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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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He just buried the defending champs on their home floor without the best player on his team. After being off most of the 4Q.

Iconic, vintage KD tonight. 

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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. 

18 hours ago, Leamas said:

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 9/6/2024 at 9:36 PM, Mo Horn said:

Did KD switch to Under Armour? I know his Nike contact expired. 

 

he has a lifetime contract with nike

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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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KD put up 31 ppg in the Finals that season on 55/39/84 shooting splits at 22 years old.

Within the next 2 games he plays he will become the 8th player in NBA history to score 30,000 points. 

I'm assuming Texas commissions the statue the day he retires.

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On 2/7/2025 at 5:55 PM, ztejas said:

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KD put up 31 ppg in the Finals that season on 55/39/84 shooting splits at 22 years old.

Within the next 2 games he plays he will become the 8th player in NBA history to score 30,000 points. 

I'm assuming Texas commissions the statue the day he retires.

KD is great. A lot of people want to criticize him for not being what they want him to be. They think he should have built a legacy as the guy who stuck with a franchise for better or worse. Others think he should have been like LeBron, building a legacy as an icon of dominance. They wish he was like Curry or Kobe. 
 
KD has made it very clear, in word and deeds, what he wants to do in his career. He wants to play basketball, at the best level he can. When the league was on strike, he famously went to Rucker to get a game. Every four years, he plays for the U.S. team. Why? Because that lets him play high level games in the summer. (I will always remember the 2021 Olympics- the first time a U.S. team of all stars turned to one guy and said, “We need you to win this for us, KD”. And he did). 
 
He has had two injuries that could have ended a career. He came back from both. His whole career, he has played more minutes per game than it would be wise to. For his whole career, he has sought to expand his game, his defense, his off the ball play, his understanding of offense. 
 
I don’t think KD is going to be one of those guys that retires on top. I think they’re going to have to wrest the ball from his hands and change the locks to the gym. 
 
What is his career about? He wants to play high level games and he wants to be the best in them. He’s not Jordan, with the drive to beat others. He’s not LeBron, with his drive to build legacy. He’s KD. He plays great basketball, when and where he can. 

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11 minutes ago, statsman said:

KD is great. A lot of people want to criticize him for not being what they want him to be. They think he should have built a legacy as the guy who stuck with a franchise for better or worse. Others think he should have been like LeBron, building a legacy as an icon of dominance. They wish he was like Curry or Kobe. 
 
KD has made it very clear, in word and deeds, what he wants to do in his career. He wants to play basketball, at the best level he can. When the league was on strike, he famously went to Rucker to get a game. Every four years, he plays for the U.S. team. Why? Because that lets him play high level games in the summer. (I will always remember the 2021 Olympics- the first time a U.S. team of all stars turned to one guy and said, “We need you to win this for us, KD”. And he did). 
 
He has had two injuries that could have ended a career. He came back from both. His whole career, he has played more minutes per game than it would be wise to. For his whole career, he has sought to expand his game, his defense, his off the ball play, his understanding of offense. 
 
I don’t think KD is going to be one of those guys that retires on top. I think they’re going to have to wrest the ball from his hands and change the locks to the gym. 
 
What is his career about? He wants to play high level games and he wants to be the best in them. He’s not Jordan, with the drive to beat others. He’s not LeBron, with his drive to build legacy. He’s KD. He plays great basketball, when and where he can. 

Well said. 

The aliens land and you have to give them your best 5 of all-time at their peak levels to save the earth. KD might make that team. 

Something wild that I stumbled upon the other day - his highest game score ever (which is like a rating of how good your single-game box score was) - came in the playoffs in that game 5 against Milwaukee in 2021. 

Back against the wall, team gutted, must-win scenario, POST Achilles tear he played the best game of his entire life. And then he almost sent the eventual-champion Bucks packing with another magnificent game in game 7. 

Weird legacy - he's had some tough breaks but also racked up a couple titles on an absolutely stacked Ws team. He's probably the most complete scorer in NBA history. Like you said - you'll have to wrestle that ball out of his hands. 

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I think he’s top five all time. I will argue against anyone who says he’s not the best FIBA rules player of all time- quantitatively and qualitatively. The FIBA 3PL is placed exactly where Durant would put it if he were allowed to choose. 
 
For such a great scorer, he’s different. Funny stat- Westbrook is the same age, and has taken hundreds more shots in his career (and probably missed thousands more). KD just has never been that guy to take lots and lots of shots. Oh, he will if he’s hot, but within reason. He is just always chasing the game, more than the stats. 

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