Kevin Durant is Sad

Kevin Durant is Sad

And it’s an unpopular decision but you know I can live with it he one of the greatest ever I think anybody who knows basketball should consider you one of the greatest ever fourth all time in points per game and yet when it comes to the goat conversation he’s generally

Talked about certainly not like LeBron certainly not like Michael but not even like Steph Curry where do you fall should he be included it is far from controversial to Proclaim Kevin Durant as one of the greatest basketball players of all time since his debut in 2007 the world has witnessed a man now

Simply known as KD evolve into one of the most Unstoppable offensive forces to ever touch the court a scoring champion allstar MVP NBA champion and finals MVP Kevin Durant will no doubt be elected into the Hall of Fame the moment he becomes eligible however when it comes to conversations surrounding the

Greatest of all time or the goat Kevin Durant’s name is often left out recent comments by Kevin Durant himself have sparked a debate amongst basketball fans does Kevin Durant deserve serious consideration as the greatest player of all time and if he’s not the goat why not let me know in the comment section

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Before they move the lines and you lose your advantage and thank you prize picks for the sponsor Mike Chuck 1 212 what’s going on everybody when it comes to the greatest basketball player of all time the two names most frequently discussed are Kobe Bryant and LeBron James the MJ

LeBron debate is probably the most popular and polarizing Sports debate in the United States if not the world sometimes you’ll hear names like Kobe Bryan getting thrown into the conversation as well in addition to other Titans of the game like Magic Johnson Larry Bird ree Abdul Jabar Will

Chamberlain and Bill Russell most of those conversations often exclude Kevin Durant recent discourse about Durant standing in the goat conversation was sparked by the man himself in an exclusive January conversation with Dwayne Rankin of the Arizona Republic Katie was asked why he’s usually admitted from the goat debate and he

Said pointedly because I went to the Warriors why shouldn’t I be in that that’s the question you should ask why not what haven’t I done this is the very moment Durant believes that his legacy changed people thought of Kevin Durant as one thing before when he was in

Oklahoma City he went to Golden State to finally win a championship which he and the Warriors did in dominant fashion in both 2017 and 2018 but the way he did it is what has kept him out of the go conversation as his former Warrior teammate Draymond Green explains KD she

Said because I went to the Warriors He’s speaking on the goat conversation why is he not in a go conversation I think KD is one of the greatest scorers we’ve ever seen the way KD score the ball is so effortless he’s never seen a bad shot

Like he going to get you 31 points on 14 shots that is a normal KD Knight obviously I’m not one that’s going to be like KD’s championships aren’t real stop it there’s no champ Championship that’s not real Steph didn’t get the credit that Steph gets today until 2022 when he

Led this team to a championship and won the finals MVP when all else was failing Steph said all right fellas come on let’s go there period you got to go do what Steph did to get to that conversation the go conversation in many ways has always been defined by Rings

Culture and a desperate Desire by the League’s best players to win a championship LeBron james’ original decision to leave Cleveland for Miami changed the league forever in many ways but it was mainly driven by LeBron’s desire to win a championship nine Seasons into his career Kevin Durant was

Still looking for his first championship when he chose to join the team that ended one of his best chances at a title of course his best chance at winning a ring to that point was when he helped the Thunder reach the 2012 NBA finals in his Fifth Season the significant

Accomplishment considering what the organization went through to get there Durant entered a franchise going through some major changes during his first year in the NBA after his rookie season with the Seattle SuperSonics the team announced that they would be moving to Oklahoma City after getting approval from the league Durant’s first two

Seasons were largely devoid of any team expectations as a rebuilding team in Seattle in year 1 and a young Thunder team who was trying to find their footing in a new city in year two during that time Kevin Durant won Rookie of the Year and quickly established himself as

A natural scorer averaging 20 points per game as a rookie and 25 points per game as an NBA sophomore the team began steadily improving around him over the the next three seasons with the emergence of Russell Westbrook and James Harden and sergy Bako where he would win three consecutive scoring titles Oka

City thunder made it further in the playoffs each season in that stretch culminating in their conference Championship in 2012 in his first head-to-head finals matchup against LeBron James Kevin Durant struck first scoring 17 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter Durant was magnificent down the stretch as the OKC Thunder

Pulled away from the heat in game one to take a one to nothing series lead dur Grant was only three wins away from his first championship but what he didn’t know was he’d never get closer to winning the NBA finals in OKC KD averaged 30 points per game in the

Finals but a dominant all-around series from LeBron James helped Miami when four straight to deliver him his first championship playoff runs in the next two seasons would come up short losing in the second round in 2013 without Russell Westbrook and losing to the eventual Champion San Antonio Spurs in

The 2014 Western Conference Finals in 2014 ktie also won his first MVP award and his fourth scoring title tied for the third most ever already averaging a career-high 32 points per game and in 2014 that was significantly more impressive than it is right now even though it’s a crazy achievement right

Now as well Durant had his first injury shortened season in the 2014 to 2015 season only playing in 27 games because of a foot injury as a result the Thunder missed the playoffs a bounceback season in 2015 to 2016 led to another deep playoff run getting all the way to the

Western Conference Final where they would face the 73 and9 Golden State Warriors and Kevin Durant would participate in a series that without a doubt changed his life Durant faced a critical juncture in this case to be the goat taking down the greatest regular season team ever while setting up a

Finals rematch against LeBron James would Elevate him in the conversation even more and it looked like he would get that chance with a 3 to1 Series lead but back-to-back inefficient shooting games from Durant in games 5 and six followed by a measly 88 points from OKC in game s dealed their series collapse

And this would be the very first stain on Kevin Durant’s goat resume but to add insult to injury less than two months later Kevin Durant signed with the team he lost to to his credit Durant was amazing with the Golden State Warriors throughout the following regular seasons

And subsequent playoff runs he added the elite scoring that made the Warriors nearly impossible to beat he also took significant strides defensively Kevin Durant would add to his legacy when he hit nearly identical iconic 3 in the following two NBA finals in game three in 2017 he hit a dagger right over

LeBron James essentially putting the series Out Of Reach they completed one of the most dominant playoff runs ever going 16- one exacting revenge on the Cavaliers in the finals with Kevin Durant winning finals MVP in the following finals Kevin Durant hit another big three in game three in

Almost the exact same spot giving the Warriors another 3 to nothing series lead they ended up sweeping the series over LeBron and the Cavs giving Kevin dur his second championship in finals MVP in 2018 the Warriors probably would have had another championship in 2019 had Kevin Durant not been hurt in the

Western Conference semi-finals against Houston he missed the entire Western Conference finals and the first four games of the 2019 NBA Finals he gave it a go in game five against Toronto but went down with a non-con Achilles injury and the Raptors went on to dash the

Warriors Three Pat hopes in six games in this particular instance I think there were two scenarios where Kevin Durant would be looked at differently the first one being obviously if he was able to defeat the Warriors in 2016 and then meet LeBron James in the NBA finals

Which I believe he was more than capable of defeating that Cleveland Cavaliers team the second would be if he stayed on the Golden State Warriors following his non-con Achilles injury prior to moving on to the Brooklyn Nets because the narrative surrounding Kevin Durant when he was a member of the Golden State

Warriors was the fact that the Warriors really didn’t need him Draymond Green famously said to Kevin Durant in his final season with the team we were able to win without you and we will win again without you and the craziest part was Draymond Green was right having Kevin

Durant on your team is an incredible luxury the man is capable of going off at any point and is a matchup nightmare whenever the pressure is at of highest Kevin Durant hasn’t been able to perform and that’s what he’s been consistently criticized for if Kevin Durant stayed on

The Golden State Warriors following Klay Thompson’s injury he would have made it back a season sooner than Klay Thompson would have although it’s possible to have predicted that Klay Thompson would suffer in Achilles tear after his ACL tear but my argument is this would have resulted in Kevin Durant winning

Championships without Klay Thompson and being a huge reason possibly the sole reason that the Warriors would have won championships in a year where they would win the number two overall pick during the span of time where the Warriors weren’t even close to contention but instead he decided to go to the Brooklyn

Nets maybe Kevin Durant would be looked at differently had he had stayed healthy and joined MJ and Kobe in the 3p Club but injury concerns as it would turn out affected him and his team success in the years to come Kevin Durant has missed significant time in each season since

His Achilles injury including missing the entire 2019 to 2020 season this current season is the first since then in which he’s on track to play more than 55 games of course he left golden state to join Kyrie Irving on the Nets by the time his injuries caused prolonged

Absences his decision to join Brooklyn looked like a choice to bolster his case among the grades by winning a championship with the found Foundation he created however in a 2019 appearance on first take he pushed back on that line of thought you’ve been criticized a lot including by Stephen A if once you

Join Golden State that team is a juggernaut that team was a 73 win Team without you was going to Brooklyn at all related to that no I told you who my what my name was and who I am youve seen what I’ve done I don’t have to prove to

You that I can win the way you want me to isn’t part of your craft that your level when you’re being compared to LeBron James and Larry Bird and the best whoever played isn’t part of it leading a group of guys to be more than the some

Of their parts I’ve been playing this game my whole life I mastered the team game I mastered I’ve been in every situation no matter what’s throwing at me at this point from all angles from a leadership standpoint a player from a defensive standpoint offensive standpoint I know how to do everything

Instead of winning a championship his Net’s tenure was defined by a Lost season due to injury a foot on the line in game seven an ugly first round sweep and a superstar failing that resulted in a trade demand and a ticket to Phoenix his decision to leave the Warriors

Hasn’t added much to his goat case LeBron’s stops in Miami Cleveland part two and Los Angeles have all resulted in championships in each spot Durant’s first big move to Golden State delivered him the Championships he sought out but stops in Brooklyn and so far in Phoenix haven’t seen him even get to the

Conference Finals Kobe Bryant entered a new Echelon in the goat conversation when he won two championships without Shaq LeBron might have built this era’s original super team in Miami but he replicated it with two more teams bringing his championship total to four plus he was in the finals nine times the

Last 10 years including eight straight serving as the gatekeeper to a championship great athletes are viewed differently based on how much they win Kevin Durant finally won with the Warriors twice but the fact that he so heavily stacked the deck in his favor didn’t win before and hasn’t won since

Is part of his legacy it doesn’t help that Golden State went on to win another title after he left he is currently 10th all time in the NBA scoring list with over 28,000 points likely moving up a spot or two before the season ends he ranks sixth all time in points per game

He’s also been more than a respectable Defender averaging a steal and a block per game for his career for those Brooklyn teams in particular that lack size he was often the best rim protector on the team still he’s never been formally recognized for his efforts on

That side of the ball with no all defensive team honors to his name the two-time All-Star game MVP was recently named who is 14 All-Star Game of his career but just like Kobe he only has one MVP to his name far behind LeBron James is four and MJ’s 5 Grant is

Correct in the sense that he’s done just about everything other alltime greats have done he just hasn’t done it as often as the players he’s being compared to in the goat debate during Kevin Durant’s introductory press conference with the Warriors he acknowledged the criticism that his decision received

With a small but significant look into his thinking at the time and it’s an unpopular decision but you know I can live with it it doesn’t seem like Kevin Durant is living comfortably with that decision anymore maybe he thought he’d get more credit in the go conversation after winning two championships and a

Pair of finals MVPs but unless he wins another championship or two before hanging it up it’s difficult to Envision Kevin dur standing in the go conversation changing anytime soon let me know in the comment section down below where do you rank Kevin Durant all time i’ like to hear what you have to

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