Was Durant worth it, TBH?

[Robz4000]

I'd lean Warriors, but if that ends up being true, was Barnes, another year older Bogut and Ezeli (who hasn't and won't play a game this season), changing that?

People talk about the Warriors bench, but the Cavaliers are paper thin and reliant on a bunch of old role players, who could (and in some cases, might already have) lose it at any time.

Who are their old roleplayers outside HWSNBN? The Dubs were reliant on some older players, but as I said the chemistry built between them was what made them scary. On top of that, as some people said, with the addition of Durant Curry has been relegated to second option on top of Klay/Green being dropped down another notch. Despite how they may say otherwise it does have an effect on their games/mentality; they were already a mentally fragile nucleus before, and adding another softie in Durant can't help matters (obviously the talent jump is huge, but whose going to step up when the going gets tough?). There's also the possibility that they could've sought out roleplayers to better enhance Curry/Thompson/Green rather than gone all-in on adding Durant.

Obviously, any team would've jumped at the chance to add Durant and when the Dubs did I was sure they'd own the league for the next five years. Now, however, having a large enough sample size, Durant and Curry talking about getting paid, and with the new CBA and everything it entails I'm not so sure.

[TD 21]

Who are their old roleplayers outside HWSNBN? The Dubs were reliant on some older players, but as I said the chemistry built between them was what made them scary. On top of that, as some people said, with the addition of Durant Curry has been relegated to second option on top of Klay/Green being dropped down another notch. Despite how they may say otherwise it does have an effect on their games/mentality; they were already a mentally fragile nucleus before, and adding another softie in Durant can't help matters (obviously the talent jump is huge, but whose going to step up when the going gets tough?). There's also the possibility that they could've sought out roleplayers to better enhance Curry/Thompson/Green rather than gone all-in on adding Durant.

Obviously, any team would've jumped at the chance to add Durant and when the Dubs did I was sure they'd own the league for the next five years. Now, however, having a large enough sample size, Durant and Curry talking about getting paid, and with the new CBA and everything it entails I'm not so sure.

Smith (not so much age as mileage, since he came out of high-school), Frye, Dunleavy, Jones and probably whatever backup point guard and depth big they ultimately acquire to replace Williams and Andersen, respectively. Of the bunch, only Frye and Jones, a non rotation player, have played well this season.

Even though their core is still relatively young, they have to start putting more youth around them. The Warriors have already begun the process, even though none of the four I mentioned are more than fringe rotation players this season.

I don't disagree with a lot of what you've said, but the reality is, it was a no brainer, they're still the favorites for this season and barring the unforeseen, will be for the immediate future.

[spursgu]

He was worth it. It took away their biggest threat out in the West, which was OKC. The personnel and iden y of their team is different and they are probably more vulnerable than before but you don't say no to a top 3 player in the league.