I Blame The Legalization of Abortion (Kevin Durant To Golden State)

[George Steele's Barber]

For Kevin Durant to sign with the Warriors. A person's right to choose has gone too far. He has no business on that team. That team is too good and he is too good.

I hope they have a chemistry meltdown, one far more significant than the meltdown it sounds like I am having in this post.

Discuss.

 

[OYDK]

Don't get why people are angry. Should he have gone to a shitty team just because they're shitty and GS isn't?

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Like every woman I've ever come in contact with I will tell you what they tell me: "I'm not angry, I'm disappointed".

I want the best and greatest players to want to be the greatest players. You can't be the greatest player if you share the burden of winning with a significant number of the other best players. It impacts the level of competition and turns sport in to exhibition.

Unless I'm wrong and KD is past his prime.

 

[SSJPhenom]

For those of you who don't know or who haven't been keeping up; Durant became a free agent after the NBA season ended. Long story short, he has agreed to sign with the Golden State Warriors and all the Warriors lost was Bogut, Ezeli, and Barnes (all of which have been worthless in the playoffs). So, I think it's safe to say that over night the Warriors have become far and away the best team in the NBA. For those counting on chemistry issues like Lebron had in Miami, don't bet on it. Durant plays exactly like the Warriors play.

So what do you guys think of this move? Can they be beaten? Will they be beaten? Is it good or bad for the NBA? Let me know your opinions.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

First thing I got to say is I don't blame Durant at all for this move, despite what guys like Barkley and Stephen A. are saying about this you'd have to be a complete fucking idiot to turn down 27 million a year to play for the top team in the league (like Barkley would turn down 27 million a year and a as close to a guaranteed ring as you can get because he's such a competitor). A lot of people are looking down at Durant for this, they keep saying things like "the LeBron situation was entirely different" and all I got to say to that is what do you expect?

Personally I'm not a fan of these super team signings that have been plaguing the league since 2008 with the Celtics, it's just something you come to accept over time. The only big difference is Golden State was already a super team without Durant and now they look even more so after the signing but it's just Golden State trying to stack the deck much like the Celtics did in '08 and Miami did in '10, whether were contenders beforehand or not is pretty irrelevant in my eyes, it's still franchises buying a team that on paper should be able to dominate and win titles. Alas that's the way the league has been going and Golden State really just one upped what everyone else was doing by getting Durant. I feel this trend started long before Durant, it will continue long after Durant and as much as I don't like it I either have to accept how things are or stop watching altogether.

I miss the old days where teams were built instead of bought (Golden State is ironically one of the few teams that did build instead of buy) and for myself it does cheapen when teams win titles to an extent but it's just how the league is evolving and its just one of those things you have to deal with. I don't know if it hurts the league in any way (probably not) but in some respects it does give a perception of the league being less competitive on the courts.

 

[SSJPhenom]

I can't sit here and blame guys like Lebron or Durant for wanting to win championship. Hell, that's what they play for. I think the way that the championship is won, though, matters greatly. I don't like super teams either when they're bought and orchestrated. What made me resent the Miami teams after the Lebron signing was the fact that he, Wade, and Bosh had been planning that move since the '08 Olympics. When have you've ever heard of players literally conspiring with one another to play together? That's what I didn't like about the Miami deal, but IMO, what Durant has done is much worse.

See, Lebron James left a Cleveland team that was actually better than the Heat team that he went to and he and Bosh helped Wade turn that Heat team into a powerhouse. Durant has actually, willingly, gone to the greatest regular season team ever and the team that beat him two years in a row in the playoffs to do what? It can't be to make the team better. It's to pretty much guarantee that he wins a championship. I mean come on. Does anyone think that given the chance that either Bird or Johnson would've went to play with each other? Do you think if given the chance Jordan would've joined those Bad Boy Pistons that beat him in the playoffs or do you think he would've joined the Knicks of the 90's or the Shaq/Hardaway Magic or the Rockets or Jazz? No. So if Golden State does win the championship next season, will it be a greater accomplishment then what James did this year in Cleveland? Would it have meant more if he won it in OKC or if he went to a team that was just one piece away and win it? You bet your ass it would have. Literally, what team can compete with this new Warriors line up?

Hell, 2K is going to suck ass now.

 

[Makaveli31]

People are forgetting another KEY factor. Westbrook is a free agent after next season. If you think for one second RW is sticking around another 5 years to be Robin to KD's Batman you are crazy. The writing was on the wall. As far as Golden State goes. I;m sorry but LD has the chance to become the best player in the NBA in that free-flowing, selfless, ball-movement offense. Harrison Barnes just got a MAX contract playing in that offense imagine what KD will do??? That offense fits KD PERFECT. He has a chance to win scoring titles, MVP's rings you name it!

 

[BestSportsEntertainer]

In my opinion, this destroys Durant's legacy. You don't sign with the team that beat you in the playoffs. Especially considering how badly he played in the last 3 games. He has left the Thunder in a terrible position. Remember in 2010 when he criticized Lebron for signing with the Heat? That makes him come off as a hypocrite and makes him look bad. I can't exactly blame him for signing with the Warriors, but it does look bad on him.

The Warriors are basically guaranteed to win the Finals next season. They have two of the three best players in the NBA (Curry and Durant) and two more All Stars (Green and Thompson). They already had the most talented roster in the NBA. With Durant, they're now unstoppable. I wouldn't be surprised if they at least 75 games. I honestly think 76 or 77 is a legitimate possibility. They already won 73. Replace Barnes (an average player) with the third best player, and the sky's the limit.

Obviously the Thunder aren't going anywhere next season. Westbrook can only do so much, and he will probably leave after this season anyways.

This also is a really bad move for the NBA because competition is at an all-time low. Can we just skip to the Finals? Because everyone knows we're getting the Cavaliers vs. the Warriors for the third time. The regular season is pretty much going to mean nothing.