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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2741086, member: 1026"] So you can't and won't evaluate KD's basketball playing ability fairly because of an off the court decision that conflicts with your definition of competition. I wish KD was still on OKC b/c that would have made for more competitive basketball, yet at the same time I can understand an athlete wanting to leave at best contentious situation for the best situation in the sport. All kinds of athletes in various sports choose the best situation to maximize their skills and earnings, for me leaving a team for a competitor isn't grounds for blacklisting a guy. I can still enjoy watching KD play and appreciate him. But we all have our hot buttons, I rooted against straight from high school NBA players and very few ever broke through that dislike - I wanted them all proven not ready. But if that happened (i.e. Kobe choking early, Kendrick P, Gerald Greene) or they were so great it was obviously the right move (LeBron, KG) then I discarded my personal bias. In this case as great as he is, I think Russ' hero ball has proven that Durant had to get out of there. Assuming that he simply chose the best situation and the fact that it was the team that just beat him was merely happenstance. The fact that the team was already too good is what makes it problematic But its been bad for basketball. The Warriors are literally worse this year than either of the last two because they are too talented, too much better than the comp and therefore bored. That is a ridiculous state of affairs in the most competitive league in the world and I'm sure it has impacted Durant more than anyone else on the team. Oddly then the best way for Durant to currently fix this is for the Warriors to be more dominant. But I'm kinda rooting for Curry to take the wheel of the team, win finals MVP and maybe as 2nd banana Durant decides to go elsewhere next year in a Kyrie Irving kind of way. If he chooses Philly, Boston or Houston then he really is a ;) If he chose the Cavs and then came back and beat the Warriors in the finals would he be vindicated?! [/QUOTE]

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