Warriors: Durbeta, the ultimate mental midget

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You think the Lakers can make the playoffs next season Cubster? I got them sneaking into the 8th seed and the Rockets with squadoosh.

No. We ain't hit bottom yet.

[Splits]

No. We ain't hit bottom yet.

- 17 wins
- missing the playoffs 4/10 while franchise missed 4 in previous 55 years
- your hero retiring in disgrace

...Isn't bottom?

Holy . What's next, massive earthquake decimating your adopted city and the team moving back home to land of lakes?

[resistanze]

Didn't say there was no criticism of LeBron's decision from a basketball point of view. I only said "much" of the focus was due to HOW he did it. That's what people criticized even more. We remember "the decision," "doing it for the kids," "not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4..." That part of the decision is what really had people hating on LeBron. They hated the idea of manufacturing a superfriends team as well. But LeBron's hubris and ego made it 100 times worse imo.

And like I said, LeBron winning multiple les and FMVPs and then this year doing it with less in Cleveland has pretty much erased all of that negative perception from back then.

Oh I'm not denying how LeBron left was *a* focus of the vitriol against him, I just don't believe it was *the* focus, as opposed to 'legacy tarnishing' and 'easy way out' narratives that were pushed at the time. Here's one example of some things said in 2010:

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index....s_clevela.html

And I guess we'll see about Durant - I see his legacy peaking in the Dwyane Wade tier of player. It wasn't just that LeBron won les, he completely blew away the fake narrative of him being the second fiddle and beta in Miami (back to back MVPs/FMVPs, lead them in PTS/ASTS/REBS/STLSin basically every playoff run) even before going back to the Cavs and dominating again. I don't see Durant doing that in GSW - he's arguably the second best player on the team now and he definitely won't dominate statistically like LeBron did while in Miami. So how much will his legacy get elevated? Wade isn't generally ranked above Malone/Barkley despite rings. I guess it'll depend if Durant becomes the face or a very good component of a already historic team.

[mudyez]

[mudyez]

Do you remember Gary Payton, the NBA Champion?

I don't really.

Same will go for Durbeta.

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Cavs proved that Warriors couldn't hang when they were banged around. Yeah, ok, if anyone sees Durant improving on that fate? He used his freedom to go to a team where he will make the least amount of difference, not like Iggy who knew he would be better as a roll player. Lol thinking Curry will hold back some 35 footers just so Durant will get touches.

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- 17 wins
- missing the playoffs 4/10 while franchise missed 4 in previous 55 years
- your hero retiring in disgrace

...Isn't bottom?

Holy . What's next, massive earthquake decimating your adopted city and the team moving back home to land of lakes?

They were selling your , s.

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Do you remember Gary Payton, the NBA Champion?

I don't really.

Same will go for Durbeta.

But, Payton remembers.