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Nopengnogain t1_j7tg4em wrote

Once upon a time, the Nets had three MVP-caliber players: KD, Irving, Harden and looked to dominate the NBA for years to come…. Wait, that was 12 months ago.

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HammerTimeHTFU t1_j7tg8t6 wrote

I guess when KD talked about “the hardest road” he was talking about trying to find good Chinese food in Phoenix.

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moxzzz t1_j7tjb56 wrote

They traded 4 first round picks for a 34 year old.

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Actually-Yo-Momma t1_j7tk07n wrote

They went from east 1 seed to having 0.25 of the big 3 remaining in like 6 weeks. Freaking crazy

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Rcj1221 t1_j7trhtp wrote

Nothin but a ring chaser 🤡😂

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binary_spaniard t1_j7uawag wrote

Replying to Nopengnogain (#1,760,076)

But then Kyrie Irving, who wasn't playing because he refused to vaccinate, burnt sage in the locker room and Harden got pissed and treated Kyrie like he was crazy and Harden did passive aggressive comments about lack of accountability and commitment to win by everyone.

And KD sided with Kyrie.

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Mikimao t1_j7ucia3 wrote

Replying to bigtuna623 (#1,760,442)

>Kyrie is a cancer and KD is a snowflake. Best to move on and reset for the future.

Sure, but it's still pretty unheard of for an actual NBA playoff team to blow it up mid season, like a redditor would.

It's actually pretty fucking shrewd the more I think about it. Most teams wouldn't do this and they leveraged it into a pretty bright future.

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ANTristotle t1_j7ufxgh wrote

KD, Irving, Harden trades destroyed the Brooklyn Nets for years to come.

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txa1265 t1_j7uhk9z wrote

Replying to binary_spaniard (#1,761,241)

>treated Kyrie like he was crazy

I mean ... he is an anti-science, flat earth antisemitic dumpster fire who is toxic to teams after displaying so much talent & promise (like his first game with Dallas). Teams just don't learn.

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fonger81 t1_j7ulorj wrote

Man, they have zero bench and meh defense… but they might score 150 a game…

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Mastrodaumus t1_j7uoef6 wrote

Each decade the Nets just cant get it right

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TheFan88 t1_j7uqdoc wrote

Trying to find some different coat tails to ride to a championship. Turns out Cryrie and Harden and Simmons weren’t going to work.

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Themnor t1_j7uqdtn wrote

Replying to ctg9101 (#1,761,977)

I’ve never been a Lebron fan, but he did at least make finals appearances with Cleveland on his own. He left because ownership was terrible and refused to get people around him. Steph and Duncan never had that issue because they had excellent coaching and team management. That’s not to say Lebron didn’t chase some hardware, only that he’s nowhere near as bad about it as KD who has had super teams his whole career and only won when he wasn’t the man. Also, he sided against Harden twice and I hope he continues to get what he deserves.

I only feel for CP3 who will likely never win a ring.

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rbankole t1_j7utui2 wrote

Seattle should have ran the ball

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Thunderwoodd t1_j7uwxvk wrote

Real Housewives of the NBA season 12 is fire

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noonehasthisoneyet t1_j7v09iv wrote

this is so boring. like these are great players but they move around more than when we shift people around in nba2k.

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weiderman316 t1_j7v22a4 wrote

Like the old saying goes, when the going gets tough, Durant gets going

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chenhanlin t1_j7v2g2y wrote

When you look at the things KD’s done since golden state, you realize there was never a point in leaving golden state.

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HammerTimeHTFU t1_j7v2l5h wrote

Replying to cuckofallcucks (#1,762,799)

You might. But I live in Chicago. And having lived in Phoenix, I known for a fact Phoenix does not have better Chinese food than Chicago.

And even if Phoenix has better Chinese food, Milwaukee has more 2021 NBA titles.

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starving_to_death t1_j7v4dwu wrote

Imagine if Harden, Westbrook, Ibaka, and KD had been able to stay together in OKC.

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Bullehh t1_j7v5amd wrote

Phoenix is literally insane right now. Waste management open, superbowl, and we traded for KD. ALL IN THE SAME WEEK!

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TheGingerBeardsman t1_j7v5n4x wrote

Really? You're he's going to go join an established finals team again? He knows that if he wins there it's exactly like his Warriors rings and literally nobody will respect him for it right? Fuck, I really like KD but it's hard to root for him when he keeps doing this weak ass loser-mentality shit.

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7v98vl wrote

Replying to swimbaitjesus (#1,762,556)

I disagree. There’s no consistency, and players can seemingly just go wherever they want whenever they want so there’s nothing ever built from loyalty, except in a few rare cases. This makes the league harder to follow.

Look at the nfl and nhl. You can predictably know which team most superstars will be playing for the following season, because the players collectively aren’t a bunch of divas. There’s much more loyalty. The athletes/GM’s in the nhl and nba appear to value and appreciate team chemistry more, so you get superstars playing most of their careers in the same place.

Big-name players getting traded in the nba all the time makes it much harder to follow and get into for casuals, and makes longtime fans begin to not give a shit because it’s a fucking carousel of players and teams and nothing means anything anymore.

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high_roller_dude t1_j7vga9c wrote

nets and knicks are both disgrace to this incredible city of new york.

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MayOrMayNotBePie t1_j7vjmot wrote

“I was in every gang. There was about 5. I was in all of em. Whichever one was winning, that’s my side, cause I wasn’t fighting for shit.”

-Richard Pryor/Kevin Durant

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erikumali t1_j7vlb2s wrote

Replying to Express_Helicopter93 (#1,763,250)

You can't request for Loyalty from the players if the Organizations/Teams themselves have no Loyalty to said players.

Plus, there's the fact that Organizations have squandered the primes of multiple superstars. The Timberwolves and Kevin Garnett comes to mind. OKC and KD/Russ/Harden/Ibaka is also another example of a squandered core, since management was too cheap to retain Harden.

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alexjaness t1_j7vslc0 wrote

Replying to Zhuul (#1,762,609)

When LeBron whips his cock out at fellow heads of state and has to get pants specially tailored to accommodate his monster hog, then he can take sole ownership of LBJ

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BigTomBombadil t1_j7vu192 wrote

Replying to Themnor (#1,762,112)

Lebron didn't just make finals appearances with Cleveland, he won them a championship during his second stint. Against one of the greatest NBA dynasties of modern times. That city hand't had a 'ship in any sport for decades.

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alexjaness t1_j7vvbro wrote

Replying to Themnor (#1,762,112)

Fuck CP3. I hope that nut punching flopper never even gets a ring in his cracker jacks and only gets shitty temporary tattoos of C Level he-man villains. No Skeletor, No Hordak, Hell not even Beast-Man. I mean only Stinkor and below

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Themnor t1_j7vw47z wrote

Replying to BigTomBombadil (#1,764,517)

I left that out because that was after the "Big 3" in Miami, AND included Kyrie/Kevin Love who were both superstars in their own right. His second stint in Cleveland is also widely considered a "super team". His start at Cleveland, however, was JUST him, with no debate around it.

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Themnor t1_j7vwrtr wrote

Replying to alexjaness (#1,764,601)

There's a very short list of Hall of Fame level players with no rings. CP3 will undoubtedly be near the top of that list with Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, and Malone, and he's not nearly the piece of shit Malone is.

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bigloudbang t1_j7vzkqd wrote

Replying to Express_Helicopter93 (#1,763,250)

>Look at the nfl and nhl. You can predictably know which team most superstars will be playing for the following season, because the players collectively aren’t a bunch of divas. There’s much more loyalty.

As far as the NFL goes, there's definitely no shortage of divas. I dont know about the NBA but the NFL just has strong mechanisms to keep players if you want to

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MuddydogCO t1_j7w1mbc wrote

Replying to TheFan88 (#1,762,141)

KD might have a huge ego but the guy can hoop. It's really all he cares about. KD doesn't want to lead or deal with the media or owners etc etc. He just wants to ball. From a scoring perspective he's one of the best in the league.

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MuddydogCO t1_j7w4ov8 wrote

Replying to GregoPDX (#1,763,296)

Yeah it's horrible that athletes can make money on their name rather than the NCAA and universities keeping it all. Come on, now. Change is hard but it was ridiculous that everyone but the athletes were making money from their skills

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7wdz58 wrote

Replying to bigloudbang (#1,764,835)

The NFL’s divas are mostly confined to WRs and DBs. I don’t think there’s anyone out there legitimately comparing NFL players to NBA players in terms of diva-ness; it’s just so obviously common in the nba that’s it’s ingrained into the culture of the sport (flopping to draw fouls being common, etc).

Don’t get me wrong, WR’s and DB’s can diva with the best of them. Guys like cam Newton too. But it’s more of an exception in the NFL whereas in the NBA it’s almost expected unfortunately.

The NHL has essentially no personality ever and never has, so, frankly, it could use some more divas. You know you’ve got a problem if the player with the biggest personality in your league is Brad Marchand. Or for fuck’s sakes, the league could learn how to properly market their biggest stars but they haven’t done that properly since the days of Mario I think.

I guess what I’m saying is, it’s about balance

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NYC_EDITS t1_j7webab wrote

Replying to droppinkn0wledge (#1,763,340)

I know this is going to be super unpopular, but when looking at loyalty and the different scales of it, I feel this is one thing which baseball has nailed, tons of homegrown stars, Judge, Trout, Acuna, among others. But you still have the big free agent splashed and big trades, i.e. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Jaun Soto. In the NBA at this point, players move around so often there’s no point getting attached to anything, it’s all very tenuous and players force themselves out of teams all the times, which just makes contracts feel unimportant.

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NYC_EDITS t1_j7wehg7 wrote

Replying to Express_Helicopter93 (#1,763,250)

I know this is going to be super unpopular, but when looking at loyalty and the different scales of it, I feel this is one thing which baseball has nailed, tons of homegrown stars, Judge, Trout, Acuna, among others. But you still have the big free agent splashed and big trades, i.e. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Jaun Soto. In the NBA at this point, players move around so often there’s no point getting attached to anything, it’s all very tenuous and players force themselves out of teams all the times, which just makes contracts feel unimportant.

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GregoPDX t1_j7weod4 wrote

Replying to MuddydogCO (#1,765,143)

First, I never even implied that they shouldn't make money from their name. Second, they aren't making money from their name, in most cases their names mean nothing. If you are just going to pay a kid money to get him to come to your school don't try to blow bullshit up our asses by saying they want their NIL rights - they want them to PLAY. Call it booster cash, pay-to-play, free agency, etc., because no one is paying these kids to be in their commercials or for their likenesses.

Combined with the transfer protocol, small schools are losing players at an incredible pace, which includes players that they took a risk on to develop. And you can say good for the players, but the popularity that college football is built on is having a lot of competitive smaller schools. We are going end up with just be a handful of schools with big boosters paying 300 players on their rosters (because who cares about scholarship limits when players are making more in NIL than what tuition costs). This is essentially how it was before scholarship limits, and college football had a limited audience and was very regional.

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zaj89 t1_j7wft4d wrote

Replying to starving_to_death (#1,762,978)

But westbrick just ain’t a winner, it’s not in his blood. And harden either, harden just a stat hoe who can ball but he’s not a winner, I don’t think if they all stayed together they’d have a ring with okc

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David_McGahan t1_j7wkqln wrote

Replying to swimbaitjesus (#1,761,008)

Yeah I just can’t get emotionally invested in the NBA. The amount of player movement just blows my mind - losing your two best players, mid-season! Just absurd.

And then combine that with the huge amount of regular season games that means any individual game doesn’t matter all that much…

It’s a very different experience if you’re coming across as a fan of most other sports

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tronguro t1_j7wsunw wrote

Replying to droppinkn0wledge (#1,763,340)

How is the NHL format the worst, the divisional seeding? I don’t disagree with that being a bizarre way to seed but I still think the NHL playoffs are the most exciting postseason of any of the big 4 sports

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Tevako t1_j7wu1bn wrote

But... I thought they weren't trading him?

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WeaknessMindless8168 t1_j7wylp1 wrote

Soft ass POS. Dude is undeniably the most complete scorer ever but he's so soft.

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9naf_strops6 t1_j7x047n wrote

Replying to zachtheguy (#1,763,247)

It’s an “association”.

The American big ones…There’s the MLB (major league baseball), NFL (national football league), NHL (national hockey league) and then the NBA (national basketball association) 🥴 It can be the biggest joke sometimes….soap opera team hopping 🙄

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Saktapking t1_j7x7g8e wrote

As a lifelong Suns sufferer, if this move brings us a couple chips then I’m all for it but I can’t help but think we gave up A LOT for him. I woulda rather them shipped Ayton than Bridges. Losing Cam hurts too but we’ll see how it plays out I guess.

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DadGrocks t1_j7xbvxn wrote

Chris Paul .. “ MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE!!!!l”

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AvocadoHasNoTaste t1_j7xpyza wrote

He more active on Twitter than on Court. I don’t know whos bright idea was to trade 4 first round picks for this dude.

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LordRobin------RM t1_j7xtmbz wrote

Replying to kale4reals (#1,768,199)

Yeah, but in baseball you’re generally more concerned with a series than an individual game. Your rival comes to town to play three, you hope to take two. There are fewer series in baseball than games in the NBA.

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fromnochurch t1_j7xvibt wrote

The NETS actually won. Dumped the egos and set up for the future with great players and great locker room guys. Dinwiddie,Milalani and Cam plus all those picks. KD ain’t worth the drama.

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Unkn0wn_Ace t1_j7xxust wrote

Replying to generation_D (#1,762,695)

It depends on the team, i mean you’ve got teams like GS, Grizzlies, bucks, Mavs etc staying relatively the same the last few years, and then shitshows like the nets and lakers

Maybe they should get rid of the mid season trade deadline? Nets losing 90% of their talent all at once mid season is wild

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jepayotehi t1_j7xyr1b wrote

Snakes such a fitting name for KD, spineless coward chasing rings.

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