NBA 2021-22 Season Thread - [Insert Whitty Title Here]

He's slightly below average from 3 and slightly above average from 2. He's very, very good defensively and he's a really good passer and has good rebounding ability. I get that he's not likely a 1 on an elite team, but he could be the 2nd best player on a championship team. My point was that a few mid to late picks and a mediocre player just doesn't seem like it would be the most they could have gotten for him.

Ameraves said:

Agent: Durant has requested trade from Nets

Kevin Durant has requested a trade from Brooklyn, his business manager told ESPN, but the Nets are not buoyed to honoring any of KD's preferred destinations and plan to make a deal that allows them the greatest return of assets, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

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Hahahahahaha. Steph Curry made this man's entire legacy and he's working overtime to destroy it.

That's pretty wild.

Durant is such a bitch. He was fine when he thought he had two superstars around him but can't handle anything less.

They should trade Durant to GSW for maximum chaos.

I can't give Durant shit for this. His problem was leaving a championship team to throw in with a flat earther. Dumb decision, but at his core he just wants to hoop and try to win games. Since he signed his max deal:

#1 Kyrie refused to get vaccinated, showed he doesn't give a shit about playing, winning, or any of that.
#2 Harden forced his way out, largely because of #1, and the Nets got back another "star" that doesn't give a shit about playing, winning, or any of that.
#3 Kyrie, the guy who convinced KD to go there in the first place, threatened to leave for nothing basically, and now says he wants to play for LA asap or whatever.

KD made his own bed on this one, but at the same time I can't blame him for asking to gtfo. Makes things interesting again anyways.

Sterling said:

They should trade Durant to GSW for maximum chaos.

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I wouldn't want him back tbh. The title we just won was so much more satisfying because he wasn't here. We've been there, done that on the KD thing. It was fun because of the bi#*h way Lebron won in '16, but at this point we've been there, done that. I'm more interested in watching to see how much the Warriors young guys can grow and hopefully extend the window of the old core. Such a unique situation to have so much young talent primed to take the next step while still having a championship veteran core. Trading for KD would increase title odds for a year or two, but would blow that up. And we already have decent odds as is.

Kaines said:

Hahahahahaha. Steph Curry made this man's entire legacy and he's working overtime to destroy it.

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it's all 3 of those faggots who played in OKC....Durant, Harden, Westbrook. How could 3 first ballot HoF's completely fuck their entire legacies up so badly. OKC on paper should have been a fucking dynasty but nope not these assholes.

LeBron might be a little bitch too but at least he actually won championships when he formed his super teams.

I also don't have much sympathy for Durant being teamed up with Irving because he was pretty strongly in favor of that pairing. I'm sure it was a fun eye-opener when Kyrie wanted out.

I do feel a little bad for the Nets, though. The organization was willing to pay and they only ended up getting, what, less than 50% of possible games played out of that trio? And then they all want to bail after 1 to 3 years.

Drakurii said:

it's all 3 of those faggots who played in OKC....Durant, Harden, Westbrook. How could 3 first ballot HoF's completely fuck their entire legacies up so badly. OKC on paper should have been a fucking dynasty but nope not these assholes.

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To be fair, OKC fucked up the dynasty potential themselves when they traded Harden for.... Jeremy Lamb and Kevin Martin ? Lmao. That town shouldn't even have a team, F them.

DickTrickle said:

LeBron might be a little bitch too but at least he actually won championships when he formed his super teams.

I also don't have much sympathy for Durant being teamed up with Irving because he was pretty strongly in favor of that pairing. I'm sure it was a fun eye-opener when Kyrie wanted out.

I do feel a little bad for the Nets, though. The organization was willing to pay and they only ended up getting, what, less than 50% of possible games played out of that trio? And then they all want to bail after 1 to 3 years.

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I do feel bad for Nets fans. Two days ago they were still among the favorites for a title next year. Now not only are they going to lose Durant, probably Kyrie - the Rockets also have all their picks through 2027 in one way or another (a few are pick swaps). They have nothing to look forward to anytime soon if this team is blown up completely.

LOL who the betting favorite to land Durant....LA, GS, ?

Bucks

Pharazon2 said:

I wouldn't want him back tbh. The title we just won was so much more satisfying because he wasn't here. We've been there, done that on the KD thing. It was fun because of the bi#*h way Lebron won in '16, but at this point we've been there, done that. I'm more interested in watching to see how much the Warriors young guys can grow and hopefully extend the window of the old core. Such a unique situation to have so much young talent primed to take the next step while still having a championship veteran core. Trading for KD would increase title odds for a year or two, but would blow that up. And we already have decent odds as is.

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I was more interested in the drama than what it does to the Warriors 5 seasons down the line.