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If KD joins our silver & black, I will be a lesser Spurs fan.
I can't even believe we are actually meeting him for talks.
Is Oladipo/Sabonis really a better duo than Waiters/Ibaka? I guess Oladipo's a little better than Waiters and has higher upside? Even though Waiters killed us in the Playoffs. And I love Sabonis' game but I'm shocked they gave up Ibaka and his shot blocking. I just don't get the trade. At all, if anything I see Sabonis being a solid starter in the future, but is he even gonna be a plus starter his rookie year?
If KD joins our silver & black, I will be a lesser Spurs fan.
I can't even believe we are actually meeting him for talks.
The 3peat would make up for it
Sure. But all of those points may be offset by the one point that he has the best chance to ring next season at GSW. If he's going to leave OKC to chase a ring, he's going to any the surest thing possible.
At the cost of his legacy? I just dont see him going there to be 2nd option at best. It would be so ing stupid to go there, it would be like going to Cleveland.
The Jimmer thread went 100+ pages and this is only at 19??? You guys are slacking.
FWIW, The Oklahoman interviewed NBA agents (anonymously of course) and what they think about Durant and his free process this summer.
http://newsok.com/how-kevin-durants-...stom_click=rss
If he leaves OKC, he's accepting the fact that his legacy will be questioned. At that point, he wants the easiest route.
Tbh, I don't think he cares about his image the way a lot of the top name stars do. Sometimes I think he isn't smart enough to think through things at that level anyway. If he really cares about his long term legacy, he stays loyal to OKC. If not, he takes the surest path possible. Which for now is the Warriors.
good point
The same paper did an article on the case for every team pursuing Durant:
http://newsok.com/article/5506479?slideout=1
The darkhorse: San Antonio SpursThe argument: Similar to their basketball prowess, the Spurs' danger in this derby is underrated. They've been quiet through this process. Unlike Golden State's brazen, outspoken decision-makers, there have been no San Antonio leaks about their high level of confidence in getting KD, no bold statements from their owner about their dominance of the league.
The Spurs are humble, hard-working, no-nonsense basketball world-beaters. Which vibes with Kevin Durant's personality and game beautifully. There's a reason San Antonio secured one of the first meetings with him. Durant admires Gregg Popovich and the entire Spurs operation. They'll have his ear.
The concern: The basketball fit doesn't seem as clean as in OKC or Golden State. San Antonio's three best players would be Durant, Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge — three prime talents, but three at least mildly redundant forwards. They'd fit all three into the starting lineup and probably enter as le favorites. But the rest of the pieces are aged or possibly retiring. The guard play would be a concern. It just doesn't seem as clear a path to sustainable winning as the Thunder or Warriors.
A little??? Have you seen Oladipo play?
"B-b-built not bought"
Sayonara and good riddance
Just read an article from CBS Sports stating that the only two teams that could pry KD away from OKC was the Warriors and the Heat.
Read same article. It was an agent speculating, and they would not even give the name of the agent, which means they have no better clue that you or I.
I just read an article saying that Aldridge was leaning towards Phoenix and that LeBron is going to team up with Melo in NY rather go to Miami with Wade and Bosh.
Pat Riley writing articles now?
Don't know why KD would consider a team who's best player is basically dying. It's Spurs and GSW tbh
Crofl. Why the would he go to the heat? That would be like the 10th best place he could go. They have zero to offer other than playing with an old ass wade and a could die on the court bosh.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/local-okc...225812428.html
Hope this isn't true but who knows during this crazy time of the summer.
If he go to warriors it's a sure le for him cause they almost a perfect team even without him, if he go to the spurs there is a risk spurs to still blow it with their soft mentality, so going to spurs it's too much pressure for him as he could end up the biggest joke all time if not winning the le after the ring chasing... So no way he come to spurs... End thread!
https://soundcloud.com/210-podcast/2...ast-episode-11
16:00 mark on KD Free Agency
We're still built not bought."B-b-built not bought"
It took twenty years of building a legacy with 0 help from big free agents to be able to buy.
Other teams have been buying overnight success for years.
Wade is still a stud but point taken. Bosh is going to be clogging up cap space Parker style. Dragic is also a 60th percentile PG at the deepest position in the league being paid top dollar. Winslow screams more Shumpert than Kawhi.
Though I'm one of the few who, while he's getting paid too much now, he's earned it by being underpaid for years. Heck, had Spurs won game 6 in 2013, it's more than Kobe's done in the closing minutes of a clinching game.
Great post
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