Did KEVIN DURANT Live Up To Expectations? Stunted Growth
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- “Did Kevin Durant live up to expectations” from? Keeping in mind Durant’s career is still active, 35 now and will be 36 before the start of the next season. His team the Phoenix Suns were the first team swept in the 2024 playoffs with Durant averaging a career playoff scoring low. He’s on his 4th NBA team, all team exits have been his decision, and as a player he’s been in every situation you could want to have success as a potential greatest of all time. In OKC He’s had a total of 3 eventual league MVPs on his team in Westbrook, Harden and himself, a feat only done 3 other times on three other teams in league history. On that team he’s made multiple conference finals and an NBA finals against the Miami Heat in 2012 losing 4 games to 1. He’d leave that team for Golden State at 28 years old, immediately go to the NBA finals in back to back years and easily defeated Lebron James and the Cavaliers both times, winning 4-1 in 2017 and 4-0 in 2018. Both years he was the finals MVP. After sustaining a significant injury that cost his team a 3 peat in 2019, he left Golden State for Brooklyn to team up with his good friend Kyrie Irving and eventually James Harden, where he lost in the second round, then first round before leaving there as well. His current situation was supposed to give him his best chance at finally winning a championship without the crutches of the greatest shooter ever in prime Steph, and one of the best teams all time. Yet he was just swept in the first round, by who looks be be the dominant player and possibly team in the western conference going forward. Where does it go from here? Did KEVIN DURANT Live Up To Expectations? Stunted Growth
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Still one of the more unique players in history, and still had an amazing career. But for these reasons his career still leaves more to be desired.
KD has 2 rings... 2 Finals MVP's... a league MVP... ROY... 14 All Stars... 4 scoring titles... 6 First Team All NBA...top 75 all time... Hall of Fame... yeah he's lived up to any hype. I'm not even a KD fan... I don't dislike him either... he's an all time great. Team jumping and being the superstar of a super team might be how he got his rings... but he got them. And he was the best player on that all time great super team.
I'm not a KD lover or hater, but anyone sayin he didn't live up to expectations is a bit of a stretch when you compare his achievements with his failures.
Absolutely. I think he’s in the Top 10 now of points scored all time.
He is the most gifted scorer in NBA history, had enough talent to be in the GOAT conversation.
The point is , he was “expected “ to lead , but has even admitted that he is no leader . Joining the team you lost to is soft . No way any of the all time greats would do that .
No, when a player has the skills to be great, they are judged by the teams they lead. That's why nobody has ever or will ever question if Julius Randle lived up to expectations and nobody cares that MJ is only the #5 leading scorer in the NBA.
GSW already had a team leader when KD joined, btw.
He definitely lived up to expectations... he was a dominant player for a long time.. he just didn't quite live up to the standards set by lebron and curry
He's the greatest player in history who's not a dawg. He never figured out or cared that leadership is part of the deal. Rightly or wrongly.
I think the mistake for Durant was not looking at the core OKC was building in 2021-22 and realizing that was his chance to prove he could lead a team that didn't have Kyrie or Harden's baggage (Plus he gets to have his own LeBron-esque redemption story).
He also thought Russ was taking too many shots
Was there a path back to OKC if KD wanted to go? I have no idea.
@@tribalypredisposed Well considering he demanded a trade after the season plus OKC having all the young players and picks, I assume if either party was interested they could have made it work.
@@johndebono1870 Yeah, but I don’t remember hearing that OKC was interested, I think they knew what they had and saw no reason to add a much older player that would cost some of their young guys. It was not like OKC was in win now mode or something, and that is the only reason to chase KD. As it is, OKC are legit contenders this year already without KD.
@@tribalypredisposedfuck no. I as a fan of his and OKC (bc of him) wouldn't have wanted him back.
He also slandered OKC a few years ago and said he wouldn't go back as well.
He’s a MVP and 4x scoring champion lol he surpassed expectations off that alone
He gotta play in the PAINT now man. He just a jumpshot guy and we negroes have figured it out. No one is scared anymore.
KDs problem is he’s not A Leader, he’s a Follower. Look at how he left The Warriors and followed Kyrie to Brooklyn instead of going to The Knicks, like HE wanted to. Just think- What would his Legacy be IF he would’ve went to the Knicks, after leaving Golden State?! He would’ve elevated The Knicks- They’d probably have 2 titles, by now!!! What would The Knicks legacy be, by now?! Sheesh, can you imagine KDs?!… He’d be LEGENDARY!!!💯
Draymond disrespected him … you expect him to stay after that?
Fuck NO. I DIDN’T say that. I UNDERSTAND why he left The Warriors. IMO, he should’ve NEVER went to Golden State. I’m saying that once he saw that Bandwagon-Hoppin’ was an Ass Move? He could’ve Blazed A Path with The Knicks that would’ve had him in The NBA Stratosphere as 1 of The GREATEST, EVER!!! I’m not a Knicks fan but staying in Manhattan during the ‘94 Playoff Series vs Reggie Miller and The Pacers gave me insight on The Knicks Legacy. IF he followed HIS Heart?! He would be A Knick and NBA Legend… He just MIGHT be face of the league.🔥⛹🏽♂️🏀🐐(?)🏆💯
But kd not a leader. Brunson is.
@@icebergnitro That’s what I said… He’s NOT.💯
The area KD failed in to most is bein a leader of his own team and gettin a chip w/o GS but if we bein honest he nvr was a leader. That OKC team was westbrooks, why they choose him over KD. KD is equivalent to Pippen, strong robin but needs a Batman to get it don. Great career overall, HOF, but a leader, naw.
They chose Russ over KD? KD walked out on the team 🤦♂️🤣 it was 100% KD’s team before he left.
@@SonnyK248 aight you got it lol
@@MT93_ he's not wrong lol
I like to believe there is a universe where westbrook and durant eventually won a chip and although KD only won, one he's still respected in the same way Dirk is
Yes if someone came off the bench and if put westbrook your sg or something not point guard.
Dirk won a ring with the same team and play on the same team for years. They’re incomparable
@@Scamp2x I think you misunderstood what they said
Yeah exactly, that ring would be more valuable and respectable than both his Golden State rings combined
Them golden state rings are tainted put prime Melo on that team he’s winning those same finals MVP’s back to back hitting wide open shots
Absolutely lived up to EVERY expectation. I remember hearing about KD before he went to Texas and hearing people say this guy is gonna be the next great scorer in the league and one of the all time great scorers , and thats absolutely what he became. Counting rings has dumbed down the basket conversation about greatness. It was understood in thr past that Teams win championships and a player could be great without chips.
Been waiting for this one
His personality held him back from being the face of the league but overall he exceeded expectations. MVP, scoring champ, and a ring is great for a #2 overall pick. He also took the team that drafted him to the finals
Great balanced take.
Wow I didn’t expect kd on this. Bro is top 15 it’s just the leadership everyone question.
Going down as the best scorer seems to me like he fulfilled his potential🤷♂️
Nah
Depends on what you feel that potential was. I think there are people he expected him to be MJ/Kobe level with titles and numbers.
He’s not the best scorer ever bro MJ is the best scorer ever
Somebody tell that guy that basketball is a team sport.
One of my top 5 favorite players to ever watch.
He a 2x champ and 2x final mvp...Period
I think he’s gonna go down as one of the most polarizing players of all time he’s undeniably great but has had some moments where shit hits the fan but imo he top 10 all time and im an KD fan since the thunder days
This is well put. I agree abs been saying this for a while.
Do growth spurt Anthony Edwards
How is a first overall pick a growth spurt? He's following his trajectory.
@@lovelight1149Exactly
I don’t think his growth was stunted but he should be in the goat convo but due to diff reasons he not and will never be. Still an all timer
Oh my ... KD is THAT DUDE; could you put together a 15-yr career like he did? He honored his mama, put together a decent relationship with his daddy, GAVE BACK to PGC, and, as he said, "It must be in the water"; leave the man alone, and acknowledge that there is only one KD ... He went for 27/55 pct/42 3-pt pct/92 fg pct in this sweep, and nary a disputer has come close without having lived that struggle ... Let the man be
He a Carmelo Anthony buddy. Just a jump shooter pretty boy. NO REBOUNDS ..NO CRAZY DEFENSE....NO POST GAME. Just fadeaways n 3s. It's over we're noticing things.
He is a Carmelo Anthony buddy. All jumpshots and fadeaways. NO CRAZY DEFENSE......NO POST GAME.....NO CRAZY REBOUNDS. Just fadeaways n 3s. That height he has gotta get in the paint forever now. DeMarcus Cousins type angry attitude. Carmelo wouldn't get in the paint so coaches didn't want him. Too pretty. We see more now. Game is changing for his height. No more jumpshots. Be a Tim Duncan. He just a tall shooter and coaches n players his height figured it out.
@@NYUArchaeologyhes 7 foot tall of course he gets rebound of course he has a defensive impact but that gets overshadowed since he is a great offensive player, what the media potrays you as is your identity
@@NYUArchaeologyin this day of age 2024 at every posititon you either must be able to shoot or have a jumpshot
@@michael922 he plays no defense sir. He's not known for aggression. Rebounding aggression. All he'll do is shoot. Carmelo type crap.
Nobody is safe from Mr Stunted Growth
Most people that will say he didn’t live up to expectations will say that from the standpoint of him not winning after leaving the gsw.
This perception has several angles in which since he didn’t people switch the narrative to the “Steph” never needed him although the whole team flew across the country to New York to beg Durant to join. But if he did win after Steph then the narrative would be how he’s lebrons equal.
People think top 10 players ever are just growing on trees and put unrealistic expectations on great nba players because they don’t measure up to jordan. Nobody measures up to jordan.
For me Durant didn’t live up to expectations but not off by much. I first saw Durant at Texas and dude was unstoppable. I thought he was Garnett with range so I thought when he hit the pros that he would drop 30 a game and get 12 rebounds and 5 blocks. So for me personally, not seeing him becoming a defensive great is disappointing but he still became a legend.
nobody said Durant needs to win 6 chips undefeated, he just needed to win one as the man. And also not bandwagon a highly successful team that doesn't need him and kill any reason to watch the NBA for years. He also killed a good rivalry between the Cavs and Warriors, if Kyrie stayed on the Cavs until 2018 we would have had two more great competitive finals, instead of the exhibition team garbage we got
@@stevenscummy1458 and that’s the problem. Durant doesn’t need to win one as the man and you’re clearly ignoring that curry said that the warriors was Kevin’s team. You’re clearly ignoring that Kevin was unanimously viewed as the better player than curry as teammates. You’re clearly ignoring that he won 2 FMVPS and if he didn’t get hurt they would have possibly win 3 straight. And you’re clearly ignoring that Durant was the man in which it caused him and draymond to get into it because draymond wouldn’t pass him the ball for the game winner. Revisionist historian 🫵🫵🫵
You guys are blaming Durant when curry, klay, dray, Kerr all flew from cali to New York to beg Durant to join. You can’t penalize Durant for this but praise curry for the success that comes from it. All people involved in that were goofy and tainted their legacy or you have to praise them all.
Perhaps the warriors win another title without Durant ever joining but they weren’t going back to back. People ignore that curry had a mental breakdown but they blame it on his injury but it wasn’t an excuse when they were up 3-1 or when they came back from being down 3-1 to the thunder.
@@joejett5084 Literally none of that matters when it wasn't Kevin's team, he was a guest and everybody viewed him that way, from the front office to players, to fans. The team did what they were supposed to do by recruiting the best available talent, it's up to KD to not make the chump move. That's why he's the one taking all the heat, and the Warriors organization gets none of the heat because they just did what they were supposed to do.
It's the equivalent of hitting on a girl who's married, nobody blames the guy for trying his luck, they blame the girl if she goes home with him
Westbricks career is closer to being over than KD or The system.
Let’s stop it with the “he saved Bron” nonsense. If you watched the game then you know LBJ made plays on both sides of the court to lead to that come back to bring them back before that shot.
NBA talk is just a bunch of trolls. Nobody can see that Durant saved curry’s legacy. That warrior team was going to be broken up if kd never went there but now the narrative is that they never needed him although the whole team flew across the country to New York to beg him to join. Now it’s about how curry won before and after him. Naw I’m not buying it.
Well, he never hides his hate for LeBron.
@@joejett5084 Lol that team wasn''t breaking up after one chokejob, stop it
He's probably a Kobe fan
I think his downfall has always been that he kinda lets the game come to him and tries to let his teammates create offense for him, or first in general then he attacks. It was ok for okc with russ and harden and great with curry, klay and green as his teammates, but when he was asked to do more offensively and just take over, like many expected him to, he just doesn't. Sometimes a great scorer like him just needs to launch shots up to save his team. Just get real selfish, and score over and over and over again. Too many times when watching kd he'll be like 5-7, 6-8, miss 2 shots in a row then he'll stop shooting for half a quarter. Kobe or jordan miss 2 shots they're taking 5-6 more to keep pressure on the defense. Or driving to get fouled, force double and triple teams get a teammate open. Its why he's never dropped 60+ in a game or had a series where his individual dominance got an inferior team past a better team, like 89 jordan past the cavs, or 18 bron past the raptors, or 08 kobe past the spurs. The closest he came to that was against the bucks, but thats about it. Many times it seems he plays just better than everyone else or on par with his matchup but never tremendously dominating for extended stretches. He takes his foot off the gas and almost seems to do the opposite of stat padding. More like "aite i got 30 we up 5 i can let russ/kyrie/booker cook for the rest of the quarter if the other team gets the lead then I'll demand an iso or a pin down for me."
MVP and 2x Champion. I’ll go with yes.
please do lagerald vick next
Do Marquis Nowell they slaying my boy
Must be a slow news day
that intro a knife boy… seeesh
KD is soft but that doesn’t take away from his career and accomplishments. Things could have gone better but he’ll still go down as one of the best players ever.
KD wasn’t happy at the top because he let haters talk down on his chips. He got 2 easy rings and dipped smh cant do that. He should’ve got 3 outta GSW with 3 FMVPs then dipped out. Therefore his rings would be more solid. More respected. Cautionary tale actually.
He should have just stayed there forever. The easy rings thing would have gone away eventually. As long as he’s winning all the FMVP’s on a dynasty that’s all anybody would have looked at in 50 years.
@@SonnyK248 exactly!
only GOAT's are allowed to get threepeats
@@stevenscummy1458 Goats on the right teams dude. KD could have threpeted on any other threepete team easily
I never clicked off a SG story before, but can’t rock with this one bro
Exceeded expectations. Don't even need to watch the vid. ✌🏾
This is wild.... People say international Bball is "REAL HOOPS" and not the WWE circus the NBA is.... You can pack the lane, physical, refs call travel, etc... Well, since 2012 KD has been the best USA player in international play.
2 rings & 2 FMVP’s… “but his career still leaves more to be desired” 🤦🏾♂
Honestly joining the warriors was the worst best move he could have made in his career.
Why? He had and has proven that he needs a TEAM built to handle a championship run.
I don't mean big 3 on a team, I mean a full team built from top to bottom to win a championship. He has always had a top build but that's usually it, and his top build has drastically varied in quality.
As good as he is he is not a pillar you build your team on, but a medium load bearing support pillar added to help support the main pillars of the team holding up the rest of the championship team
There's nothing wrong with his decision to go to Golden State and it's silly to hold it against him. I think his problem was letting people get to him
It was double edge sword, first he could've won two more MVPs if he stayed in OKC this also goes for Curry that is why both of them will never enter the top 10 players of all time, second he could've win a couple of titles with OKC they have a good front office and they were attractive FA destination but he became impatient. Third NBA has been around for a long time narratives count and not all rings are made equal. Fourth his leadership skills did not grew that is why he can't lead teams to become champions.
It made it look as if threw the series they were up 3 to 1. Insult to injury you join the team that beat you😮. Think about it.
@@connormacleod1490 OKC wasn't an attractive FA destination
@@GarbageMan144 With KD and Westbrook it was, even Paul George went there with WB alone.
@@connormacleod1490 I remember hearing OKC couldn't even get Pau Gasol to sign with them in 2014, when they were contenders coming off of a conference finals appearance with KD fresh off an MVP season. I'm afraid they weren't the most desirable place. PG only signed because of his bond with Russ and he jumped ship a year later anyway. OKC hasn't had a major signing outside of PG
Kevin does not have any killer instinct when he is outnumbered and outplay by opposing teams. Stunt his place as a leader and puts him as a sidekick. Also, in the shadow of lebron and stephan Curry who he played with.
Always thought it was terrible decision to go to Brooklyn…I really wanted him to stay at Golden State and pile up as many Larry O’Brien to trophies as he could.
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“Ray Allen saved LeBron” is the biggest skip Bayless brainwashing tactic, and you have sadly become victim to it.. Miami was down 10 points headed into the fourth quarter LeBron scored or assisted on 22 of the 30 points generated in the 4th quarter. But yeah, one shot saved him. In game 7 Chris bosh and Ray Allen, who apparently saved him combined for a total of zero points by the way.
No stunted growth here, sorry.
Mvp, champion, all nba, scoring leader, usa champ, x-time all star player,
Nahhhhhh!!!!!!!
Respect
One word...
Yes!
The end!
He’s a 1 time league mvp 2 time champion and will finish his career in the top 10 on the all time scoring list maybe top 5 he did more than live up to expectations and I’m a LeBron fan yall be thinking guys are going to come into the nba win 7 mvps and 8 championships that’s unrealistic
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Kd on stunted growth is crazy 🤣😫
I thought that he was next up until he left for the GSW. Glad that he got his rings, but that ruined any chance of him winning anymore outside of GSW (should’ve stayed). Then he went to BKN, and to be honest that wasn’t a terrible move on its face. If Kyrie was locked in and healthy and they had another 3 and D player they could’ve done some real damage. Picking up Harden is where it went off the rails and even though Simmons had a decent skill set he never returned to form.
IMO his best shot was teaming up with Dame and C.J. McCollum in Portland.
PHX was just a disaster. Replacing Ayton was the right move, but they never addressed CP3’s replacement. They didn’t need Beal, and could’ve picked either Grayson Allen or Eric Gordon to be in the second unit.
If Ayton had a brain transplant and had Tim Duncan's mind, that Suns team would probably be a lot more successful right now
Ray Allen didn’t save bron but nice video though 😂
Yes!
The bus rider gonna ask for a transfer at the last stop on any team he played for
KD ended helping Steph make the case that Steph is better than KD
Bosh was not the 3rd best player in the east I wish y’all would stop overrating him
Woww this was early
He’s a baller no doubt, but he is not respected for the way he left OKC. Can’t respect him leaving here to go to the ops he should’ve went at. #ThunderUp
"Taking the easy way out" is such a tired take
Do James Harden next when the Clippers get bounced from the playoffs.
The late 2010s and early 2020s should have been KD's time to win to ring, nobody expected KD to get a ring in the LeBron era (Late 2000s-2020 but prime from around 2007-2018), but he was a threat and if he did win he'd get big props. But with KD being a bit younger than LeBron he should have probably had his time either competing against LeBron during the mid-late 2010's, or sometime from 2019-2023.
But he cheated ring success by joining the Warriors who were already highly successful so the basketball gods said no, it's unfortunate he didn't get a better point guard in OKC though, as great as Russell Westbrook is when it came to important games he was always using poor shot selection and shooting bricks that would cost them games.
But KD made his own bed sadly, he's the only guy probably besides Kobe who won multiple championships and still has to chase another one just to validate himself somehow, in Kobe's case it was to prove he could win without Shaq, but we still respected Kobe's 3 rings. For KD we would have respected him more if he was ringless but was balling on his own team, the two chips with GS are meaningless for him and anybody on that team, except for the owners/front offices success to hang banners and the players personal memories.
I can feel bad for him putting himself in the situation, obviously if he won with the Suns he would re-validate himself, but the basketball gods aren't happy and he probably deserves this for ruining the NBA for multiple years
KD is what mofos criticize bron over
When.he came to Golden state he became the best player on that team.And i don't think the warriors would have won those championship.Because Cleveland was catching up.
Kd is top 15 all time bro the only problem yall have is “he’s not a leader” i don’t really care who is a leader because at the end of the day we don’t know who is. leading isn’t just on the court…
He kinda did .. I just thought he'd have more of a dog type of mentality when it came to his leadership. Everywhere he goes he seems passive and you can't tell who's the lear even though it should obviously be him. They don't call you the slim (REAPER )for nothing
From the past generation tier top 3 superstars the ranking is1. LeBron James 2. Steph Curry 3. Kevin Durant
Now the new tier Generation Now it's 1. Nikola Jokic 2. Luka Doncic 3. Anthony Edwards in that order. 🤷🏿♂️
Kd should of never left the warriors that team was made for him
Greatest stunted growth all time
Inarguably the weirdest career of anyone in the top 20
I'm considering various players that could be in the top 20-25 and all of them have a team they can call home. None have large fanbases that would be 'meh' about them.
Only one or two might not be undeniable leaders. A lot of them were known bts as assholes in trying to bend their teams to be championship material.
Except KD.
@@recoil53 yeah word KD is just not that guy I’m being nice saying top 20 if anyone said top 25 or outside of it wouldn’t bother me one bit…he tried to be John Cena to LeFrauds The Rock and it backfired tremendously…so glad both of these clowns are eliminated
He didn't live up to the attention he was given
I see a lot of folks giving you hate for this, but you’re good at something that something folks lack: nuance. I think it’s easy to act like “how can you ask if he’s reached his potential?” is some wack ass question, but it truly depends on what a person views as someone’s potential. I grew up a Shaq fan, and couldn’t understand why folks acted like he didn’t live up to his own….especially with 4 rings, but it’s because he could’ve done even more. So, the question becomes: what were your actual expectations of KD? If you thought he be 5 rings, 3-4 MVPs, etc…then yeah. But if you think his resume is solid enough, then you probably think folks are hating.
i agree with u 💯 and in my opinion i think kd could’ve actually been right behind lebron in that conversation of best player in the last 20 years or so but that lack of leadership and dominance outside of 3 years in golden state really makes u think about him.
Paxson and Kerr saved MJ Robert Horry D Fisher Pau Gasol Ron artest Saved Kobe but we sweep that under the rug since Ray Allen Saved Lebron
KD has made bad career decisions. But he’s never been bad on the floor. If I could make a starting 5 of any players from history KD is in there 100%. Under the right circumstances KD could have ended up in the goat conversation. It’s just being in that conversation requires not just your ability to be the best but also the situation you end up in and KD’s decision making since leaving Golden State has shot his legacy in the foot.
I'm starting MJ, Kobe, Magic, Bron and Shaq before KD
@@Noir_Nouveau you can’t not have KD 🤦♂️ the most talented scorer of all time. You’ll have Kobe and MJ on the same team that are exactly the same player. At least with KD he can stretch the floor for your star and be a defensive target literally anywhere on the floor and that will help your team massively. You literally don’t have any shooters on your team ffs 🤦♂️😂 my ultimate team would just be the 2017 Warriors which for me is the goat basketball team only I’m swapping Draymond for Bron because prime Bron could defend like a maniac and was a better playmaker and scorer than Draymond and I’ll have Hakeem at the 5 because he can stop any big and was insanely talented in the low post with his footwork. You have the two greatest offball shooters in the history of the NBA in Steph and Klay. They will stretch defences to the moon. That will leave the lane wide open for Lebdon and Hakeem to feast not that they need it because even if everyone was guarding the lane, they could both still feast in their prime. And KD is the Swiss army scorer who can get buckets from anywhere. No one has a plan for that team offensively and on defence, Hakeem, Bron and Klay are very good and KD is no slouch. But buckets will be reigning from all over the floor so defence doesn’t have to be perfect.
@@SonnyK248 Out of the five position PG, SG, SF, PF, C. What position is KD ranked #1 in?
@@Noir_Nouveau as a small forward it’s hard to rank anyone above him in terms of skill. If he had the right career he’d be the goat 🤷♂️ put him on The Bulls instead of MJ and he could be the goat 🤷♂️ it’s not like he isn’t capable of being the best player on a dynasty team he’s literally done it at OKC. But people grade you on what you win and in Brooklyn they had injuries and in Phoenix that team is just an unbalanced mess. But as a player he’s as talented as you can get and if he played on the best team like all the other greats did then he’d have the rings.
@@SonnyK248 Lebron James is a small forward. Lebron is better than KD, Larry Bird is a small forward as well. He is better than KD. Skills and greatness are two different things.
8:07 The 3rd best player in the conference? Did Paul, KG, Joe, Vince, and even Amre not exist?
Fellow hoopers always respect KD or anyone else that is just a bucket getter, but winning takes more than just getting buckets. His leadership is non existent. He's sensitive. His Golden State move indeed was the weakest move in sports history. Even after the point, they had arguably the greatest team ever to the point where it was just an unfair forgone conclusion that they would win it all, but only got 2 chips to show for it. He did not have the dawg in him to control Westbrook (horrid late game decision making) or demand ownership to trade him. His decisions in Brooklyn and Phoenix just expose his diva personality further. Bucket getter? For sure, but that's it.
Yeah a team with all the shooters, plus a league that started calling sissy fouls and didn't let you body up on guys anymore, results in super easy plastic rings. At least if the league was allowed to be more physical again like it was up before 2015 teams would have some chance at stopping them
The thing is, if we are going to ding KD for going to the Warriors, where else could KD go where he could be the man and also have a chance at winning in that era? He is not joining Harden in Houston, he is not going to the Sixers or Bucks, he is not joining LeBron…what situation was there that KD gets any rings from, let alone two?
Brutal truth is that KD was a great player in an era dominated by two all time great players, and he was not going to go through both Curry and LeBron in a season with any team out there. Can’t beat them, join them…
Why wouldn't he join Harden at that time? KD, Harden, Dwight, especially when Harden was exploiting the cheap free throw tactics, that team would have been nice. If they added some more bench depth they could definitely have gone at the Warriors. So that's where KD should have went really, maybe they could have meshed well enough for 1 season to beat the Warriors and possibly the Cavs. At least Harden would hit the shots or get free throws, unlike Westbrick who was always shooting bad shots and costing them games
@@stevenscummy1458 I am assuming that, as former teammates, if KD and Harden liked each other then KD would have gone to Houston. So I think they don’t like each other.
@@tribalypredisposed I don't know, I never heard of KD and Durant not getting along until Brooklyn, but Durant left OKC because the owners didn't want to pay him a simple 5M dollars. I don't think Harden was known for toxicity until the late 2010s so, KD probably just went to the easiest option
He wasnt stayimg on Golden state with Draymond. Come on bro. Dont forget
Huge double standard on the way the media treated him and LeBron for the team hopping.
I get it gsw won 70 games, but he didn't take a paycut to make it happen nor did he do collusion.
Durant hasn't been the same since his injury but I agree with everyone here, his biggest issue is the intangibles
Nah, LeBron started a new squad to go at the current best teams at the time, Durant just bandwagoned one of the current best teams. Miami literally had their entire roster empty and the Heat in year 1 had to play with a thin bench until they got some more depth in 2012 and 2013. Warriors already built their own success and had a ton of depth on the bench, not the same at all. KD should have been putting together his own squad to try to beat the Warriors and the Cavs. I don't blame him for not wanting to play with Westbrick anymore though
He live up to expectation and more
Is Bradley Beal next?
He’s just an unhappy dude no matter what happens
Kd really ruined that decade of basketball if u think about the amount of great team and players that couldn’t win due to that signing
He got a championship.
But those rings are looked more as "well what did you expect" as opposed to a great accomplishment.
made of plastic
Still sick that his foot was on that line I reallly feel they would’ve won the chip once kai eventually came back from that sprain bucks stole one fasho
It was because he got moved from Seattle he even came back for some Seahawks stuff
You need to drop the “why lebron will never be the goat” after this one
2011 NBA finals mental meltdown is the main reason why. He was abysmal beyond the dictionary term of the word.
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Agreed
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@antwanmoman8188 The way he runs to another team everytime things get tuff is what did it for me .
A KD stunted growth 🥴🤔 ion know na I mean he did ride GS big 3 coat tail but idk
KD to Boston 2024/2025. You heard it here first.
Man yall saying anything now
Maybe he will join the twolves next😂
OKC
He sacrificed his legacy to save Jordan’s.
He’s lived up to expectations you don’t become 1 of the 75 greatest players of all time by accident
Lbj took the easy way out first
Did he live up to pre-draft expectations? Duh. Was he able to maintain success and adjust to the expectations of an all time great? No
This might be your worst take.
KD has no business being on this show. He is a great player.
HES NOT ONE OF THE GREATS!! Used to be my favorite player. It doesn’t take a genius to see he won his MVP for being a unicorn in 2013, GSW dynasty gifted him his only rings, and he ran away from every single challenge presented to him!! I’m someone who took offense to the disrespect of twitter flaming him for having ashy ankles. Thinking they didn’t respect greatness. Believing he still had and planned for more to do than simply getting paid in this league. He has proven otherwise.
SERIOUSLY?
He stopped walking around with his bible in his backpack
Heck No, Wayne Soft
KD sold his basketball soul