I'm still bitter about KD and Kyrie for the firing of Coach Kenny Atkinson. Coach Kenny made a great culture on the franchise during the years of rebuild but when two drama queens came along that culture disappeared.
Players like Dame have been playing with casts like what KD's been playing with lately for nearly his ENTIRE CAREER and hasn't complained once. KD looks extremely bad right now.
Nah, I wouldn't go that far. Portland's rosters have always looked better than what Brooklyn is bringing out right now, which speaks VOLUMES on how bad Brooklyn's front office is. Current Nets roster looks like something the Rockets would bring out....and they're tanking.
I find it funny how fast a lot of people went from saying KD is undeniably top 10 to having to quietly switch him out for curry who actually earned that spot after last years finals.
@@thareelhelloagain I’d have to agree. I don’t see him ahead of guys like Hakeem or Shaq but that was unfortunately what I was seeing from KD fans. They have been quiet recently it seems though.
I understand that KD has qualms with the organizations he's played with and I've even tried to rationalize some of it in his defense, but when does he realize that he's the leader of this particular Nets team? You're supposed to be the franchise player and face of the team, but you're running away from it because you don't want the blame when things go wrong which is part of being the best player and leader of a team. Throwing your teammates under the bus like that and saying that you seemed a trade last summer because you would be blamed if the team played bad is the energy of a #2 option and not a #1 option.
He's not the leader of the team. That's one of the big problems. They have no leader. KD has never been the leader type. Just because somebody is the best player doesn't always make them the leader.
Wait, didn't KD demand the nets sign DeAndre Jordan, limiting minutes that should have gone to Jarrett Allen? Only for Allen and Caris Levert to be traded to get Harden, who KD wanted? Wasnt Spencer Dinwiddie part of a huge trade that saw players like Kyle Kuzma, KCP, Montrez Harrell, Russell Westbrook get moved and the only thing the nets got out of it was a 2nd round pick and a player I've never heard of so they can keep paying the players on the roster? Didn't they go get more shooters like Patty Mills and skilled bigs like Aldridge and Blake who wouldn't clog the paint and could pass and stretch the floor? Didn't he choose to pair up with the same player that had spent the prior 4 seasons convincing everybody that he was toxic to a locker room? If KD's legacy is hurt by what happens in Brooklyn it's his own fault
One mistake... Dinwiddie left in free agency. It was a sign&trade with Washington and they got a 2nd and a pick swap out of that trade. So he wasnt part of the Westbrook/Lakers trade. Other then that... spot on!
2:39 Bullshit that 2016 thunder squad had pieces around it I will never forget guys like Dion waiters,enes kanter,Steven adams ,Anthony morrow and serge Ibaka
Thunder was up 3-1, clearly y’all had a chance to win but they blew it. So why not run it back. Even if you wanted to go to another team, you really gonna join the team you just had lost to, plus that team went 73-9? Like cmon bro.
@@spurs1499 The EXACT SAME WESTBROOK that helped him get that 3-1 lead vs the warriors. And the same westbrook who averaged 25.2 ppg against you're 67-15 2016 spurs. YEAH EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES. KD fanboys
This is peak proof of karma. They way he did okc, not even that he left but how he left. Got a couple rings where he wasn't even necessary & ends up back in even a worse situation it seems.
@@Boxhead42 LMFAO okay buddy. says the same ones who will call KD names all just because "oH hE lEfT OkC, hOw dArE hE. i'M gOnNa cRy aBoUt iT." 💀 that corny smiley face at the end too... got me weak 😭
He brought it on himself at the end of the day. He chose to tether himself to Kyrie, whose known to be flaky. He chose to bring in Harden and then Simmons, who both blew up in their faces. And when the going got tough, he threw a tantrum and tried to demand his way out of a bad situation HE is responsible for.
It was that epic & KD stans try to downplay it saying it was Russ fault & OKC had no chance like stop it they were up 3-1 and playing dominant Durcant just started choking and so did Russ towards the end
Lol even tho some people still bring up the Warriors blowing one, it’s kinda been dying out because Steph and the Warriors are still winning rings….unlike KD 😂
@CH Reason nobody talks about the Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead that much anymore is because we’re still winning rings RIGHT NOW and the fact that we won back to back chips after blowing a 3-1 lead!
The roster wasn’t overly dependent on him when he was on okc. They had good team and role players. Only thing say about okc is the chose defense over offense. By keeping Perkins and sefolosha, or Roberson but even then we had Ibaka Reggie Jackson, Marrow.
That shading teammate is weird as a leader like you gotta take accountability even if its not your fault like imagine curry rn shading his teammate or even lebron in like 2018 or even rn they would get crucified but somehow kd gets away with it twice
@@gobot581 How? Jordan has always given him props and put him on the same level as him. Scottie been distraught since his bustdown wife got stolen. Low IQ take.
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He did that once. Brooklyn wasn't a title contender when he signed. That's like saying all lebron does is hop for rings because he turned a down franchise into a contender. Cope
Yeah you're both right, obviously. It was just the jump to play with Harden and Westbrook which anyone would do, then jumping to play with nets thinking the same thing and it sticks out to me. Now when things aren't 100% working perfectly in his world he wants out. But yeah i was wrong really I guess, just seems like more
I hate how people use skill and shooting ability interchangeably. Ben can't shoot but saying he isn't skilled is ridiculous. Kyle Korver can shoot, but he wasn't skilled. They're different things.
KD wasted a good part of his career going to Brooklyn. He already had a bad rep joint the Warriors he had a chance to redeem himself. Linking up with KYRIE, wtf was he thinking
KD ruined an up and coming team which had been to the playoffs the year before he joined. Because of him and Kyrie, key players on that team, all young up coming stars, were let go. Their coach Kenny Atkinson was let go. He gave the reasons why he left OKC but he had what he said he was looking for in GS. That lasted two years and he left after his third year to join forces with the head case flat earther Kyrie. Bad decision. In fact, making bad career decisions is now KD's legacy.
Durant needs to play in an offense like the triangle offense. MJ and Kobe were both iso heavy player but under the triangle they both won 6 and 5 chips respectfully. Should of never left OKC or even Golden State. OKC had something going for them despite blowing the 3-1 lead. He could've possibly play with Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Russ before his downfall, and Steven Adams. With GS, there was less pressure on him as he wasn't the #1 option. If he doesn't win in Brooklyn, his career will forever be a great player who hop on a successful team to win. If Durant is complaining about this Nets roster, imagine him in Kobe's shoe in 06 with Smush, Walton, Kwame, Odom, and Mihm. Only difference was Kobe will this team into the playoffs in a tough Western conference against the Suns but blew a 3-1 lead, only difference he didn't join Phoenix like KD joining the Warriors. Nothing can make KD happy, he was on a team with potential had he stay in OKC, On a championship team with Golden State and wasn't happy. Now he's on a dysfunctional organization he chose with Kyrie's (doing some side quest) future in jeopardy with the team and Simmons being a wimp (you get pay to put the ball in the net) and a potential bust.
one thing that people forget was okc got oladipo and sabonis but was also very close to getting al horford. then possible trading kanter and sabonis and payne for shooting and wings. had he stayed in OKC they were still in position to improve their roster.
1. OKC wouldn’t have gotten pg or melo. 2. OKC didn’t have potential. They just had kd and Russ 2 of the best players at their position. OKC let go of harden and traded Reggie, they didn’t have any shooters. 3. KD didn’t have any pressure on the dubs if anything he had the least amount of pressure. And 4. Your mad he joined gs and then he leaves and ur still mad, can’t please everyone🤷🏿♂️
My thing is this… the Nets could have held on to James Harden and not obliged to his trade demands, Kyrie would have been a Full time player, and KD would’ve fully recovered. Then they would have been back on track to tryna win a ring for the following season since tryna go for a deep run in the 2022 playoffs after all what happened would have been kind of stretch.
Kyrie still isn't a full time player lol. And if James was over kyrie (understandable) it probably isn't worth the locker room tensions. Those two dudes are divas I think kd is the only one who'd just go out and play
@CH Curry has a winning record without KD AND Klay, the other 2 dont. Curry is the GSW. Him existing on the court makes GSW's attacks possible, he doesnt even have to score a single point to fundamentaly alter the way that his opponents play.
Steph turned a role player (Draymond) and a 3 and D guy (Klay) into HoFs with his scoring ability and his PLAYMAKING. Durant never even attempted to be a playmaker. Hes such a gifted scorer that he could easily make his teammates better if he created for his teammates more but nah he cant play team ball because "it doesnt give him time to get into his bag" yes thats a real quote This guy is the epitome of DELUSIONAL
It's unfortunate he remains to be the #2 in the league, always in the shadow of who we all know is #1 (The "King" himself.) The man still remains my MVP, my favorite player to still play in the league. He had a chance to make a legacy in OKC. That didn't pan out. Went to the best team in league, the Golden State Warriors; had it made, but he left what could've been a dynasty and known as the greatest championship team of all-time. As a free agent, he decides the Nets, coming off a season with D-Lo, Caris, Jarrett, and company as a team who were possibly soon-to-be playoff contenders, was where he wanted to create a new path to greatness, and resulted in blowing up the former team since Kyrie was on his way as well. Three years after all of these events, he's in a team with Seth, Joe, Kyrie, and a ever-growing Nic Claxton, with Ben Simmons, replaced the coach that transformed the Nets team with Steve Nash of all coaches ( and I thought you couldn't worse than Jason Kidd and Derrick Fisher), and is in a situation where all the plans collapsed due to the pandemic, Kyrie's intentional absence, and playing in a dysfunctional organization from the front office to the coaching. I say all this to say, his deteriorating legacy happening in the late end of his career is his own doing from his impulsive decisions and not knowing what could've transpired in teams he arguably left too soon.
As I watch this video, KD just passed 26,000 career points. He's already an MVP, 2 time champ, 2 time Finals MVP. When it's all said in done 1st ballot Hall Of Famer and still will go down as one if the greatest to ever play. His legacy is fine.
That’s just the thing it’s just fine he had the talent to be a top 5 player ever but now he’s not even going to get close to that and it’s completely all his fault
@CH you must be very forgetful… the season before kd and Kyrie signed the nets had a very fun young squad that actually made the playoffs and DLo was an all star they had a lot of potential with that squad a whole lot
@@Adi-bo5do because he sent a link for a movie and was suspended for 8 games. You obviously have a direct connection to the "chosen people" to think that was justified.
I used to like KD. But after wanting Steve Nash fired when he was the one who wanted him as the head coach in the first place... that was the straw that broke the camels back for me. KD is largely to blame for the situation he is in. No accountability still after so many years. It's childish...
If KD, Kyrie, and the front office had just left the roster the way it was when they first signed with them, the Nets would've been better off. KD and Kyrie with a supporting cast of Dinwiddie, Joe Harris, Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, LeVert, Bruce Brown, and Landry Shamet? That would've been more than enough to be in title contention.
Lebron isn't a good example for the argument of running away. He might not of run of to Boston, but taking his talents to South Beach isn't any better. The man pretty much set the standard of prime superstars team hopping and trying to control the building of the overall franchise. Without someone like Lebron making it okay for players to move around and team up. A players like Durant might have never left the team that drafted him and the entire league would look completely different.
@@Lewis-jn8ry at least LeBron went to a team that missed the playoffs the previous year he was the main reason they had the success they had. He didn’t join a successful team that won without him
@CH Miami didn’t make the playoffs the year before Bron & Bosh got there with while Wade was there & their roster was totally different before the Big 3 joined. It was watching it unfold unlike you did I remember well
@@michaelbarnes2126 right..his situation was way different when he went to Miami! Boston had the big 3 including rondo ✔ he couldn't single handedly get past them so he formed his own superteam to even the odds..kevin durant joined a team that already won a championship
@@alexanderadonyae7937 crazy how ppl say the whole big 3 started with Bron when it was simply something to even the odds against the Boston Big 3. Plus basketball is a business at the end of the day. Would anyone who puts up the numbers as a star continue to run into a brick wall year after year and not take an opportunity to make their team or themselves better?
Greetings brother love your commentary on KD and I've seen you on several shows your ability to break down situations and bring common sense to the table is educational and enlightening and once again thanks for telling the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about KD.
Well, KD and the Nets have hit the right stride at the right time going from 8th to now being among the top teams not only in the Eastern Conference but also in the entire league. They were currently sitting 2nd in the East at 26-13 having won 13 of their last 14 games as of this comment.
KD has spent his entire career looking around the roster trying to find the problem. He needs to look in the mirror. He is an all time scorer, but look at all the winningest players, you need to have that *and* be a leader of men. KD is probably one of the least motivational teammates I've ever seen. You're supposed to put the team on your back - that's your job - you don't cry about it afterwards.
What legacy? His legacy is one of the all time great scorers that won a few titles by joining the best team of all time. That ain't changing, he isn't destroying it, it is what it is. The only way he could change the narrative is by leading a team to chips and that just isn't realistic in the league today imo.
I remember when kd came in the league, everyone talked about how skinny he was... Be dang after seeing him on the podium when he was in OKC, he's even skinnier now! He looked heavier then... Its crazy to think he's lost weight over the years
If he so worried about having a good team why did he even leave the warriors directly after winning a championship there. Should've just stayed there and won more championships
Nets fan here. I don’t think kd saying what he said about his teammates was him trying to say they were trash. He even lowkey confirmed it. He was saying that his teammates that he on the court with now not supposed to be in this situation. We nets fans was praying for nash to go cause there was so many problems, from playing kd and Kai 40 mins a night to not even having rotations correct. Kd has praised vaughn and I just honestly hope vaughn continues to go in a positive trend. I just hope he stop playing cam Seth and patty all at once. The heat on Ben Simmons is lowkey typical at this point cause everyone ain’t even give the man time and I’ve been hoping ben would turn it around cause game by game he shows signs and he just showed his biggest sign. To say Ben don’t got skill is crazy at that, and he is the key to this team and I still have faith in him. Claxton has gotten better but he’s definitely a backup center rn and I wish he wasn’t so lazy last season cause he could’ve been much bigger than he is now. Harris and Seth still getting back to normal but I got more faith in Seth than joe cause Joe be too on and off. Yuta watanabe has been a godsend off the bench I knew he would be great for us. Kyrie we know is always going to cause problems but when he was playing he was having the best defensive start he has ever had and I just hope he can continue that tomorrow. Tj warren is still not here and I know it’ll take time for him to get to where he used to be. Vaughn being a communicator and talking to his coaches has helped us greatly and trying to push us in the right direction. I’m honestly glad all this stuff is happening early instead of in the middle of the season man. We not even 20 games in and there is time to get on the right track. Idk if we can make a trade but I’d like for us to get Kuzma or pj Washington and a big man.
KD should go back to OKC! and accept the fact that he could never win a championship again, and mentor those young players give them experience give them vibes of winning playing in playoffs that's the best grace to save his legacy... He has money, Fame, Ring, MVP, what more he can ask for?
That's why I kept saying. No other team would like to trade for Durant, because he is neutralized with the Nets that which would not mattered in the play-offs. Tough for Durant.
Fifteen years of 'Player Empowerment' BS, but players SUCK at structuring a team. Those guys at the front office are working there for a reason. Post-social media NBA athlete narcism level is beyond anything that lives. I would call it hubris, but there is a difference between pride and plain stupidity.
The Nets aren’t struggling to make a playoff spot (Or tbh I don’t think they will fall off to that point) They just aren’t good enough to win back to back to back series against a combination of BOS, MIL, PHI, or CLE
The difference between KD and actual great players is that great players can make a roster into a championship caliber team. While KD just signs to championship caliber team.
@CH Hakeem Olajuwon went back to back with no all stars or all nba players. The West was also quite stacked in those 2 years with the Jazz being very good.
He already did when he pulled a Lebron and created a superteam to win his first titles. But to be fair to him his 2017 title was against another superteam but he hasn’t done anything since
KD killed his own legacy it's shitty to see, If he stayed on OKC and won championships he could have been a god top 3 all time, if he stayed on the warriors he would have been considered one of the best in caliber but outside the top 8 for sure. With his Brooklyn years he is top 15 all time ( Steph Curry definitely ahead of him at this point), if he forces a trade from Brooklyn too and doesn't win a championship after that... he will be lucky to be considered top 20 especially with the talent we are seeing now in the League. Luka, Jokic, and Giannis will catch up with him if he is not careful. Same deal if he stays in Brooklyn and never wins. If KD never wins a championship again he will be forever relegated to top 20 all time which is a failure on his part considering his potential. Honestly KD's best shot is jump to Knicks or Celtics and try to ingratiate himself into that legacy, winning a championship there would boost his prestige way more than a championship for the Nets
Whatever “Top Whatever Number” list you put him on, if he can’t add to his resume, he’s the last person on that list. GSW won as many titles with KD as without him, and replacing him (and winning) with Wiggins solidifies that ANY GOOD WING could have joined that team and won with it.
I don’t think KD going to Brooklyn killed his legacy. “Allowing” not necessarily “choosing” who came with him to Brooklyn killed his legacy. Kyrie and especially Deandre Jordan did so. There were so many guys he could’ve had either through free agency or trades that they could’ve gotten that would’ve bettered the roster, just as much a Kyrie did and more. The Covid situation is tricky because it really isn’t a straightforward issue to where you can justifiably blame someone, instead to just be up in arms and in huge disappointment. There is also the organisation problem to look at as well with their huge disfunction. But, this is the era of player empowerment or better known as entitlement. So player controversies overshadow any organisational disfunction we saw.
At the end of the day Kevin Durant just needs way too much to be successful. I mean every roster looks weak compared to the Golden State Warriors. The Brooklyn Nets roster is not bad at all.
KD seems to misunderstand, for one having a top heavy roster is what happens when you build around 2+ superstars, there is just not a way to pay those stars the money they are meant to get and still be able to bring in a super talented bench/other starters. Second, some of the issues with the make of the Nets is HIS fault, now I won’t blame him for every move but we do know that he and Kyrie pushed for DeAndrea Jordan instead of Jarrett Allen and look at how that failed and we know he pushed for Harden and again look at how that ended up. Overall KD continues to show that he has a huge ego (just from how often he argues with randos on Twitter and the number of times he blames everything on others and doesn’t take responsibility for at least some of why things went wrong)and is unable to accept when some of the way things went wrong might be his fault and I dunno maybe lay off trying to be like LeBron in trying to get the front office to get the players you want?
Destroying his legacy means that he will only be viewed as a top 12-13 player and not as a top 10. Pretty good legacy, but talent-wise he could have been top 10.
I feel KD looking for a new team wouldn't do shit to his legacy if he gets another chip from that, that's just smart moving. Yeah he failed in nets, managements fault or not he would of been way better to stay with GSW. If KD can get to 76ers/Heat/Bulls that be killer for both parts. Send him to Mavs/Blazers/Wolves get some players/picks. UTAH for picks and he has a sexy team to join. At this point if I was KD I would try to position myself somewhere that can push for the next few years.
I like Durant, one of the guys who got me into ball, but I don’t pity him at all for his situation. That sucks your teammates can’t shoot guy who played with Curry and Klay
The only way KD can turn this around is if he goes to a franchise that never won sh*t /won in decades & bring them a ring (Knicks, Kings, Wolves, Hornets, Jazz etc)
Can we step back? This was never going to work. New owners never make good decisions. Cuban(Nash), Prokhorov(KG/Pierce), Ranadive(Cousins, Hield) to name a few. KD doomed himself when he took what Lebron did in Miami on a superficial level. Riley won as a player, coach and exec BEFORE he got there. They also chose polar opposites in teammates - among the most mature, intelligent and thoughtful players in Wade vs what we've seen as an impulsive, immature and absent Kyrie. Bosh was still in his prime, DJ was decidedly not. While he didn't have great choices on teams in '19 (NYK didn't even offer him the max), he's not the same man 'Bron is. Not in strategy, not in leadership and not in style of play. KD is a businessman. Lebron is a business, man.
Its crazy how people look at him and think that because he chose to play for the nets it somehow is "destroying" his legacy when in actuality the nets are squandering the last of his prime by not being able to build a team properly. Everyone wants to put the actions of his teammates, coaches, and GM at the feet of KD just because hes the best player but the man isn't someone who tries to be a player/coach/gm. Dude just wants to be a player, like Giannis, or Luka, or anyone not named lebron. Its easy to say now, 3 years after the fact, that he probably would have been more successful staying in Golden State. Man dared to be great and yall trying to act like hes performing like ben simmons while acting like Kyrie.
KD destroying his legacy is something I always think to myself: how in the world does he keep making it worse for himself?
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His momma is the real MVP.
But sure, search for clues...
It’s honestly impressive at this point.
Love your vids btw, keep up the good work.
KD SIS WHAT BEN SIMMONS DID FIRST LEFT HIS TEAM AFTER PLAYOFFS
Toof!
0:51 Giannis telling Ben Simmons "move and play or gtfo the court you big baby. You just in the way at this point."
Common Giannis W
Kind of crazy to realize now that KD's mvp speech was some BS when he was talking about his teammates
Well at least we know one part wasn’t BS.
His mom is the real MVP… for having to put up with his sensitive ass for 35 years
Aaron Rodgers uses the KD mantra. 😏
@@qualicumjack3906 She the reason why he is so sensitive. The reason why boys need real men in their lives growing up.
@@Boxhead42
Nah thats dumb af what are we animals its individual.
Hitler was raised by a single mother and still became a great man
@@Boxhead42 yo daddy left you
I'm still bitter about KD and Kyrie for the firing of Coach Kenny Atkinson. Coach Kenny made a great culture on the franchise during the years of rebuild but when two drama queens came along that culture disappeared.
Kenny even found a way to make D-Lo useful. Granted that teams ceiling wasn’t high at all but that Nets squad was so much fun to watch.
@@JawaPenguin16 notably that was also, to date, D-Lo’s only All-Star appearance
Nets fan. It was a terrible move but it's four years ago. Time to move on.
Players like Dame have been playing with casts like what KD's been playing with lately for nearly his ENTIRE CAREER and hasn't complained once. KD looks extremely bad right now.
He's a whiner.
Look how far that took dame🤷🏾♂️
Nah, I wouldn't go that far. Portland's rosters have always looked better than what Brooklyn is bringing out right now, which speaks VOLUMES on how bad Brooklyn's front office is.
Current Nets roster looks like something the Rockets would bring out....and they're tanking.
name a CJ equal that’s currently available for KD right now….
@@gabrielcastro-gc1dh Exactly and Dame's still not complaining. Meanwhile KD still acting privileged.
I find it funny how fast a lot of people went from saying KD is undeniably top 10 to having to quietly switch him out for curry who actually earned that spot after last years finals.
Never thought KD was any higher than 15th, in fact I'd put him closer to 20th, but Curry is minimum 12th now and as high as 9th for me.
I’ve never even heard anyone say he’s top 10 😂
no one said that he was top 30, top 25 maximum
@@evaadee6301 KD fans were saying it a lot last season. Your lucky that you didn’t.
@@thareelhelloagain I’d have to agree. I don’t see him ahead of guys like Hakeem or Shaq but that was unfortunately what I was seeing from KD fans. They have been quiet recently it seems though.
I understand that KD has qualms with the organizations he's played with and I've even tried to rationalize some of it in his defense, but when does he realize that he's the leader of this particular Nets team? You're supposed to be the franchise player and face of the team, but you're running away from it because you don't want the blame when things go wrong which is part of being the best player and leader of a team. Throwing your teammates under the bus like that and saying that you seemed a trade last summer because you would be blamed if the team played bad is the energy of a #2 option and not a #1 option.
"...is the energy of a #2 option and not a #1 option." well it suits KD perfectly then.
KD is just a shooter version of Scottie pooped
@CH Nothing you wrote had anything to do with my post.
@CH bro Durant isn’t a leader bro barely talks
He's not the leader of the team. That's one of the big problems. They have no leader. KD has never been the leader type. Just because somebody is the best player doesn't always make them the leader.
Wait, didn't KD demand the nets sign DeAndre Jordan, limiting minutes that should have gone to Jarrett Allen? Only for Allen and Caris Levert to be traded to get Harden, who KD wanted?
Wasnt Spencer Dinwiddie part of a huge trade that saw players like Kyle Kuzma, KCP, Montrez Harrell, Russell Westbrook get moved and the only thing the nets got out of it was a 2nd round pick and a player I've never heard of so they can keep paying the players on the roster?
Didn't they go get more shooters like Patty Mills and skilled bigs like Aldridge and Blake who wouldn't clog the paint and could pass and stretch the floor?
Didn't he choose to pair up with the same player that had spent the prior 4 seasons convincing everybody that he was toxic to a locker room?
If KD's legacy is hurt by what happens in Brooklyn it's his own fault
Straights facts
One mistake... Dinwiddie left in free agency. It was a sign&trade with Washington and they got a 2nd and a pick swap out of that trade. So he wasnt part of the Westbrook/Lakers trade. Other then that... spot on!
@@Smido83 it was a sign and trade..
He was traded
He had to be signed first to be part of the trade
2:39 Bullshit that 2016 thunder squad had pieces around it I will never forget guys like Dion waiters,enes kanter,Steven adams ,Anthony morrow and serge Ibaka
kd aint destroying his legacy…he already did that when he lost to golden state when up 3-1 and then joined them. 🧁
Stuck with Westbrook 🤷🏿♂️
Thunder was up 3-1, clearly y’all had a chance to win but they blew it. So why not run it back. Even if you wanted to go to another team, you really gonna join the team you just had lost to, plus that team went 73-9? Like cmon bro.
@@spurs1499 The EXACT SAME WESTBROOK that helped him get that 3-1 lead vs the warriors. And the same westbrook who averaged 25.2 ppg against you're 67-15 2016 spurs. YEAH EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES. KD fanboys
@@jbeastyeet98 thunder had no chance against golden state tbh. kd made the right move.
That was him taking a shit on his legacy this is setting that shit on fire
This is peak proof of karma. They way he did okc, not even that he left but how he left. Got a couple rings where he wasn't even necessary & ends up back in even a worse situation it seems.
a decade of work matters
"karma"...
okay cornball 💀
@@warriorgrl3076 You can always tell that it’s a child, when name calling is brought in to an adult conversation. 😊
@@Boxhead42 LMFAO okay buddy. says the same ones who will call KD names all just because "oH hE lEfT OkC, hOw dArE hE. i'M gOnNa cRy aBoUt iT." 💀
that corny smiley face at the end too... got me weak 😭
@@warriorgrl3076 You want pudding or you wanna go home?
0:53 The disgust on Giannis face for Ben's poor defense
There's only one man who can make Draymond look like the good guy
Jordon Poole
He brought it on himself at the end of the day. He chose to tether himself to Kyrie, whose known to be flaky. He chose to bring in Harden and then Simmons, who both blew up in their faces.
And when the going got tough, he threw a tantrum and tried to demand his way out of a bad situation HE is responsible for.
Well said
Still think that?
I love how we can still talk about KD blowing a 3-1 lead 6 years later
It was that epic & KD stans try to downplay it saying it was Russ fault & OKC had no chance like stop it they were up 3-1 and playing dominant Durcant just started choking and so did Russ towards the end
@@michaelbarnes2126 it was Kerr who made a excellent coaching adjustment to have Klay defend KD during the first 3 quarters.
Lol even tho some people still bring up the Warriors blowing one, it’s kinda been dying out because Steph and the Warriors are still winning rings….unlike KD 😂
@CH Reason nobody talks about the Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead that much anymore is because we’re still winning rings RIGHT NOW and the fact that we won back to back chips after blowing a 3-1 lead!
@CH everyone talks about that
The roster wasn’t overly dependent on him when he was on okc. They had good team and role players. Only thing say about okc is the chose defense over offense. By keeping Perkins and sefolosha, or Roberson but even then we had Ibaka Reggie Jackson, Marrow.
Morrow a whopping 4ppg in playoffs 🔥
They were a good team only bc of him and Russ
That shading teammate is weird as a leader like you gotta take accountability even if its not your fault like imagine curry rn shading his teammate or even lebron in like 2018 or even rn they would get crucified but somehow kd gets away with it twice
Kevin Durants career is like an alternate timeline where Scotty Pippen left the bulls after the back to back 💀
They're both complainers since that's all Pippen has been doing since "The Last Dance" was released.
@@chrismathgenius pippen is justified
@@gobot581 How? Jordan has always given him props and put him on the same level as him. Scottie been distraught since his bustdown wife got stolen. Low IQ take.
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he's in this situation because all he does is hop around for a ring
He did that once. Brooklyn wasn't a title contender when he signed. That's like saying all lebron does is hop for rings because he turned a down franchise into a contender. Cope
Not really. He left GSW ring contender team for Brooklyn.
Yeah you're both right, obviously. It was just the jump to play with Harden and Westbrook which anyone would do, then jumping to play with nets thinking the same thing and it sticks out to me. Now when things aren't 100% working perfectly in his world he wants out. But yeah i was wrong really I guess, just seems like more
I hate how people use skill and shooting ability interchangeably. Ben can't shoot but saying he isn't skilled is ridiculous. Kyle Korver can shoot, but he wasn't skilled. They're different things.
KD wasted a good part of his career going to Brooklyn. He already had a bad rep joint the Warriors he had a chance to redeem himself. Linking up with KYRIE, wtf was he thinking
Great players don't make excuses or point fingers at others. They work hard to make things happen. They are the captain of the ship.
Harden lowkey a genius lol
His legacy been destroyed since joining golden state
KD ruined an up and coming team which had been to the playoffs the year before he joined. Because of him and Kyrie, key players on that team, all young up coming stars, were let go. Their coach Kenny Atkinson was let go. He gave the reasons why he left OKC but he had what he said he was looking for in GS. That lasted two years and he left after his third year to join forces with the head case flat earther Kyrie. Bad decision. In fact, making bad career decisions is now KD's legacy.
Durant needs to play in an offense like the triangle offense. MJ and Kobe were both iso heavy player but under the triangle they both won 6 and 5 chips respectfully. Should of never left OKC or even Golden State. OKC had something going for them despite blowing the 3-1 lead. He could've possibly play with Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Russ before his downfall, and Steven Adams.
With GS, there was less pressure on him as he wasn't the #1 option. If he doesn't win in Brooklyn, his career will forever be a great player who hop on a successful team to win. If Durant is complaining about this Nets roster, imagine him in Kobe's shoe in 06 with Smush, Walton, Kwame, Odom, and Mihm. Only difference was Kobe will this team into the playoffs in a tough Western conference against the Suns but blew a 3-1 lead, only difference he didn't join Phoenix like KD joining the Warriors.
Nothing can make KD happy, he was on a team with potential had he stay in OKC, On a championship team with Golden State and wasn't happy. Now he's on a dysfunctional organization he chose with Kyrie's (doing some side quest) future in jeopardy with the team and Simmons being a wimp (you get pay to put the ball in the net) and a potential bust.
one thing that people forget was okc got oladipo and sabonis but was also very close to getting al horford. then possible trading kanter and sabonis and payne for shooting and wings. had he stayed in OKC they were still in position to improve their roster.
1. OKC wouldn’t have gotten pg or melo. 2. OKC didn’t have potential. They just had kd and Russ 2 of the best players at their position. OKC let go of harden and traded Reggie, they didn’t have any shooters. 3. KD didn’t have any pressure on the dubs if anything he had the least amount of pressure. And 4. Your mad he joined gs and then he leaves and ur still mad, can’t please everyone🤷🏿♂️
The problem isn't that he left Golden State. The problem is he left GS for Brooklyn
My thing is this… the Nets could have held on to James Harden and not obliged to his trade demands, Kyrie would have been a Full time player, and KD would’ve fully recovered. Then they would have been back on track to tryna win a ring for the following season since tryna go for a deep run in the 2022 playoffs after all what happened would have been kind of stretch.
Kyrie still isn't a full time player lol. And if James was over kyrie (understandable) it probably isn't worth the locker room tensions. Those two dudes are divas I think kd is the only one who'd just go out and play
Harden had a player option this year he could have just left in free agency
@@wyatt5167 they could have made amends before the off season. Ion know at this point I’m just being too optimistic lol
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It seems that Billy King’s spirit is still lingering in Brooklyn
Fr the legacy of bad trades lives on..
thats why I'd still choose MJ as the Goat, players rn in that kind of mentality is just cringe.
He never should've left the warriors that's all I got to say lol
I’m glad he did tho. It proved Steph was the engine of the system and the most important player
@@Romanus- I don’t think that proves that. The whole system in place in golden state would benefit both of them in a similar way if curry left like kd
@@nickpaine2767 No it wouldn’t. KD can’t shoot from 40 ft. That’s what makes the system run. The threat of Curry
@@spcfl1461 shush
@CH Curry has a winning record without KD AND Klay, the other 2 dont. Curry is the GSW. Him existing on the court makes GSW's attacks possible, he doesnt even have to score a single point to fundamentaly alter the way that his opponents play.
His biggest mistake was getting Kyrie with him .
Oh lord, we knew this was coming 😂🔥.
This man left Steph Curry. For Kyrie Irving.
Steph turned a role player (Draymond) and a 3 and D guy (Klay) into HoFs with his scoring ability and his PLAYMAKING.
Durant never even attempted to be a playmaker. Hes such a gifted scorer that he could easily make his teammates better if he created for his teammates more but nah he cant play team ball because "it doesnt give him time to get into his bag" yes thats a real quote
This guy is the epitome of DELUSIONAL
It's unfortunate he remains to be the #2 in the league, always in the shadow of who we all know is #1 (The "King" himself.) The man still remains my MVP, my favorite player to still play in the league. He had a chance to make a legacy in OKC. That didn't pan out. Went to the best team in league, the Golden State Warriors; had it made, but he left what could've been a dynasty and known as the greatest championship team of all-time. As a free agent, he decides the Nets, coming off a season with D-Lo, Caris, Jarrett, and company as a team who were possibly soon-to-be playoff contenders, was where he wanted to create a new path to greatness, and resulted in blowing up the former team since Kyrie was on his way as well. Three years after all of these events, he's in a team with Seth, Joe, Kyrie, and a ever-growing Nic Claxton, with Ben Simmons, replaced the coach that transformed the Nets team with Steve Nash of all coaches ( and I thought you couldn't worse than Jason Kidd and Derrick Fisher), and is in a situation where all the plans collapsed due to the pandemic, Kyrie's intentional absence, and playing in a dysfunctional organization from the front office to the coaching. I say all this to say, his deteriorating legacy happening in the late end of his career is his own doing from his impulsive decisions and not knowing what could've transpired in teams he arguably left too soon.
As I watch this video, KD just passed 26,000 career points. He's already an MVP, 2 time champ, 2 time Finals MVP. When it's all said in done 1st ballot Hall Of Famer and still will go down as one if the greatest to ever play. His legacy is fine.
Yea this guy is a 7 footer who scores at will,, idc who he plays for I just wanna see him play
That’s just the thing it’s just fine he had the talent to be a top 5 player ever but now he’s not even going to get close to that and it’s completely all his fault
aging like milk
KD torching his teammates after he is the one that forced all the trades that left the roster in tatters is some next level accountability dodging.
KDisney back at it!
KD should have went to Portland and play alongside Lillard. Or in 2016 Houston.
He wouldn’t have got a chip lol
The Brooklyn nets should have never sold there soul and future for him and kyrie!!! Should have kept the fun team that we loved to watch
@CH you must be very forgetful… the season before kd and Kyrie signed the nets had a very fun young squad that actually made the playoffs and DLo was an all star they had a lot of potential with that squad a whole lot
Kyrie hasn't played because of a ridiculous suspension. Simmons is coming off a back surgery and has played very well the last two games.
@@Adi-bo5do because he sent a link for a movie and was suspended for 8 games. You obviously have a direct connection to the "chosen people" to think that was justified.
I used to like KD. But after wanting Steve Nash fired when he was the one who wanted him as the head coach in the first place... that was the straw that broke the camels back for me.
KD is largely to blame for the situation he is in. No accountability still after so many years. It's childish...
ngl KD on the Cavs or the Heat would be SO TUFF idk if it’s even possible tho
If KD, Kyrie, and the front office had just left the roster the way it was when they first signed with them, the Nets would've been better off. KD and Kyrie with a supporting cast of Dinwiddie, Joe Harris, Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, LeVert, Bruce Brown, and Landry Shamet? That would've been more than enough to be in title contention.
Kd did that when he ran to GS after choking. Imagine if Jordan ran to Detroit or lebron ran to Boston in 2010 😐
Lebron isn't a good example for the argument of running away. He might not of run of to Boston, but taking his talents to South Beach isn't any better. The man pretty much set the standard of prime superstars team hopping and trying to control the building of the overall franchise. Without someone like Lebron making it okay for players to move around and team up. A players like Durant might have never left the team that drafted him and the entire league would look completely different.
@@Lewis-jn8ry at least LeBron went to a team that missed the playoffs the previous year he was the main reason they had the success they had. He didn’t join a successful team that won without him
@CH Miami didn’t make the playoffs the year before Bron & Bosh got there with while Wade was there & their roster was totally different before the Big 3 joined. It was watching it unfold unlike you did I remember well
@@michaelbarnes2126 right..his situation was way different when he went to Miami! Boston had the big 3 including rondo ✔ he couldn't single handedly get past them so he formed his own superteam to even the odds..kevin durant joined a team that already won a championship
@@alexanderadonyae7937 crazy how ppl say the whole big 3 started with Bron when it was simply something to even the odds against the Boston Big 3. Plus basketball is a business at the end of the day. Would anyone who puts up the numbers as a star continue to run into a brick wall year after year and not take an opportunity to make their team or themselves better?
Greetings brother love your commentary on KD and I've seen you on several shows your ability to break down situations and bring common sense to the table is educational and enlightening and once again thanks for telling the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about KD.
Well, KD and the Nets have hit the right stride at the right time going from 8th to now being among the top teams not only in the Eastern Conference but also in the entire league. They were currently sitting 2nd in the East at 26-13 having won 13 of their last 14 games as of this comment.
Karma is something ain’t it
Love KD as a player. Once he decided to move to GSW he should have stayed there and won as many rings as possibile.
Green would of eventually choked him out
Hmm KD wants help.....Golden State needs needs help
I didnt get the burner account jokes until this video 😂 KD a character man
KD has spent his entire career looking around the roster trying to find the problem. He needs to look in the mirror.
He is an all time scorer, but look at all the winningest players, you need to have that *and* be a leader of men. KD is probably one of the least motivational teammates I've ever seen. You're supposed to put the team on your back - that's your job - you don't cry about it afterwards.
What legacy? His legacy is one of the all time great scorers that won a few titles by joining the best team of all time. That ain't changing, he isn't destroying it, it is what it is. The only way he could change the narrative is by leading a team to chips and that just isn't realistic in the league today imo.
I remember when kd came in the league, everyone talked about how skinny he was... Be dang after seeing him on the podium when he was in OKC, he's even skinnier now! He looked heavier then... Its crazy to think he's lost weight over the years
If he so worried about having a good team why did he even leave the warriors directly after winning a championship there. Should've just stayed there and won more championships
Nets fan here. I don’t think kd saying what he said about his teammates was him trying to say they were trash. He even lowkey confirmed it. He was saying that his teammates that he on the court with now not supposed to be in this situation. We nets fans was praying for nash to go cause there was so many problems, from playing kd and Kai 40 mins a night to not even having rotations correct. Kd has praised vaughn and I just honestly hope vaughn continues to go in a positive trend. I just hope he stop playing cam Seth and patty all at once. The heat on Ben Simmons is lowkey typical at this point cause everyone ain’t even give the man time and I’ve been hoping ben would turn it around cause game by game he shows signs and he just showed his biggest sign. To say Ben don’t got skill is crazy at that, and he is the key to this team and I still have faith in him. Claxton has gotten better but he’s definitely a backup center rn and I wish he wasn’t so lazy last season cause he could’ve been much bigger than he is now. Harris and Seth still getting back to normal but I got more faith in Seth than joe cause Joe be too on and off. Yuta watanabe has been a godsend off the bench I knew he would be great for us. Kyrie we know is always going to cause problems but when he was playing he was having the best defensive start he has ever had and I just hope he can continue that tomorrow. Tj warren is still not here and I know it’ll take time for him to get to where he used to be. Vaughn being a communicator and talking to his coaches has helped us greatly and trying to push us in the right direction. I’m honestly glad all this stuff is happening early instead of in the middle of the season man. We not even 20 games in and there is time to get on the right track. Idk if we can make a trade but I’d like for us to get Kuzma or pj Washington and a big man.
Fax’s 💯 fuc kd 😩
KD should go back to OKC! and accept the fact that he could never win a championship again, and mentor those young players give them experience give them vibes of winning playing in playoffs that's the best grace to save his legacy... He has money, Fame, Ring, MVP, what more he can ask for?
Your corny bro
That's why I kept saying. No other team would like to trade for Durant, because he is neutralized with the Nets that which would not mattered in the play-offs. Tough for Durant.
Fifteen years of 'Player Empowerment' BS, but players SUCK at structuring a team. Those guys at the front office are working there for a reason. Post-social media NBA athlete narcism level is beyond anything that lives. I would call it hubris, but there is a difference between pride and plain stupidity.
KD just isn’t a leader
This hasn't aged well
The Nets aren’t struggling to make a playoff spot (Or tbh I don’t think they will fall off to that point)
They just aren’t good enough to win back to back to back series against a combination of BOS, MIL, PHI, or CLE
Thoughts on bol bol getting minutes and what do u think of his stats
Ooo main channel upload
Whenever KD speaks, all I hear is SsSssSSSSsssssSsss 🐍
Too early to be this bearish on the Nets, especially seeing Ben Simmons’ recent form. I think they turn it around.
There is no “is” destroying his legacy is in the gutta who the hell even rocks a KD jersey now a days shit dead folk 😂😂😂
This means nothing. But KD was 4th in jerseys sold last year.
Ben simmons clearing 40 million in a few years is crazy.
The difference between KD and actual great players is that great players can make a roster into a championship caliber team. While KD just signs to championship caliber team.
Kd did that for 9 years in okc wtf are you talking about
@CH I'll give KD a pass for that horrible harden trade made by Sam presto that broke up OKC young big 3.
Such a dumb comment
@CH Hakeem Olajuwon went back to back with no all stars or all nba players. The West was also quite stacked in those 2 years with the Jazz being very good.
This is whole time I didn’t even know this was low 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ I’m new to player choice
He already did when he pulled a Lebron and created a superteam to win his first titles. But to be fair to him his 2017 title was against another superteam but he hasn’t done anything since
Wait......the 2017 Cavs was a superteam?!
@@Darkkent83 yes
Cavs was not a super team
@@Darkkent83 yes
@@MrTimLee84 keep telling urself tht
KD killed his own legacy it's shitty to see, If he stayed on OKC and won championships he could have been a god top 3 all time, if he stayed on the warriors he would have been considered one of the best in caliber but outside the top 8 for sure. With his Brooklyn years he is top 15 all time ( Steph Curry definitely ahead of him at this point), if he forces a trade from Brooklyn too and doesn't win a championship after that... he will be lucky to be considered top 20 especially with the talent we are seeing now in the League. Luka, Jokic, and Giannis will catch up with him if he is not careful. Same deal if he stays in Brooklyn and never wins. If KD never wins a championship again he will be forever relegated to top 20 all time which is a failure on his part considering his potential. Honestly KD's best shot is jump to Knicks or Celtics and try to ingratiate himself into that legacy, winning a championship there would boost his prestige way more than a championship for the Nets
He could of possibly win a ring 2014 with okc but spurs got in way. Heat was tired at that point and finals would of been tossup. A What if
Whatever “Top Whatever Number” list you put him on, if he can’t add to his resume, he’s the last person on that list.
GSW won as many titles with KD as without him, and replacing him (and winning) with Wiggins solidifies that ANY GOOD WING could have joined that team and won with it.
"Very honest" from a man who was trying to post that on his burner account. Real funny KD, real funny.
Raptors would be an amazing fit
So basically he is James Harden minus his chips with GSW
Yeh cause if you’re going the Lebron route of “if you can’t beat them, join them”, you’ve got to continue to join them.
What team beat Lebron that he joined?
I don’t think KD going to Brooklyn killed his legacy. “Allowing” not necessarily “choosing” who came with him to Brooklyn killed his legacy. Kyrie and especially Deandre Jordan did so. There were so many guys he could’ve had either through free agency or trades that they could’ve gotten that would’ve bettered the roster, just as much a Kyrie did and more. The Covid situation is tricky because it really isn’t a straightforward issue to where you can justifiably blame someone, instead to just be up in arms and in huge disappointment. There is also the organisation problem to look at as well with their huge disfunction. But, this is the era of player empowerment or better known as entitlement. So player controversies overshadow any organisational disfunction we saw.
KD did a really bad thing calling out Andre Roberson 😡
At the end of the day Kevin Durant just needs way too much to be successful. I mean every roster looks weak compared to the Golden State Warriors. The Brooklyn Nets roster is not bad at all.
Sad situation... I hope it gets much, much worse
KD seems to misunderstand, for one having a top heavy roster is what happens when you build around 2+ superstars, there is just not a way to pay those stars the money they are meant to get and still be able to bring in a super talented bench/other starters. Second, some of the issues with the make of the Nets is HIS fault, now I won’t blame him for every move but we do know that he and Kyrie pushed for DeAndrea Jordan instead of Jarrett Allen and look at how that failed and we know he pushed for Harden and again look at how that ended up. Overall KD continues to show that he has a huge ego (just from how often he argues with randos on Twitter and the number of times he blames everything on others and doesn’t take responsibility for at least some of why things went wrong)and is unable to accept when some of the way things went wrong might be his fault and I dunno maybe lay off trying to be like LeBron in trying to get the front office to get the players you want?
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KD really is OKC 2.0 it’s just his PG is a better shot creator now.
Destroying his legacy means that he will only be viewed as a top 12-13 player and not as a top 10. Pretty good legacy, but talent-wise he could have been top 10.
He already top 10 player
His legacy is fine. Will end his career being a top 15 player at worse
I feel KD looking for a new team wouldn't do shit to his legacy if he gets another chip from that, that's just smart moving. Yeah he failed in nets, managements fault or not he would of been way better to stay with GSW. If KD can get to 76ers/Heat/Bulls that be killer for both parts. Send him to Mavs/Blazers/Wolves get some players/picks. UTAH for picks and he has a sexy team to join. At this point if I was KD I would try to position myself somewhere that can push for the next few years.
I like Durant, one of the guys who got me into ball, but I don’t pity him at all for his situation. That sucks your teammates can’t shoot guy who played with Curry and Klay
If he leaves Brooklyn, I see him going to Dallas
The only way KD can turn this around is if he goes to a franchise that never won sh*t /won in decades & bring them a ring (Knicks, Kings, Wolves, Hornets, Jazz etc)
Durants legacy is pretty strange. Will go down as one of greats but the whole warriors thing, the nets saga has just been weird, what’s next?
Nets should just blow it up and start over…..
Trade KD, Trade Kyrie, Cut Simmons and start over
What a tough four years for the Brooklyn Nets
If we swap Lebon to Nets and KD to Lakers and we would see both team improve significantly
Brooklyn put themselves in this situation when they traded Dlow for a snake and signed a flat earther
Can we step back? This was never going to work. New owners never make good decisions. Cuban(Nash), Prokhorov(KG/Pierce), Ranadive(Cousins, Hield) to name a few.
KD doomed himself when he took what Lebron did in Miami on a superficial level. Riley won as a player, coach and exec BEFORE he got there. They also chose polar opposites in teammates - among the most mature, intelligent and thoughtful players in Wade vs what we've seen as an impulsive, immature and absent Kyrie. Bosh was still in his prime, DJ was decidedly not.
While he didn't have great choices on teams in '19 (NYK didn't even offer him the max), he's not the same man 'Bron is. Not in strategy, not in leadership and not in style of play.
KD is a businessman. Lebron is a business, man.
Its crazy how people look at him and think that because he chose to play for the nets it somehow is "destroying" his legacy when in actuality the nets are squandering the last of his prime by not being able to build a team properly. Everyone wants to put the actions of his teammates, coaches, and GM at the feet of KD just because hes the best player but the man isn't someone who tries to be a player/coach/gm. Dude just wants to be a player, like Giannis, or Luka, or anyone not named lebron. Its easy to say now, 3 years after the fact, that he probably would have been more successful staying in Golden State. Man dared to be great and yall trying to act like hes performing like ben simmons while acting like Kyrie.
man ik im late but as a nets fan ik back when they signed kd that they killed the franchise for the next 10 yrs