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Durant is now a 14 time all-star. (he should have 15 but that's besides the point)

He ties Dirk, Jerry West, Karl Malone and MJ with 14. The only players with more are KG, Duncan and Shaq (15), Kareem (19) and LeBron (20).

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I just want to say that following this dude's career for 15 years now has been an absolute and complete fucking ass-whipping in every way imaginable and I'm so utterly exhausted from it it borderline makes me want to quit watching sports altogether. 

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He's over corrected his choice of teams ever since OKC was too stupid to pay some luxury taxes and keep a young core together.  It's been absolutely nothing but teams where management paid obscene luxury taxes to let him play with his friends at the expense of any type of actual drafting/development.

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8 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

He's over corrected his choice of teams ever since OKC was too stupid to pay some luxury taxes and keep a young core together.  It's been absolutely nothing but teams where management paid obscene luxury taxes to let him play with his friends at the expense of any type of actual drafting/development.

He's also just had shit luck. He missed 2 runs with prime Westbrook due to injuries. He missed a 3 peat with the Ws after tearing his Achilles. He likely missed out on winning a title with BKN due to injuries and then Harden and Kyrie just straight up quit on him. 

Now he's too old to be a 1A on a championship team and he's paired with a guy that's never going to be that good either in Booker. And he has a dipshit owner running things.

I think he should say fuck it and go full mercenary ring-chase mode his last 5 seasons. Would be cool if he landed back in OKC and could give Chet and SGA 20-25 a night.

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Durant has been in ring-chase mode for the past 7 seasons. It's easier to do when your market value is MLE and you're more or less fungible, but harder when you are guaranteed $105M the next two seasons at ages 36 and 37. There is no feasible way for him to land in OKC unless the Thunder give up at least one of their big three (SGA, Chet or JDub), and that is likely not going to happen. Maybe once he turns 38 and still has any fire left, he can give Presti a call. So there's that.

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 Brooklyn and Phoenix weren't ring chasing moves. Brooklyn had a collection of role players when he and Kyrie signed. He went out of his way to not "ring chase" because the shit he took for joining GS clearly bothered him.

Phoenix was a middling playoff team coming off an embarassing 2nd round choke job when the trade happened. 

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2 hours ago, Leamas said:

There is no feasible way for him to land in OKC unless the Thunder give up at least one of their big three (SGA, Chet or JDub)

OKC has a lot of cap space. They could do a sign and trade with a FA and make it work. 

What you're saying doesn't really make sense - Chet and Jalen Williams combined aren't even making half of Durant's salary. OKC has a fuck ton of draft picks - putting the assets together is easy - making the salary match is the more difficult part.

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You can't sign-and-trade a free agent unless he finished the season on your team. OKC's picks, including their own and the bevy of protected FR picks, are overrated. Look at them closer. The Suns aren't giving up KD for whatever mediocre haul OKC can cobble together this offseason with the picks, even if KD demands it and PHO wants to blow it up, and OKC won't do it next offseason for a one-year rental. This was a fantasy for a few weeks. They've moved on. Maybe the Knicks.

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18 hours ago, Leamas said:

You can't sign-and-trade a free agent unless he finished the season on your team. OKC's picks, including their own and the bevy of protected FR picks, are overrated. Look at them closer. The Suns aren't giving up KD for whatever mediocre haul OKC can cobble together this offseason with the picks, even if KD demands it and PHO wants to blow it up, and OKC won't do it next offseason for a one-year rental. This was a fantasy for a few weeks. They've moved on. Maybe the Knicks.

 

18 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

He needs to cut back on his salary a bit, head to San Antonio, and get another title with Wemby and the 2024 draft pick. 

Zach Collins, Keldon Johnson, Devonte Graham, a big bowl of menudo and a signed Jeremy Sochan rookie card. 

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You can't sign-and-trade a free agent unless he finished the season on your team.

Yeah I was wondering if you could even do that.

OKC would have to get really creative.

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In terms of luck, let’s not forget being a big toe away from nocking off Milwaukee in their championship run. What an amazing clutch shot that came less than an inch from being so much bigger.

 

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2 hours ago, statsman said:

I’ve never regretted being a Durant fan. The highs (2017 and 2018 Finals MVP and 2021 Olympics) are pretty damned high. 

It's been a fun ride. Just a lot of kicks in the nuts along the way. 

I would have enjoyed those titles more if it wasn't on the fucking Warriors.

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1 hour ago, Mole said:

In terms of luck, let’s not forget being a big toe away from nocking off Milwaukee in their championship run. What an amazing clutch shot that came less than an inch from being so much bigger.

 

When he retires, they’ll show this, along with the two shots over LeBron in the Finals. 

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On 10/13/2024 at 12:01 AM, closetohumping said:

He’s my favorite player of all time.  He’s at the Colorado game instead of the RRS.  Let’s hope he shows up for Georgia.  

The Suns played the Nuggets today, man. "Instead" isn't really accurate. 

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