Durant to GSW

[Eja117]

He's a coward and that will forever be his legacy.  I'm not at all saying he had to come to Boston, but this was such a weak move.  It's ten times worse than what Lebron did.  He will be mocked forever.

I don't think it's worse than what Lebron did but it's in the conversation

[meangreenmachine]

According to this site, GSW are at $80 million already:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/GSW.html

If nobody agrees to trade with them, it sounds like KD will have to take a paycut to join them.

[mrceltic]

Tom Brady would be so p---ed right now

[JSD]

He's a coward and that will forever be his legacy.  I'm not at all saying he had to come to Boston, but this was such a weak move.  It's ten times worse than what Lebron did.  He will be mocked forever.

I don't think it's worse than what Lebron did but it's in the conversation

LeBron didn't leave for an established squad. GSW just won 73 games.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Bet okc does a sign and trade.. Hold for it, I'm shakstradamous!

[SHAQATTACK]

Disappointed for us and especially for OKC .

Disappointed in KD too.

[chambers]

The key to beating this Warriors team is going to be size.
As someone who has never been a Cousins fan, it's paramount that we get him.

[Who]

And doesn't this almost guarantee a work stoppage next year with a new CBA? I've seen several reports of NBA owners saying they're now going to push for a hard cap and other stuff to avoid this type of crap.

Excellent news. This type of thing shouldn't happen. A 73 win team signing an MVP winner while keeping all of their main guys (Steph, Klay, Draymond, Iggy). 

[knuckleballer]

He's a coward and that will forever be his legacy.  I'm not at all saying he had to come to Boston, but this was such a weak move.  It's ten times worse than what Lebron did.  He will be mocked forever.

I don't think it's worse than what Lebron did but it's in the conversation

LeBron didn't leave for an established squad. GSW just won 73 games.

And won a championship the year before.

[passesofftodj]

Durant took the easy way out. He did what Aldridge did. Hooked onto a winner. James makes a team into a champion. There's a difference.

Ainge has to go for Gasol. Celtics can't contend with just Horford. He needs Horford-Gasol up front at 4-5. They will give the Cavs a fight.

Huh?  He needs to see if they can get Horford to do a 1+1.  No point in the next 3-4 seasons.  Shed guys next year and tank.  Every team excepting the Spurs and Cavs should be tanking and ruining the league purposefully. 

[MikeB12]

Wow...did you Durant haters really think he would come to Boston...never would because Cs don't have enough talent.

So Durant replaces James as the most hated NBA player huh, especially by Celtics fans...hah what a joke...

I will root for GS to beat the Cavs next year....still not a James fan for his antics but people seem to forget how he left Cleveland to get a title in Miami but that is all ok now because he came back and won a title in Cleveland...

MikeB

[LilRip]

Judas is the perfect term for it. It reminds me of Ray Allen signing with the Heat, except taken to a whole other level.

Durant didn't betray us and go to a rival.  He simply choose the better team.  There is a big difference between the two.

I wasn't talking about Durant betraying us. It's Durant betraying the OKC fans and his Thunder teammates. Admittedly, Ray Allen wasn't on the same stature as Durant, which is why I said this was taken to a whole other level.

[chambers]

Wow...did you Durant haters really think he would come to Boston...never would because Cs don't have enough talent.

So Durant replaces James as the most hated NBA player huh, especially by Celtics fans...hah what a joke...

I will root for GS to beat the Cavs next year....still not a James fan for his antics but people seem to forget how he left Cleveland to get a title in Miami but that is all ok now because he came back and won a title in Cleveland...

MikeB

Lebron didn't leave to join a 73 win team, that was his team's rival, who were up a 3-1 lead the season before. B*#@! Made.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Wow...did you Durant haters really think he would come to Boston...never would because Cs don't have enough talent.

So Durant replaces James as the most hated NBA player huh, especially by Celtics fans...hah what a joke...

I will root for GS to beat the Cavs next year....still not a James fan for his antics but people seem to forget how he left Cleveland to get a title in Miami but that is all ok now because he came back and won a title in Cleveland...

MikeB

Still don't like LBJ and he can welcome KD aboard the boat of go..............



Hope for teams who no one expects to face each other in the finals! Go Celtics vs. Blazers!!!

[jpotter33]

With this proves KD hasn't class. He goes with the goods children, a whole town as Boston was waiting to him .
So Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are so big abd legends, you're not a leader KD . Hopefully not win anything.
This is the NBA in this days.

Kevin Durant doesn't owe anything to Boston, and Kevin Garnett did pretty much what Durant did (agreed to go to a team that get up half a roster to add him, so that he can team with two other HoFers).

Garnett wasn't exactly going to leave Minnesota though, he decided to go when he got traded..

It's very different in a sense, Boston sucked the year before, uncertainty all over.

not even close.

Kevin Garnett had a no-trade clause which he decided to waive after Boston acquired Ray Allen. Fundamentally, this decision is no different than Durant's, except that Boston sent a bunch of contracts to Minesotta, and GSW will still have to figure out what to do with theirs.

That is absolute nonsense. GS won something like 50 more games than Boston won the previous season, and GS has a two-time MVP and three other All-Stars on their team after just beating the regular season record. Apples and oranges.