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Durant to Warriors is all you need to know.
1st for big smelly futanari cocks.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/EJA669/history/20160704/2336Z/KFXE/KBKL
>Wade's plane is flying to Cleveland
BIGS IN THE EAST:
Cleveland
New York
Toronto
Detroit
Atlanta
BIGS IN THE WEST:
Golden State
San Antonio
[Power Gap]
Clippers
Mavericks
Rockets
Thunder
The East was way stronger than the West in 2016, and will now be thousands of times stronger in 2017
super teams ruin sports
>>69256721
>no pacers
LMAOing at u famo
John Wall status?
Who /50winsanda2ndroundexit/ here?
Reminder to thank based god for being KD to Cali
>parity
>yfw Danny got the best player in the draft
>>69256758
Imagine /sp/ during the 70s NBA era. Different teams in the finals every year. Fuck it must have been great.
Let's be serious. The Warriors super team was formed just to deny LeBron James G.O.A.T status. Probably a scheme cooked up by Jordan and Silver.
>>69256754
TYBG.
I don't care for the Dubs, but KD finally has a chance to win a ring, so good on him.
Gasol is going to GSW on Vet min
OKC needs to land someone big next year or Westbrook is leaving
They can try Griffin or Hayward
>>69256794
It also makes it possible for Curry to join Charlotte after his current contract. MJ is a fucking beast. Has anyone signed Seth Curry yet? I'll put $50 on him being signed to the Hornets sometime this year
>>69256817
Westbrook is leaving men, there's no way KD would have leave if he knew Westbrook was staying
https://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/750139050925973505
AHAHAHAHAHA
SIXERS ON SUICIDE WATCH
CAREER ENDING CRAMPS
>>69256817
Adams could make a leap
so could Oladipo
>>69256845
Except if KD just signs a 1+1 and Westbrook leaves next year when his contract expires then KD can also just opt out and leave too
Why wouldn't he just play for one more year? Because he wants to play on the Warriors and ride the wave like a cuck
>>69256854
they're playing it safe obviously
I have an idea for any OKC fan that is considering suicide. Not that I'm suggesting suicide, but if you were already planning it...
idea A: hang yourself with your Durant jersey, leave suicide note saying "I wanted KD to choke in OKC one last time." If you don't have one you can probably go to a thrift store and get one super cheap.
idea B: method of suicide doesn't matter, but leave a suicide note in the form of a riddle with "What do Kevin Durant and I have in common?" with the answer being "We're both pussies that took the easy way out."
anyone else think gsw are going to be shitter with durant? i dont see durant making the team better
should have gone to cavs for minimum if he wanted a ring that bad, durant would improve them
>>69256886
why would possibly the best pure scorer in the team make them any worse?
>>69256886
honestly it's going to be virtually impossible for them to get 73 wins again no matter who they have on the team so people are just setting themselves up for disappointment.
they'll be around 65 wins if i had to guess
Lakers?
After KD moved to the warriors I figured out that men are all selfish cowards.
I am not #with her and #mentallyhill
>>69256869
Exactly my point, why play another year and get cucked out of the ring again when you can win the ring instead
>>69256920
I am now*
>>69256794
>The Warriors super team was formed just to deny LeBron James G.O.A.T status. Probably a scheme cooked up by Jordan and Silver.
I doubt it. Even with KD, GS' bench won't even be close to the same this year, so they're still very beatable. The only question is who's going to beat them. It's a shame Tim Duncan is considering retirement, because this would be the best chance the Spurs would have of running the west.
>>69256817
>OKC needs to land someone big next year or Westbrook is leaving
The whole team will likely be leaving. It's very likely Durant knew Westbrook was leaving anyway, so there was no point in staying. I hope Adams goes somewhere good.
>>69256918
come back in 10 years mate
>>69256913
because the entire team complexity is going to get turned upside down, gsw aren't a team that kd just slides into
What can stop GS other than their plane crashing?
>>69256946
The bench is exactly the same minus barnes and bogut
>>69256886
Agreed. I think he actually disrupts that team. I can't imagine him happy as a catch and shoot guy. I also don't see Curry happy to be number two- it's bad enough he is already paid fuck all.
>>69256938
Because then it doesn't look as bad and it's not like OKC doesn't have a good chance to make the finals and win the championship. They are a contender.
Boston needs to trade for Boogie. Kings are pants on head retarded and would prolly take like Avery Bradley and a box of basketballs.
>>69256968
Currys ankles
>>69256968
an injury to Draymond Green
the team would get really small and really weak really fast
>>69256721
>East was stronger than west in 2016
Hahahahah what?
why is bogut going out reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>>69256973
Bogut is a huge piece, he was a starter for most of the season and playoffs
>>69256960
but he's literally better than harrison barnes in every single way than championships
teams don't generally get worse when a top 5 player joins then, you realize
>>69256917
I fully expect them to play solely for the post-season this season.
>>69256793
We get that in literally every other sport. Just watch other sports fampai. Watch NBA when you feel like watching sports entertainment.
>>69256968
Kawaii
>>69257011
What is managing egos?
>>69256699
dwayne wade doesnt have a plane
>>69256968
They were already a super efficient offensive team. Adding Durant improves that, but not like adding Durant to a shitty team would.
I'm not even convinced they'll be better next year. Don't know that Zaza is a fix for why they almost lost to OKC and did lose to Cle.
>>69256679
Where will Wall go once he hits FA?
>>69257044
backup pg for GS
>>69256993
Not him but it actually was. The west had two stacked teams and a bunch of dogshit while the east was more well rounded.
>>69257043
>They were already a super efficient offensive team. Adding Durant improves that, but not like adding Durant to a shitty team would.
There is a point of diminishing returns. They were already in peak efficiency. Any marginal improvement isn't exactly going to do much.
Adam Silver needs to eliminate max contracts right now. KD would never join the Warriors if some other team offered him $60,000,000 annually
>>69257040
KD clearly doesn't have much of an ego considering he just elected to join a team where he isn't even the best player
curry and klay might have to settle for having the ball in their hand less, but they'll be much better as a team because now there are 2 different guys who can score at will, and 3 different guys who you have to guard tightly so that they don't drop 30 on you
>>69256979
They are contenders, but they are not getting pass GSW ,if KD feel they could win, he would've stayed.
In any case Westbrook is probably going to leave next year
>>69257044
Pls
I'm not mentally prepared for this
>>69257011
maybe they will be better, i just dont think they will, durant and westbrook basically make their own shots, not even close to how gsw play
>>69256968
>currys ankles
>durants foot
>curry, durant and klay infighting because all 3 of them will need to take less shots
>spurs putting together one last heroic run
>Kyrie irving going to the next superstar level and lebron having another god mode finals performance
None of those are unlikely either. All somewhat plausible.
>mfw the league made salary caps to help create parity
>mfw english premier league which has no cap has more underdog teams competing than this rigged cuck shit
how do we fix apehoop
>>69257076
Max contracts are the reason guys like Lebron isn't being paid like $500 million.
>>69257043
>>69257067
Missing the point. Yeah he won't improve those 3-point bananzas but whenever the offense slows down (especially in the playoffs) then Durant's isolation skills can shine.
In fact, his isos will be better on this team because of the perfect spacing (no Westbrook and Kanter/Adams clogging up the lane) and Kerr drawing up clever plays
>>69257108
I remember some team in Greece offering to pay Lebron like 70 mil per year during the lockout.
>>69256946
spurs are better without duncan
>Steph klay iggy kd draymond
I honestly dont think you could construct a better 2 way lineup with the entire rest of the NBA. their ability to be efficient offball and with the ball offensively combined with their defensive versatility is just absurd
PG: cp3
SG: jimmy butler
sf: paul george or kawhi
Pf: lebron
C: boogie or ad
is the best i can come up with. Hilarious that that would even be a series and this is an actual conversation
>>69257108
Or even $1 billion honestly desu
>>69257135
>greece
>actually paying
kek
>>69257096
KD and Curry will be bringing up the ball
Klay will be a full-time catch and shoot player
Green will be Green
Zaza getting them boards
Warriors offense next season will be unstoppable. I won't be surprised of KD, Curry and Thompson are all sitting on the bench the whole 4th quarter
>>69257067
>peak efficiency
The allstar game proved that isn't reached until yoy take 50% of your shots from 3 point land.
>>69257096
i agree that OKC isoball is a lot different than the team play GS uses, but i don't think KD is a bad fit for the warriors' offensive system at all
he's as good a spot up shooter as any SF out there, and if they cut down on his ISO possessions and just feed him the ball a little less i think he adds a dangerous new dynamic to an offense that was already historic
>>69256879
you are considering it
pussy
>>69257120
I realize he improves them offensively, I just don't think it's by that much. There's only one basketball and so many possessions.
GSW with or without Durant has no probs offensively. Their prob was getting killed in the paint by Adams, Kanter and Tristan Thompson.
>>69257135
>tfw lebron wins one for da mediterranean
>>69257144
>any team with Curry
>good 2 way lineup
>>69257144
>Klay, Curry, Urant
>defensive versatility
lmaoing @ your life nigga, that's a straight dogshit defensive lineup, the only player actually playing defense there is Drayboon
Now with KD on the team, steph wont hit 500 thrree pointers next season
smdhsmh
>>69257166
I think about amusing methods of suicide all of the time, but I already know I'm not going to do it.
>>69257144
>Boogie
>efficiency
>slashed before AD
>>69257149
KD had tons of possesions in okc where he would be dribble the air out of the ball for 20 seconds then jack up a contested 18 footer.
Those are hard habits to break.
Took lebron a couple years in miami to change and even now he still often reverts to old bad habits.
I think you are underestimating how hard it is for a guy like that to go from okcs wesbrook and durant taking turns playing 1v1 offense and scott brooks hero ball offense to what gsw runs
>>69257189
Calm down there nigga. Klay is actually a good defensive player. He's the one who covers up for Curry's garbage ass """""defense"""""
>>69257189
Klay is one of the best perimeter defenders in the nba annif
>>69257171
But Durant is great defensively when he tries which is why OKC had no problem giving up Ibaka.
He still can't guard Lebron though. And Thompson will be hell like you said
>Free agent guard Seth Curry is finalizing a two-year, $6M deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources tell @TheVertical.
>Free agent guard Seth Curry is finalizing a two-year, $6M deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources tell @TheVertical.
>Free agent guard Seth Curry is finalizing a two-year, $6M deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources tell @TheVertical.
>>69257233
>Durant is great defensively when he tries
I heard the same argument about Kobe. Thing is, he never was actually trying.
Better get that ring this year Warriors, cuz the year after starts the TWolves foreverpeat.
tfw everyone is complaining about the GSW superteam and you're just here waiting for lebron to fucking retire
Which teams are going to beat the warriors during the regular season? 1st for the hornets
>>69257189
>Klay
>not an elite 2-way player
>>69256725
I agree. There are no players on your team that only you are a fan of. Those gritty good role players that you get to be a fan of because their your guys. Super teams fucking suck because everyone is a fan of your players.
>tfw the Knicks are finally starting to get good
N-N-Nike better watch out
LMAO
>>69257258
Kobe was a 12xAll-NBA Defensive Team player you fucking cuck.
>>69257149
>be dumb cuck ossy 14 year old
>add more good to perfect team make better team right? I am too young to remember the d12 lakers
I would say to kill yourself, but chances are something down there will kill you anyway
Underarmour and Curry blown the fuck out.
Warriors is Durant's show now.
>>69257275
And he didn't deserve even half of them.
https://asubstituteforwar.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/kobe-bryant-the-most-overrated-defender-imaginable/
>>69257272
Does that shit add like 2 inches to your height?
>>69257261
>tfw the wolves are the last great hope
What a time to be alive!
>>69257261
GET HYPED
So their new "death" lineup will be
Curry
Klay
Iggy
Durant
Dray
Almost impossible to guard, but they won't be able to rebound in it either.
Will the Chinese skeleton man play in the summer league?
>>69257258
Did you not watch the playoffs? Durant was godly defensively
>>69257275
and half of those were fraudulent
>>69257258
his footwork isn't great but he's lengthy as fuck.
but yeah, never gonna win DPoY or anything like that
>Free agent guard Seth Curry is finalizing a two-year, $6M deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources tell @TheVertical.
>Bogut
>Barnes
>Curry
Cuban trying to find his own warriors team LMAO
Now he just needs to get Jamychal Green and Hollis Thompson
>>69257272
I don't get what's wrong with those shoes.
I also don't get murrikans obsession with apehoop shoes, whenever I see the comments in one the NBAs instagram posts there's a bunch of niggas discussing shoes
>>69257329
maybe he can sign the thompson brother that plays for the dodgers lol
https://twitter.com/LILBTHEBASEDGOD/status/750006844953759745
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>69257329
Anyone else fucking hates Cuban? He's a horrible owner that wasted prime Nash and most of Dirk's career with his idiotic decisions and delusional to boot. The fact Dirk willed that shit team to at least one ring is nothing short of a miracle.
>>69257348
they're better than the paper magazine scraps you wrap around your feet sure, but they're ugly as fuck
>wake up
>check /heem/ and /nba/
>durant unironically went to gsw
FUCKING KEK BITCH, I HOPE LEGOD SWEEPS HIM
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>69257361
Fuck Lil Bitch, his team got exposed hardcore in the last finals, based god is a meme now.
>>69257313
There's nothing to rebound when you don't miss
https://twitter.com/WestinWood/status/750105915106299904
>>69257361
TYBG.
Durant is finally free of the nightmare. I don't care if the Dubs win another ship, but I want Durant to win one for Da Based God.
>>69257368
I'm convinced he's got jew connections at ESPN as he's not that great of an owner it appears and he got lucky as fuck in 2011
>>69257405
>what are defensive rebounds
>>69257379
>implying
They look like regular shoes, I guess monkeys only like colored shoes that shine in the dark
>>69257405
they still gotta get defensive rebounds.
dray is a great player but he's a very small 4 and they try to get by with him as a 5 too much.
Zaza makes their defense a lot worse, but he can at least rebound like a beast.
What did they mean by this....?
>>69257406
Dat butthurt.
>>69257281
>>69257281
Yes because Dwight was always going to work with Kobe, doing nothing but PnRs with Nash all season long in D'Antoni's system while battling a back injury the whole time.
I would say kill yourself but being an ignorant American seems like the life
>>69257329
i almost laughed but then i thought about dirk giving up over 70 million dollars in paycuts to help this shit-tier franchise
cuban better give him a "consultant" position with 5 mil a year for the rest of his life when he retires
>>69257439
i thought jim belushi was dead
if KD finally wins one after the #basedcurse was lifted itll just prove that lil B's meme magic was real all along
>>69257442
imagine you have an OKC Durant jersey, what the fuck else are you going to do with it?
>impractical article of clothing to donate to charity
>of no use to anybody
might as well amuse yourself when you dispose of it
>>69257406
>murrishoots
>dat music
>>69257447
>>69257415
Remember when Cuban blew up his championship winning roster so he could get Deron and Howard and got neither of them? If I was Dirk I'd be straight pissed for having to play under such a retard.
>>69257434
Maybe ezeli?
>>69256742
Just checked. Still shook
VERY EARLY AWARD PICKS GO
>MVP
LeBron
>DPOY
Green
>MIP
Schroder
>6MOY
Kanter
>COY
Kerr
>ROY
Jamal Murray
>>69257488
australian music
rekt
>>69257275
A lot of loyal Kobe fans would admit a few of those at the end he simply won by reputation.
Isn't Kevin Durant like 20-5 against LeBron or something ridiculous like that?
The Cavs will save us from this meme team, lads.
>>69257406
this is like the most american video ever
I'm pretty jelly desu
>>69257515
Kanter probably starts now
>Westbrook/Oladipo/Roberson/Kanter/Adams
>Payne/Morrow/Singler(Waiters?)/Ilyasova/Sabonis
>>69257468
>if KD finally wins one after the #basedcurse was lifted itll just prove that lil B's meme magic was real all along
I want this to happen, if only for the shitstorm that will follow. I hope he does it by beating Lebron just to drive home how powerful lifting the curse was.
>>69257490
remember when cuban kept jewing dirk into taking hometown discounts with the promise of using that money to get him talent
remember when he used all that money on literal trash
>>69257515
people hate lebron he's not gettin mvp, he lost it to fucking durant and rose
>>69257406
The water puts it out and it still burns.
>>69257272
>So it says here you have a new logo for this company, mind if you share it?
>>69257538
>Isn't Kevin Durant like 20-5 against LeBron or something ridiculous like that?
Based God curse has been lifted. Durant is finally going to beat Lebron, whereas Lebron has nothing to lose since he's already won one for da land.
>>69257550
Post yfw another memechucker wins mvp
>>69257538
Nigga is 1-4 against him in the finals tho
>>69257549
Cuban is a Dan Gilbert level of retard, I don't understand why he doesn't catch flak for it.
If Duncan is retiring then he and Kobe are going to enter the hall of fame together
Damn
>>69257406
>that music
AMERICA IS GREAT
>>69257538
Durant got royally blown the fuck out by Lebron when it actually mattered.
>>69257602
I wrote it backwards.
Durant is 4-17 against LeBron.
Pretty bad.
>>69257614
Because Lakers fans are retarded
Who will lose the NBA offseason and sign Dion Waiters? Will OKC complete their JUSTing and retain him? Or will the rumored Kings do their King thing and sign him? Stay tuned.
>>69257486
>>69257486
>imagine you have an OKC Durant jersey, what the fuck else are you going to do with it?
I'd keep it and be appreciative for all the amazing games KD played while in OKC. If worse comes to worse, I'd donate the jersey to the homeless or just sell it. I wouldn't waste my money like an over-emotional little bitch, because some guy who makes millions decided to fuck off to a team he was capable of winning a ring with.
>>69256725
Then ban Free Agency
>>69257406
Based America.
Brings a tear to my eye on our Independence Day.
>>69256987
Still overpaying. Trade them Scal and the box of basketballs. They'll take it.
Sure he's not played in years but eh. Suit up the Red Mamba once again
>>69257653
Kings don't have anymore cap space so they can't sign Dion
Durant pulled a bitch move that was a million times worse than Lebron's decision. At least Lebron had a legitimate excuse in the fact the Cavs roster was utter dogshit, but Durant bailed on a stacked team. I hope Westbrook rapes that meme team in the playoffs now.
Is Wade leaving?
>>69257656
>I'd keep it and be appreciative for all the amazing games KD played while in OKC.
sort of like some monument to failure?
sounds like a cuck mentality
>thank you mister millionaire athlete for deigning our town fit to play in for a handful of years so you can dick us around at the start of free agency and not find somebody to replace you
from the sounds of it Westbrook has known for a few days and he already made this decision before the blowjob parade in the Hamptons.
>>69256864
Poor Olli thought he was going to play on a proper team for once
>>69257515
>DPOY
>GREEN
Has any other city like OKC had this desperate attempt from all sides to swipe players like this? I don't care that Kevin Durant left, I just want to know why it feels like the entire country is constantly teaming up against us?
If you aren't either or watching fireworks or ID4 on TV then please kys senpai
>>69257536
That and there wasn't any good defensive SGs in the West for quite a while, Kobe has always been a very capable defender but in his last few years he started roaming for steals, compared to his early career where he would lock down guys
how would this line up have done, if everything had gone the celtics way?
>Thomas
>Butler
>Durant
>Crowder
>Horford
>>69257728
It's karma for swiping the team from seattle
>>69257694
>Dion making more than the min
>>69257706
Doubt it unless it's to a nice city.
He might love Milwaukee, but Gabrielle Union sure as fuck ain't moving to Milwaukee.
I think this is more of the
>Wade: I'm gonna walk out this door and go to Milwaukee
>Riley: OK that's fine
>Wade: I'm really going, I'm walking out the door right now
>Riley: OK I wish you the best
>Wade: Once I'm out this door I'm not coming back, I'm really going
>>69257550
He lost to Rose because he was the "villain" who bailed on his hometown team and formed a supersquad in Miami, that's literally it. He's way more likeable now that he's back with Cleveland.
>>69256979
I'd be willing to dump Bradley, Smart, Rozier and one of the Brooklyn picks for Boogie. Might even toss on Young or Mickey if the Kings want to take a flier on either of them. Johnson or Jerebko would probably be included to match salaries.
>>69257746
it would lose to lebron in the ECF like everyone else
>>69257735
I just got some confetti cannon poppers (don't know what the proper name is) and released a bunch with my nephews
Fucking shit city we live in, no fireworks here
Fuck the 951
>>69257714
If they trade Westbrook that will be the worst rollercoaster for Oladipo.
Shit team -> elite team -> westbrook -> shit team
>>69257779
>dumping everything for a lockerroom cancer
>>69257759
He's joining lelbron again, super team vs super team
>>69257795
they won't trade westbrook, he's gonna leave when his contract is up
>>69257784
Raptors will get to the finals this year
You heard it here first
>mfw have to root for the Spurdoras next season to slay the Meme
I mean, I guess LeBron could do it again in the Finals, but still.
>GSW bandwagon already labeling Bogut the "weakest link" after he left
Do you niggers even watch basketball?
>>69257629
its literally australian music m8
>>69257799
Now that I could see even tho Cleveland is way shittier than Miami, but Lebron's family and Wade's family are close so Wade might be able to make that sell to his ball and chain.
I just can't see Wade going to Milwaukee in any universe. Shit ain't happening.
WADE HEADING TO CLE THIS IS NOT A DRILL
WADE HEADING TO CLE THIS IS NOT A DRILL
WADE HEADING TO CLE THIS IS NOT A DRILL
WADE HEADING TO CLE THIS IS NOT A DRILL
https://twitter.com/LullOnSports/status/750138079059509248
>>69257812
They HAVE to find a trade for westbrook
if they let both KD and WB leave for absolutely nothing that whole front office needs to kill themselves
>>69257406
>hillbilly hicks caring about apehoop
Do you guys feel bad for Westbrook? Must suck
>>69257751
They didn't want it. I'm talking about everything. Stock brokers always buy out our companies and move them. Constant concentration on our laws. If you saw the way Obama reacts you could swear he had a vendetta on this state. Every little thing we have is dissected and isolated in conversation and proclaimed as the only thing we have. Out of staters are trying to rewrite our history and dictate to us what happened.
>>69257826
>Cleveland is way shittier than Miami,
Cleveland is shit but Miami is the worst place to live in the United States, extremely low salaries contrasted with extremely high prices, 3rd world immigrants, high crime, full of uneducated shitskins.
Not that it matters to Wade since he's rich anyway though.
>>69257515
MVP - Lebron
DPOY - Davis
MIP - Myles Turner
6MOY - Jennings
COY - Lue
ROY - Simmons
All NBA 1st
Curry
Westbrook
Lebron
George
Davis
All NBA 2nd
Kyrie
Harden
Kawhi
Durant
Green
>>69257696
Durant at least didn't host a fucking TV special then boast about winning 7 or so rings
>>69257406
That's hilarious but
>being mad at a guy for leaving when your city/state isn't even his hometown
That said, i still want the memeteam to shit the bed next season
>>69257821
Spurs are the meme slayers.
>>69257843
Actually hillbillies DO care about basketball. Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana and North Carolina are some of the most hick states in the nation but they're crazy about basketball.
>>69257845
Nah he must be asking KD to make space for him
>>69257848
>Miami is the worst place to live in the United States
Not if you're rich as fuck. Miami is high class living if you can afford it.
>>69257838
if they don't get something real for Westbrook a trade is pointless, they're better off keeping him and hoping they can convince him to stay.
and by real I don't mean some stupid shit offer like Clarkson or Russell.
>>69257759
>He might love Milwaukee, but Gabrielle Union sure as fuck ain't moving to Milwaukee.
Not so sure, look at her last few faved tweets
>>69257821
It'll have to work the same way
Spurs give the memes a long fought 7 game series then Lebron has to finish them off in the finals
>>69257712
>sort of like some monument to failure?
No. Like an actual fan who appreciates a great player helping his team win games. Only an attention-whoring cuck would be so ass-devastated they would burn a guy's jersey, after he leaves, but not after he chokes away a 3-1 series in the WCF; it's especially damning considering this is a guy getting pissy when his 'team' was literally stolen from another city.
Fuck OKC and the faggots who legitimately care about people leaving that shithole. I'm sure Westbrook is on his way out when his contract is up and I'm sure fags will be besides themselves with fake disgust then as well.
>>69257882
Yeah that's what I said, Wade doesn't give a damn since he's already wealthy.
>>69257859
Because nobody would be watching that shit, Durant is a basic bitch.
Are the Knicks back?
What happens IF this team stays healthy, and yes I know it is a bif if.
Rose/Jennings
Lee/Galloway/Holiday
Melo/Lance
Porzingis/O'Quinn
Noah/Hernangomez
why watch anymore if you're not a warriors fan
First post that ends in dubs and a reply to this post is what happens to KD in the offseason
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>>69257920
He ruins team chemistry and Harry kills himself for real
>>69257919
Because the raps are winning it all
>>69257920
Career ending cramps
>>69257439
KD is in that pile of cancer for 2 scenes because he can barely talk and maintain his eyeline at the same time
>>69257439
you are the one who did this. don't lie
>>69257919
Because I'm a Cavs fan, can't wait until >we expose the meme again.
>>69257920
warriors dynasty
lebron wont win MVP 2bh he paces himself in the regular season now
it wont be steph or kd either due to obvious reasons
it'll be someone on one of the 2-3 seeds that overperforms. kawhi or paul george probably
>>69257838
they're going to try and compete for one more year with westbrook averaging like 35 ppg and everyone else shitting it up and will miss the playoffs
westbrook will then go somewhere else in FA, maybe san antonio or indiana or somewhere
cap it
>>69257920
Only the best, because the Based God lifted the Curse.
>>69257891
Ocho is real good friends with the Wades, and the Wades are obviously mad that in a FA period where money is getting tossed around to shitters, Miami had the nerve to lowball Wade. Even worse, Wade has NEVER been the highest paid player on any Heat team.
I don't think Wade wants to leave, I think Wade wants to act like he's leaving and hope Miami pays him. If not, I could see him leaving to go to a situation that is a a)nice city and b)chance to win right away.
>>69257920
Career-ending Injury
>>69257920
An hero
>>69257920
>>69257920
Steve curr talks shit and durant lays him out. Curry and thompson try to fight back but durant knocks them out ending their careers with severe injuries
>>69257920
Tears Curry's ACL while having sex with his wife.
>>69257955
meme magic begins
>>69257920
It's revealed he has severe depressions and hangs himself while at the olympics
>>69257901
literally every big player that leaves a place voluntarily gets his jersey burned
>Portland fans burning LMA jerseys
>Cleveland burning LeBron jerseys
it's nothing new and it's just catharsis for fans stupid/naive enough to buy into the concept of loyalty to a corporation or the mercenaries that form its engine.
Am I the only person here who unironically rates Wade higher than Kobr?
>>69257831
Even if he is it doesn't mean shit, he always hangs with Lebron during the offseason.
>>69257948
I'd love to see PG get it but he's not good enough. He'd have to take a Leap™
>>69257955
ayyy
>>69257920
plane crash on the way to the coast
>>69257955
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
>>69257966
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
>>69257823
Who the fuck is saying that?
>>69257955
>>69257966
>>69257977
Holy shieeeet
>>69257955
bazinga
How pissed is Drayboon, he went from leading the league in 3x2s now is going to avg 6pts a game due to constant memechucks, he went from sure thing max contract in 3 years when he is FA to shit tier 6th man wage
>>69257975
already took it in the playoffs desu
i don't think he's going to get the MVP next year, but i would be surprised if he doesn't get at least one in his career
is lebron really going to sit by and let this happen? COME ON YOU BALDING FAGGOT MAKE A MOVE
>>69257955
>>69257966
>>69257977
>>69257988
what the fuck
>>69257831
why would the cavs even want wade? He would have terrible synergy with the team. JR was a perfect fit because he's a spot up shooter that stretches the floor. Wade is a a ball heavy player that gets severely overlapped by both lebron and kyrie
>>69257838
no team will offer anything worthwhile.
renting westbrook for a season only makes sense if adding him makes you a championship contender.
who fits that description.
celtics maybe, but ainge would have to give up the nets picks. would he do that with westbrook on a one year deal? i sure as fuck don't see him doing a sign and trade with next year's max deal being even bigger than this year's.
>>69257975
A top 3 seed will be all he needs and its possible next season.
>>69258006
I would like if Drayboon left to form some Bad Boy Pistons tier bullyball team.
>According to a person who saw the text messages, Curry told Durant in a text message that he could care less about who is the face of the franchise, who gets the most recognition or who sells the most shoes (Curry is with Under Armor, Durant with Nike). The two-time NBA MVP also told Durant that if Durant won the MVP award again he would be in the front row of the press conference clapping for him. In closing, Curry’s message to Durant was that all he truly cared about was winning championships and he’d like to do that as his teammate.
biggest cuck in the league, what a faggot
>>69257948
I think it's going to be Lillard or Westgod
>>69258016
I assume Wade would come off the bench. He needs to do it at this point in his career anyway, he could run the second unit.
>>69257696
>Durant pulled a bitch move
This was mentioned a year in advance. People have been talking about this trade since the start of the last regular season.
>Lebron had a legitimate excuse
He left the team after promising a championship.
>>69258016
Even if they wanted him, they can't afford him.
They can't even afford JR, really. He had to take a pay cut last season.
>>69257706
Shes going to fit in great in one of my Dive bars selling 2$ PBRs every day of the week what's not to love?
>>69258034
Yeah, that's a fucking lie, Curry absolutely cares about that shit. Fuck, I HATE humblebragging.
>>69257696
>be wasted in a shit team and give everything you have every season only to lose in finals
>decide to move to another team to make them a contender
vs
>play in a top team
>choke/get injured every year
>team improves drastically, things are loking good for the next seasons
>choke again
>team becomes stacked af in the offseason
>decide to pussy out and join the super-team that cucked you out of the finals
Gonna be hilarious watching them swept in 1st round
>Wiggs dunking on KD's head b2b2b2b
>Zach dropping Curry/Klay for ez 360 between your legs 3point line dunks
>KAT torching Durcant in the post
>Rubio stopping curry to 4/0/7/11(TOs)
>Gorgui draining wet ass Js on Iggy
>GOAT Aldrich playing 5mpg to get 56 BLK% and kick Dray's nuts
>>69258006
>How pissed is Drayboon, he went from leading the league in 3x2s now is going to avg 6pts a game due to constant memechucks, he went from sure thing max contract in 3 years when he is FA to shit tier 6th man wage
I doubt he'll care, since he has to live with the fact that he's the reason GS didn't win in Game 5. That's likely going to be the driving force behind any compromises he makes this season.
>>69258044
>He left the team after promising a championship.
Well he delivered that championship now.
>>69257948
WestGOD
>>69258034
this is why curry will never be an all time great player
>>69257823
He was though; all their proper C's were exploitable
>As long as you had a body to stop easy lobs, you could slack off Bogut because no shot or offensive drive. Capable on D but by no means a good shot blocker or agile
>Fetus is garbage at everything except put back dunks
>Varajo is a bitch and also terrible
>>69258044
>he promised so he can't leave
kek
Hope KD pulls off a DJ
>>69257846
And you guys stole a basketball team. You're part of the problem goy, not the solution.
>>69258034
>biggest cuck in the league, what a faggot
sounds like the ideal teammate honestly.
>>69258032
>draymond
>boogie
>matt barnes
>delly
who could stop this team before their knees get blown out and their groins are kicked?
>>69258034
How can people buy into Curry's fake humility?
>>69258034
>Curry’s message to Durant was that all he truly cared about was winning championships
>compromised championship chasing meme regular season win record
>>69258075
>Well he delivered that championship now.
Which doesn't at all change the fact that he left his team and went and won two rings in Miami beforehand.
>>69258098
no it sounds like a liar who is willing to say whatever it takes to let a dark skinned black man put his dick up his ass
>>69258112
Shush, you'll spoil the narrative
>>69258034
>According to a person
Wow, very reliable source.
Also, it really doesn't fucking matter. There is some truth to that statement. In fact, that's kinda what I would think. Who gives a fuck, as long as you win.
>Biggest cuck in the league for wanting to win championships and not fame
LOL, what are you trying to say?
So where's the biggest remaining free agent taking his talents?
>>69257515
>MVP
Westbrick for averaging 30/10/10
>DPOY
Whiteside
>MIP
Seth Curry
>6th Man
Livingston
>COY
Thibbs
>ROY
Simmons
>>69258132
>Biggest cuck in the league for wanting to win championships and not fame
>LOL, what are you trying to say?
fame is all that matters, winning the max amount of money is all that matters
humbleness is for cucks and overrated, jordan wasn't humble.
>>69258085
That's not the argument you illiterate faggot.
>>69258065
>decide to move to another team to make them a contender
shows your bias. three all stars took a pay cut to play together, and great vets took cuts to join them.
if you hate one, hate the other.
if you excuse one, excuse the other.
or be irrational sports guy like... all of us are.
>>69258034
The only thing he gives a shit about is winning rings. Good on Curry, since that's all that matter anyway.
Caring about the media sucking you off means little when you don't win anything. If this shit is true, it's good to see that losing humbled him again. Now only if his family wasn't so cancerous.
>>69258133
he doesn't just have "no nipples"
they're concave
>>69258133
Spuds could be cool
>>69258077
>this is why curry will never be an all time great player
>statement says he doesn't care about that, but winning rings instead
lel
what were the writers thinking? I don't see how this is best for buisiness
>>69258165
Doesn't matter whether the media sucks you off, but it's pretty beta to not want to be the top dog in the lockerroom.
Lebron is the biggest alpha in the lockerroom and even the coach and the owner are his bitches. He IS the Cavs.
>>69258181
NBA needed a villain team again
>>69257891
>Seattle still anally annihilated
kek
I thought it was a bitch move but is it really? Bill Russell had like all the good players on his team and NOBODY ever says anything negative about that. His only competition was Wilt occasionally and Wilt scorched him every time but lost to team ball.
>>69258155
>jordan wasn't humble.
At the end of the day Jordan won championships, so he can be as cocky as he wants and allowed to bask in the media sucking him off.
Caring about the media, money, records and statpadding don't mean shit if you don't win at the end of the season.
>>69256913
Hero ball.
>>69257272
What are they charged with? Crimes against fashion?
>>69257063
>More well rounded
Cavs swept two teams and went 4-2 in semifinals
>>69258165
>Caring about the media sucking you off means little when you don't win anything.
If you don't want to be the best on your own team then you basically are a cuck riding the wave.
There's only one top dog who basks in the glory and everyone else is second fiddle. Just like only one team wins the championship and other ones are forgotten
>>69258124
>willing to say whatever it takes to let a dark skinned black man put his dick up his ass
the obsession is real
>>69258155
>fame is all that matters
>winning the max amount of money is all that matters
That is purely opinion based and you're not a basketball player, nor in the position to make such a statement.
is it happening?
i'm a bulls fan
how are we looking m8s
>>69258034
So curry is basically admitting he will take a vet minimum when his contract is up so the warriors can resign everyone for whatever. Wow is the league going to ban this shit or atleast remove the cap so it's not a joke anymore?
>>69258194
Well if Wilt said "Fuck it, I'm going to the Celtics", we wouldn't be remembering him in the same light
>>69258213
The 8th seed Pistons were pretty legit and swept the 8th seed Rockets during the season while the Rockets made the playoffs without a winning record.
Haven't been keeping up with all the free agency action. Have the Blazers made any moves?
t. Australian Blazer fan
>>69258194
>NOBODY ever says anything negative about that
Yes they do.
It's why nobody ever puts him top five or even top 10.
>>69258163
you really can't see the difference between the states the teams were at?
Heat weren't THE team when LeBron was joining them, GS are
This is more like if LeBron would've joined the 2010 Cs if they were way better and younger and at their peaks
>>69258188
>Doesn't matter whether the media sucks you off, but it's pretty beta to not want to be the top dog in the lockerroom.
Are you seriously inferring that Curry is the leader in the lockerroom and not Draymond? How stupid are you? Curry has always been consistent about not giving a shit about anything but winning rings.
A cuck would care about being liked by the media over playing well with his teammate.
>>69258221
>Cavs confirmed paying another 60 million in luxury tax again
>>69258241
WHO GIVES A FUCK BREH. KD TO DUBS XD
>>69258241
They signed someone but I forgot who
>>69258107
Hindsight is 20/20 they'll probably win about 60-63 games this year.
>>69258220
Nope it's reality based. Wealth is correlated with success. If Curry is willing to be a cuck then the Warriors are not actually going to win. He's going to defer to a choker in Durant? Okay.
>>69258245
Its what I said before - Durant went from being a potential top 15 all time to Bob McAdoo 2.0. A shame really
>>69258241
They signed Evan Turner to a shitty contract and that's about it.
They still have a bunch of RFAs like Crabbe, Harkless, and Myers but haven't resigned them yet.
http://www.strawpoll.me/10668281
Important strawpoll you bakas!
So what is LeBron going to do?
How does it all fit in his masterplan?
Why did the memeors sign KD? He doesn't fit into their offensive style at all. If they want another meme chucker they should have signed Westbrick
>>69258261
Wade confirmed for Nightwing. We're getting a fucking Bat Family in Cleveland.
>>69258251
I know Curry is not the leader, he's a fucking beta bitch ass cuck. Lebron is a born leader, he might as well own the fucking team. They should rename the city of Cleveland into Lebron, Ohio after he single handedly put that place on the map after 50 straight years of misery.
>>69258282
At least they didn't give Parsons all that money.
>>69258301
>I know Curry is not the leader
So you were only pretending to be retarded. Thanks for confirming.
>>69258279
You don't need wealth to prove you're successful. Actions speak louder than money. If they win another championship, then that proves they're successful, not the money. Just like what "Curry said" in that statement, it's about winning championships.
>>69258296
Lebron - Batman
Kyrie - Robin
Wade - Nightwing
Love - Oracle
>>69258291
>Get Kevin Durant for most likely 1-year/28M
>or give Harrison Barnes his 4-year/94M deal
>>69258321
They won't when you're a cuck who doesn't even have confidence in yourself. See the 2016 finals where Curry had no confidence in driving the lane and choked the finals away when the Cavs played physical defense and Lebron blocked every Curry layup
>>69256679
I could see the Warriors win 80 regular season games this year
Durant is yet another regular season babby added to their roster
I think they need bogut to be at his best and varejao to be way better than his best (or be a different big man entirely, more like) for them to win the championship though
>>69257796
I agree with everything he said except bradley.
I would never trade Avery Bradley unless it was something retarded like Durant for Bradley.
AB is amazing.
>>69257909
At the most the Knicks can maybe get the second round, at the least they're completely injured and at the bottom of the standings, BUT they will have their 1st round pick in a very interesting draft class.
>>69258265
Well, Dan Gilbert is one of the richest (maybe THE richest) owners in the NBA. He can afford to pay $100 million in luxury tax every season.
Some other owners are only worth $150 million (Spurs), while he's sitting at $4 BILLION. Salary Cap and Luxury Tax rules need to be changed to prevent a lot of this bullshit.
>>69258301
>He's not a leader because he's a beta bitch ass cuck
It's like you only watch basketball to suck lebron's dick.
What even IS a stupid contract with the new cap? The new vet minimum is going to be as high as the old mid-level contract. We need to see how everything settles before we start to decide what's a good deal and what's a bad deal.
>>69258283
i'm 100% unshook
he's a bitch for going, and it's fine that he's a bitch
>>69258301
>>69258251
Just look at it this way:
In 100 years time barring some OJ Simpson type incident LeBron James will be seen as one of the greatest athletes ever. People will talk about him in context of Jordan, Jim Brown, Willie Mays, Messi, etc. The third ring breaking the 52 year old curse against one of the greatest teams ever guaranteed that.
KD and Steph won't have that. They will never be compared to Lebron anymore, despite what Memior stans say.
>>69258342
They won't. They'll get off to a rocky start due to new personnel but they'll definitely be in the 65-70 win range. Remember Warriors started 24-0 and they barely beat the record by 1 win.
>>69258355
Ryan Anderson for 4 yrs/80M is an example of a shitty contract.
KYRIE
WADE
LEBASED
LOVE
TT
OMG TYBW
LEBRON BROUGHT HIS KNIGHT FROM MIAMI
KYRIE
SMITH
BRON
LOVE
THOMPSON
6TH MAN WADE
VS
CURRY
THOMPSON
DURANT
GREEN
ZAZA
6TH MAN IGGY
WHO YA GOT??
at least Timmy is retiring
>>69258350
Bron will take a paycut for wade, he owes him and they are bros
>>69258221
>hey wade, nike paid me a bill and i'm signing a max on max on max deal. come to the cavs.
>cool! i'd like a max deal too!
>well... see we kinda need you to sign for the vet minimum...
>loving every laugh
>...but nike's going to extend your deal and get you another 50m if you sign. and i don't have to tell you what that means.
>florida income, tax free nigga!
>florida income, tax free negro.
>see you in cleveland!
of course it's happening.
ready for the banana boat team in 2017
these are dark ages in the nba where everyone is forming alliances and 1 person can't carry a team anymore
>warriors can't even be the villain correctly
baka senpai, these lightskinned niggers dont know how to entertain
>>69258382
>Love
>not Melo
>tfw you draft the next big thing
>>69258155
The more rings you have, more famous you are, that's why Barkley is a fucking nobody and nobody talks about him
>>69258383
All I can think about that is picturing Duncan waking up, walking the dog, coming home, eating breakfast, then turning on the TV to see the news about Durant and immediately thinking, "Yeah, fuck this shit."
>>69258339
Aww man, you turned a decent argument into some ad hominem type shit.
>>69258363
Was making this point in the other thread. Its a legal move and a smart one too, buts it a bitch move also. Nothing wrong with being a bitch in today's league yet some are still taking offense to it, the nerve.
>>69258349
Knicks will be a first round exit in the very best possible scenario. It's more likely they'll finish under 500. It's a team of losers.
Leave Durant to me.
>>69258396
>1 person can't carry a team anymore
good.
>>69258370
Honestly Curry could threepeat now and people will still remember him for the monumental choke he did last season.
>>69258415
I don't know what you're even arguing, it's not an ad hominem argument. His lack of confidence and just desire to only win rings in any way possible is just him wanting an easy way out. He cost the Warriors a ring because he was so scared and tried to defer to Draymond in a crucial possession the last minute only for Draymond to pass it back.
>>69258233
they never take the vet minimum, but some stars in every capped sport take cuts here and there so they can have a better team. you'd think it would happen more often than it does, but dudes usually don't have the perspective and financial security to make that decision until late career.
>>69258410
Yeah he's getting too old for this shit
Atleast this way he and Kobe can enter the hall of fame in the same year together
>>69258281
How exactly is Durant worthy of top 15 of all time even if he stayed with the Thunder? Would you put him above any of these players?
>Jordan
>Kareem
>Bird
>Shaq
>Hakeem
>Kobe
>Lebron
>Duncan
>Magic
>Oscar
>Malone
>Barkley
>Dr. J
>West
>Wilt
>>69258410
I'm p sure that he just wants to do it in the shadow of the whole KD buzz
What did he mean by this?
>>69258443
>Honestly Curry could threepeat now and people will still remember him for the monumental choke he did last season.
Doubt it, since people are now sucking off Lebron since he finally won another ring, when people wouldn't shut the fuck up about him not winning before.
>>69256968
>their plane crashing
>He doesn't know about the disaster draft
>>69258431
I love how the most hated man in basketball, Lebron James turned into a likeable guy while Good Guy Kev is now considered the biggest bitch and a traitor.
>>69258431
Isn't the Servant like 16-4 against Lebron? How can one man be so cucked by the King?
>>69258420
>former MVP point guard who has been to the conference finals
>Scoring Title champ and all around superstar that has also been to the conference finals
>Tough emotional leader that brings players together, has been to conference finals
Say what you want but this team is not full of losers. The ire for winning has been programmed into the Knicks organization ever since Phil Jackson signed on. The Knicks can compete just as well with any eastern conference team as long as they can maintain their health. Thats the one and only caveat to their success.
>Anderson score 25 points
>Simmons 18 points
Daaaaayum
>>69258479
Lebron had some chokes in the past, but not 73-9 and 3-1 type of chokes. That's some 18-1 tier shit and while Brady might as well be the GOAT he will never live 18-1 down.
>>69258482
I've always wanted to see a movie about this, and I'm amazed one hasn't been made.
>>69258479
Lebron just beat a 73 win team after being down 1-3. He honestly deserves every compliment out there
>>69258447
It turned into ad hominem when you started judging Curry's character. I don't think he was playing scared, his plays would've worked if he were up against a different person. Lebron was playing like a beast and blocked his lay ups, but if it were someone else like Kyrie driving down the lane to block his shots, Kyrie would have fell for the fake, whereas Lebron was smart enough to stay down and wait.
He wasn't scared in that final possession, he didn't have a good look. If you were paying attention to the defense, he was being well guarded against Love.
I also don't see how lacking confidence and desire to win rings go together. The fact that he wants to win rings shows he has confidence in winning rings. The warriors recruiting Durant wasn't Curry's decision, it was the staffs decision.
Hasn't LeBron won every Game 7 he's ever played in?
>>69258467
Malone
Dr J
West
Durant was on pace to break 30,000 pts easily if he stayed in OKC barring injuries. Add to that another MVP, more scoring titles, multiple finals appearances without a stacked team, and hes easily a top 15 player.
>>69258483
>Good Guy Kev is now considered the biggest bitch and a traitor.
>caring about what people from OKC think
>>69258530
I'm a Suns fan and even I consider Durant a traitor cunt.
>>69258530
m8 i think he's a traitor and i'm a blazers fan
>>69258535
>I'm a Suns fan
Sure you are, OKCfag. Sure you are.
>Warriors beat the Cavs without Kyrie and Love
>INJURIES ARE JUST EXCUSES, THE BETTER TEAM WON, GET OVER IT, YOU'D HAVE LOST REGARDLESS
>Cavs beat the Warriors after Draykong gets suspended for one game
>RIGGED, ASTERISK, DOESN'T COUNT
FUCK KEVIN DURANT, fucking piece of beta literal trash ass lanklet...still cant get over it, any word from russell Westbrook??
>>69258522
No. See Pistons in 2006 and Celtics in 2008
GSW's line up is so unfair. Maybe Kevin won't fit in well with the team
>>69258553
I live in fucking Tempe nigger why the hell would I care about what faggots in Oklahoma think. Durant is a traitor, straight up.
>>69258479
Lebron did the impossible in an impossible situation.
Curry is never going to face a team that's supposed to be that much better than them as long as he's with the Warriors.
Anyone even remotely intimidated by the memers even with the acquisition of Durant is absolutely delusional. They're both monumental chokers and I bet they won't even break 50 wins. /nba/ is always fucking wrong.
>>69258542
>blazers fan
Your opinion doesn't matter.
>>69258530
he's not a traitor, he's a bitch.
joining a team that beat you, that's a bitch move. so is lebron joining miami
>>69258554
and was up 3-1
>>69258530
Everyone thinks that.
This is the biggest ring chase I've ever seen.
LeBron pales in comparison. The Heat hadn't done shit for 4 years before LeBron came to town.
>>69258568
>Celtics in 2008
There was no game 7, the Celtics won 4-1.
who are the eternal good guys of the NBA as of today
>>69258577
>I live in fucking Tempe
I don't believe you do. Back to the trailer-pork OKCfag.
>>69258583
shut your whore mouth, this is a legitimate threat to the league. our very loves are at stake! desu i wouldn't be surprised if new rules or policies are being though up of right now as we speak.
>>69258595
Lebron going to Miami was just a vacation.
thunder are winning it all this year
sabonis gonna average 30/15/5
>>69258553
>>69258592
>>69258610
Go to bed Kevin.
>>69258559
>>69258606
why don't you look it up you fucking ignorant piece of shit
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2008.html
>>69258609
The los Angeles Lakers, not even meming right now. lakes, wolves, and maybe the bucks/nugss are the only teams that are not trying to make super teams...we doing it through the draft
BUILT NOT BOUGHT
>>69258617
>Lebron going to Miami was just a vacation.
Keep eating that shit for Da Land.
>>69258606
>>69258626
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2008-nba-eastern-conference-semifinals-cavaliers-vs-celtics.html
Westbrook is going to win the MVP next year.
Now that he doesn't have to facilitate for a bitch like KD, he's going to go off.
>>69258609
Dirk
Literally the only guy
>>69258530
Cavs fan here, Durant a bitch.
>>69258609
Dirk and Duncan I imagine
>>69258609
chris bosh
>>69258554
>>Cavs beat the Warriors after Draykong gets suspended for one game
>>RIGGED, ASTERISK, DOESN'T COUNT
Of course it was rigged. That doesn't matter because Da Land won one. In the end, only rings matter, no matter how you get them. You're a fool if you think this multi-millionare players give a shit about anything other than that. Unless they have a massive amount of endorsements, they'll do whatever the fuck they can to win.
>>69258625
good...hope russell westbrook gets one for OKC, he's a real superstar in my eyes now. Loyal.
>>69258609
Melo?
>>69258652
>Cavs fan here, Durant a bitch.
Shiteaters needs not apply.
pretty sure this has been discussed already, what makes what durant did different from what lebron did?
>>69258666
Nice trips Satan, but it wasn't rigged at all. Notice that the refs were rigging GSW games the entire season and Draymond got only suspended because he racked up a shitload of flagrants, if the NBA wasn't spineless they would've suspended him for the entire OKC series.
>he doesn't think the pacers are winning it all next year
>>69258681
Lebron joined a mediocre team to create a super team
Durant joined a super team to create a giganigga team
>>69258681
the heat weren't already a guaranteed championship team, he was playing with his best friends that happened to also be pretty good, but the heat team was actually pretty bad.
he also didn't lose to the heat and join them right after.
anyways lebron was a bitch back then as well, i don't agree with it but he made up for it by coming back
>>69258671
this for me desu, i really want melo to win something
imagine winning everything in college and then coming into the nba and just not winning at all for the rest of your career
>>69258681
Lebron went to play with his friends, Durant joined a team that cucked him out of the finals and punches his teammates' nuts. That's the equivalent of joining the school bullies after they start bullying your best friend.
>>69258677
Gtfo of here, u nigger.
>>69258681
The Warriors are way, way better without Durant than the Heat were without LeBron. LeBron and Bosh going to the Heat turned them into a superteam. The Warriors were a superteam BEFORE Durant showed up. Now they're some kind of faggoty hyperteam.
This would be like Jordan joining the Showtime Lakers, or LeBron joining the Big 3 Celtics.
Will the Warriors starting 5 be the All-star starters in the West, considering the all star votes Zaza gets from his home country?
>>69258681
>pretty sure this has been discussed already, what makes what durant did different from what lebron did?
Nothing, since he's doing it to get a ring. Anyone trying to argue different is a bia dickrider who needs to kill himself.
>>69258681
The Heat weren't a good team until 2012. it was a best friends team that lured Lebron on promises for a potential dynasty rather than a dynasty that was already there
>>69258709
>seeing KD celebrate with the Warriors next season and not with Westbrook and Adams
fuck this shit man
>>69258681
Lebron went to a mediocre Heat team and recruited Bosh to play with them.
Durant got cucked by one of the greatest teams of all time and decided to be a bitch and join them.
And also, there was nothing wrong with what Lebron did. How he handled the whole situation was what was really bad.
>>69258681
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8t71_vKLi0
this is why
>>69258681
LeBron:
>went to a .500 team to play with friends because Cavs ownership refused to do anything to help give him support
Durant:
>OKC ownership falling over themselves to satisfy him (after fucking it up with Harden a few years back)
>Get fucked in the ass by a 73-win "greatest team of all time" when he had them on the ropes for 3 straight games
>bitches out and goes running to a 73-WIN team to literally coast into the Finals because he's too big of a bitch to make it there with OKC and Westbrook (another top 5 player)
Literally a bitch-made nigga
>>69258685
>Notice that the refs were rigging GSW games the entire season and Draymond got only suspended because he racked up a shitload of flagrants, if the NBA wasn't spineless they would've suspended him for the entire OKC series.
By pointing out that the OKC series was rigged you agreeing with satan, anon. Of course it's rigged to extend the series. It doesn't matter since Cavs won it all.
>>69258716
More like Jordan joining the Bad Boy Pistons
even if KD goes back to OKC, he will forever be asterisked...fucking lanklet. desu as a lakers fan i woulda rather him gone to the celtics.
>>69258609
sixers
>>69258681
making it a TV event was lebetas problem not what he did. also lebron was S&T'd, he didn't just walk for free leaving cavs with nothing like Durant just did
Anyone else think Durant would be a retard to go anywhere besides Golden State?
>start texting someone to catch up
>conversation starts well
>15 minute break before response
>suddenly realize I'm way too fucked up to carry on conversation
>>69258751
>(after fucking it up with Harden a few years back)
OKC deserves whatever the got for keeping that cancer as long as they did.
>>69258681
The only thing that pissed me about Lebron leaving was the audacity to have a nationally televised decision, but other than that it was understandable. Retard Gilbert failed to give him good enough teammates after repeatedly promising to do so.
What Durant did was leaving a stacked team to join your enemy that just booted you out of the playoffs, completely spineless move.
>>69258772
No. He could go anywhere and make that team a contender.
What should the Warriors have done?
The team has no glaring weaknesses.
Won one title, almost a second. Best regular season of all time.
The salary cap raises, and you have money to improve the team. Because of scouting/timing/luck, the core of your team is grotesquely underpaid, and you can afford whomever is available.
One of the best players in the league is interested in joining you.
Do you decline and sign Harrison Barnes to the max instead?
Sign Bismack?
What would have been a better use of the money to improve the team?
Guys, it's always been rigged. The NBA didn't just become rigged this season.
>>69258772
I was hoping for Boston and I'm a Cavs fan. Would make the Celtics relevant again and the East would be more competitive, not even mentioning OKC has no bad blood with Boston unlike with Golden State.
Wow, just saw the Durant news. Not a big NBA fan but this seems like a big deal. Maybe I should choose the Warriors as my team, would they be a good choice for a new fan?
Does the Thunder still make the Ibaka trade if they knew KD wasn't coming back?>
In hindsight Lebron going to Miami wasn't a big deal because of the way he came back and won the championship for Cleveland (To him it meant more than anything in the world). He knew that the Cavs had a losing franchise and loser behavior and needed to learn things so he went to Miami, basked in that knowledge and cleared his mind to come back with a winners mentality.
>>69258625
>4.3k retweets
>3.3k likes
>SpoortsCenter
lol
>>69258789
>The team has no glaring weaknesses.
Shit defense and no legitimate center / paint presence. Seen the last finals? Noticed how Lebron completely RAPED them in the paint after Bogut went down? Now Bogut left and they only added yet alone meme volume shooter with a mediocre defense.
>lebron went to miami to play with friends
>who happened to be all stars
>and one of the "big 3" from the celtics who cucked him in cleveland joined him in miami as well
b-but they just lebrons frends, they no super team
>>69258788
Yeah but his odds of winning a championship would still be much lower anywhere else. The Thunder were contenders for like 7 years and that didn't get them a whole lot. Why not take the highest odds of winning a title? And maybe even be a part of one of the rare dynasties in this league.
>>69258790
>Guys, it's always been rigged. The NBA didn't just become rigged this season.
Didn't you know anon? Its only rigged when /nba/'s favorite team (of the moment) loses. All this love the Cavs are getting is going to disappear if they don't repeat. Alternately, GS has been getting shitted on all year and still went 73-9 and lost in game 7 of the finals. I hope they go on a serious run for all the salt and (You)s these threads will generate.
>>69258813
There's an audio clip of him telling Wade if things don't work out this season they should team up again somewhere else. That championship didn't mean more to him than anything else.
>mfw the "N""B""A" rn
>>69258841
>all star
all star is not an indicator of talent or skill nigga demar defrozen was an all star
>>69258772
Isn't D.C. his home town?
>>69258812
Yes. No KD and most likely no Westbrook, you're better off just blowing up the whole team now.
Its really funny how people think Lebron made the comeback in the finals on his own. Do people honestly think the nba was gonna let the finals end in just 5 games? Just look back at the okc and gs series. Draymond kicked Adams in the nuts and gets off scot free. Take note, the warriors were down 3 to 1. "Better keep Draymond in there, we need this series to go longer!" (Keep in mind the nba is a business). He avoids suspension and its a seven game series.
In the finals Draymond got suspended after touching Lebron with his pinky nail or some shit, and it wasn't even called flagrant at the time. The warriors were up 3 to 1. "Better suspend Green, we need this series to go to 7!" Oh and also the Curry foul out for the first time in two years. The mvp, fouling out in the finals. Yeah happens all the time.
No overtimes, no close games, just blowouts each and every time. But hey Lebron did it all by himself right? Cuz he's the greatest. And if you still dont think it was tilted in Cavs favor, just read what Tim Donaghy (former crooked nba ref) said about it. He called what refs would officiate game 7 beforehand. Its sad that so many can't see this.
>>69258807
This. KD was bitching about GS's dick kicking and illegal screens practically the entire series, and not even a month later he joins them
>>69258826
you're the gm. durant wants to join up. tell me who you're signing instead. who in free agency makes the team better than it will be with durant.
>>69258850
You mean the soundclip from two years ago and they lost the championship but didn't leave?
>>69258681
Because it's only OK to be a bitch when Lebron does it, as far as /nba/ is concerned.
>>69258871
This. Quality post.
>>69258871
what was wrong with the officiating in game 7? they barely blew their whistles. it's not the refs fault nobody scored for 4 minutes except kyrie
>>69258880
I try to get a legitimate center first instead of playing franchise mode in 2K. I strengthen the bench. System fit is important, see the Rockets.
>>69258863
look at you mincing words.
tell me bosh, lebron, and wade weren't 3 of the top 20-25 players in the league when they teamed up.
Are people really surprised by this I mean it was on the news months ago that KD was going to GSW next season...
>>69258850
>There's an audio clip of him telling Wade if things don't work out this season they should team up again somewhere else.
That wasn't even the quote, and to make matters worse, the real quote was taken way out of context by people trying to find some hidden meaning in it
>warriors fans in damage control despite the fact they have a guaranteed dynasty.
Greedy Commiefornian fucks, I'm glad mexicans are about to overrun your shithole of a state. Just bask in the hate, why even try to justify it lmao
>>69257955
Here we fucking go
Praise Kek
>>69258909
2 of the top 20 =/= 3 of the top 10-15
>>69258844
4 WCFs seems like a lot to me
>>69258871
>In the finals Draymond got suspended after touching Lebron with his pinky nail or some shit
He straight up punched him in the balls, for the life of me I don't understand how people are crying about that suspension. Not even the 80s Pistons would be able to constantly get away with dirty shit like that.
>>69258909
the difference between the top 5 players in the league and the next 20 is huge. it's an exponential difference with each ranking descending
>>69256946
>>69256845
>Billy D finally makes the leap to the pros
>Takes a good OKC and actually makes them better
>All his players jump ship anyway and he's left holding his dick in his hands
Fuck this league
>>69258871
>the nba was gonna let the finals end in just 5 games?
>another the jews rigged cuck post.
>>69258939
if lebron did it they wouldn't of even given him a retroactive flagrant
>>69258893
Lebron. he made up for it, BIG TIME.
he took a shit team of jr smith, shumpert, dead carcass of RJ, varejao, BTW! also carrying the dead bodies of klove and kyrie to a finals appearance in year 1 he returned. then he took them back AGAIN, with klove showing up at the knick of time,.
>>69258841
>>69258850
>>69258781
>>69258747
>>69258744
>>69258723
>>69258716
>>69258711
Death of OKC, Rage of Kevin Durant, End of The NBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qOCx1hoXA
>>69258926
>guaranteed dynasty
not with daddy around
>>69258936
Does it? Well that's good for you I guess, but literally no one else cares about that. Why would Durant go somewhere where he would be a contender of the same level of that OKC squad that didn't win any titles? It only makes sense that he would go to the place that gives him an infinitely better chance at winning a title.
>unanimous 2x MVP Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymon Green is equivalent to Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh
Would the cavs have beaten golden state last year if Kyrie were healthy?
Keep in mind
>the cavs outscored the warriors when lebron was on the court but their offense was so awful they got completed raped when he sat
>lebron's offensive efficiency wouldve been more comparable to this year with kyrie there
>delly was literally hospitalized for playing too many minutes
>the cavs outscored the warriors overall in the first 3 quarters but got rekt too hard in 4th quarter+OT, largely due to fatigue
>warriors werent as good last year as this year
>people trying to pretend this team will be hated to make themselves feel better
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA this will be the most beloved team in history. everyone besides drayboon is beloved by fans and don't look like hoodniggers who will kill you (No tattoos, light skin). The Heatles looked like thugs, The Celtics looked like thugs, etc.
>>69258333
D-do you guys still have room for me?
>>69258959
>muh hypotheticals
The most outrageous shit I've seen Lebron do is flopping, punching another man's nuts is a bitch ass move and should get you tossed the second you do it.
The fact Draymond didn't apologize and even started joking around how he didn't do it on purpose after doing it REPEATEDLY was a fucking travesty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjeAMfW3RS0
I mean look at this shit.
>>69259000
Sure thing Martian Manhunter
>>69258989
With healthy Kyrie? Nigger they stole two games with fucking Delly in the starting lineup, of course the Cavs would've won. Like how is this even a debate.
>>69258989
yes 100%, especially given that the warriors crumble if they somehow lose one game that doesn't go there way like the 2016 finals.
that being said the cavs are fucked in the 2017 finals, should they even bother trying or bow out early to save the humiliation? idk if lebron wants to deal with this shit now. he was probably all happy he finally got one and now he has a headache for the next season.
>>69258905
Not saying anything was wrong with game 7 officiating, besides by then the nba got what it wanted: a seven game series and about $300 million dollars.
>>69258939
If the hit in the balls was so bad, why wasnt he tagged with a flagrant right on the spot? And Lebron trying to step over him before it was no big deal? Larry Bird woulda punched you in the face for that shit
>implying they won't do a redemption 2.0 angle with Oklahoma being gifted multiple 1st overalls for losing Durant and Westbrook and the two of them returning at some point to win a ring together
>>69259005
>ignore the gif of lebron flopping then going for Noah's nuts
>>69258989
Keep in mind Kendrick Perkins and James Jones played like 20 minutes a game for the Cavs last year.
KENDRICK
FUCKING
PERKINS
>>69258989
That's the worst part, we could be talking about the Warriors getting cucked by Lebron two seasons in a row but instead Love and Kyrie had to die and superhuman Lebron still almost pulled it off.
DAE think Durant should have gone to the Clippers? No one would have been mad at him besides Thunder fans so his legacy would be in tact and the Clippers would probably be the best team in the league.
>>69257751
cause you didnt go to games fampai
>>69259036
why would durant return, he has no connection to OKC besides they drafted him.
lebron is from cleveland and his family is based there as well as all his childhood best friends
>>69258989
No. K-Love would have single-handedly lost the Cavs the series. Also, Kyrie playing like a man possessed this year came from him being forced to sit last year. Lebron would have very likely been having a one-man show, regardless of what happened to Kyrie and Love. Kyrie and Love put everything in their souls from not helping last year to not be trash this season, and even with that it took Lebron going above and beyond and resting the majority of this season to have plenty in the tank for the finals. If they played the rotations from last season everyone would have just gotten gassed by the 4th quarter.
>>69259019
>Nigger they stole two games with fucking Delly in the starting lineup
This is actually factually incorrect.
>>69258871
You conspiracy theory people are the worst.
>>69259028
>that being said the cavs are fucked in the 2017 finals
Lebron owns KD his entire career, and we found out Lebron will also daddy dick Curry every chance he gets. So them being on the same team is like a 2-birds-1-stone situation for him
>>69258939
>punched
this is a very strong word for what that was. It was a very light tap, LeBron barely even noticed Dray hit him at all
>>69258638
...but that cancerous Buss spawn still owns the team.
Will they go 74-8?
>>69259036
and one of the owners killing himself, and one of the coach's wife dying in a car accident and whatever natural disaster will com our way this year and the economy tanking AGAIN.
>>69259091
as a warriors hater i hope so because someone will probably break their leg or arm
>>69259046
Thunder fans wouldn't have been mad about the Clippers
there was one team that would have made them mad. One, and it was the team he chose.
>>69259058
this.
>>69259028
KD literally can't play against LeBron. LeBron just bullies him.
And we saw what LeBron and Kyrie did to Curry.
I think it would be another good series.
>>69259075
>So them being on the same team is like a 2-birds-1-stone situation for him
That means when he's shutted down one the other will be shitting on him relentlessly. Lebron will need a shitload of help with Klay, Curry, Drayboon and KD all on the court against him.
>>69259082
>this is a very strong word for what that was. It was a very light tap, LeBron barely even noticed Dray hit him at all
Lebron flatout states he didn't even see the tape until his fat cheerleader apparently brought the situation up.
How much does the version of league pass where you pick 5 teams to watch cost? I might get it. My 5 teams would be:
>Sixers
>Timberwolves
>Knicks
>Warriors
>Pelicans
>>69259046
the clippers are cursed senpai
i don't believe in any curse in anything except for that one. clippers will literally never win the ship
>>69259053
>It's not far, but it is far. And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us.... So we didn't actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.
>>69259102
lol shut the fuck up, any normally functioning fan would be mad about their superstar player leaving to ANY other team
>>69258966
This was bound to happen. Durant/Superman was tired of playing the hero only to get cucked by Refball/Lex Luthor. The only way to stop the meme was to destroy the meme. He did this by becoming the biggest meme in the NBA. Now Golden Lord Warriors will be the eternal champions of the NBA
>Westbrook will never join the Spurs
>>69259084
idk i cant hate him bro, even though he's made mistakes, he has been making up for them, we got good draft picks with the help of Mitch. Free agency cant be fully his fault can it? i mean if the niggas dont wanna meet us, what can we do more? thank god he doesnt do the bring the celebrity to a meeting meme, i would kms
>>69259136
he should join the pacers
>>69259130
they would have been "mad", but OKC fans were mostly resigned to this happening even if they were just going through the stages of grief very slowly and happened to be stuck in denial.
but this is the team that usurped their position and just knocked them out of the Finals in maybe the last year of their window. This would be like Cam Newton becoming a free agent this offseason and signing for the Broncos.
>>69257191
funniest one?
>>69259111
the problem is they rekt the death lineup by having lebron guard draymond and switch screens while leaving barnes wide open. if it's durant in there instead they don't have a 2nd defender to match up against him. shump is probably their 2nd best option but he'd get raped. and even if he doesn't get annihilated 1v1 you cant leave him open like barnes when he's offball so they just have no way to defend them anymore.
>>69259118
Don't bother picking the warriors because league pass blacks out all national games and you can be sure warriors will be on ESPN, TNT, and NBATV every single night they have games
>>69258410
I mean with 25000+ points 13000+ reb, and 3000+ blocks with 5 rings what more does Duncan need to accomplish?
>>69259151
random aussie pacers fan da goat
>>69259062
>He doesn't know about the officiating in the 02 Lakers/Kings series as revealed by Tim Donaghy
>>69258101
I actually had an idea for Space Jam 2 where the aliens take everyone's basketball skills but since the thugs have no real powers they team up with the Looney Tunes to form the goon squad with Mike as the coach. Delly, Beverly, Draymond, Adams, Boogie, Barnes, JJ Barea, and you can even have JR Smith since Lebron wants him in the movie anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGUZmH6nYUI
Super teams are terrible because people counter them by making their own super teams. It's an endless cycle.
>>69256968
Only if there are no survivors. If that's part of the master plan.
>>69259118
>>Warriors
kys
>>69259165
probably the variation on the piano wire/decapitation suicide where I end up with my dick in the mouth of my decapitated head.
>>69259183
im not a pacers fan, but he would fit great there. They're lacking a PG
>l-l-lebron would never join a team that was good before, t-t-the heat were terrible the year before lebron joined them
Top fucking Kek
Lebron, wade, and bosh all planned to sign with the heat before lebron made his """""""""""decision""""""""""
Durant is literally doing the same thing the only difference is the two guys he's joining are already on the same team
Get the fuck out of here with this lebron bullshit
>>69259189
Did Verejao get a ring?
>>69259211
lebron didn't lose to the heat though in a pivotal series before his free agency
>>69258926
Why would the warriors fans be in damage control? You just said they have a guaranteed dynasty
>>69259201
How do you keep it from sliding out when your head falls off?
>>69258939
>punch
It looked like he was trying to shove him out of the way. If someone were to step over you, you don't punch them in the fuckin balls, you shove them away.
>>69259175
I was planning on using a VPN or something to get around that, maybe I should try to get international league pass?? Just not something I've done before since I used to be a ballstreams user before they cucked me
Why did Durant do this on 4th of July?
>>69259226
t. Mad Okc fan
>>69259191
this, they give up all their picks and money to get Btfo....which is why the nets made somewhat of a recover with some of the signing they made. which is why i think my lakers should try and move our shit bench asap for dank picks. possibly buy some picks too.
>>69259189
i know this is a meme post but Draymond is actually an incredibly skilled player.
>>69259226
>>69259252
he's right though, Lebron left for the keks.
>>69258871
Dude Curry should have been suspended for game 7. If your Cav conspiracy is to be believed then why didn't they suspend Curry or would that have been too obvious.
Yeah I get the NBA ref calling can be notoriously bad and part of a secret gambling ring but come on bro. Warriors had the prize in front of them and they choked hard because they didn't know how to lose. They spent all regular season having fun and winning and when the going got tough they couldn't win. Props for escaping OKC though but that ain't shit when refs allowed hard screens for your goon squad. And now bitch ass KD joins a team he was trashing on in the press. Goes back on his word about staying loyal to Thunder nation.
Bay Area is gay area. The mafia controls everything not the NBA that's just a puppet show for dumb asses to buy into.
>>69259118
Need some Giannis in your life pham
>>69259182
become king of his LARP group
Curse of the Sonics. KD will not ever get his ring.
>>69258373
Fair enough
I really think Durant is a huge upgrade though, the guy will take a lot of pressure of curry and Thompson
>>69258497
people are too quick to dismiss the knicks because they are the knicks. If that entire roster was on the celtics we wouldnt hear the end of it
Lord blazerus please aid us in this war the memoirs have started and lay a curse on the traitor of the BTC that is Kevin Durant
Godspeed anons
>>69256721
>knicks and atlanta bigs
HAHAHA
>>69258706
same thing basically happened to jerry west
>>69256913
plz explain
