Durant to Warriors: The Real Story

[ordigger]

Since just about every freaking star, past and present, in the NBA agrees with me....then obvious troll your the one that's lost. They won 73 games without him....are you saying he didn't get on the bandwagon? Spend some time researching before posting.

I don't care why he went to Golden St....people move to other jobs everyday for a variety of reasons...but to say any NBA Championship would be tainted is fukcing stupid....and I really don't care what "every freaking star, past and present" says....it was not their decision and I think a majority of them would do what they believe is the best move for them....which is exactly what KD did....

Doesnt matter what you think or believe. Historically it will be tainted. The NBA in general has a major problem that the other sports dont have, and its called parity. 4-5 teams will dominate, and the rest will pay their average players millions to play for teams that have no chance. Some teams will never have a chance. The model in the NBA is broken, and its going to start collapsing within 10 years. Durant went to a team that beat him, on a team that improved during the trading deadline. Bush league to jump to the team that beat you...the ring will be enjoyed by him (assuming he gets win - which I'm not so sure). However the NBA will last longer than the NFL, which will be sued out of existence by the 22nd century.

Wow, what a take.
Well, it's been almost a half century since we've seen a dynasty like the NBA's greatest: The 50's-60's Russell-led Celtics. Free agency is supposed to cure dynasties, and that probably would have been the case with the old Celtics. But the odd thing is, free agency creates dynasties today because good players can collude to play together, as Lebron, Wade and Bosh did, or Durant has done now. The beauty of the Warriors was that they were essentially a home-grown team, with most of their key players--Green, Curry, Thompson, Ezeli and Barnes all coming through the draft. But then they lost to one of those "free-agent dynasties," Lebron, JR Smith and Kevin Love joining the drafted talent to form a superteam. I think you'd be hard-pressed to say, given the incredible money flowing into the NBA right now, that dynasties have killed that sport. The Warriors won't either. They just did what you have to do in today's market.

But the NFL? You might be right. Do you think the same will prove true of college football?

In general football needs to address safety issues. I look at like cigarettes in the 50s. The tobacco companies were all powerful, yet they still couldn't stand up to the constant legal challenges that started to hit them. It may spread to even the companies that make the safety equipment. No idea, but we are in a culture that everyone wants there cut. I wouldn't be surprised to see baseball make a return among the very young with parents, soccer eventually finding its place, basketball gaining in popularity with football and hockey which are the more violent sports having to address some severe safety challenges. I would hope that we can develop better safety gear.

I agree about the Warriors, and the Celtics seem to be trying to be home grown also but I read recently where the fear is that with free agency, and the size of NBA teams, that players are going to want to go play for teams that can win now...or are winning already. Will be interesting to see if teams like the T-Wolves & Pelicans can make that jump, but what happens if they cant? Do their stars jump after their 5 year contracts up to winners?

The whole colluding thing is crazy anyway. Owners cant do it, but players can?

 

[CDAGRIZ]

An NBA free agent chases money = he doesn't care about winning; just money.
An NBA free agent chases winning = he doesn't care about money; just winning.

He's fucked either way in the media, apparently.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Real story is even if he wins a NBA Championship....it will be tainted. Dude just got on the bandwagon.

 

[fanofzoo]

Of course, my theory is that the NBA has been s-l-o-w to adjust to the three-point line. When you get a 50% premium for a three-point shot over a mid-range jumper or a contested shot from the paint, this is of huge benefit, especially if you have guys who can shoot like Thompson, Curry or Durant.

I mentioned this last year, after crunching the numbers for the Griz, that DeCuire had a team that could improve winning margins significantly by relying on the 3 point shooting. It would have been something of a radical strategy in the Big Sky, but the numbers were there to support it. There are advantages to being "conservative," but, last year, the Griz passed up an opportunity in favor of more traditional play.

When TD was hired he stated that he wanted to go in that very direction, I believe. I applaud him for not forcing that system upon a team not totally built for that execution. Little by little he is building a team that will, hopefully, play in that style. Please, it's the next phase of ball.