Come on guys, Kevin Durant is a stunning hero. His decision to join Golden State was nothing short of courageous and they had no chance in that 4-0 sweep of the Cavs without him.

What an ungrateful prick

Quote from: tazzmaniac on July 12, 2019, 05:25:17 AM

Not a KD fan but don't see any issue with this.  The Nets should get compensation for helping the Warriors by doing the S&T.

That is something between the two FOs and had nothing to do with KD.

I understand this is the player empowerment era but replacing the FO is a bit too far!

Actually the player has to agree to be in a sign and trade.  So it most certainly had to do with KD and he was within his rights to say NO. 

Quote from: tazzmaniac on July 12, 2019, 06:07:27 AM

Quote from: ederson on July 12, 2019, 05:54:44 AM

Quote from: tazzmaniac on July 12, 2019, 05:25:17 AM

Not a KD fan but don't see any issue with this.  The Nets should get compensation for helping the Warriors by doing the S&T.

That is something between the two FOs and had nothing to do with KD.

I understand this is the player empowerment era but replacing the FO is a bit too far!

Actually the player has to agree to be in a sign and trade.  So it most certainly had to do with KD and he was within his rights to say NO.

Generaly that is correct but not here

He did not object getting traded to the Nets , he did not ask a higher salary or some other option in his new contract. He forced a team to trade an extra asset. How can this be his bussiness

This article specifically states that he did object to being traded which forced the extra compensation.  KD was a free agent.  He agreed to sign with the Nets who had plenty of cap space.  The notion of making it a sign and trade for Russell came up several days later.  The CBA no longer allows a player to get the extra year and salary in a sign and trade. 

Not a KD fan but don't see any issue with this.  The Nets should get compensation for helping the Warriors by doing the S&T.

It helped the Nets too.  They didn’t just send out DeAngelo Russell, they sent out other salary that enabled them to give more money to DeAndre Jordan.

We heard that the Nets were demanding a 1st from the Celtics to help with a S&T — was that Kyrie lulling the same thing as Durant?

Dick move plain and simple.  If he wouldn't have agreed then Russell may have been out in the cold and you don't do that to your fellow NBA players. 

Quote from: KGs Knee on July 12, 2019, 08:26:06 AM

Seems like a smart thing to do by Durant. There's no good reason for him to agree to a S&T with his former team, it's not like he was getting anything out of it, so might as well help out your new team if your old team wants to salvage something from your departure.

It had nothing to do with Durant helping or hurting GSW, the Nets or anyone else. He didn't want it to be said that he was traded straight up for Russell.

That's pathetic.

This version doesn’t make any sense.  If KD’s ego said “I’m better than Russell, I can’t be traded straight up for him” shouldn’t the Nets have been the team to give Golden State the pick, since they’re the ones getting the better player?