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Low chance Durant goes to Spurs. This Thunder team is better than the Spurs, as they proved in the playoffs and if he wants to win a le and go to a more talented team than the one he is on, then he goes to the Warriors.
If he doesn't stay with OKC, Spurs have the best shot imo plus it's an easy move down to San Antonio. If they don't win that game 7 vs Warriors, I think he's gone.
Low chance Durant goes to Spurs. This Thunder team is better than the Spurs, as they proved in the playoffs and if he wants to win a le and go to a more talented team than the one he is on, then he goes to the Warriors.
Zero chance he goes to the Warriors after he got beat by them... The scrutiny would be worse than the decision
He'd take no heat if he left to the Spurs because he ended our season
OKc will win game 7. Mouth breather and mouthpiece cannot win.
The people saying he wont leave, ask yourself, do you really think he will take a five year deal to stay in OKC when he has no idea what Westbrook is doing?!? If Westbrook left after next year it would be a disaster for KD and his career. We have always heard Westbrook will go to the Lakers, if the Lakers hit with their draft pick they could end up as his ideal destination
You're all wrong. KD will sign a 1 year deal with OKC and make his mind up when the cap peaks, and Westbrook is a FA too, next year. It's the logical play that maximise his value.
Ive discussed the one year option before but it is not logical because 99% of these stars lock up their money when they have the chance, it also means he will have to go through this whole process again in a year. It would be a high risk/low reward decision for KD, if he intends to stay, he will make sure he gets the long contact.
The Thunder team may be better than the Spurs as currently cons uted (though they ran pretty even throughout the series). But that's not the comparison to make - are the Spurs with KD better than the Thunder with KD is.
Similar to Lebron going to Cleveland. The Heat were better than the Cavs, but Lebron moving immediately changed the dynamic.
Not only that, but Durant signing 1 in OKC plus a 5 year extension (likely 4 with opt out) means he won't hit FA again until 33-34. A four year deal makes him a FA again at 32. Likely a more lucrative second contract plus locks up money now vs. in one year (what happens if he breaks his foot again?).
Durant - a Carmelo Anthony type at heart
The fact you have to explain that should tell ya something.........smh with some of these co-fans.
OKC has a better team. Not only they defeated us, but the majority of our team is over the hill big time at this point, as in they need to retire, and may come back next season in a decrepit Kobe state (I hope to God they don't, and that they know when it's time and spare us that), or not at all.
On top of that the few roleplayers we have worth something we will move to get him, Green and/or Tony. We will scratch this team and just bring all the foreign stashes that could possibly make it. The only draft picks that look like they could at least make decent roleplayers are between 21-23 yrs old (Anderson, Bertans, Milutinov).... There are no guards in that group, and they are still one project, the other two not even in the NBA, plus they are all forwards/1 center. That doesn't look enticing in the least bit.
It just doesn't make any sense that a team like that, at that point unable to add much more than vet min guys (the same old decrepits we had this season or others worse) would be better than OKC currently is. On top of that we are talking about 3 forwards sharing touches, the court, spots, etc. He would play with two other forwards that love Iso, the midrange, the ball, and are not good enough passers.
A team like the Wizards with a passing PG like John Wall and a shooter like Beal makes more sense for Durant, Wall/Beal young, and they have some assets they could turn into roleplayers. (I know Beal hasn't been healthy). I think he stays in OKC, but if he leaves, he's not coming here.
Ppl continue to set themselves up for disappointment.
None of us knows what's going on in that dude's head so none can be truly sure what decision he will make depending on the outcome of Game 7. But if you put Durant on the Spurs with Kawhi/Aldridge along with solid role players then that team if healthy will be facing GSW in WCF next season. Question is, would the Spurs be able to find reliable role players after adding Durants max contract.
No. We will not have cap to add anyone else and some guys will need to be cleared. Team would be the 3 of them and random flotsam between picks we haven't seen d league guys, and what is more likely minimum vets. That doesn't look like the best situation is what I am saying. I am sure other teams will present better rosters. He's just not coming here.
But to each his own in terms of delusional FA targets. I'll believe it when I see it (hint: I won't).
It's more so the Duds wooing KD to upgrade Barnes rather than KD wanting to join their crew. A similar scenario was the Bulls trying to trade Pippen for Kemp after the '96 Finals where Kemp was basically the best player in the series while Pippen was mediocre.
It happened at a different point of their career but Barkley joined the Rockets in '96 after blowing a 2-1 lead & losing TWO consecutive 7 game series ('94/'95) to the 2-peat Rockets. He could sign a one year deal w/ OKC then if say the Duds fail to 3-peat next season he could jump ship in 2017 w/o much scrutiny depending on how OKC fares in the postseason.
Iggy/Bogut/Curry/Livingston will be free agents in 2017 so they should have cap space even if they re-sign Barnes who they could actually dump to clear cap space.
He's NOT leaving OKC. He has a 0% chance of coming to SA. He's the superstar of his team. Players come to him, he doesn't go to them. Russell Westbrook has a better chance of leaving next year in free agency than Durant does this year or next year if he signs a one year deal..
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Great logic there buddy. Why would he stay if Westbrook may bolt?
And what stars have gone to OKC in the past eight years he's been there? His career will go down the toilet if he stays in OKC and Westbrook leaves.
Because Durant is the franchise player that you build a team around. Having two very high usage alpha players on the same team can be counterproductive. Westbrook is a great talent but he has a tendency to fly off the handle while Durant plays much more under control. People are under the assumption that because the Spurs landed a max free agent for the first time in god knows how long, that all of a sudden that makes them a prime location to land max free agents. Boy, are you in for a rude awakening.
"His career will go down the toilet if he stays in OKC and Westbrook leaves."
That's like saying if Ginobili had ever left the Spurs, Duncan's career would have gone down the toilet.
A few thoughts...
- The Spurs sound like a good choice for Durant, he wont go to the Warriors or the Cavaliers...and if he wants to leave and have a chance at winning a ring, the Spurs are the best choice.
- Remember that winning a ring doesnt mean winning a ring next season. With the Spurs I think theres a 3 year window to do that, so thats another good thing for Durant. He will get a few chances in the next years.
- If the previous point is correct, then theres is time to test the team and get new players to ring in the 2nd year (im saying this because some are assuming the Spurs dont have a PG, either because TP has to go to get KD or because they think TP is done)
- The guy is a shooter, and there is no better team for shooters than the Spurs.
- Like someone said, he defeated the Spurs, so it will not look bad if he comes.
- Is RW leaving? Maybe...he looks like a media idiot, the Lakers should go after him (someone also said this and I agree)
Lets see what happens..I like KD do I would like to have him as a Spurs, cant say the same about RW...
Except almost no one in this thread including myself has said that he's coming here. We're just saying there's a shot and we all know the Spurs are going to talk to him come July 1st. Most of us are saying he's leaving OKC though. Way to gauge a thread incorrectly.
For as much as I think Manu is great, are you really comparing Manu to Westbrook?Jesus
The le of this thread reads "Welcome to San Antonio KD!!!" Read the OP's post again for more clarity.
It was a ing joke.
The fact that you see that as a comparison.For as much as I think Manu is great, are you really comparing Manu to Westbrook?
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