Can someone tell me why he couldn't have stayed with the

He got tired of losing so he took the easy way

>>75740454
>He would've been just as favored this year as the Warriors to win it all

"no"

It's irritating to play with Westbrook

>>75740583
The Thunder were up 3-1 and unlocked the secret to owning the Warriors

There was no way the Warriors were ever going to beat the Thunder again. The Thunder were gonna pick up Horford and have a legit starting 5 with Kanter coming off the bench

Plus $82 million and much more personal happiness. He doesn't seem happy in GSW

>>75740611
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCB_4C2Gl7Zfg4uBXk_AcWwA

I dunno he looks pretty happy in his Vlogs

>ruining his reputation

I respect KD more for leaving that shithole, it was clearly the right choice.

>>75740652
He could've gone anywhere like the Spurs or Clippers or Celtics and it would've been a better choice reputation wise

It was a bitch move to go to the team HE choked to. The Warriors didn't even beat him. He choked and shirked his responsibilities to the team that drafted him and gave him millions of dollars

>>75740676
except he was drafted by a team that couldn't even stay in its city, then went to a city that didnt care and played on a team whos gm and coach only got chimpout pros (Westbrook).

Id leave too if I spent that many years on a shitty team.

>>75740587
you don't play with Westbrook, sometimes he just consents to relinquish the ball to you

>>75740878
Yeah because KD's usage rage in GSW went up, right?

Dude plays ball in the richest part of the country and loves it.

Fuck OKC, sheep fuckers

>>75740916
not saying his choice was the best, but being in an ugly place can blind you. Why be humble about what your team can offer (Spurs, Celtics, Clips) when you can be down right sinister in someones vulnerable state (GSW)

But in Durant's defense, again, I would have taken the best looking ticket out of OKC.

>>75740926
I didn't know he played in New York or LA and not some mid major city

>>75740953
The Spurs or Clippers with KD would be favored over GSW

>>75740926
Then he could've just joined another non-GSW team

>>75741091
>Clippers

they're such chokers they'd probably choke a 1st round even if they had all the Warriors players

He's a bitch

Golden State needs him more than he needs GSW

He should hold them hostage

>>75741556
the end of the regular season clearly showed it's not the case

He got tired of playing in bumfuck Oklahoma and he wanted to be in the bay with the mvp and defensive player of the year.

Durant and Westbrook vs

Curry and Klay and Green
Spurs machine
Flopden and meme shooters

are hardly guarantee at anything. OKC has also gotten progressively worse after the Harden trade because they are too cheap to spend money on players that can help them win. Reggie Jackson, Dion Walters, Ibaka just to name a few.

>>75741708
Literally up 3-1 on the Warriors and just beat the Spurs as well

>implying Houston matters

That's a guaranteed Finals appearance. Along with $82 million more. Along with an intact reputation.

They would've gotten Horford, and along with Oladipo, it would've been set.

Look how good the Thunder were without him this year. You can't tell me that KD being there wouldn't have made them favorites

>>75741738
Oladipo is basura. Horford is soft.

>>75740454
He's a spineless cuck who compares himself to LeBron when he should be compared to guys like Melo

>>75741738

>Look how good the Thunder were without him this year.

The only one that looks good is Westbrook, and his stats are inflated to hell because OKC's system is designed to let him rack up rebounds and assists at the expense of him not playing defense and running a coherent offense. We saw last year that OKC came up short, but no one seemed to blame it on the system that clearly favors WB's statpadding. As long as WB is the main focus the Thunder won't win anything even if KD stayed and they have Horford(who is terribly overrated).

>>75740926
The average person in San Francisco is more likely to live paycheck to paycheck than pretty much anywhere else, wtf are you talking about

>>75741921
Libshits like to inflate their economy to ruin and then boast about how rich they are.

>>75740454
>an someone tell me why he couldn't have stayed with the Thunder?

Basketball reasons.

>>75741913
All OKC was missing this year was perimeter shooting and length, which KD and Horford provide.

With Oladipo and WB in the frontcourt, I'm sorry, I just don't see how the Warriors would've beaten that when the Thunder were playing their worst and the Warriors playing their best and still managed to get a 3-1 lead on them

>>75742203

You need more outside shooting than just from your best player. Oladipo, WB, and Roberson is still a terrible shooting backcourt and teams will simply load up the paint like what they are doing this year. And it's not like Horford is some KG incarnate that can just make the defense so good that a bad offense wouldn't matter.

>>75742319
Because the Warriors are such a big team, right?

>>75742368

The Warriors have shooting and scoring from every position. Their offense even without their best players is still above league average. The Thunder with KD and Horford is nowhere near that good.

>>75740454
It's actually as simple as he didn't want to live in OKC anymore.

got tired of 4th quarters being held hostage by an egotistical brick layer and losing games that should've been wins

Why would anyone move from Oklahoma to San Francisco? You have to be crazy right?

>>75740454
If they let Westbrook go instead of Harden he might have stayed, keyword might of. Westbrook is the first option high usage player. Honestly he should have gone to a team like the wizards.

Westbrook shot .388 in the playoffs, he shot 26% from 3 and took 9.8 3's a game with 6 turnovers a game. That says it all.

>>75742587
Ur gay

>remain loyal to a team that let all the talent from that finals run walk away and replace them with literal who's
I would have left. That front office is trash.

>>75740454
Hey man, he gave the Thunder plenty of chances with his 8 year run in there. It's not like he bolted right away.

>>75742623
They kept Westbrook who's a top 3 player in the world

>>75742877
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>75742587
San Francisco is literally less desirable than OKC in America

Unless you're a Spic or Nigger. Asians and whites stay away from Commiefornia

>>75740454
I just wanna know who his financial officer is

He gave up
$82 million
To live in a place with a higher COL And tax rate

This literally means he gave up an excess of $100 million over 5 years. How was any of that a good idea?

>>75740454
Because he would have had to work his ass off to have a slight chance of reaching the finals with OKC. With the Larriors he gets a free pass to the finals while having to clock 20ish minutes, block a few weak ass niggas and take 10-15 catch and shoot/spot up shots per game.

>>75743103
Only butthurt flyover state hicks actually think this. San Francisco's main downfall is lack of space and extremely high cost of living but if you make what Durant makes then neither of these things matter

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>>75743103
>this is what flyovers actually believe.

>>75743309
Oh and he gets an empty paint to posterize people because he doesnt have westbrook clogging it up and because pachulia is busy setting moving screens for people who have scored over 40 percent of their career attempts for three.

>>75743347
THats why Texas and Florida are growing faster than commieland right?

>>75742877
:V

>>75742587
Hahaha u-r-gay

>>75743103
The Bay is literally the most in-demand place to live in the country. And it is overflowing with Asians.

>>75743584
who cares about growth rates when they're still only 10% of what california is

San Francisco is an interesting place to go to. There's always something happening. Sometimes you see homeless people sitting on the street corner asking for donations, sometimes you see a crazy lady peeing on the corner or sometimes you see a homeless people fighting over $10. Great place.

MUH LIBERALS
MUH WHITES

the reality is that even 82 billion gorillion is not enough to convince someone to live in fucking Oklahoma over the bay area. What is Oklahoma even known for besides that shit musical and tornadoes?

>>75743674
Fast food.

>>75742039
Fucking wat

>>75743103
t. Chris Davidson, 21 yr old student @ University of Western Ohio

>>75743103
>Asians stay away from California
>particularly San Francisco
Confirmed for never leaving Iowa or whatever irrelevant hell hole state you're from

While you oafish slobs were busy arguing like obstreperous children I was busy working out. Btw I've been to San Francisco a few times. It's a cool city but it's fallen on hard times compared to what it was 10-15 years ago. Many businesses and interesting places have closed and the city has an overall depressing feeling with hustlers and people living in poverty trying to desperately get by.

>>75743831
I think he's referencing the 'purchasing power parity' index
Where a person making 50k lives a substantially more poorfag life than a person making 40k
Which is how Californians live; inflated """wealth""" that is eaten up by a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom $400,000 house.

As the one anon said, you're going to find more people living paycheck to paycheck in places like California than anywhere else

>>75744029
Only the tenderloin which has been rough since the city's founding.

If anything, the shit areas are getting nicer and more developed because the demand for housing is so big. Hence the muh gentrification.

It has most certainly not fallen on hard times at all

I hope he breaks his legs fuck this faggot. I've never hated an athlete more than him

How good is Andre Roberson at defense. Would you put him on the same level as Iggy, Kawhi or Lebron?

>>75744057
>you're going to find more people living paycheck to paycheck in places like California than anywhere else
Former Califag here that migrated out to sweet Arizona. I have a friend who makes nearly 200k a year in software engineering living in SF and he's still in debt from school, lives in a not so great apartment. Meanwhile I'm debt-free and can afford much nicer things on a $80k yearly salary.

>>75744267
Neither you or your friend make that.

>>75740676
He wanted to stay in the west. If your intention is to win and work within a well oiled machine along side guys that actually will share the fucking ball, the Warriors and Spurs are the places to go.

And while, yes, he would've gotten less shit joining the Spurs; it's not any less devastating for the region than joining the Warriors.

Also, this bullshit about him going to the Clippers. That team is such a massive fuck ups that I can't see how anyone could actually blame him for skipping over them. This past month should've made it obvious.

>>75740454
Playing with that other dude on the Thunder took the fun out of the game for Durant RW is a primadonna. Whichever team RW is on will forever play lame basketball, not beautiful euro-ball like the glorious Dubs play. The Dubs share the ball and play as a 5-man squad no matter who is on the court at the moment.

The essence of ball is dead in the wake of Westbrook's statpadding heroe ball.
If yoi are a fan of ball, you understand why Durant had to leave. He did it for the sport, and for his enjoyment of the game.

>>75740676
Why the fucked would he give a shit about his reputation? The only people that are actually upset are people from OKC and people on 4chan. Nobody else cares. And why the fuck would he move to the Clippers or Celtics? He wants a ring

Why not suffer for a year in OKC & then sign with the Wizards next year?

>>75744442
>Nobody else cares.

Except Stephen A. Smith, And Colin Cowherd. And Nick Wright

>>75744503
Kek. I don't know about Smith and Wright but they're nothing but two big mouth journalists; you think Durant is losing sleep over what they say? I listen to Cowherd often and he definitely isn't upset that Durant went to the Warriors

>>75744459
Who the fuck wants to live in D.C.?

And, over the Bay Area?

Straight trippin, b

>>75744556
That's why he said this right?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MeCYgsGr_XM

>>75740454
Already has hella mula, doesn't have ring?


Hmm i wonder why he didn't stay for cash when he can get a easy ring.

Easy cash or easy ring?

>>75744577
DC area has more people than the Bay Area

D.C.-Baltimore CSA: 9.6 million
Bay Area CSA: 8.7 million

>>75744611
He's a notorious flip flopper. His opinions change every week. He's also not complaining about the move, he's just saying that he doesn't rate them as highly

>>75744736
Another reason to not want to play or live there.

Not to mention the weather is booboo.
Humid and frigid. Instead come live on the best coast where seasons arent really a thing.

In S.F. it is 60 - 85 F practically all year round.

>>75744736
Except DC is a shit hole with nothing to do.

The bay area has nice weather, is wealthy, has Oakland and SF within 40 min of each other; redwood forests, beaches, mountains, etc.

Simply put, the Warriors need Durant to defeat the Cavs this year, that much is clear. They need his 25 ppg and 7-8 rpg. Without Durant it's 4-2 for the Cavs, with Durant it's 4-1 for the Warriors.

>>75744736
>Having a lot of people measures quality of life
You would love Lagos pal

>>75742594
>If they let Westbrook go instead of Harden he might have stayed, keyword might of.
>he might have stayed, keyword might of.
>might have
>keyword might of

>>75744908
D.C. has way more nightlife than SF. If you're a straight male, what's there to do in SF?

Not to mention that most people there aren't black

>>75745100
You've clearly never been to SF or at least not partying. If you're into clubbing there is Mezzanine or Mighty, both legendary clubs and Oakland has all da clubz that black people like

You're kidding right? People are more impressed by D.C. than SF

>>75744983
More people = more things to do and more places to see

Bay Area fags swear they aren't just a bigger Seattle. It's not a world city like NYC, LA, Chicago, DC, Boston, Miami, etc

>>75745251
>world city
>Boston
>Miami
>D.C.
Wew lad

>>75745534
How is Miami not a world city?

It's literally the center of Latin America

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>>75744459
>Why not suffer for a year in OKC & then sign with the Wizards next year?

Right? Who doesn't want to live in Maryland... rrrright guys???

>>75745671
Considering 1 million more people live in the D.C. Area than the bay, you tell me

>>75744408
Parker
Kawaii~
Durant
LA
Pau

They'd still get blown out by the warriors and cavs

>>75745684
I live in the MSA Anon...

Don't hate us because we're half black and mostly gay

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>>75745691
>cavs

Uh did you conveniently forget that Kawahi gets a power boost within a 20 meter radius of lebron?

>>75745691
Leonard and Durant would be one hell of a duo. You're talking about the best defensive forward and the best offensive forward. That's almost like Scottie and Jordan.

>>75745721
This current cavs team is better than the heat pop faced in 2014.
Kyrie>>>>>>>Parker
JR <<Kawai
Lebron>>>>>>>>KD
Love>>>>>LA
TT>>>>>Pau
Cavs in 5

>>75743674
no. KD wants an easy ring more than he wants $82M

>>75740611
>Kanter
He was actually unplayable vs the Rockets due to how inadequate his pick n roll defense is. He can't be part of ANY legitimate starting 5.

>>75740676
>shirked his responsibilities

How many years did he give them? 7? 8? How many more are required to 'fulfill his responsibilities'?

>>75741708
This. OKC keeps getting one way role players. You can't go far with at least a few two way players. Only Durant and Westbrook filled that role.

>>75745944
Not to mention they want loyalty when they stole the team from Seattle. What kind of shit is that.

>>75745944
however long it takes to win a ring

because no matter how much money he made he would still have to spend half the year in Oklahoma.

>>75745645
What about the rest of the world?

>>75740454
It's even more hilarious because the Cavaliers are going to absolutely bootyblast the Memeiors. He ruined his legacy for literally nothing.

>>75746601
Like Paris with nigs but Cubans and Haitians instead.

>>75745645
Miami is more of a world city than SF

You ever see foreign tourists want to visit SF like they do Miami?

>>75745787
>TT > Pau
yeah cause the 2 points 8 rebounds he puts up during the series makes him better than pau the GOAT.
LA has been playing like ass but lebron and KD not too far off in being able to score at will i would say it goes to 7 with cavs on top

>>75744359
Idk, my friend here in bumfuck ohio makes like 80k a couple years out of school with a CS degree. I believe him.

Lel

>>75744442
Celtics could be playing for a ring in the next few years without Durant. They have a good coach and front office. They clearly don't have the talent to win, but you get a guy like Durant and that makes a huge difference.

>>75740454
he saw Andre Roberson shoot free throws.

>>75744267
Yeah I've heard that's becoming a big problem out there. I remember hearing about how companies were giving new grads six figure salaries and crazy signing bonuses but didn't mention that you have to get paid that much to be able to afford it.

>>75756671
>good coach and front office
Hardly. Those idiots just horde draft picks, how did that turn out for the Browns? Durant isn't getting any younger and the Celtics are going to get exposed bad by Lebron as a one man show

>>75745251
Boston and Miami are smaller than SF. Btw SF is a global city. It is probably the most well known city in the US after LA and New York

>>75740454
Lebrons move to the Heat was 1 million times worse and no one seems to think that it hurt his reputation at this point, so why the fuck should Durant care about leaving some shithole city?

>>75746793
>Cavaliers are going to absolutely bootyblast the Memeiors.
The Warriors are sweeping Utah which would have arrived to the finals in the east flawlessly. Beating the Pacers and the Rapties means jack shit. Even the Blazers are a better team than both of those teams

I always lol at all the kiddies shitting on "flyover" states.

Nigga, you're sitting in your basement posting on autismchan. What the fuck do you know about what there is to do anywhere? Pure memeing.

I think it has to do with a change of scenery. I'd rather live in the bay than Oklahoma.

>>75757068
Just because you don't doesn't mean everyone else doesn't, kid.

>>75757089

You could live anywhere and you'd still be a lame faggot.

I've never been to SF but I would like to go there one of these days and live there..

>>75740454
>play in bumfuck oklahoma
>with a ballhogging statpadder
no amount of money is worth that basketball hell
>>75757177
6 figures income is literally becoming considered as "poverty" now, you probably don't.

>>75757105
You would know, now go back and tend to your farm. Someone might be breaking in and stealing your fertilizer as we speak, and we all know how much you need that cow shit to survive the upcoming winter!

>>75743103
>Asians and whites stay away from Commiefornia
>Asians
who do you think is behind the tech boom?

>Path A
Stay with OKC, play the exact same Warriors team of last year that beat him, this is 50/50 at best.
>Path B
Make superteam, 90% likely to make the finals now.

>>75757242
Nah it would've been 75% chance to make finals

>>75757203
but the industry I wanna get into will pay maybe 50k tops for their first year people..

>>75756876
I would consider beating the raptors worth something except they always choke like fuck vs lebron. He's got vacation homes built in their psyches.

>>75741053
The Bay Area is the richest region in the richest state in the richest country in the world. What are you talking about?

>>75740454
No one wants to play with Westbrook

>>75757586
>richest state
>richest country

>>75757227
Slavs.Indians and chinks are just code monkeys

he didn't want to play heroball anymore

>>75746875
yes

>>75740454
GSW had to have appealed to his hatred of LeBron. Honestly if they win a title this year he may roll somewhere else if he sucks to his word about staying in GS, who knows?

>>75757227
What state do you live in?

>>75740454
Doesn't have to play alongside Chuckbrook at the Warriors

/thread

OKC are a shitty organization. This can be seen in the Rockets series how they fail to bring a supporting cast to compliment their star player. I hope Russ doesnt stay there and the Thunder will dip into the dark ages and eventually be bought away to another city.

>>75757227
"Commiefornia" take your shit to /pol/

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>>75740454
Did you see game 3?? Look at the box score, Durant was seriously needed for Warriors to pull it through, because Steph and Klay were having a bad shooting night. To prevent the bad shooting nights, Durant is the key to the W baby
>WAARRIIOORRSS

>>75740611
WHo dafuq started this 82 million meme? He didn't give up any where near that much. The amount is closer to 20-24 million which he can make back and then some in the free market by winning championships. Because guess what? Endorsement deals come with having rings and Mvps, which he'll soon have.

>>75741091
>Spurs
Ancient team just entering a re-ordering phase, if not a re-build
>Clippers
LMAO

>>75758680
He already had endorsement deals you moron.

Find the weak spot in this starting five

Westbrook
Oladipo
Durant
Horford
Adams

>>75762968
a small ball lineup would kill this

>one of the most efficient scorers the league has ever seen
>westbrook still didn't pass to him ever and cost them games
lol why did he leave indeed

i want nothing more than lebron and the cavs to beat the warriors

it'll be such a slap in the face for anyone with the mentality that durant had when he made the switch. even if he went to the spurs i'd be ok. even if he went to the CAVS i'd be ok. but he literally just went to the he almost went 4-1 against just in some sort of manchild spur of the moment decision

seriously. durant on the spurs would be just as good and i doubt anyone would even bat an eye. i used to like you durant, but now you're dead to me

>>75743103
heroin is a hellova drug

>>75759798
Better endorsement deals. Let's not pretend a ring isn't leverage.

>>75764099
The better question is how do you fix the NBA from only having 2-3 teams worth watching

>>75741053
>LA
>ever

>>75763493
>Reddit spacing

>>75743103
>Asians and whites stay away from Commiefornia

Please don't tell me you're this fucking ignorant.

The only 3 teams that are actual tittle contenders are Spurs, Warriors and Cavs; and Cavs and Spurs already have a small forward as their main star