

The Warriors still have 3 all stars. They'll still win games.

If Curry had gone down tho. ....

[Fireball]

The Warriors still have 3 all stars. They'll still win games.

If Curry had gone down tho. .... Durant looked more important to the Warriors this season than Curry tbh ... very effective and great on D as well

[Blake]

Durant looked more important to the Warriors this season than Curry tbh ... very effective and great on D as well

Meh, Curry will start chucking up 40ppg. Klay will get to eat too now. Book it

[NameLess Scrub]

Meh, Curry will start chucking up 40ppg. Klay will get to eat too now. Book it

Agreed. It's just that they don't have the other guys they had last season now and without Durant they should struggle to make up for it.

[jermaine]

Fuck that beta. Glad it happened tbh. Fuck the corny get well soon bs

I 2nd the notion an I approve this message!

[Spurs9]

They could drop a number of these next games coming up, they have a tough schedule.

[sananspursfan21]

Great, another "asterisk" championship :rolleyes

[TheRemix]

Fucking max kellerman "warriors without KD is basically the spurs"

[tmtcsc]

Durant is out at least 4 weeks and will be re-evaluated at that point. No big deal, bring em on.

[SpursforSix]

Great, another "asterisk" championship :rolleyes

fuck that. you win then you win. We could asterisk anyone else's by saying that Timmy had to prematurely retire. Or that Parker has a bum knee. Fuck asterisks. A ring is a ring. If you trade your depth for one player then you suffer the consequences if that player gets hurt.

[Blake]

Great, another "asterisk" championship :rolleyes

Lol nobody puts an asterisk on the Lakers 2000 title because of Tim's injury.

[Blake]

fuck that. you win then you win. We could asterisk anyone else's by saying that Timmy had to prematurely retire. Or that Parker has a bum knee. Fuck asterisks. A ring is a ring. If you trade your depth for one player then you suffer the consequences if that player gets hurt.

Preach on

[sananspursfan21]

fuck that. you win then you win. We could asterisk anyone else's by saying that Timmy had to prematurely retire. Or that Parker has a bum knee. Fuck asterisks. A ring is a ring. If you trade your depth for one player then you suffer the consequences if that player gets hurt.

No, you're right but it would still be far more satisfying to beat the Warriors with a chump KD on the floor

[FkLA]

No, you're right but it would still be far more satisfying to beat the Warriors with a chump KD on the floor

A title is satisfying no matter what. You think GS gives a shit that they won theirs when Kyrie and Love were injured?

[SpursforSix]

No, you're right but it would still be far more satisfying to beat the Warriors with a chump KD on the floor

Oh yeah. No doubt. But unless that's a guarantee, I'd rather the Spurs play a weaker GS team. Or even better, have someone else beat them before the WCF.

[sananspursfan21]

A title is satisfying no matter what. You think GS gives a shit that they won theirs when Kyrie and Love were injured?

K fine: "...a little more satisfying..." FIFY?

[Dverde]

I'd feel bad for him, but that bandwagon move to GSW....

[TrainOfThought5]

Warriors without KD only made our matchup a fair fight.

[Dex]

Increases the Spurs chances of catching the #1 seed, but I still think the Warriors hold on to it.

Otherwise, non-issue unless he misses significant time in the playoffs beyond the first round, tbh.

[spursistan]

836973278656880641Safe to say at least, he isn't going to be 100% for the entire playoffs..I would be lying to say that I didn't want to see one of their stars get hobbled..they stacked the deck and that was the only way to get a shot at them..

[SpursFan86]

Meh, they still have Curry/Klay/Draymond...I wouldn't be so sure that we even make up that 4 game difference to get the 1st seed, but our chances obviously increased greatly. Will come down to whether we can win both of our remaining games against them.

As for the playoffs, it's just going to depend on whether he's 100% by the time the WCF rolls around. He'll have the first 2 rounds to ease back into things and get into a rhythm, so I'm not going to jump the gun and start getting excited at the thought of GS not being full strength by the time we'd be playing them.

All that being said, this injury certainly helps our chances at least a little bit. Will be interesting to see how the rest of the regular season plays out.

[SAGirl]

The only bad news is that spurstalk is still reported as a deceptive site, very hard to enter the site, any repair updates, good Sirs?
:toast

[cd98]

Spurs have a chance at the number one seed. But this year we play better on the road.

[rastaspur]

A title is satisfying no matter what. You think GS gives a shit that they won theirs when Kyrie and Love were injured?

Agreed. Especially this year since Cleveland is going to be a juggernaut when bogut and deron get comfortable in Cleveland system.

There should be no asterik. It would be legit in my eyes

[DAF86]

I doubt the Spurs get the 1st seed, tbh. Curry, Dryamond, Klay and co. will play with a purpose and GS will be just fine, for the rest of the RS.

[Nathan89]

Feeling bad about winning against a team that has 3 all-stars when your team only has one. :lol

[cd98]

Agreed. Especially this year since Cleveland is going to be a juggernaut when bogut and deron get comfortable in Cleveland system.

There should be no asterik. It would be legit in my eyes Nobody cried for Tim Duncan when he missed the playoffs due to an injured knee in this third year. That's just one of the challenges to winning a title.

[spursistan]

Feeling bad about winning against a team that has 3 all-stars when your team only has one. :lolThis..corny fans :lmao..32 yo Aldridge-- your fuckin second option-- never got out of the second Round of playoffs in his entire career..:lol

[TheDoctor]

Feeling bad about winning against a team that has 3 all-stars when your team only has one. :lol
:rollin

[TheGreatYacht]

Feeling bad about winning against a team that has 3 all-stars when your team only has one. :lol
This

cringing reading all these :cry get well soon :cry vanilla responses

Hope that Jones fracture comes back while we're at it

[Spurs9]

I doubt the Spurs get the 1st seed, tbh. Curry, Dryamond, Klay and co. will play with a purpose and GS will be just fine, for the rest of the RS.
And they might get worn out by the time the playoffs come around if they are going to try the same pace as last year to keep the seed. I honestly thought even before the Durrant injury the Rockets could have a shot against them.

[tmtcsc]

This

cringing reading all these :cry get well soon :cry vanilla responses

Hope that Jones fracture comes back while we're at it

I hope all that kind of shit happens to him in the offseason. This year, I want his gangly ass on the floor so we can mop it up with him. The fear of that jack-tard team is ridiculous. They have 3 terrific players but what they gave up to get Durant was enough to keep them from winning a ring. They can beat just about anyone in this sorry, watered-down league on any given night but the playoffs were always going to be their demise.

[Horse]

I think we're good either way. Ofcourse they've improved since the opener but our rebounding advantage should be massive not to mention the bench. And their love of the jumpshot which usually doesn't get it done come playoff time.

[DPG21920]

GS still has a big 3 that took them to back-to-back finals in Curry/Klay/Draymond. Yes, the lost Bogut & Barnes, but they still have Iggy/Livingston who played huge roles and replaced Barnes with Matt Barnes basically which helps offset losing KD some (lowers their ceiling obviously but if last year and the year before they swap out Harrison Barnes for Matt Barnes it would not have made the difference in them making the finals).

Then they have Zaza/West/McGee to replace Bogut (which is a big downgrade for sure) but they are still a sick team.

[Seventyniner]

The Spurs need to go all out in the two games against GS, close that gap and lock up the tiebreaker. The 1 seed and de facto first round bye is a prize worth going after. That and avoiding Memphis or the Clippers in case one of those teams falters or the Thunder get hot.

[SpursforSix]

The Spurs need to go all out in the two games against GS, close that gap and lock up the tiebreaker. The 1 seed and de facto first round bye is a prize worth going after. That and avoiding Memphis or the Clippers in case one of those teams falters or the Thunder get hot.

:pop: I'll be the judge of that.

[Robz4000]

He'll be back for the playoffs so this injury is meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

[spurraider21]

REPEAT
Cam Newton of the NBA gets hurt and you're celebrating :lol

[SpurPadre]

One ramification is that Pop may no longer be interested in picking up a player on waivers.

[spursmvp]

uhh, can we even get past rockets and clippers? Let's not get ahead of ourselves...

[NameLess Scrub]

uhh, can we even get past rockets and clippers? Let's not get ahead of ourselves...

Not past the Clippers, but that's already established.

[Blake]

uhh, can we even get past rockets and clippers? Let's not get ahead of ourselves...

Yeah the clippers concern me.

[spursistan]

Thiscringing reading all these :cry get well soon :cry vanilla responsesHope that Jones fracture comes back while we're at it837023351818313728Feeling sorry for those pricks :lol..KD bolted to his GSW for this very reason: he knows fully well that they stacked enough to bail out his choking, disappearing ass in the playoffs..