NBA: Can we be real about Kevin Durant for a minute?

[Spurtacular]

Klay is getting less touches and his defense is too valuable to make him a 6th man.

[Kidd K]

As a San Antonio Spurs fan, I have always hated Durant. It started in 2012 when Harden (refs) tore my heart out in game 6, peaked in the 2014 regular season and playoffs... and then peaked even higher last year when they took us out. I have always bagged on Durant for not stepping up in big games. This entire offseason the Warriors have been bagged on for being a great team, and surpassing history (at least in the regular season).

Then they got Kevin Durant.

I do not understand why Durant is being destroyed for moving to Golden State. In my opinion it was a high risk, high reward type of situation. They've won without him, and if they don't win they will be destroyed by the media and more than likely the blame will be put on Durant.

Lets be real... if the Spurs picked him up he wouldn't be getting the hate he is getting. Instead it would be all about "RC and Pop doing their thing... greatest organization ever". It's not like the Warriors just won the ship. Cleveland did. And their four standout players are all top five picks, three of them being #1 overall picks. LeBron jumped ship again, and made Cleveland's FO his . His K-Love for Wiggins trade might end up being one of the worst of all time looking back. If anything, Cleveland should be the team hated for building their ass team with LeBron.

Not sure why Spurfans hate the Warriors either. They pretty much modeled their organization around the Spurs. Kerr, drafting and developing all their players.

The move by the Warriors is going to end up killing them. Klay is getting less touches and his defense is too valuable to make him a 6th man.. unless he gets 30+ mins. The move by the Warriors is hardly something new. Malone and Payton joining LA. Nash and Dwight joining LA. The Celtics big three. All bought. Don't think Jordan wouldn't have teamed with Magic and Bird if he could.

Malone, Payton, and Nash went to LA at the end of their careers though. Dwight was a move (everyone said it) but the Lakers were becoming trash then anyway tbh. Durant is literally at his peak RIGHT NOW, and he joined the team who got the best record in the NBA and just went to b2b Finals and would have been a strong favorite to win this year even without him. There's a massive difference there. Durant is still MVP caliber, all the dudes you listed weren't even close to that.

[dbestpro]

Durant is a tall shooter who can handle the ball, and thus create mismatches. He is stiff in the shoulders, and is absent on defense. I've watched Gervin (.511) and Dr. J (.506) in their prime, and KD (.483) is nowhere near the player those two were. He's nice, but not all time superstar. He just puts up a lot of shots.