Durant Watch 2017

[Monkhouse]

Who's the odd man out in GSW though?

Green or Klay?

[Phantom255x]

Who's the odd man out in GSW though?

Green or Klay?

Klay.

Warriors already have Curry/Durant, two of the best scorers in the LEAGUE.

Thing is, Green gives more on the court in terms of a two way presence and rebounding.

Plus Klay will look for a max and I wonder if they can even keep four guys on max contracts and still have a decent bench (I have my doubts).

[Yoki_IsTheName]

The Warriors are 43-8. Forty three and eight. If they haven't discovered their buzz saw yet, I will be afraid once they did.

And I'm pretty sure KD isn't upset about Draymond yelling at him. He wasn't the first time, and certainly wasn't this time. That's who Draymond is, and KD gets that. Draymond yells at everybody, including his coach, but the Dubs seems to have no problem moving forward.

This is nothing.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/warriors-draymond-green-on-argument-with-kevin-durant-nothing-to-see-here/

As much as it's fun for us to see him don the green, he's not going anywhere.

43-8 doesn't mean Durant is happy. Durant didn't publicly admit to being bothered by Westbrook until he was already packed for Golden State, so I don't think we'll know until we know.

I'm not counting on him being available this summer, but I wouldn't rule it out either. Draymond absolutely will wear on him eventually. Might not be this year. But if it is, Durant will probably just leave and not say anything until he's gone.

Yeah, but there's this thing where Draymond doesn't actually alienate anyone on the team.

They know his fire, they know his personality, and he's been like that for the better part of three years since he started. He had yelling matches with his own coach (remember the "I'm not a robot" incident?), he's been doing that with his teammates prior to Durant coming in, and none of them seem to have a problem with it.

If Green actually is an alienating presence, we would have seen one or two rumors already about how hard a teammate he could be even before KD went to Golden State. We haven't, and we're not going to see this with KD and Dray.

[Monkhouse]

Would absolutely love Green or Klay here.

Who's the odd man out in GSW though?

Green or Klay?

Klay.

Warriors already have Curry/Durant, two of the best scorers in the LEAGUE.

Thing is, Green gives more on the court in terms of a two way presence and rebounding.

Plus Klay will look for a max and I wonder if they can even keep four guys on max contracts and still have a decent bench (I have my doubts).

[Surferdad]

Would absolutely love Green or Klay here.

Who's the odd man out in GSW though?

Green or Klay?

Klay.

Warriors already have Curry/Durant, two of the best scorers in the LEAGUE.

Thing is, Green gives more on the court in terms of a two way presence and rebounding.

Plus Klay will look for a max and I wonder if they can even keep four guys on max contracts and still have a decent bench (I have my doubts).

I've heard the argument that Steph would be 'odd man out' if somebody has to go.  Klay is playing really well and draws the toughest defensive assignments -- Lillard, Westbrook.

[Rosco917]

Draymond thinks he's the voice of that team, he's anointed himself the boss, the designated spokesman.

He needs to chill out, or loose that team.

[Monkhouse]

Would absolutely love Green or Klay here.

Who's the odd man out in GSW though?

Green or Klay?

Klay.

Warriors already have Curry/Durant, two of the best scorers in the LEAGUE.

Thing is, Green gives more on the court in terms of a two way presence and rebounding.

Plus Klay will look for a max and I wonder if they can even keep four guys on max contracts and still have a decent bench (I have my doubts).

I've heard the argument that Steph would be 'odd man out' if somebody has to go.  Klay is playing really well and draws the toughest defensive assignments -- Lillard, Westbrook.

Yeah that just isn't true.

[gift]

The Warriors are 43-8. Forty three and eight. If they haven't discovered their buzz saw yet, I will be afraid once they did.

And I'm pretty sure KD isn't upset about Draymond yelling at him. He wasn't the first time, and certainly wasn't this time. That's who Draymond is, and KD gets that. Draymond yells at everybody, including his coach, but the Dubs seems to have no problem moving forward.

This is nothing.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/warriors-draymond-green-on-argument-with-kevin-durant-nothing-to-see-here/

As much as it's fun for us to see him don the green, he's not going anywhere.

43-8 doesn't mean Durant is happy. Durant didn't publicly admit to being bothered by Westbrook until he was already packed for Golden State, so I don't think we'll know until we know.

I'm not counting on him being available this summer, but I wouldn't rule it out either. Draymond absolutely will wear on him eventually. Might not be this year. But if it is, Durant will probably just leave and not say anything until he's gone.

Yeah, but there's this thing where Draymond doesn't actually alienate anyone on the team.

They know his fire, they know his personality, and he's been like that for the better part of three years since he started. He had yelling matches with his own coach (remember the "I'm not a robot" incident?), he's been doing that with his teammates prior to Durant coming in, and none of them seem to have a problem with it.

If Green actually is an alienating presence, we would have seen one or two rumors already about how hard a teammate he could be even before KD went to Golden State. We haven't, and we're not going to see this with KD and Dray.

Sorry, but I don't see the relevance in talking about how Draymond's other teammates feel about him vs. how Durant does.

My argument is that Durant is different than a lot of guys in that he could have a problem with someone for quite a while and not let on to it. He could just leave before even expressing that he has any issues. Some people are like that. Durant showed that with the way he left OKC.

Some guys let you know how they feel constantly (Draymond, Cousins), some let you know how they feel often (Lebron, Butler), some never let you know. I'm saying Durant falls in that category.

Again, I don't think he will leave. I'm just saying he won't let us know ahead of time and we won't be able to predict it. Both options are on the table, staying in Golden State and leaving.

[bopna]

Durant is well known to hold his cards close to his chest. Never gave the slightest hint that he will leave OKC but eventually did.
Now he will obviously say the right things in front of everyone else and to his teammates but come the offseason he will exercise his opt out and teams can again negotiate with him.

[mef730]

Would absolutely love Green or Klay here.

Who's the odd man out in GSW though?

Green or Klay?

Klay.

Warriors already have Curry/Durant, two of the best scorers in the LEAGUE.

Thing is, Green gives more on the court in terms of a two way presence and rebounding.

Plus Klay will look for a max and I wonder if they can even keep four guys on max contracts and still have a decent bench (I have my doubts).

I've heard the argument that Steph would be 'odd man out' if somebody has to go.  Klay is playing really well and draws the toughest defensive assignments -- Lillard, Westbrook.

I dunno, given how many guards we have here, would we really be able to squeeze Steph in? And would KD really be okay playing behind Crowder?

Mike

[slightly biased bias fan]

Durant is well known to hold his cards close to his chest. Never gave the slightest hint that he will leave OKC but eventually did.
Now he will obviously say the right things in front of everyone else and to his teammates but come the offseason he will exercise his opt out and teams can again negotiate with him.

I'm sorry but I can't see Durant going anywhere for at least 3-4 years. If he leaves GSW after a loss he'll be perceived as a bandwagon jumper to an extraordinary extent & he's not leaving after winning a title.

The odd man out seems to be Klay as other have stated. You could easily replace him with someone like a prime Danny Green and get a decent production from both sides of the court with Durant picking up the slack. Patrick McCaw was a steal for them and perhaps could be moulded into a Thompson like player.