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Wally_West wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 13, 2023 3:26 pm

Damn. Anybody hear the interview?

ShelC wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:09 pm

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:50 pm

ShelC wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:29 pm

KD didn't want to be traded anywhere else, he would've sat out the rest of the season and forced a trade in the offseason if this deal didn't get done.

Would he?

I believe he would. Mega Superstars like KD aren't risking themselves for shit teams they don't want to play for. He wasn't going to kill himself dragging Dinwiddie, Simmons, DFS and Claxton to a 2nd round exit and he wasn't going to wait out a rebuild. That's how these stars are now, and especially ones near the end of their careers who just want to win and see their legacies thru.

"All that extra s--t like, ‘You got to win before you retire and make sure your legacy is straight,’ that’s bulls--t to me. My legacy is predicated on what Cam Thomas is learning from me and what he’ll take away to help him by the time he’s in his 10th year. That’s my legacy. What I did with Andre Roberson, the confidence I helped him build when he was in the league. That's my legacy. Being able to play with Russell Westbrook, Steph Curry and Kyrie and still be me. Yeah, that's my legacy. That's who I am. That's what I bring to the game.

Durant told the Nets he'd play out the rest of this 2022-23 season if they couldn't find a way to route him to be alongside Booker and future Hall of Famer Chris Paul in Phoenix. And he would find a way to get excited about winning with the players Brooklyn had acquired from Dallas in its trade for Irving the day before.

ShelC wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:14 pm

Regarding his legacy, I mean, his actions certainly say different. He jumped from OKC at the end of that run to join up with Golden State in the midst of their run, then joined up with Kyrie in Brooklyn to try and win in the East. Did he make those moves because they had really great young players he wanted to mentor and help develop? He can be a great teammate to guys like Roberson and Cam Thomas and still be motivated to put himself in the best position to win a title. If he were so concerned about Cam Thomas, he wouldn't have made a request to be traded to a team he can make a clear favorite for a title.

And I'm not sure he would've played out the rest of the year with the Nets, and the Nets may not have wanted him to. Maybe he'd have played some games, but he would've sat with various injuries and if the losses would've piled up, he would've shut it down.

Split T wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:08 pm

I think title hopper is a bit much…of course he wants to be on a team that can win, but I think it’s more than that. If he just wanted to win titles he would’ve stayed in GS.

Split T wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:44 pm

Keep it up and we can win the title

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:24 am

Check out those combined steals and blocks, Shabazz. ^^^

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:58 am

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:24 am

Check out those combined steals and blocks, Shabazz. ^^^

It's no Jaren Jackson Jr, but I'll take it!

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:58 am

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:24 am

Check out those combined steals and blocks, Shabazz. ^^^

It's no Jaren Jackson Jr, but I'll take it!

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:21 pm

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:58 am

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:24 am

Check out those combined steals and blocks, Shabazz. ^^^

It's no Jaren Jackson Jr, but I'll take it!

That's because our scorekeeper doesn't cook the stats and give DA fake blocks.