If he wins a ring, will it truly count?
This is an embarrassment to sports.
>>69251513
No. This is the pussiest thing I have ever seen.
Literally, if you can't beat em join em.
I hope he breaks his legs at the Olympics and never plays basketball again
>>69251573
this
This is the basis for the NBA for the last 20 years. If your good, form a mega team.
Sport is shit but don't act like its something new
KD is a fucking pussy
it won't count, just like lebron's ''rings'' don't count
>>69251513
not really no
people say rings are rings and the rest doesnt matter but we've never seen anything like this in NBA history. it is FRADULENT. UNTHINKABLE. OUTRAGEOUS AND COWARDICE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
garnett drexler shaq all left for rings
It counts. Stay mad. Nobody gives a fuck what you think
Imagine if he doesn't
Wew
>WAH WAH GOOD PLAYERS AREN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE MY MIDWESTERN SHITHOLE RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
This is how dumb you cucks sound.
>>69251932
>WOO WOO I'VE BEEN A /LIFELONG/ MEMEIORS FAN FOR A YEAR
This is how dumb you sound, cuck.
not all rings are weighed equally
Lebron's cleveland ring >>>> Lebron's miami rings
Hell no. Disgraceful
>mfw iguodala wins FMVP over curry and durant
>>69251981
Lebrons Cleveland ring is the most valuable of all
No other ring against a 70 win Team
>>69251513
I don't even know how to tell you... did you start watching basketball after 2010 or something?
>>69251981
dallas ring > cavs ring
>>69251573
>tfw he pulls out for the Olympics too citing he wants to be healthy to get a ring for his new team
>>69251843
>garnett
traded
>drexler
traded
>shaq
joined a clearly inferior team
Lebron to the Heat is the only one that's comparable and even that wasn't as bad
>>69251573
I am ok with this.
Coward.
i dont know about basketball
why is this bad?
He has every right to leave but joining a team you choked majorly against in the playoffs is pretty despicable and sad!
>>69252018
>>69252050
sure but you guys get the point that a KD ring with the warriors would be equivalent to a participation trophy
>>69251739
lol wat
>>69251513
>tfw can't wait to break his ankles while he's wearing his Golden Shitters jersey in 2k17
YOU'RE GOING DOWN NIGGA
>>69252070
>even that wasn't as bad
>flag
>topic
>ive been watching basketball since 2012, i know what im talking about
>>69252114
Imagine Cristiano Ronaldo forcing a transfer to the treble winning Barcelona instead of Real Madrid back in 2009
>>69251513
It'll count sure but he will always be looked at as a little bitch
Between the Hawks signing Dwight Bigbabby Howard and KD going to the Warriors, I don't think I'll be giving too much of a shit about the NBA for the next few years.
>>69251513
Then Lebron only has one ring. Take back those two that he won with the heat. Also all those 80's old niggas who took vet mins to join lakers/Boston/Bulls in the 90's and early 2000's. Their rings don't matter. Yalls logic is straight trash. Who wouldn't accept a better position with a better team that's poised for greatness
>an embarrassment to sports
End your faggot life. Don't watch the nba then.
Durant sees a better opportunity with the Warriors. Okc traded ibaka for oladipo. Oohhhh what a fucking step in the right direction. Really changing the game and toughening the west which, is already a bloodbath. The cavs coast to the finals, like the heat coasted to the finals. The pacers blew up and atl can't put it away. Who in the east can step up and stop the cavs?
>Bulls
Lebrons fucktoy
>heat
Aging, no bosh due to niggerblood, won't pay dwade, only positive is whiteside
>pacers
what moves have they made?
>atl
chokers
>raps
HAHAHAHA
List goes on.
>>69252070
>even that wasn't as bad
Well... Miami was way worse than GSW before the signings obviously, but they also recruited Chris fucking Bosh.
>>69251573
>Durant, Klay and Drayboon all contract zika from Rio Trannies
>All comeback into the locker room and spread it to that faggot curry
>GSW franchise all die before reaching the playoffs
>>69252179
may i interest you in some cricket?
Of course it will, why wouldn't it? He wants to win, he was able to join a great team, maybe other teams should try to get better too. I fail to see the issue here.
>>69252222
Nice numbers
>>69252186
Miami was worse because Lebron acted like a faggot and promised the city tons of rings, made fun of nowitzki for getting sick during the finals, then got BTFO by that beautiful deutsch bastard. Ended up winning the rings, but fucked off when he saw the heat losing its edge.
>>69252181
>West is a bloodbath
Nigga its not fucking 2011. The west is fucking trash sans the spurs and warriors.
>inb4 t-the clippers are good!
Literally the hawks of the west. Pure delusion to even remotely think the west isnt top heavy
>Have no depth in the frontcourt
>Durant is gonna revert to isoball in close games until they stop giving him the ball
Curry has been EXPOSED, team as a whole will regress. Oh god the shitshow if this team doesn't get the 1 seed in the West, or god forbid is eliminated before reaching the finals would be borderline apocalyptic.
>>69252114
4chan is filled with cuckolds who irrationally hate Golden State
>>69252266
>nigger doesn't address the east
Why am I even replying to your faggotry?
>>69251837
Ok Stephen A, calm down
>>69251513
>If he wins a ring, will it truly count?
Everyone asked the same thing about Lebron. 5 years later yall sucking his tiny cock and calling him God.
Fuck outta here.
>>69252005
Warriors aren't even gonna make the finals next season m8. People are severely underestimating WB's potential when he's angry but now they'll see it, first hand. He's also finally got a competent back-court player in Oladipo.
>>69252306
>Oladipo
>>69252296
Please tell me where in my post I said the east is good dipshit. The NBA is shit cavs and warriors are going to the finals again and the year after
>>69252262
Yeah but that was all after the signing, aka in the future for Durant.
For all we know Durant is going to be just as much of a faggot during his GSW stint. It would be quite an accomplishment, but I wouldn't put it past him.
>>69252130
I don't think they'd make it to the finals with KD. It's just a bad mix of players.
Actual life long GS fan checking in. Well, maybe not life long since I only moved to the east bay in 5th grade but still I think that qualifies me as a non-bandwagon fan.
Can't say I'm too happy about this move at all. I generally don't like KD, the guy might be the biggest beta superstar I've seen in a while and this move will shield Kerr's coaching deficiencies for another 2 years. They should have fired him after the epic collapse in the Finals. I would almost prefer the Warriors just languish in mediocrity than win this way. I hated, and still hate, LeBron for chasing rings in Miami and this is just as bad.
The only real good that can come from this GS team winning is the absolute butthurt it will cause /sp/. Aside from that even I would root against this team.
>>69252279
>switch on curry and force drives
>attack curry in defense
>team has no center
>team has old bench
>curry contract is up next year
This is more hype than anything, they will have a one dimensional offense and curry is going to have tough season since he now has to play defense on every play
>>69252336
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQ4FiUZW2o
>>69251513
Yes, warriors still aren't a better team than the classic teams like Shaq kobe, Jordan, Magic and Bird's teams.
>>69252338
I'm saying you didn't address the gaping fucking hole of parity amongst the east.
>top heavy west
You're retarded. What's that make the east then? Lebrons playground? Didn't see you fags complaining as Lebron waltzed into the finals to win one 4dalanddddd
>>69252347
Yeah do you see KD doing a fucking "decision" event and saying he's going to get rings on rings on rings?
>>69252396
chemistry-wise? as much as i don't like the move for non-basketball reasons i don't see how this group of players can fail. literally imagine kd taking the shots instead of harrison barnes
>>69252591
Well no, that's fair. But seeing the dumb shit he's said in the past, I'm certain some stupid stuff is coming.
The rings on rings stuff was when they introduced the players to the fans, KD's not even gone through that, give him some time.
>>69252678
>imagine kd taking the shots instead of harrison barnes
This. I'm not saying GS is a lock to win but I don't think the team will have any trouble chemistry wise.
Who will the Warriors play at center now? Do they even have a big man?
>>69252768
Play Draymond at the 5, go supersmall with Curry-Klay-Iggy-Durant-Draymond
explain all the hate pls
>>69252951
thank's
>>69252222
QUADS OF TRUTH
They still have 0 bigs on the roster. They'd be starting fucking Dray at center every game.
>>69252904
>>69252951
okc has a team that can win the in the finals. okc was the better team when playing gsw. durant choked hard and lost them the series. that's basically it
>>69252137
durant is doing the same thing lebron did few years ago
>>69253745
It's different. Heat were a shit team before Lebron joined and Bosh was an all-star PF but not an MVP level talent. Durant is the 2nd/3rd best player in the league joining with another top 3 player and two top 10 players who just came off the best season in NBA history and were minutes away from back to back championships. It's not comparable.
He better threepeat at least.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQ2mjkvYY8
>>69253787
they are better than any other nba team at literally the same margin that heat was better than any other nba team back then
>>69252833
>>69252768
KD can stretch to 5 if need be, i think. that being said a team with 2 proper big men should be able to control the boards against kd
>>69253903
Heat at their best won 66 games. Warriors already beat that the past two years WITHOUT Durant. The Spurs could compete with the Heat at their peak and beat them once and should've beat them a second time if not for a fluke. The Warriors only challenges are the Spurs or Cavs. The Cavs barely beat them without Durant. Spurs and Cavs can't compete with this super team. Tim Duncan is retiring because of this.
>>69254076
lebron literally has to work to win only ONE (1) series in whole playoffs, that makes it shitload easier
*
Really who in durants position is stupid enough to say they wouldn't go to the warriors
Oh no he'll win a championship on a stacked team I'm sure that'll keep him up at night
How can Americucks watch a sport where only 2-3 teams have a chance to win the title? Like what's the point if you root for one of the other teams?
>>69251932
2/10
Forgot to work "flyover" into your shitpost. Try harder next time
>>69251970
Because no one lives in the Bay Area... right. Well enjoy no titles and your shitty flyover state
>>69254166
You forgot your proxy faggot.
Could Westbrook to Cavs be a possibility?
And then they beat em again in the finals
>>69254247
No, he has no place on that team as long as they have Kyrie.
He'll end up on the Knicks.
But he should go to the Spurs.
>>69254166
Found the soccerfag
Did you think the wolves would ever beat the warriors last year? Did you think that the 68-whatever spurs would lose to the thunder? Your "the best team on paper ALWAYS win" ideology is retarded
warriors dont need durant
durant need the warriors
technically if you win a ring it counts lmao
>>69254135
I think Durant has seen how things turned favorable for LeBron and think the hate he will get from this move will be quited after they win one or two.
However LeBron is a top 5 GOAT and KD is just another run of the mill hall of famer who will be remembered as just a piece in what ever titles he wins with GSW.
Celtics or OKC would have been much better choice and a single ringe for either of them would have been better for his personal legacy
if the thunder smart they trade russell westbrook ass b4 trade deadline cause that nigga gone next year anyways
>>69254256
>westbrook and rose on the same team
are you for serious
>>69252238
and put all of OKC on suicidewatch
>>69254360
Rose is shit old and injured. They will ditch him after this season.
>>69254328
Honestly I disagree, obviously kd won't have the legacy LeBron has but he's at risk of being a nearly man by staying at okc or going to the celtics. If he gets a few rings at the warriors and is possibly a part of an all time great team of which both are possibilities... Pretty... Pretty, pretty good
Warriors v Cavs finals for the next 3 years at least
>>69254256
Put that turtle at shooting guard then get meme chuckers
>>69253787
IT'S DIFFERENT GUYS I SWEAR
Stop fucking whining, you little autistic shits. He's chasing the ring just like LBJ and that's it.
the problem is this cuntry is so pussified no one outside of okc has the heart to boo him mercilessly. theres so many fucking faggot fans here.
fuck sports, i'm sick of this shit. the bad guys almost always win. why do i torture myself?
this season is gonna be amazing, Lebron's 2010 decision was the kick that reinvigorated the league and everyone's gonna watch the next season rooting against the Warriors
you guys are fucking stupid lol. every single loss GSW takes is gonna bring up the most incredible shitstorms ever. it's gonna be glorious, even if they do win the chip
Thank you, Lebron for starting this trend of over stacking a single team to win a ring. You truly killed the NBA. Lol at him being the G.O.A.T. A goat wouldn't need to do this.
>>69251513
question is, what are Lil B's thoughts?
>>69252181
>>pacers
>what moves have they made?
a shitload, son
>>69255305
he twitted that he lifted the cures
>>69255589
sheeeeeit that was the only thing stopping them
now that bogut is gone, the only cancer left is curry.
>>69251843
>garnett
Played for the Wolves, had to do it or else he was gonna retire ringless.
>>69252159
Everything he said was right
>>69252114
He was playing for a team that made the finals once and is very clearly good enough to win anyway.
Moves to a team that utterly dominated the league this year and choked in the finals. They also won the year before.
He's joined a team that could and has won this title without him and utterly buttblasted everyone this year (again, with one game shy of a title) without him. He could literally play zero games for the Warriors next year and they could still very realistically cruise to a title.
What a bitch.
What did he mean by this?
>>69254193
>pretending the bay area is a nice place to live
kill yourself
>>69254733
Dude, he just explained in detail why you are full of shit.
Lebron joined a shit team to chase rings. But say what you will, his team would actually have to play him to win.
KD could not play at all and Warriors would still be favourites to win.
>>69252181
Celtics
>>69252279
>>69252462
Been saying this all day. Durant doesn't fit GSW's play style.
>>69253948
KD can not, and will not play the 5 for GS. His beanpole body will get absolutely shredded if you try to put him up against Deandre, Z-Bo, Marc Gasol, Demarcus, Lamarcus, shit pretty much any 4 or 5 in the league.
>>69252114
Its not. Lebron did the same shit and now cav fans are false flagging kd.
>you now remember a few days ago ESPN bottom linme saying that durant was very likely going to stay with the thudner
>you now remember at least 6-9 months b4 that there were reports that KD was going to GSW when he was a free agent
i guess ESPN has a vested interest in the veritable carnival ride that is free agency, so they gotta toss in swerves and bad info so it's not just >LOL KD JOINING THE WARRIORS LIKE EVERYONE KNEW 6-9 MONTHS AGO. YOU DIDNT EVEN NEED TO WATCH OUR BS instead it's like "you better keep watching!"
>>69251513
It will. You just need to come to grips with it.
>>69253787
The Heat won a title just 5 years before Lebron went to Miami and won before Lebron's Cavs ever did. In the 4 years in between, they went to the playoffs 3 times. It is not different.
>>69251513
This happens all the fucking time in sports. Stop crying.
If the Lakers didn't win a championship in Kobe's first 9 seasons, he would have been gone too.
>>69256460
Nobody is complaining that he left. They're complaining about where he went to.
>>69252181
Oh fuck you, you fucking retarded faggot.
Lebron went to like a 40 win team. Durant is going to a 73 win team that's been in back-to-back finals, has won a championship in the last 2 years, has the last 2 years MVP, and has the most depth of any other team in the NBA.
This is like fucking Cam Newton going to Denver after losing in the Superb Owl. That's how stupid and bitchmode this move is.
>>69256473
That's significantly more fucking retarded. The only people who have a right to bitch are Thunder fans.
And I'm hard just thinking about the level of schadenfreude Sonics fans must be feeling.
>>69256503
I bet you were one of the ones bitching when Lebron went to Miami. Actually, scratch that, you're probably too young to remember.
>>69256495
Stay mad
>>69256516
I don't care about Lebron, the Heat, or the Cavs. He was a free agent and it was his decision on where he wanted to go, just like every other free agent in sports history. Get over it you salty nigger.
>>69251513
Ask Thierry Henry if his CL medal counts.
>>69256516
Good job proving you don't understand the concept of free agency.
>>69256503
>you will never be this retarded
>feelin gud
>>69256539
Nobody said it wasn't his decision. We aren't saying he should be prevented from doing it. We're saying him doing it says something about him.
>>69251513
Lmaoing @ ur salty life
>>69251513
It's hilariously lame
The sort of move you wouldn't do in a sports videogame because it'd destroy all challenge
>>69256550
He has every right to do whatever he wants. However, I have every right to call him the pussy, bitch ass beta nigger that he is. Supporting his move makes you another pussy, bitch ass beta nigger.
>>69256567
No it doesn't. Only dipshits like you think it says anything other than he did what he thought was best for himself. There's a laundry list of athletes that have done a similar or the same thing.
>all these cavs fans acting like when lebron left to join bosh and d-wade wasn't the same fucking thing
>all these mad Okc fans that will literally never win a championship
>all these people calling KD a pussy because he wants to win and Golden State is his best chance
>me, a Pistons fan, actually ok with this
>>69256588
You have the right to remain willfully ignorant about the fundamental nature of professional sports in the collective bargaining era.
Stop making lebron likable america
>>69252114
Basically if Suarez went to Real
>>69256628
Stop losing to Dentists
>>69256611
Jokelahoma fans can be mad because they'll be rebuilding next season. But are cavfags mad? Their team is literally Frankenstein's monster in terms of them overpaying players and being in the cap for several seasons because Lebron needed one for da land to save his legacy. The irony must be lost on them
>>69256646
Kek
So why not get rid of free agency all together? Because that's pretty much the argument being made by tons of people here. In that case, players are presumed to be lifers unless the team actively decides to trade them away.
>>69256447
Oh please, this is the equivalent of LeBron joining the Spurs after his Cavs were swept
>>69256646
They literally can't even if they wanted.
>>69256618
You keep trying to act smart but you're really not senpai. He got beat by the team and he went to join them. He could've gotten paid more elsewhere, so it's not about money. He had a good chance of beating the Warriors this year if he and Westbrick played better, it's not like he was on a perennial loser like the Cavs.
Instead, he tucked his tail between his legs and went to the Warriors because he doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to tough it out and win a ring himself. He has to join forces with a top 2 team, when he's already on the third best team, in order to chase rings.
He is, by all definitions, a bitch nigger.
>>69256604
Name one athlete that has done something similar where something similar means a top 3 player in the league going to a team that has 3 all stars and just broke the record for season wins. No, no athlete ever had done that.
>>69252768
They signed Zaza Pachulia and are bringing back Ezeli
>>69256664
People aren't upset at him leaving, OKC aren't exactly that well liked anyway.
They're upset that he looked at all of the options avaliable and picked the comically easy one
LITERALLY the only people defending DurCANT are Durant nuthuggers, Curry nuthuggers, and GSW bandwagoners.
Guess the bandwagoners didn't have time to find a new team after GSW got swept in 7. They were still around by the time DurCANT joined up.
>>69256675
You can tell by the discussion around this topic and the athletes themselves doing this that the spirit of competition is on life support. I've literally became a fan of divegrass after I was told the EPL is the only tournament left that has the more than 4 teams each year likely to win the championship.
>>69256664
Well free agency saved lebrons legacy so good luck convincing any of the nut riders here of that.
>>69256675
So he shouldn't go where he's most likely to win and most wants to be... got it.
Fucking lynch yourself.
>>69252114
>Lost a 3-1 series lead to warriors
>joins them 3 months after
>a team that goes 73-9
People hated Lebron for leaving the Cavs to go to the Heat but this is literally 100* worse
Lebron would've never left a team like OKC where there's a God Westbrook and a good roster+management and Heat was nowhere near as good as the Warrior right now
This is literally worse than Real Madrid stacking their team
>>69256697
That happens literally every year in sports leagues around the world.
It's not an embarrassment to sports, just an embarrassment to him.
>>69256819
> I'm 5 years old and I don't understand sports
That's you.
Reminder that the only people in any position to be mad about this are Thunder fans.
>>69256867
Top-tier players go to top-tier teams during free agency in every sport every year. The rest is just happenstance. You're literally arguing that no player should ever be allowed to go to a front-runner team in free agency.
>>69256833
sports leagues all around the world aren't designed like the nba
Outside of America you rarely even see big free agency/free transfer moves and even when they do happen it makes less impact than in a game which is only 5v5
And seriously name me a top soccer player who has chosen to move to the champions league runners up of that year on a free transfer
>>69251513
Are you a Thunder fan? If yes, then fine. In no, then shut the fuck up.
>>69256933
> sports leagues all around the world aren't designed like the nba
All of the ones in the US are. And you see big stars move around (by choice) the European soccer leagues all the time.
>All these Warriors Defense Force shills
I hope your lack of post offense and rim protection, as well as Durant fucking up your chemistry and shooting options, gets you knocked out of the playoffs in the first round.
>>69256933
This is unprecedented. You can't find a similar example to this and nu-male fans will defend this decision regardless.
>>69256972
This entire thread is anti-Durant-decision vs pro-Durant-decision vs neutral-Durant-decision. The Warriors have barely even been mentioned.
>>69257025
A free agent going to a front-runner team is not unprecedented. All the rest is just coincidence.
>>69257031
The majority of people who would be for his decision are Warriors fans.
1+1=2
>>69257055
Still waiting for that example of an MVP in his prime joining another prime MVP and his GOAT team...
>>69257031
I'm not a Warriorsfag but he's free to do whatever the fuck he wants, he doesn't owe OKC anything after giving them several good seasons
>>69256900
There is a difference between top-tier and historic-tier. Acknowledge that.
>>69257058
The VAST majority of people who are against the decision aren't Thunder fans and therefore, their opinions are wholly irrelevant.
>>69257071
You'll be waiting a long time because it has never happened and it proves him wrong so he'll just ignore it.
>>69251513
>If he wins a ring, will it truly count?
Yes. Base God already lifted the curse. There's nothing for KD to fear. Whatever happens going forward is completely on him.
Dubs gonna dubs. And I hope they completely heel it up and shit all over the league this year.
>>69257150
Some of us are Durant fans so we have thoughts on what it means about him and his legacy.
>>69257126
Those aren't mutually exclusive. They can join and/or separate over time.
>>69257155
I don't get it. Where did the influx of cucks who like super teams come from? Were these guys not watching the NBA for the last 16 years or so?
>>69257180
No historic-tier player in his prime has ever left to go to a currently historic-tier team. If you can name one go for it. If not stop acting like this happens regularly. It does not. It has never happened. Not once.
>>69257175
If you're a fan of a player first and team second, then you by definition can't be primarily upset about which jersey they happen to wear.
>>69251513
KD confirmed for GOAT
>>69257197
It's not an influx. I think it's just one or two trolls.
>>69257155
Are you too fucking stupid to not understand that there are 2 layers to this? Rhetorical question: the answer is yes.
>>69255921
he said don't join heat or lakers, join warriors
>>69257197
The NBA is by a wide margin the worst major team sports league (and team sport) played in the US.
>>69257214
If you're a fan of a particular player you can certainly be upset over which team they choose to play for over every other team in the league.
>>69257230
Why not just admit you've never been on /sp/ before or followed sports at all? All of the most well known teams in every sport got that way as the result of success and bandwagoning.
>>69257277
Only as a secondary thing. You're either a fan of a team first or a fan of a player first. It can't be both simultaneously.
>>69257305
You're still not recognizing the two layers you illiterate fucking nigger.
>>69257208
And? Why does that make it not allowed? Or why is that objectively worse?
You're really just representing your emotions as fact here, which just doesn't make sense.
Is this the only man that can ruin the golden state season?
>>69257384
>Congratulations, you have been nominated for ignoramus of 2016 for /sp/. You will be notified in December whether you have won the award.
>>69257208
Ronaldo going from ManU to Real Madrid.
>>69257428
Answer the question, shitstain. All you've done is claim that your own personal butthurt is a concrete, universally applicable truth.
>>69257384
>Why does that make it not allowed?
It is allowed, no one saying KD broke the rules. Its a bitch move is what everyone is saying.
Man, this is fucking disgusting. Most embarassing move in the NBA's history. I always thought he was a fake bitch, especially with shit talking the media and that recent season he got a bunch of Tech to show he's 'hard'.
Fuck KD, fuck GSW, fuck Kikes, fuck the NBA right now. And I forgot how good the beat for this is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQ2mjkvYY8
>>69257495
Then you need to answer the second question.
haha, i didn't think he'd actually go to the warriors.
this is the new era of basketball player, a trend started by lebron/wade/bosh conspiring to play together in miami.
the avengers-ication of the league.
why fight each other when it's more fun to team up.
a once in a generation cap anomaly makes amassing a super-team possible, why not enjoy the ride. it'll all be over in 3-4 years then max contracts are as crippling as they were designed to be.
Kek, wasn't the entire reason Boston got Al Horford was because him and KD were mates and Boston hoped that will land KD? The fuck are they gonna do now.
So.. NBA has 2 (TWO) Contenders this season:
GSW
Cavaliers
>inb4 Spurdoras think Kawhi and Aldridge with Popovich is a contender against GSW.
NBA is absolutely fucked for a few years. Good thing Lebron is a fucking God or this would be the worst season in history, no question. What a fucking joke.
>>69257514
>why is that objectively worse?
Its worse because it means there's less competition. Pretty simple really.
so much salt
>>69257456
I second this. United was excellent while Ronaldo was there and had won a Champion's League title and 3 Premier League titles. They lost the CL final in '09 and Ronaldo went to Real Madrid the next season, a team which had already won a few La Liga titles in the years running up to his going there, and then went on to win the La Liga title and to CL titles after he got there, all while being contenders for both titles before he got there.
>>69257590
That's a possibility with every free agent signing.
>>69257635
Yeah, like when Hibbert signed with the Lakers. What a game changer that was
>>69257660
Every single time there is a top-tier name free agent, the risk for decreased competition exists. Individual players don't care about competitive balance, the league does (and only sort of).
>>69257590
Is it KDs job to ensure parity in the NBA?
No, you fucking imbecile.
Its KDs job to do whatever the fuck he thinks is important. If he wants to win, then the logical choice is to go to the team that gives him the highest chance of success. How is it possible that you can operate a computer but are unable to grasp this simple concept?
>>69257590
Players don't give a single fuck about parity.
>>69257580
lose to the pacers or cavs in the playoffs, draft one of the "can't miss" prospects between 1 and 4 in next year's draft.
just delays their championship window by a few years, which is probably for the best anyway with the cavs and warriors stacked for the next couple.
>>69257703
>Its KDs job to do whatever the fuck he thinks is important
I agree. Its a bitch move is all it is. I don't hate him for doing it since he wants a ring so bad. How he chose to do it is weak as fuck imo
>>69251513
I guess not because a bunch of neckbeards say so.
>>69257824
There's a single way he chose, what he thought was best for him. That's it. Period, end of story.
>tfw all these nonathletic people are hating on KD now
lel get ready for that dynasty.
Lebron did the same shit.
B-BUT HE WON ONE FOR DA LAND LEL
fuck off, all decently talented players do it
t. 43 yr old fan of the Timberwolves
>>69257886
Exactly. A bitch move at that but its whats best for him.
>>69251513
So none of Shaq's rings count.
Why are you niggers so anally devastated about this move?
I don't follow basketball that much but it is to my understanding that the warriors are good and this player too, so what's the big deal about going to a team that can win a championship? Or would you respect him had he gone to the 76ers or some shit?
>>69257912
So again, we've established that you're represently your baseless emotional reaction as fact.
>>69257940
Yeah, pretty much. My KD jersey is my dog's bed now.
>>69252222
QUADS CONFIRMS THAT THE ZIKA VIRUS WILL MUTATE INTO A LETHAL VARIANT
>>69257976
The City of Seattle sends their regards.
>>69256819
>OKC
>good management
Pick one
>>69257928
Holy shit paco, nobody cares
>>69258235
They fielded a consistently pretty good team in an unattractive, small market without having an organizational emotional meltdown like the Cavs had a few years back.
>>69257914
The opposite actually. Kobe's first three rings don't count. Shaq was Finals MVP those years
>>69257504
>Lil B - Fuck KD (Kevin Durant Diss) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
>posting this after Based God lifted the curse.
Kill yourself.
>>69258137
It is my KD Seattle jersey. I was a huge Sonics fan, Allen/Lewis were my favourite players.
>>69258361
>mfw da Celtics troll the league and bring back the ship
>>69258398
>mfw Celtics v Cavs East Finals
>>69258270
This and other countless butthurt threads say otherwise, dipshit
>>69258423
Lebron vs the Celtics is what god intended. Hopefully we bring Pierce back on a 1 year deal so he can retire fighting him.
How do we stop the Warriors senpai?
>>69258492
The only way it happens is if they stop themselves. Just gotta hope Durant isn't as good a fit as people think.
you can only put so many star players on one team before egos start to become a factor
>>69251573
>>69251581
Y'all got issues,
>>69252222
Can't argue with those numbers.
>>69251513
Durant, you left your team to join the one that beat you in the conference finals, confirming what we've suspected all along: that you're a cornball brother. Gutter trash.
>>69257898
Thanks for developing bigman Somalia
Where will Towns go next?
There will be a big fucking asterisk next to it, it's like getting the best NBA players to go play college basketball at this point. Lebron and Westbrook are the only ones who can stop GS
>>69257416
dirk "touch of god" nowitzki
>>69255615
>bogut
>cancer
>>69254166
I am not going to watch next year. At least this year there was some chance that someone else won the west. No point in watching the same 2 teams meet in the finals for the 3rd, 4th, 5th years in a row...
>>69259905
>Always getting away with illegal screens
>not cancer
Well Im done with the regular season.
>>69257585
Yeah, because everyone predicted the spurs would come back to the finals again after 2007. Or the warriors would win 67 after replacing their coach. Get over yourself.
>>69252222
holy shit quad. pls let this happen god.
>>69256395
na i dont think so when the cavs won the NBA was at peace and then kd FUCKING FAG WANTS TO GO TO THE WARRIORS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
After seeing the warriors nearly choke against an injured Cleveland team I thought "they're a young team getting over their nerves from being in the finals" and that they got the hardest chip to get...your first.
To see them choke with 73 wins against the Cavs after GOING UP 3-1?? I'm really starting to think they don't have it in em. KD also had the chance to go to the finals and played like an idiot in the wcf final minutes.
Now they obviously have a stacked enough team to most likely win but I don't think it's a lock and I can't wait to see the potential NBA 18-1.
>>69256819
right thanks for the word of encouragement keep it up thanks
>>69257168
thank you finally someone agrees with me
>>69257585
thinking... thinking... what if Westbrook went to the spurs
>>69257703
but its not right
it's only ok to chase rings if you're old and washed up according to NBA experts. they need to be able to call you a choker and how you should have left your team years ago for them to be alright with you chasing a ring late in your 30's, they really want you to never win one so they can always bring you up in conversations of players who never won a title like how they talk about chuck and malone time after time for never winning one.
its disgusting how people hate on him for wanting to win, that's why they fucken play the game.....to win a championship.
>>69257585
Knicks as well if they all miraculously stay healthy until the series with Lebron
seriously everyone should just boycot the regular season and playoffs because it will be cavs vs warriors again if there isnt any major injuries.
>>69252222
very nice repeating integers.
very nice, yes...
KD is free to do what he wants. Chasing a ring, chasing money, whatever.
Everyone already knew he wasn't mentally tough
>>69261446
problem is he's turning the difficulty sliders down to rookie because pro was too hard for him
Thunder relocating from Seattle is a bigger joke. American sports is the worst place to lool if you want loyalty since jew owners relocate every 10 years it seems. Durant is just doing what the jews are doing.
>>69261397
> Cavs Fans
The fucking irony.
>>69257416
Bogut, Barnes and Seth Curry were really good pickups for the team.
Who /mavs/ here?
>>69261553
nah lad, bucks v warriors
>>69254166
You mean like every European soccer league?
>>69255942
Highest QoL of any major metro area.
>>69251513
t Chokelahoma fan
>>69261750
Relocations are extremely rare now and have been for a long time. There have been significantly more expansion teams than relocations.
>>69261767
lol it just shows how desperate the mavs are because no free agent wanted to sign with them.
bogut is gonna be injury prone and is just a foul machine. barnes is not a max player and will not be any better than what parsons was, and seth will not even do anything for that team besides ride the bench before getting released mid season. i feel bad for dirk, he's ending his career with his team surrounding him with shit.
>>69261767
Mark Cuban is a dumbass. Instead of trading Dirk to a contender and getting some picks and rebuilding through the draft he wants the mavs to be eternal 8th seeds in the WC
>>69251573
Would be nice
>>69252222
Pic Related
>>69261808
>trade Dirk to a contender
>Dirk already won a ring and is the face of the franchise
>thinking Cuban is that big of an asshole
>>69256848
>I can't think of a reasonable argument so I'll call you a child
kys
LMAO OKC FANS BTFO
We coming for that ring next year #dubnation
>>69261847
Are are very literally ignoring the entire concept of what free agency is and why it exists in the first place. Figure it out. Or kill yourself. Either way.
>>69261846
How is he an asshole if he trades Dirk for another shot at a ring? Not like he is gonna do it while not telling Dirk first
>>69261847
And your argument is what exactly? That players shouldn't want to give themselves what they think is the best chance to win?
>>69261846
dirk told the mavs he doesnt want to be on the team if they won't be contending for a title, which they clearly won't be. cuban should trade him to a contending team so he can win another ring before he retires
I like how regular season record doesn't matter at all until its support for peoples argument
>>69261866
>>69261878
He had three chances to eliminate this team and failed to do so. You would think someone who gets paid millions of dollars to perform at the highest level would have the gall to realise that it's pretty cowardly to join them. I understand he's doing what he thinks is the best, but teaming up with the MVP? Cucks like you are whats wrong with the sport. Enjoy your two team league.
>>69261896
Every single thing you just said is an emotional response and is totally irrelevant.
I can't believe people still watch NBA basketball.
>>69261906
>Implying emotion isn't deeply rooted in sports.
Emotions heavily influences where a layer goes in free agency.
>>69252222
PLEASE GOD
>>69261896
You mean like Moses Malone teaming up with Dr J? Or Oscar Robertson with Kreem on the Bucks?
>>69261918
And you aren't that player shitstain, which makes your emotions irrelevant.
Of course it counts, I saw the Bulls of 97, they were a mega team.
Ron Harper was a top ten scorer when he joined them and Scottie Pippen the greatest small forward his time. Plus Tony Kucoc the greatest euro player of his time. It is really no different
>>69261931
Just because a player leaves a team to join another one doesn't mean the circumstances are similar.
Facts:
>Up 3-1 vs WCF champs
>10-31 Game 6
And he chooses to leave it all, not even a 1+1 with westbeast for their final year together. They had a great team, westbrook, kanter, adams, man they could've definitely been back to the finals.
>>69252114
literally if you can't beat them, join them
not even lebron did this
>>69261948
So fucking what? Any team has the opportunity to make adjustments to contend and retain free agents. He gave the Sonics/Thunder 9 fucking years. He doesn't owe them anything. No player owes any team anything when they become a free agent. Full stop.
>>69261960
>knowing full well into joining bosh and wade would make the heat a superteam
>makes a whole tv special to announce leaving home team
>>69261960
The Heat won a championship coming out of the East just a few years before the Cavs did. Cleveland went to the Conference Semis the same year the Heat won in '06.
>>69261960
Dude, what? Lebron coordinated with 2 other star players heavily before going to Miami to make sure they'd all be there together.
>>69261961
Fair enough. Just sucks to see it happen I guess. How is no one calling out his choke job though?
>>69261960
I mean Lebron quite literally did so just that
The reason /sp/ thinks this is worse is because they dislike California and therefore the Warriors and because the poignant contrast between the cavaliers finally winning a championship with Lebron and the thunder and warriors choking within weeks of each other
>>69261988
It wasn't just him.
>>69262032
Lebron left a shit team that in 7 years only managed to put mo fucking williams, big z, and a bunch of scrubs around him. Durant is leaving a team that had the warriors beaten until he and westbrook choked, twice, to go to the team they choked to. It's much worse than lebron outside of the whole decision thing.
>>69262032
Nah you started watching sports last year, this is considered far worse because he is joining a historically talented team that eliminated him from the playoffs while being surrounded by ample talent. LeBron had mo will and boobie gibson. Also
>poignant
wow.
>>69261981
>>69261975
>>69261973
when did the heat beat the cavs
>>69262032
when did the heat ever beat the cavs
>>69252302
This, desu.
A ring is a ring. I understand people being salty, but for fucks sake, grow a fucking pair already.
The Thunders are cursed anyway. Good fucking riddance.
>>69262114
>Believing in curses
LeBron was always better than Durant lol. Been ruling the NBA since 21
>>69262124
I never mentioned Lebron, but now that we're on the subject...
What does lebron's cock taste like?
>>69262138
The guy you replied to did lol. Is this all it takes to be labelled a dickrider?
>>69262098
>>69262104
thought so
Can Pop save the NBA again?
>>69261767
Mavs got Bogut and Seth? they may have a chance.
>>69258361
>>69258398
>>69258423
>>69258475
Yall niggas know Celtics gonna fuck some ass this season, fuck Durant he could've chosen right, chosen wisely, he could've become a legend in B-Town. No matter, the resurgence has begun.
>>69262378
No. But his heir apparant Brad Stevens will.
>implying the Spurs won't win this year
m8 no worries, no cavs or gs winning this year. Kawhi will also win MVP this next season.
>Cavs win 2017
>lockout cancels 2018
>new cap renders GSW unable to re-sign Durant
>Durant signs with Wizards or Lakers
>Durant retires ringless
>>69262038
it wasn't "just" him, but if he plays like just regular garbage instead of a full blown dumpster fire the Thunder win game 6. He was competing with Dion Waiters to see who could sabotage the team more efficiently.
>>69251513
>>he won't.
>>curry is done. already had the highlight of his career. will average below 20 ppg next season.
>>klay is the only one who could go for it. (won't be enough)
>>definitely not happening.
>>69251513
na kd is a big fat wiener imo now
>>69252222
QUADS OF TRUTH. ITS HABBENIN
>>69252279
>regress
well no shit. there is no chance in hell they win 73 games again.
everything from here on out will go down.
i can't wait for durant to avg 14ppg. will kek into oblivion
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>>69251932
its called loyalty
plus u would probably shit on lebron for dong the same
>>69252070
i mean kobe is a dick from what i hear
so i understood why shaq left
>>69252114
long story short american fans value loyalty
What would the Warriors have to do this year for it to be considered a winning season? Just getting the title wouldn't be enough with that roster
I'd say they'd have to get more than 73 wins and sweep their way through the playoffs and finals
>>69252222
Oh boy this mememagic ride never ends
>>69252179
dwight's prime is long gone so who cares
but kd leaving the team he has claimed loyalty too
is a cuck move
>>69252223
no cricket is fucking boring
>>69252222
quad of truth
>>69252179
Looks like you're going to have to watch hockey and basebore
>>69252302
what world are you on people never forgave him for the decision and still hate him
>>69255921
idk
for some reason he thinks he's better then lebron
>>69256646
kek
>>69268929
as wizards fan i saddly have to agree
>>69251513
Of course it will count. Rings are rings
Now is Durant a bitch for leaving his very talented team in order to join the team that knocked him out of the playoffs and also happens to be the best regular season team of all time? No doubt
DeMarcus Cousin would have been a better max contract signing for thw warriors.
KD just doesn't fit.
>>69251932
>MIDWESTERN
Lmao, failed geography class I see.
>>69252222
Hate to rain on the parade but Zika isn't a STD. It's a zirus transferred by mosquitoes and is shown to only affect the unborn children of pregnant women or women that may soon be pregnant.
>>69274820
Won't it really have more to do with how KD fits into the warriors? The same things were said about LeBron when he went to Miami (rightly I think), but it turned out LeBron ended up being crucial for a title, not just along for the ride
>>69275211
Actually,it can be passed along via sex
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/sexual-transmission.html
>>69257585
The Spurs are a bigger threat to the Warriors than the Cavs. You don't beat a super team by going "hurr we got best player in the world let's throw him at em", you beat it by outsmarting it. Outsmarting it requires an elite coach and for all Tyronn Lue has done, a flower pot could have coached Cleveland to that title.
>>69275879
Not the same situation. Lebron left a Cavs team with little talent to join his buddy Wade on an average team in Miami. Nothing was guaranteed Miami would become an elite team. He turned it into a contender with help from Wade and Bosh.
Durant left a very talented OKC team who were one game away from going to the Finals to join a team that arguably had the greatest season of all time, barring a ring. He could sit out the entire regular season and the Warriors will still be an elite contender.
>>69276158
True. Also ironic considering Steve Kerr is the biggest farce of a Coach of the Year award I have ever seen. Tyronn Lue severely outcoached Kerr in the Finals
>>69261960
>not even lebron did this
wew
>>69276294
He's right though.
>>69276312
no he isn't.
>>69276363
which team did Lebron join when he couldn't beat them in the playoffs?
without knowing lebron would win in miami and in cleveland, is this the equivalent of lebron taking his talents to south beach?
>>69276424
No, because Lebron was the best player in the world when he left for Miami
Durant isn't even the best player on either his former team or his new team
Lebeta cucks honestly this upset...mine sides. Goodbye any chance of LeA/Cman winning another title.
Lecuck logic:
>LeDouche joins to two teams with a big 3, perfectly fine, rings count.
>Durant joins a team to create a big 4, and GOAT whining occurs.
>>69276389
Couldn't win a ring without non-chokers around him.
>>69276424
Ehhhh
On the one hand, LeBron didn't leave his best friend behind to join an already championship-caliber team that knocked them out the year before
On the other hand, Kevin Durant isn't from Oklahoma. LeBron was a relatively local guy on whom the fanbase placed all their hopes and dreams
>>69256054
maybe at the moment, but they just got fucking durant. He can carry half a team by himself
These are professionals that just got btfo from 3-1 up, im sure they'll make changes to use durant
>>69258295
guess lebron's rings don't count either
you know, steroids and such
Help /sp/ I was supposed to go out and look for a job but all I did was shitpost on /nba/ all day wat do
>>69261210
its a lock if lebron doesn't get any warriors players suspended
>>69276957
i have to do economics homework but all I'm doing is shitposting on /sp/ what do
>>69261841
are the refs talking to lebron in that pic?
>>69261948
canada in charge of being mad
>>69261960
canada in charge of forgetting history
>>69262054
just cuz its worse doesn't mean it isn't the same thing
>>69274519
does durant have loyalties to oklahoma city
last time i checked lebron left his hometown
>>69274545
shaq left cuz kobe wouldn't let him keep eating
>>69274601
lol claimed loyalty
keep being mad
>>69274906
lol wtf KD fits much better than Boogie
>>69276189
thats nice
its still the same situation
Does OKC's 'Championship' season of 1979 really count? Good for KD, go get your ring.
>>69254400
hes 27 and was playing moderately well towards the end of the season after he healed from the face injury
Just look at every one of Lebrons championship teams. Every time they surround him with star and superstar talent. He can't win without super teams. At least Durant didn't sign in the east or else Lebron couldn't just walk into the finals as always.
>>69255973
The heat weren't shit when he joined with Bosh to make a super team and he was obviously chasing a ring. Cleveland at the time couldn't put an amazing lineup around him and he turned tail and dipped.
Get Lebrons cock out of your mouth, faggot.
>>69256495
>Lebron went to like a 40 win team.
Yeah they only picked up two superstars to a team who won a championship less than 5 years prior that already had several good role players and up and comers. Totally different.
>>69252678
People seem to forget that would require putting KD in the same actions as they put Barnes, which isn't gonna happen. You think KD wants to play 32 minutes and be off the ball for 30 of them?
>>69251932
>Oklahoma
>midwest
Midwest begins with Ohio and ends with Nebraska. I have no idea what Oklahoma is but it sure as fuck isn't the midwest.
>>69256495
>GSW
>depth
Literally what, their bench got gutted and now they're left with a bunch of soft ass volume shooters and zero paint presence on defense.
he'll win 3 rings, feel empty inside, have a middle of the night move to oklahoma city, win won for da homa, and probably off himself
Why are people so mad at him? What did Oklahoma did to improve their team after that great season they which ended they losing the final against Heat?
Nothing.
He did the right thing. If OKC wants to keep in mediocrity, might as well leave and go play for a propper club with real ambition.
>>69256812
He could have won the championship with the Thunder this year.
>>69257608
literally could not be falser equivalencies
>>69251837
wilbon plz leave
>>69256495
>>This is like fucking Cam Newton going to Denver after losing in the Superb Owl.
Considering Denver's front office, this could be a possibility if Scam ditches Carolina. That's a pretty shitty comparison. A more apt one would be Carson Palmer going to Carolina, as a backup QB after Dat Bird got blown the fuck out in the NFC championship game.
>>69276662
>Needing 4 all stars to beat Lebron and Kyrie
>>69282529
wow brady, manning, or big ben in all but one of those
good competition you got there
>>69282623
you need to learn to count. Brees, Rodgers, Flacco and Wilson would like a word with you.
>>69282566
>needed to suspend to player to win a chip
>>69282646
and who did Brees, Rodgers, and Wilson face in the Super Bowl?
>>69261960
Its funny how Canada is more right than most of these burger dumbasses
>>69251513
>did magics ring count when he had kareem and worthy
sorry anon, but no one aspires to be charles barkley. even barkely tried to join hakeem and clyde and that entire rocket team
>>69252222
Witness
>>69256753
Nfl and mlb both have really good parity tho. Its just the nba thats a joke
why did i read this whole thread
i dont even know who this guy is
ive never watched a basketball game in my life
what is wrong with me
why cant i do anything productive in my life
>>69282707
>needing 2 of the best players on a team to be injured in order to win a chip
>>69279356
Why do people in this thread keep using shaqs ring against lebron? Youd have a point if prime shaq was still on the team. But he wasnt. It was a 40 win team
>>69282623
I know this is a shitpost but still
>>69251932
The only smart person in this thread. I could give a fuck about the Warriors, but it doesn't matter at all what he did. So what if he left the Thunder? He was there for nine years and they fucked up big time by cheaping out on Harden. They only have themselves to blame. I'm actually glad he left. It's hilarious to see how mad this makes all of you.
t. Orlando Magic fan
>>69282623
>While 47 clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, only six have won the title
Some competition you have there. There have been 15 super bowl champions in that same timeframe. Almost half the league
>>69256753
>epl
>parity
Pick one divecuck
>>69251513
>two players that just choked away a 3-1 lead on the same team
kek. glad this bandwagon will go back to irrelevancy faster than the xehawks
>>69251573
Second post best post.
>>69252222
Witnessed.
>>69283543
Lol
