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Great trade mitch!
2 future 2nd's for a one year rental of calderon?  Perfect trade!

He's clearly shown his ability to get talent at the second round in Jordan Clarkson/Marc Gasol/ and hopefully the new kid Zubac

Man that Wade to Chicago move was ridiculous..I would've bet money he was going to stay a heat-lifer...Chicago will have its work cut out for them to make the playoffs with butler/wade/rondo

cavs
pacers
hawks
Celtics
heat
raptors

all firmly ahead... competing with hornets/knicks/bucks/wizards/pistons
 
Having seen Zubac's "highlights," I don't have great expectations for him. He is very tall and long, and that matters, but man, is he stiff.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
So is KD a sellout?

Wouldn't LBJ be raked over the coals for this kind of move? (Oh wait... he was)

Are they burning his jersey in OKC?

#TheKDecision
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I guess it just took longer than LBJ's. Even his restaurant's Yelp reviews are not safe.

And the pros are piling on too. It's funny that Barkley is criticizing KD when he jumped teams for a better situation too.

And maybe Reggie Miller would have switched if his team wasn't always in the race.
 
Almost guarantee with Durant leaving there's another lock out happening to prevent another Durant situation from happening

All the small market teams will be looking at okc..a team that drafted supremely well for 5 years..Durant/westbrook/jeff green/ibaka/harden  lose their best player in years in Durant for nothing

I think a hard cap is happening or a larger percentage of a "max" deal of a team's total cap
or maybe consolation from the team that signs that player (in the way of future picks) or even adding a franchise tag of sorts to a player

I wonder if viewership will decrease with pretty much 2 superteams and a bunch of mediocre ones, with the casual fan just tuning in for the finals
 
The small market argument is a hard measurement to apply considering San Antonio and Cleveland aren't really large market teams.

In the end, this is actually a fair way as it's up to the players to decide where they go. Despite not winning a championship, OKC has enjoyed quite a bit of success being able to get into the playoffs and were only 1 win away from getting into the Finals (and were in the Finals before). OKC owners decided to trade away Harden and Ibaka... and as unfortunate as it is to lose Durant, they should be lucky they had him considering there are not many transcendent players in the NBA.

I don't think it's much different this upcoming season than the past 40 years where the superteams were Lakers/Boston, Lakers/Detroit, Chicago, Lakers/Spurs and now Warriors/Cavs. In 3-5 years, that will change again (if the Lakers picks pan out, they may once again be in the mix). I think viewership will probably remain the same, with some people watching just to see how the new teams play with new players.

It's more of the same, just different uniforms, which to me makes it more interesting.
 
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