So was it even necessary for him to sign with the Warriors?

Hmm California with the Splash Brothers or Oklahoma?

Yes it was necessary.

>>75049762
Yeah because Westbrook, Ibaka/Oladipo, Kanter and Adams are scrubs

Not to mention KD unironically gave up $80 mlllion to play with the millennial bros

>>75049762
>Nor Cal
>California
Enjoy your overcast days and shitty beaches

>>75049773
Ohhhh nooo waaahhh KD is so poor. He's practically on the streets.

>>75049784
Of course you're not rich so you don't get it

But an extra $82 million would've ensured generational wealth

>>75049811
oh you make more money than Kevin Durant? My bad

>>75049811
you have literal autism if you don't think KD already has enough money/earning potential to make sure the next generation of his family has wealth.

>>75049755
For him? He'll win a cuck ring that means jack shit in respect to what his actual accomplishments were
For the Warriors? Slight boost

Both parties "won." KD not so much though, he took ringcucks banter way too much
Retired jersey for your team >>>>>>>>>>> meme ring

Why so many apehoop threads? Don't you have a general?

>>75049917
Lol the ring means jack shit? To who? You? Some autist who whines on anime message boards?

Lol okay. A ring is a ring. Lebron Miami rings aren't less because he won them with Wade. You don't take 3 rings away from Kobe because he won them with shaq.

The only people who say the ring doesn't mean anything are the people who hate the Warriors, complain about Warriors, memechucking, people like you who just find something to whine about.

>>75049886
Well given that he's a nigger

I think the extra $82 million would mean more

KD wasn't even that important to the Thunder

They're still gonna make the playoffs without him

>>75050033
Go away /pol/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G-YXE4nVoI

lel KD is so fucking useless.

>>75050059
Yeah, he really only added 6-8 wins a season

>>75050140
>believing anything Stephen A. Smith says

I love these butthurt threads about Golden State, Durant, and Curry

Keep 'em coming, /sp/!

>>75050193
I'm a Thunder fan

I'm glad we got rid of the snake bitch. Enjoy choking in the playoffs again, you fucks. Nice to know that KD is $82 million poorer though

Yeah otherwise they wouldn't choke again this year, with Durcant those betas can easily lose in 6 to the Cavs.

>>75049775
It's like 72 and above March-October mostly sunny. This isn't Pacific Northwest dumbass. Plus I live in Santa Cruz and our beaches are fucking great

>>75050340
Yeah I don't see how the Cavs don't win it all this year. Apparently Vegas agrees with me

>>75050319
>implying I watch niggerball
>implying Niggerbrook can win a title by himself

kek if Iverson couldn't do it, that faggot sure won't

>>75050458
>implying Iverson is as good as Westbrook

GTFO casual

>>75050505
>Westbrick
>Good
When Russell , I meme chuck and choke in the playoffs, Westbrick carries OKC to the finals you can compare him to AI.

>>75051095
Is this what millennials do now? Go to the "muh nostalgia" argument?

When did AI average a triple double?

>>75051148
>>75050505
You now realize that the thunder have a worse record than the Utah jazz
That's fucking pitiful m8

>>75051148
When did Westbrick not choke in the playoffs?

>>75051201
Yet the Thunder swept the Jazz in the regular season

>>75051203
All of Westbrook's "choking" can be attributed to KD.

Losing KD

Thunder without Westbrook: KD goes 20-62 in 2007
Thunder without KD: 45 wins in 2015, most likely 49 wins in 2017

yeah, what a needed piece.

>>75051608
KD carried OKC to the finals having Westbrick as a liability with his inneficiency. When Westbrick averages 30 points in 1 postseason with 47 FG% you can compare him with KD

>>75049984
No one who knows anything about basketball won't acknowledge this ring because Durant is a bitch. The warriors don't even need him. He's just too beta to win a championship without joining a championship winning team.

>>75051738
See
>>75051682

>>75051682
KD in his MVP season went 22-11 without Westbrick and Ibaka. Also taking into account rockie seasons is very milenial desu

>>75051755
See>>75051761

>>75051201
The Jazz are unironically like the 5th best team in the NBA, what are you on about?

>>75051761
Ok so KD was 11 games above .500 without Westbrook

Westbrook is on pace for 16 games above .500 without KD.

>>75051943
>16 games above
Playing 49 more matches. KDs W/L% is miles ahead of Westbrick's

>>75049755
He should have come to Boston to get mentored by Brady on how to be the GOAT

>>75051943
Are we assuming Westbrook is winning the next 5 games?

>>75049886
how fast did AI blow it? There are countless stories of guys who lose it all. Why do you post here if you know nothing about sports?

>>75052093
How will he not?

He's already guaranteed to have won more games without KD than KD without Westbrook.

>>75049773
>le muhllenials in every KD thread
>le $82 muhllion in every KD thread

did KD fuck your wife or is it just autism?

its gonna be even funnier when westbrick bails on oklahomo in a few years

>>75052837
$82 million is more money than anyone in your country has ever seen

>>75049755

Never trust a nigga from PG

>>75053086
>this butthurt
lmao pls tell me your raising your own babby Trayvone

>>75049755
Just wanted a free ride to the title. KD is never alpha

>>75052861
Westbrook's legacy will always be better than KD's in OKC no matter what.

KD is no different than LaMarcus Aldridge

>>75053124
2bh I'd do the same. One of the main points of playing pro sports is to win stuff.

>>75049927
Fuck off. Not everything has to be general. This isn't reddit.

>>75053559
that comment was from 4 hours ago m8

>>75049984
But rings genuinely don't mean shit for guys like Robert Horry. He has 7 and nobody cares, and it's not like he never got minutes with those championship teams, he usually played good bench minutes to help them out. He just played for 3 of the most stacked teams ever and his contribution was ultimately not that important so no one cares about his rings. So far KD's contribution has been unimportant too.

>>75050319
Enjoy your Triple Double meme machine and the first round exits and low draft picks he brings. OKC will never prosper until Westbrook hits the fucking road.

>>75050458
> says that doesn't watch basketball
> utilizes former players for comparison

>>75054075
really gets you thinking

>>75050033

going to have to agree with this...nobody seems to better at going broke than African-American athletes

>>75054009
Better than Kevin "Beta" Durant

there is no evidence that KD is a more viable player than Westbrook

>>75050033
Shaq is a nigger too and his got over 200mil

>>75053576
It's ok besides the general is generally shit with all the memeposting.

It's getting almost as bad as the Starcraft 2 General over in /vg/.

>>75053086
he'll get it back winning rings and becoming a legend

>he thinks NBA salaries are their only source of income

>>75054317
>there is no evidence that KD is a more viable player than Westbrook
KD carried OKC to the finals while Westbrick was sabotaging the team from the inside with his lazy defending and his excessive and inefficient usage rate

>>75055394
So again

Thunder without Westbrook: 20-62
Thunder without KD: 45 wins, 49 wins

There's no way to attribute any success of the Thunder to KD when he's always had Westbrook. And with him out at GSW and them on a 12 game winning streak, he's useless there too

>>75049755
No the Warriors unironically play better without him

KD just sponges off points that would've been made by Steph or Klay anyway, he's a giant waste of money.

Still irks me that this guy could've won a title with Westgod and been respected but now he's an afterthought on a team he doesn't even fit with

>>75055590
But they did need an SF that wasn't Barnes

They need him if they want to defeat the Kawhi-led Spurs and Cavaliers. Without Durant it's a gentleman's sweep for LeBron.

>>75049755
How do you think he feels about the 12 game win streak without him?

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KD is already better than lebron
>doesnt flop
>cant actually shoot
>not a diva
>better scoring percentage
All lebron has is his ridiculous athleticism which is already fading

>>75049755
necessary for him or the warriors?

>>75056978
For the Warriors AND him

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>>75049755
Yeah for him it was yes he has a higher percentage chance of winning a championship ring with Golden State and that's all he wants.

>>75049927
Fuck generals m8.

>>75057380
He could've went to San Antonio or Boston or Cleveland and had a better chance

He's taking the hardest road

>>75057680
>cleveland
and play for free? they were already over the cap

>>75051148
>muh triple double
Ai had to carry a scurb team to the final against prime kobr and shaq

>>75057680
For the Eastern Conference teams he'd certainly have a higher percentage chance reaching the finals. With Golden State in the finals though he doesn't even necessarily need to play and they could win him a ring so yeah.

>>75053379
Kek I love it when people move to a team that just won a championship and then they go on to not win again

>>75055551
Comparing the rockie season is a millenial argument so not valid. When Westbrick got injured KD maganaged to win 22 games out of 33. Westbrick has never come close to that my millenial friend

>>75055590
Durant leaded the Warriors in points,rebounds,assists and blocks with a 53 3P%. You are just delusional

>>75055851
Nothing. He doesn't have Westbrick's complex

He should've went to the Clippers

>>75049811
>already had a 300 mil shoe deal

>>75050033
Look at how much money Tyson lost. How do people think that $82M is irrelevant? Is it delusion? More money is always better, unless he thinks being on the Warriors gives better opportunities for sponsorship deals or something. A place in NYC where someone like Durant would live costs like $10M, not to mention he has taxes and other enormous expenses.

>>75055851
Probably good since he doesn't have to babysit. Also probably enjoying it more than the dustbowl that is OKC.

>>75051148
>muh triple double
omg double digits. what is really the difference between 20-10-10 and 20-9-9? it's quite spergy

>>75063394
Since Durant left their defense allowed less and offense got more. He led because he heroballed

no, he was just a really nice insurance policy for GSW and GSW was a really easy path to a first ring for him.

Durant needs the Warriors more than the Warriors need Durant, probably the most important part of it for GSW was neutralizing a major competitor than actually acquiring Durant.

>>75063502
How did he heroballed? He shot as much as Curry but just had abetter FG%.Curry and Klay were playing like shit until the last 2 weeks in which they have returned to their 2015 level.Durant was single handly carrying the Warriors until the injury

>>75063577
They needed to protect the ring against LeBron.When Bogut got injured the Cavs had a free path to score which caused them the series.KD doesn't get injured as much and is a great defender.They also needed anotther scorer so they can't double team Curry again

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>>75049917
This. He's literally a cuck, taking the easiest route possible with a millennial meme team.

If he was actually elite he would have signed with Boston, forcing him to go through Cleveland to prove himself a truly elite player.

For such an "elite" player, he has never been the face of a franchise. He went from living in Westbrook's shadow to living in Curry's.

If he wins a meme ring nobody is going to give a shit. I could sign with the Warriors right now and win a ring also.

The league should have never allowed that bullshit signing

>>75063896
Lebron went to Bosh and Wade yet people still call him elite

>>75053817

Big shot Bob has more clutch than KD tho

>>75063896
>he has never been the face of a franchise.
>He went from living in Westbrook's shadow to living in Curry's.

>>75049755
He wants a Ring without having to earn it, and won't get one

>>75051682
>thunder without westbrook
>rookie KD was the only good player on the team
fuck outta here

>>75063997
>Lebron went to Bosh and Wade yet people still call him elite

Because the people who do that are massive fucking hypocrites. The only people still salty about Durant leaving that shithole OKC are the hillbilly fucks in Oklahoma, despite this Durant putting their shithole city on the map and brain-dead Lebron cocksuckers like Stephen A. Smith; who want the NBA to completely turn into the WWE, where 'revenge' storylines superseded actual basketball; to the point retards legitmately thought that Westbrook had a chance in hell of beating Golden State out of the 4 times they played, even without Durant.

As for this 'fued' Westbrook is over it, even if his weak, jealous, fuckboy fanboys aren't.

When Westbrook wins it's in spite of Durant, when he and the Thunder lose or get blown the fuck out by actual competition, it's Durant's fault for leaving.

The people throwing shade on Kevin Durant's name are the reactionary fucktards who don't even watch the NBA and instead jackoff to box scores and watches ESPN masturbate to their Westbrook "Triple-Double" counter.

Irregardless of if Durant gets a ring during the rest of his career, he should be free to play whatever the fuck he wants, since that's the point of free agency.

>>75064073
>He wants a Ring without having to earn it, and won't get one

Considering Lebron has gotten 2 rings without earning them, I'm surprised that there are people still thinking they have any say on who rightfully deserve a ring.

>>75049755

Not at all. I laugh every time a player signs off to another team (and takes a pay cut while doing so) just for a slightly higher chance to win a championship. I get why they do it. It's a hard trap to fall into because the media pushes this "he/she can't be considered great unless they win rings" agenda pretty fucking hard.

But is it really worth it if people are going to only remember you if you win rings? Fuck no, people don't remember shit and in the long run, people stop caring. We live in a "what are you doing for me NOW?" world and not a "what have you done for me LATELY?" world.

Kevin Durant, some Spurs players, a lot of Patriot players just off the top of my head are all cucks that bought into the "you ned taek paycut if u wan win". It's fucking stupid. I never blame a guy like Brock Osweiler for cheating teams of their money. You should be taking care of yourself first before anything else. Teams are businesses first and foremost, and they will throw you under when you aren't serviceable anymore.

Whether or not Durant wins a championship, people won't give a shit weeks later. We all move on, time waits for no one.

>>75064115
Dumbass. Winning rings means more endorsements which means more money than he would've made on the Thunder.

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>>75064107
>LeBron got 2 rings without earning them

LeBron can win a ring with pretty much any team in the league. I can't stand the guy, but he turns any team he's on into an instant contender. No other single player in the league has the same impact he does.

Maybe Durant could have had that impact, but we'll probably never know.

>>75064148
>LeBron can win a ring with pretty much any team in the league.

-As long as he has (AT LEAST) two super stars to piggy back off.

-As long as he's in the shitty Eastern Conference.

-As long as idiots still buy his overpriced shoes.

>>75064148

>LeBron can win a ring with pretty much any team in the league.

Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves here. LeBron can carry any team to the playoffs, yes, but he can't just go and win a ring with any team.

The difference between Melo and LeBron is that Melo can't carry jack shit, Melo doesn't make his teammates better. LeBron can.

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>>75064166
>implying Bosh is a superstar
>implying Wade could win anything without LeBron or Shaq

Replace Wade with LeBron on the current Bulls roster and they'd win 70 games

>muh shitty eastern conference

It's not LeBron's fault that the East is shit. Blame superstars like Durant signing with 74 win teams instead of any eastern conference team that is one piece away from being a contender.

>>75064107
reminder that bosh and wade wouldnt start on the warriors

>>75064208

No shit dumbass. Chris Bosh nearly fucking DIED. All Wade has left is a shitty jumpshot.

>>75064191
what's that communist reasoning?

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>>75064228
reminder that i responded to the wrong post and agree with you

>>75064191
>implying Bosh is a superstar
Bosh was a top 7 player back then
>implying Wade could win anything without LeBron or Shaq
Shaq was shit in 2006.Wade carried Miami to a chip against Dallas
>Replace Wade with LeBron on the current Bulls roster and they'd win 70 games
Wade is way past his prime.Your reasoning is retarded as you are assuming current form=former form.By your logic Jordan is shit
>Blame a western conference superstars like Durant for signing for a western conference team.Don't blame shit administration

>>75049775
Norcal is doesnt really become the PNW until you reach humboldt, or at least redding (both of those places are minimum 4 hours from where people actually live btw)

>>75064256
see >>75064208

>>75064269
Both prime Wade and prime Bosh would start in the warriors

Kevin Durant is Reddit
Russel Westbrook is 4chan

Choice is yours. I know who I'm rollin with.

>>75049773
Do you people know how to math he didn't give up anywhere near that much money.

>>75049755
I really hope Golden State loses this year. Nothing would make me happier.

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>>75051608
>last years' WCF
>Westshit has 4 turnovers in the last 1:30min of a close game
>I-IT WAS DURANT'S FAAAUUULLTTTT M-MUH TWIPLE DOUBLEEE

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>>75064277
>Both prime Wade and prime Bosh would start in the warriors

>>75064637
Durant was 1-7 and had his own TOs you dumb piece of shit.

He also demanded the ball just to go full retard and brick long distance iso post ups for no damn reason because he was panicking.

>>75064603
He actually did. If he had did the 1+1 contract with OKC he'd have 80 mill more than he'd make with any other team due to the CBA incentivizing players staying with the team that drafts them.

>>75064406
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>>75064686
>babby rage

>>75064115
>It's a hard trap to fall into because the media pushes this "he/she can't be considered great unless they win rings" agenda pretty fucking hard.
Barkley never won a ring and no one says he isn't great.

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>>75064650
>Oh yes sir, I firmly believe that Mr.Green and Mr.Thompson are in a whole other league than Dwayne Wade and Bosh

>>75064686
>Westbrisck's FG%
0,39
>Westbrick's turnovers in the series
31
>Muh is KD's fault that a statpadding heroballing retard tried to heroball and choke a series

>>75064773
That's only 1% lower than Curry who is supposed to be the greatest shooter of all time.

>>75049917
Like KD' s jersey won't be retired in OKC

>>75064838
Curry's 3P% is 0.4 this season. Westbrick's FG% in that series was 0.39 and an amazing 0.292 from 3P%

Can we agree that KD signing with the Warriors made them the biggest millennial team of all time?

>>75064603
He unironically did give up $82 million

https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/nba/2016/6/28/12050498/kevin-durant-contract-salary-money-nba-free-agent-rumors

He fucked up badly. You take the guaranteed money 10/10 times

I understand wanting to leave OKC since they have a cheap owner, but he really should have picked a different team. His wins are meaningless in Golden State and will add nothing to his legacy.

>>75065868
>Can we agree that KD signing with the Warriors made them the biggest millennial team of all time?

No. Cavs still exists.

>>75063409
Yeah the Clippers are a much better fit than team Millennial is

>>75065884
>and will add nothing to his legacy.
If they 3peat (totally doable) he would be remembered as the leader of one of the best teams ever which is way more than statpadding in a team while chucking 30 shots a game

>>75066177
>Going to a team of chokers and people that can throw a FT
The clippers are a meme. The Spurs or Boston were the only other logical options

>>75066291
Clippers literally an SF way from winning it all

And they aren't full of millennial Whiners like the Warriors are

>>75066385
>they aren't full of millennial Whiners
Paul,Jordan and Reddick are all millenials

>>75066408
Whiner is the key word here

Paul and Reddick are barely millennials BTW

>>75066436
>are barely millennials
How? They are from that generation pal. Millenial is not an insult btw

>>75053817
>averaging 25, 8, and 5 per game
>contribution has been unimportant

does anyone on /sp/ watch basketball?

>>75066552
>Millenial is not an insult btw
What planet do you live on? In America it's definitely an insult

>>75066655
Only in pol it is an insult. All current nba players re millenials. You are probably one too

It was necessary for Durcant at least, he had no chance of winning one on his own.

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>>75066385
>Clippers literally an SF way from winning it all

>>75066679
Nah

I was born in 1999

>>75066746
>I was born in 1999

why do i still come here

>>75050319
did thunder even make the playoffs?

>>75066794
YEs

They're a 6 seed

Which is 9 seeds higher than KD without Westbrook took the team in 2007

>>75066746
>I was born 1 year later from the millenial generation.Look how I use millenial as an insult xD

>>75066827
>They're a 6 seed
isnt that below the jazz?

>>75066746
Should 4chan replace the age requirement with a year born requirement?

>>75066871

this.

1995 is the cutoff year. anyone else gets gassed

1990 master race here

>>75066871
Agreed

If people think millennials are autistic, wait until Generation Z

>>75066854
Still higher than the 2007 SuperSonics 15 seed with KD alone.

>>75065884

He should have gone to houton desu. Harden and durant would be a better team than westbrook and durant

>>75049762
OKC should have beaten Golden State the year before. Durant was part of the collapse.

>>75049755
He made the right choice

>>75049984
Actually, a lot of people feel like LeBron leaving for Miami tarnishes the rings he won, and that Kobe needed significant help to win all of his rings. Of course, you can't take away the rings they won, but this isn't some new thing that started with the Warriors where people believe an athlete took the easy way out and hurt their legacy.

>>75067867
And westbrick wasn't?

>>75067910
I said part of, not all of. They both got away from game plan and went hero ball. Ultimately, Durant went to a team that choked just as hard in the next round.

>>75049755
Fingers crossed he snaps his foot again while rehabbing to come back

>>75055590

>Westfail ever winning a title

Please stop, my sides can only take so much.

>>75067888
How did he make the right choice? Which part of

1) Losing $82 million
2) Ruining your legacy
3) Choosing a team that didn't need you

was a good choice?