Durant Meeting (Merged)

[PAOBoston]

Reflecting before bed but I doubt  we sing Durant. This forum is running of the high of Horford and the whole Brady thing.

He probably goes back to OKC for 1 year. Meaning we are gonna bring back a lot of the team on one year deals and have a similar team + horford to last years.

We'd have a better team than last year. The C's are a better team today, with Horford, than they were 24 hours ago.

[walker834]

Independence Day.  It all started here.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Ramona Shelburne ‏@ramonashelburne
The Golden State Warriors have indeed reached out to Clips guard Jamal Crawford, but all things on hold until KD decision

[SHAQATTACK]

Unlike fair weather CP3 the TV boy ......KD is about ball first and won't mind coming back east to make his mark.

KD is about old school TEAM basketball .  He has to appreciate the Celtics on that front.

[SHAQATTACK]

Independence Day.  It all started here.

It would be the perfect storm

[PAOBoston]

Independence Day.  It all started here.

It would be the perfect storm

Yep. Will Smith. The Great American hero.

[PAOBoston]

More mainstream media on Boston being an actual destination for Durant.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/07/02/kevin-durant-free-agency-day-2-celtics-big-splash/86648620/

[vjcsmoke]

It would be nearly impossible for the GSW to sign Durant unless they renounced all of their pending free agents and on top of that got rid of 10m in salary.  The result would be a 9 man roster with 2 of the 9 being rookies and paying the rest veteran minimum.  Yeah... Not gonna happen!

Come on KD your best chance is with Boston!  Make the right choice, the GREEN choice tomorrow!  :-)

[Kuberski33]

KD has the best place to set up shop Boston .   

And the Boston / Cav war is ......ON

Basketball-wise,it's going to be equal. It's going to come down to lifestyle and intangibles. I think our chances just increased from long shot to real legitimate shot.  Legendary day in Celtics history if they pull this off.

[mainevent]

Clippers just re-signed Wesley Johnson officially waiving the white flag for KD

The Vertical ‏@TheVertical  18m18 minutes ago
Free agent Wesley Johnson is returning to the Clippers on a three-year deal. @ShamsCharania report on @TheVertical.

[Beat LA]

Unlike fair weather CP3 the TV boy ......KD is about ball first and won't mind coming back east to make his mark.

KD is about old school TEAM basketball .  He has to appreciate the Celtics on that front.

Lma0, Durant has never been a team player in his life.  He's way too selfish, imo, and as we saw in the playoffs, simply a terrible decision maker in terms of passing.  Additionally, the guy has also been in the league for 9 seasons, already, so I wouldn't exactly count on him being able to suddenly change his style of play.

[BuckeyeCelt]

So if KD does come... Is that enough to get Paul Pierce back for one more run?

Is Horford enough?

[Beat LA]

I have zero belief that he's chosing Boston this year.

dont believe the nonsense the media spews about this situation.  I have been saying Boston has been a logical destination for durant for almost a year.  I would have been shocked had we not got a meeting with him.   He might stay in okc or go elsewhere but our shot of signing him is legit.

I sincerely believe his best chance to win now and long term is golden state or Boston, but golden state is a bad fit for him for a number of reasons.

It's not logical for Durrant. OKC and GSW are more logical for him at present.

We're simply the most logical choice in the East.

Thus i'm not even thinking we'll be in the final conversation for Durrant.

disagee. staying in okc is a terrible decision. Signing with the Warriors would ruin his career.

Good points lb.for me, SA and Boston make the most sense for durant. Not only would he be part of very good teams, each team has great, great coaches,GM, systems, futures,and more.

Having bradly at the meeting was probably to have a champion talk about the importance ofhaving a stable front office, a plan, and a team, as opposed to"you will score a lot with us." I think Bradley also showed that the celticsare serious about championships and how supportive Boston fans are.

The Celtics also have the assets and resources to keep improving under the salary cap.

But SA always has a lot to offer as well.

I disagree on both, but in regard to San Antonio, how will he fit with Leonard and Aldridge on the court?  Even if you move LaMarcus to center, Durant would have to be the 4, which I do not believe he is exactly keen on, lol, and Leonard doesn't have the ball handling skills to move over to shooting guard. 

Actually, maybe they can make it work.  After all, Danny Green has been starting at the two for them for a while now and he can neither dribble nor hit a midrange shot, lol .

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

If Westbrook will not commit, then Boston is clearly the superior option vs OKC.

The risk of what the team will be without Westbrook is too great.

even if Westbrook commits, that team is super overrated. Without durant they will struggle to make the playoffs.  They were in the lotto a year ago when durant was hurt.  Garbage supporting cast aside from Adams.

I was just watching an ESPN clip featuring a panel of 5 people, and the majority opinion is that Boston, with Horford and Durant, would be no better than OKC with Westbrook and Durant, but I disagree.

I admit to wearing green goggles, but I think Boston's primary supporting cast of IT, Crowder, Smart, and Bradley is better than Adams, Kanter, Waiters, and Oladipo.

[jpotter33]

http://www.bigplay.com/report-kevin-durant-choosing-between-celtics-warriors/

Does anybody know who Dan Lifshatz is? Obviously this is probably nothing, but I figured I'd share it anyways.

Apparently this guy is saying it's between Boston and Golden State.