OT: Kevin Durant signs with Warriors

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on
News just to broke on Twitter. The era of the Super Teams continues.

2 year deal.
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kscurrie2

July 4th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^

It's great for the nba finals. Every other city/team will suffer. I don't watch the nba until the playoffs because honestly the games suck. Plus you start getting teams that will start rebuilding and tanking games to get draft picks because they know they won't compete..This is bad for the league unless you like you are a fan of GS and Cleveland.

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kscurrie2

July 4th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^

I probably have watched the nba more years than you have been alive. Back in the 90s and in the early 2000s, there was pride in every game. Players didn't sit out to rest for the playoffs, teams didn't tank for draft picks. This is the new nba. Your right, they will be fine. I will not watch. How long will they be fine though? The nba was on decline until about a couple years ago.

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OwenGoBlue

July 4th, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^

I was there for all those years at least and the game is in much better shape now. The talent and skill level is so much higher today. Do you remember how terrible the big men were outside of of the All Stars? I have a few gripes with changes in the game since but those are 300% made up for by not having to watch the Chris Dudleys of the world play basketball.

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OwenGoBlue

July 4th, 2016 at 3:04 PM ^

People were saying the same bullshit about the Heat being bad for business. Total nonsense - having a team that is the clear favorite has always been good for the league throughout history and those are the teams everyone raves about to this day. Good for business: Big Three Heat, Kobe/Shaq Lakers, Jordan Bulls, Showtime Lakers, old timey Celtics who won every year because the league had like 4 teams.

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CorkyCole

July 4th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^

To be honest, Golden State is the exact opposite of an egotistical basketball team. It will be interesting to see how they make this work as Durant is not used to the style of ball Golden State plays.

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I Love Lamp

July 4th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^

In an offensive/scoring mindset. Klay and steph want theirs. You know damn well KD wants his. And Draymond isn't going to sit there quietly if he is being overlooked. They have egos when it comes to that, and that's what I was trying to imply I guess :)

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kscurrie2

July 4th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^

I don't think this move will work. They are probably going to lose Bogut plus their other big. You see what the cavs did when Bogut went out. They won't score 200, so their big 3 will shoot and score less. I actually think they have more talent, but this is not going to be a better team. It reminds me of when the lakers had Shaquille, Kobe, Payton and Karl Malone. That team was loaded with talent and won nothing.

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DairyQueen

July 5th, 2016 at 12:33 AM ^

Actually people so often overlook the fact that Steph Curry happens to be carrying a lot of injury history.

Now, I wish him the best luck in the world, and I know he has the most advanced physical therapy and surgical specialists in the world, but even then, injuries do happen.

Everyone is overlooking that with Curry's history he could have a season-ending injury at any time.

For Golden State, in the long-run, this is just assuring a "solid" team for the next few years out.

 

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kscurrie2

July 4th, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^

Not sure about that. I personally think GS will take a step back. They are going to lose their inside presence which they needed more of, especially in the finals. They added a ton of offensive talent, but they may lose bogut, AI and others that will hurt. They had plenty of people to shoot the 3. They actually needed less of that.

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Wolverwin

July 4th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^

It makes zero sense for OKC. You just lost Durant and then you end up trading your next best player for D'Angelo Russell?! You might as well fold the team.

Also, the Lakers might not even have a 1st round pick next year because it's going to the Sixers if it's not in the top 3. 

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