Houston Rockets didn’t have to ‘give up future’ for Kevin Durant | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports
OF OUR HEAT HOMERS. I WANT TO STOP ALL OF YOU, OKAY? I PLEASE STOP. DOING THIS TO AN ALL-TIME GREAT JUST BECAUSE HE PLAYED DURING LEBRON’S TIME. YES, KEVIN DURANT IS 37 YEARS OLD BUT HE’S COMING OFF 3, STRAIGHT SEASONS BECAUSE THAT JUMPER IS AS PURE THINGS THERE’S EVER BEEN AND HE’LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TILL HE’S 50. HE’S COMING OFF OF 3, STRAIGHT SEASONS OVER 50% FROM THE FIELD. OVER 40% FROM 3, NOBODY’S DONE THAT. LIKE AND CRITICIZE IT ALL THAT STAR LEGITIMATE ECONOMY AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE SECOND OR THIRD, BEST PLAYER OF THIS ERA DOESN’T MEAN THAT ANY TEAM WOULDN’T BE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AND INCIDENTALLY THE TEAM THAT HAD HIM LAST NIGHT MIGHT HAVE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE UH, INDIANA JUST NEEDED A VETERAN. THEY JUST NEEDED SOMEBODY TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING AT THE END OF THAT BASKETBALL GAME, UH, TO CHANGE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THAT LEAGUE BECAUSE OKC IS NOW ARCHITECTURALLY IN A BETTER POSITION THAN EVERYONE ELSE. BUT THIS IS 4 STRAIGHT FAILURES. ON KEVIN DURANT, WHO WANTED TO BE HERE. THEY ARE, THEY’RE ANY NUMBER TO BE HERE. THE TIME THAT THE HEAT WAS CLOSEST, I’VE TOLD THE STORY BEFORE IT’S WHEN HE WENT TO GOLDEN STATE BECAUSE THEY SAID WE’LL MAKE THE GAME EASIER FOR YOU HERE, YOU’LL PLAY. THEY’RE, THEY’RE ASKING YOU TO DO TOO MUCH AT OKC WITH WESTBROOK AND WITH HARD AND THEY’RE ASKING YOU TO DO TOO MANY THINGS. AND WE CAN OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR YOU AND HE TOOK THAT AND WENT TO GOLDEN STATE, THAT’S THE CLOSEST THEY EVER CAME. THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THE PICKS TO GET INTO THIS BECAUSE THE KEVIN DURANT CONVERSATION, GOES BACK WITH THE HEAT OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND PICKS IS WHAT HE ENDED UP GOING FOR AND HOUSTON. DIDN’T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE UP. LIKE THAT’S A BETTER OFFER THAN WHAT THE HEAT HAD, BUT HOUSTON DIDN’T HAVE TO GIVE UP ITS PRIME STUFF IN ORDER TO GET HIM. NOT NOT, IT’S TAUGHT NOT ITS TOP FUTURE. THE CLOSEST I THINK THEY CAME. YOU HAVE YOUR REPORTING, I KEVIN DURANT, THOUGHT HE WAS COMING HERE WHEN THE NETS DEALT HIM TO PHOENIX ISHBIA, MADE AN OWNER TO OWNER PHONE CALL AND OUT DID MIAMI’S DEAL. HE JUST TOOK ‘S LUNCH MONEY AND HE GOT THE PLAYER NOW RETROSPECT BAD DEAL BECAUSE I MADE A SERIES OF OTHER BAD DEALS AROUND THE TEAM. AND NOW HERE THEY ARE TRADING, KEVIN DURANT. AND THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS GET THE COOPERATION FROM THE SUPERSTAR, HAVE THE SUPERSTAR ASK OUT AND ASK FOR MIAMI AND WHY I THINK IT’S FOOLISH TO BAKE INTO YOUR PLANS. LIKE WHO WE’RE GOING TO GET GIANNIS BECAUSE HE’S PLAYING BALL. HE WANTS OUT AND OF TIMES ‘S LUNCH MONEY AND HE GOT THE LISTENING MIAMI THE LAST HAS LISTED MIAMI 3 TIMES IN PAT, RILEY AS FAILED. STOP MAKING THIS YOUR BUSINESS MODEL. IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. SO IF I WERE TO ASK YOU AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE KEVIN DURANT IN A HEAT UNIFORM AS WELL, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR BEST SCORE. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THE PUNCTUATION OF HIS CAREER AND ALL TIME, GREAT BY ANY MEASURE. AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT DISRESPECT WHAT THIS PERSON STILL IS AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER. I THINK WE’R
The Dan Le Batard Show crew weighs in on the Phoenix Suns trading Kevin Durant to the Rockets, examining how Houston didn’t have to mortgage their future to acquire the 15-time NBA All-Star. #NBCSports #DanPatrickShow #Durant #Rockets
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Houston Rockets didn’t have to ‘give up future’ for Kevin Durant | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports
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