Lol you’re the one who brought masculinity into this conversation for no apparent reason. You still aren’t listening to what I’m saying so I’m not going any further than this. Sports are based on competition. KD going to the Warriors hindered the competitiveness of the league. Pretty fucking clear.

You’re confusing two different things. KD and the Warriors playing at a higher level isn’t the same as competing at a higher level. Competing at a higher level is when you’re playing against more talented opponents. Going from the NCAA to the NBA is competing at a higher level. This is the exact opposite of what has…

No, they don’t owe me anything. Kevin Durant has the right to sign with whatever team he wants. If I magically had the power to stop him from signing with the Warriors, I wouldn’t have used it. Doesn’t mean I can’t give him shit for it and it doesn’t mean he can’t tell me to fuck off. Freedom of speech and all that.…

If you can’t see how joining your biggest competition is anti-competitive then I don’t know what to tell you.

And the league is MUCH more competitive now than it was back then.

You’re putting words into my mouth, which is why you’re not getting it. I never said that winning a title should be everything, that’s actually the opposite of what I’m saying. I’m saying, and have been saying, that how you win matters. Competition matters in sports. This shouldn’t be a hot take, it’s pretty much the…

No, see you’re still not listening. I don’t give a shit if he wins or not. I’m calling him a failure as a competitor, as in someone who wants to beat the best. Yes, they were expected to stomp the league and win. Again, it’s very easy to do that when you were already stomping the league and then sign the second best…

Right? As much as I enjoy Fargo, The Leftovers and the Twin Peaks revival definitely do inexplicable better.

I’d say that the acting from Season 2 was the best. Never cared for Billy Bob that much and Colin Hanks is Colin Hanks. Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Bokeem Woodbine, Zahn McClarnon, and Jeffrey Donovan were all excellent and the rest of the cast was good to great as well. 

Holy shit I never realized this.

Barring major injury, going to the best team on the planet wasn’t going to turn him into a pumpkin. It’s easy to play at your best when your starting lineup is basically Team USA/Western Conference All-Stars.

You’re still not getting it. Choosing to join his biggest competition is what makes him soft. OKC wasn’t some shit team getting bounced in the first round. They were one win away from the Finals. The Warriors aren’t the only team that plays primarily off of ball movement. Look at any personnel off the Popovich…

The fuck does this have to do with anything?

They were the defending champions, came into the Finals with the NBA regular season record for wins, and had a 3-1 lead. LeBron had to put on the greatest Finals performance ever to beat them, and even then it was close. Every betting site on the planet had them as the favorites to win this season even before Durant…

Please explain how joining the prohibitive favorites ISN’T soft or lazy. The point of winning the championship is to show that you beat all of your competitors. Joining the competition accomplishes this, yes, but in the worst of ways. Winning the ring isn’t a great accomplishment if there’s no actual competition for…

So to you, winning is winning no matter what? Bill Russell is the greatest ever? Derek Fisher is better than Chris Paul? If you view basketball as only a business, then I’d agree with you. If you view it as a sport, then you should see why your argument is bullshit.

And strong arguments aren’t yours. If you want to explain to me how I’m being petty then you can, but it’ll be hard without knowing WHY I don’t think he earned it.

Yes, Durant is playing amazing. That literally has nothing to do with the point. He could be averaging 0 points on 0% shooting. The fact remains that he joined the best team in the league instead of playing against them. I’m not giving him shit as a basketball player, in that aspect he’s easily top 5 right now and a…

The point you’re making is ridiculously dumb. The pressure on him was to continue to do what he’s always done? Does that actually sound meaningful to you? That is NOT what people are on him about.

Exactly, he’s being judged on how he won it. Really simple, yet you still don’t understand that. It was THE easiest road to a title. The only pressure he faced was from expectations that were very easy to uphold. Don’t magically turn into a shitty player? Check. Win a championship playing on the best team in history?…