If you're mad at Durant how can you not be mad at Curry too? He choked in the finals, he was part of this pitch to get Durant, reportedly told him he doesn't care about shots or shoe deals, just wants to win. If you call Durant a wuss for this then Curry is too. He couldn't get it done against a healthy LeBron team, so he begged another superstar to join him.
No, don't be a part of the pitch meeting. Didn't Rose not show up for the Melo pitch meeting? I forgot. I'm just saying, if you're gonna hate on Durant for going where he was wanted and can instantly win a title, hate on curry for bowing down and seemingly telling him he doesn't care if it's his team. Curry goes from best player in the NBA, alpha dog, to this? And that's ok? Each star should get hate here, if you want to hate. Personally, I don't care about this, and I don't hate Durant. The Lakers weren't winning titles anytime soon, and now neither is LeBron. That's great to me.
Also, another good thing about this for me personally, Kobe looks even better. LeBron bolted because he couldn't beat Boston. Kobe stayed and beat Boston. Durant bolted because he couldn't get by the best in the West (the Suns), Kobe stayed and got revenge on them later on the way to a title. I love it.
To be fair the Warriors players all said they never had a problem with different players on their team taking over. They're extremely unselfish and I'm almost certain K.D. is going to be their first option, Curry is going to revert back to what he was when they won their first title in 2015 just a regular p.g. and Klay will be the 3rd option. Adding Kevin has not solved their lack of interior defense, especially since Bogut is going elsewhere too. And I agree Kobe didn't have to add mega superstars, this generation is super weak or lack other talents older players had.
I do find it annoying that super teams are cool as long as they're not the Lakers. I know the Warriors are getting some heat, but can you imagine if this was the Lakers? In a few years if everything goes as planned we'll have our own little version of GS right? This would be like Towns or Wiggins or Simmons leaving their team to join us. To be honest, I'm not as angry yet at the players for some reason... But I bet if someone joined the Lakers about a half-dozen owners send angry letters to Silver.
Players now, want to win, win now and win at all cost. If that means playing with hated rivals and have an easier time to the Finals, so be it. Can't say I have anything against that. It's just how the NBA is now.
I think this article is the least sensational I've come across on this deal. Many, many tweets pointing out that this is the NBA's fault, they allowed a superteam like this to exist. http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/...-join-warriors-070416.amp.html?client=safari#
the NBA claimed they wanted to crackdown on super teams after lebron joined the heat and melo the knicks but this is 10x worse and that was years ago. nice to see you kept your word NBA
Will the playoffs now go to a sweet-16 format to Band-Aid these superteams? It's too easy for the Cavs and GSW to go to the Finals in the current format.
Honestly, no. There is zero chance we will have a team as good as the Warriors right now. One of the greatest scorers with 2 of the greatest shooters in NBA history coming together and have guys like Green or Iggy too... Just be happy we are no contenders. The next few years would have been very frustrating to see your star get worked by GS routinely.
All of these super teams makes me bitter about that CP3 thing. Kobe probably would've been celebrating a 6th ring by now and we'd add another title to our franchise. This is so contradicting.
Trading Bogut is gonna hurt them. A LOT! Gotta have an anchor on defense. Draymond and Iggy can't guard 5 players.
as someone said in another thread, i'm just really annoyed that the nba stopped our super team. if they want to fix this stuff, they could have. they could have allowed teams to have one super max player, maybe even with a time limitation (e.g., per decade?). meaning they can pay well beyond the stated max for one guy and one guy only. the catch is that the salary still counts against the cap. so lebron could get paid 60 million, but the cap is still 94. more importantly, irving would be getting another team's super max, so lebron's organization would actually have to field a team of role players that suited him and their system, instead of just secondary star-loading. i'd have to think more about the details, but i'm sure something like this could work. it would have prevented miami, prevented the paul trade from even occurring, much less having to be ridiculously vetoed. the downside is that it would punish good drafting, which i don't like. teams that drafted two superstars would be forced to let one walk or trade them as soon as their first FA hit. but again, if you really wanted talent distribution, this would do it. the problem is: the nba doesn't. the owners want equitable cash dispersement, and the league wants big name stars (preferably in large markets). only the fans truly want parity. and really, screw them.
If the NBA wants to change this, allow current team to sign them to a lot more. Like 30% more. Not just years, but actual money. If GS can offer $30 and OKC can offer $50, it's a no-brainer where he signs.
