KD is such a journeyman. No loyalty at all.

[Walk on Water]

Not only did he get the nickname snake for joining the Warriors and ditching Westbrook, but now he thinks it's better to just have his own market. He is really stubborn. He cares more about what kids online say about him. And if it doesn't work out in Brooklyn, is he gonna just join the Lakers?

[Kblaze8855]

How many players found out from a tweet today that people they may have felt were their friends just sent them 800 miles away when their kids have school starting in a month and best friends and relationships they now have to break....that or live apart from their family?

Someone is telling an 8 year old they are moving from Southern Cali to some place they will never see their friends in person again. Teams don’t care about you or your family. They will make you a toss in to match contracts now you go from Miami to Minnesota or some shit.

They will make demands of you then use it against you when it doesn’t work out. I remember Mike Golic talking about a running back he knew who played hurt a whole season and had a big year with a lot of carries try to get the team to the playoffs because they told him they needed him to. End of season? They told him he was too banged up with too many miles on him to extend his deal. They don’t care you still played when your little sister died with you already injured and trying to gut it out. Got hurt worse? Take your bitch ass to Cleveland.

You’re an asset to these teams. Being loyal to that is just stupid unless you are actually treated like something more than a good business partner which is what most stars are. Role players aren’t even that. They are roster filler and contract matching props to be whipped around the league like a bag of rocks. Some will be on 3 teams before the summer ends.

And it’s fine....it’s a business. Good that business is now good enough for both sides to get in on it.

The issue was KD wasn’t leaving OKC. It was leaving to play with the team they just blew a series to....a team that already won a title as if winning on it validates something....and then turning around and shit talking all your boys on Twitter burner accounts.

That isn’t a business thing. That’s personal and just being a dick.

Kd is a snake to some extent. Doesn’t mean he’s wrong to not be loyal to nba teams.

Nobody needs to be loyal to your employer if they aren’t loyal to you. And nba teams almost never are.

[LukeWalton]

eh.. i dont really blame him for leaving OKC.. he was drafted by Seattle where he still has some loyalty.

but choosing GSW was weak.

[Marchesk]

Nobody needs to be loyal to your employer if they aren’t loyal to you. And nba teams almost never are.

Sure, but KD is the kind of player NBA teams would be loyal too. The Warriors just offered him the max despite the achilles injury. He's the rare franchise player you don't ever trade unless he's already leaving.

But anyway, Shaq, Lebron and Chuck had the same lack of loyalty. Not everyone is Jordan, Bird or Kobe.

[Kblaze8855]

Teams wouldn

[Andrei89]

Sure, but KD is the kind of player NBA teams would be loyal too. The Warriors just offered him the max despite the achilles injury. He's the rare franchise player you don't ever trade unless he's already leaving.

But anyway, Shaq, Lebron and Chuck had the same lack of loyalty. Not everyone is Jordan, Bird or Kobe.

When are you people gonna stop mentioning Kobe in these conversation.

Dude requested a trade, twice. :lol

Before that he played with one of the top 10 players of all time and threepeated.

After that he got surrounded by great players and won another two championships when he threatened to leave.

After they lost to the Mavs, towards the end of his prime, he somehow got Steve Nash and prime Dwight to join him.

Dude had no reasons to leave except 2005-2008 period

[Kblaze8855]

Yea you can

[Bronbron23]

Not only did he get the nickname snake for joining the Warriors and ditching Westbrook, but now he thinks it's better to just have his own market. He is really stubborn. He cares more about what kids online say about him. And if it doesn't work out in Brooklyn, is he gonna just join the Lakers?
Can't blame him for wanting to get away from Russ in OKC and you can't blame him from wanting out of golden state after they misdiagnosed his injury which lead him to tearing his Achilles essentially ruining his career.

[Marchesk]

Teams wouldn’t be loyal to Durant. They would be loyal to his talent. Personal loyalty like say....Red and his top guys?

That’s damn near gone.

Does it matter why teams would be loyal to Durant? The point is that it's something Durant doesn't have to worry about, because any team (except maybe the Knicks lol) would do anything to keep Durant on the team. He never would have to worry about being traded.

The teams aren't loyal, it's a business applies to almost everyone with the exception of franchise players like Durant and Lebron. So that excuse doesn't fly for them. But whatever. It makes the offseason interesting.