The Rams, Cards, Bills, Browns, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Titans, Eagles, Lions, Vikings, Panthers, Falcons and Chargers have never won a Super Bowl.

That's nearly half the league.

How is that competitive?

Bogut getting traded to Dallas. So they get Bogut and Barnes I guess. Not bad if Barnes could ever fulfill his potential.

Moving to LA stripped the Rams of their SB victory? Did Warner lose his MVP too?

They have still produced some competitive playoff games.. NBA will have pure raping in early rounds..

Yeah, being drafted into the NBA is a little different than your standard career choices out there.

Wow... Just wow... What a b*tch move.

Oh man, this is exactly what I was hoping for.

After completing one of the NBA's all-time greatest chokes, Durant goes to the same 73 win team that he choked to. Heel turns don't get much larger than that. That same 73 win team (who experienced one of their own all-time chokes) admits that they can't beat LeBron James without the help of a top 3 player in the league and the best player on their main conference rival. Quite the submission from a smug and self-satisfied group that seemed so sure that they were better than Jordan's Bulls until LeBron produced arguably the greatest Finals performance ever.

This move should also help further diminish the star of the overrated Steph Curry (which was becoming hilariously over-inflated prior to his game getting exposed in the playoffs) and make an already unlikable Warriors team even more hated. They will have a ton of pressure on them to be better than they were last year and that won't be easy to do (Durant or not).

After winning with Cleveland, LeBron is also now left with nothing to lose in a Finals matchup against such a team and everything to gain. He's already exerted his superiority over all of these guys that have teamed up against him and has nothing left to prove in the back half of his career. He'll be absolutely loving this too, I'm sure.

It's going to be a fun year.

Lebron will have even more freedom in the paint to roam and do his work, lmao.

Lebron absolutely OWNS Durant in head to head matchups. Lebron is a top 10 great.. Durant is just a current generation great atm. I still give the edge to CLE SLIGHTLY, until i see where this season goes.

LMAO

Oops

Yeah but you still have to worry about Curry, Klay and Green. GS is freaking loaded now..

hmmm..These same guys (sans Durant) already beat Lebron just last year or did that not count?

You mean when LeBron was playing with a bunch of bench scrubs and still took 2 games off them?

of course Cuban helps out the Warriors since nobody wants to play for the Mavs, what is that Plan Z for Cuban after hes missed on everyone for the third offseason in a row.

hey those bench scrubs just made 100 million in free agency!

Tyler Johnson getting 50M contracts. What a world. LMAO

Is this the most stacked team in sports history? I think so...

Curry (2x mvp, all-nba 1st team)
Durant (1x mvp, all-nba 1st team)
Green (all-nba 2nd team)
klay (all-nba 3rd team)

All in their prime... Wow...

Can Klay Thompson on the wing and Draymond Green play defense for an entire team?

I have a feeling these Warriors will resemble the Don Nelson Warriors more than they will last year's team

I'd say Curry, Durant, and Draymond are three of the NBA's top 5 players. Pretty sure that's never happened before, let alone with somebody as good as Klay Thompson as the #4.

Losing Bogut may have more of an impact than they want to admit. He was the defensive anchor for that team and his absence was felt in that finals series after he got hurt.

Should also be mentioned that the Harden trade will now go down as probably the worst in NBA history. They went from a probable dynasty to nothing at all primarily because of one move.

how is draymond a top 5 player.

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM

I hate the guy as a player, but Draymond would be the last person I'd question to be in that spot right now among those guys (especially after his game 7). Massive two-way impact player.

How long do you think it'll take KD's restaurant to go out of business?

http://kdsbricktown.com/

Gasol going to the Spurs and Barnes going to the Mavs

i wouldnt have a problem with this if there were more super teams to compete but theres just no talent in the league

The Brooklyn Nets roster might be making just as much as the Warriors and the talent couldnt be farther apart 50 million for Tyler Johnson vs 50 million for Kevin Durant and the talent gap is massive

most markets have to overpay for for players in a sport that arent good just to win 20 games while the 5 good teams pay the same or slightly more for the few good players

Draymond is the closest thing today statiscally to a modern day Pippen so Id say top 5 for sure and I hate the guy. If I was starting a franchise Id consider him if I was picking in the top 10 for sure

$16 for an open face sammich, . . . in Oklahoma??!?!

Does it come with a plot of land?

lol....

Don't understand criticizing the Warriors here. They're job is to put together the best team possible. They've done a great job building their roster and have gotten very lucky along the way as well. Why wouldn't they go after the best players? If they win a ring, they will feel zero remorse. Doesn't help my Grizzlies in the least, but I'm still impressed they pulled it off.

Oh, no doubt. They have every right to get better to beat LeBron and should absolutely try to do so. Doesn't stop me from finding their self-satisfied arrogance last season even more hilarious now. The narrative has now changed with this team for good.

So what happens if KD goes DeAndre Jordan and signs with OKC anyways? What if this is a ploy to get GS to dismantle their team and shuffle key players like Bogut off? It's possible.

I'm taking my talents to Lockwood Gardens South!!

I'm just glad he didn't end up in Boston. I hated the Warriors this season but it's less about their fans as much as it is the media dick sucking. I'll also be curious to see how they keep Curry in the future, as I can't see how they do that without multiple players dropping off.

I can't see anybody getting past the Warriors this season. I'd imagine this puts less pressure on Curry to play regular season minutes. Will be an interesting team to watch for sure.

Spurs or the Cavs are the only teams as of now that have a realistic shot at beating the Warriors. Spurs can pound the inside w Gasol and Alridge and slow the game down. LeBron can matchup w Durant and Irving obviously can w Curry but Warriors are going to be the favorites by a long shot in either of those series.

That will be the last title Lebron wins for a while.

I love it. It would have been wonderful for him to return to OKC, but GS will be a blast to watch this season.

It was the worst trade in NBA history the second it happened. Presti is intent on sinking that franchise.

I don't often agree with Stephen A, but it's true: Durant is a bitch. LeBron didn't leave Cleveland for Boston, and he didn't have another elite player and multiple other pieces with him.

If I'm Presti, I'm trading Westbrook to Boston for both of those Nets picks.

So, no one is seeing this as a remote possibility? Nick Wright just suggested it days ago on The Herd.

If youre OKC you got to lock up Westbrook ASAP or face this same situation next year where another market swoops in and steals youre star player and your fanbase finds out on some Jeter website for clickbait.

You lock up your last superstar and build like hell around him or you trade for the best picks/package you can get because Durant just left your franchise for nothing.

I dont see the point in letting superstars leave for nothing in a sport with no franchise tag it absolutely kills your market.

He cut and ran with 2 future hall of fame players.

I think Westbrook only has a year left on his deal.

Might as well trade him while you can.

yea but hes saying Cleveland had absolute trash when he left, his coach was Mike Brown and his best teammate was Mo Williams

OKC has a good coach and a way better team

Who? You mean a 37 year old Shaq?

No one compares Durant to Jordan, at least they shouldn't.

Lebron is held to a higher standard.

Can someone just give me Hamas take? idc about anyone else.

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Durant stays out West and the East gets Dwight Howard. Realign this shit already.

Send Wade to NY and problems will be solved.

The bottom playoff teams in the East are way better than the bottom teams in the West so no.

Only difference is the West has 3 teams that can win a title and the East has one but who really cares about that at this point. And it might be even less now that you take OKC out of it.

You as a-ah owd man say, 'I'mah uggly.'

In Cleveland?

Presti should try and swing a trade for Jimmy Butler or someone like that

He needs to tank. They're a 7 seed right now, and Butler isn't a big enough difference maker.

there are 6 teams in the West better than Westbrook and OKC?

Warriors, Spurs, Clippers and?

Dont even say Portland Ill laugh you out of this thread

And Parsons will be injured by the time the playoffs roll around so the Grizz are out too

There is little separating them from Minnesota, Memphis, Portland, or Houston. They're an also-ran.

Westbrook himself can still run through all of those teams

lol I dont get the big deal with it. The good free agents almost always sign with a good, better team, so the Warriors should have been seen as a realistic possibility. Actually reminds me of when Lebron went to Miami, and I was all for that too, other than the stupid "decision" thing.

Just last season OKC missed the playoffs when Durant was out and now they have no Ibaka either.

westbrook averaged around a triple double with Durant out

To win a ring, Durant is joining the team that his team would have beaten had he not completely choked in game 6. Enjoying every bit of this. LMAO

OKC should still be good with Westbrook, Adams, and the others, but are they even better than that Memphis team with a healthy Marc Gasol? I'm not so sure.

I think the more important point is that it gives OKC the ability to build around Westbrook instead of trying to make a system that makes the two of them work together. Same argument I made when I rallied against KLove. I get that with Bird rights it's not that cut and dry but it gives them much better flexibility. Won't happen right away but they're now in a much better position to do that. It might be one of those moves that benefits both Durant and OKC.

And Westbrook was in MVP conversation, they still won 45 games and missed the playoffs by 1 game

three teams that made the playoffs that year are now complete blown up garbage (Mavs, Pelicans, Rockets). Blazers won 51 and Grizz won 55 and I still think OKCs current roster can hang with both of them as long as the Thunder get a wing player worth a damn

I think if Adams/Kanter keep improving they are.

Zbo has to decline sometime, Parsons is overrated and injury prone so its still just Gasol and Conley at the end of the day.

That's not true. Most true NBA superstars almost always resign with their teams. They may leave later when they are past their prime but most don't do what Durant is doing. He is taking the easy way out.

OKC did everything they could for him. They drafted him and built their team around him and WB. They gave him Westbrook and Harden as well. A little loyalty would be nice instead of leaving to a team that just beat you...

He doesn't want the pressure of leading an NBA team to a championship. He'd rather play with the best instead of beat the best. It's pretty obvious.

Zaza Pachulia just signed with the Warriors for 1 year 2 million

lol he was 14,000 votes from a starting all star spot this past season

They were only decent because Durant played part of the season. If Westbrook is still around prior to the start of the season we will find out but these stats are telling IMO.

Stephen A Smith has been acting like a petulant child on twitter.

Adams also missed like 30 games and hes an ascending player.

Their roster today is much better than when they went 27-28 with Westbrook

We will have to wait to see who they attempt to fill Durant's spot but right now they have Westbrook and Waiters (lol) as the only scorers. At least this season I think we will see the same thing happen to OKC that happened to Miami when Lebron left.

Kanter and Oladipo are more than capable young offensive players/scorers

They also have an offensive stretch 4 in Illyasova and an ascending defensive big in Adams.

They have a nice front court. They need wings badly, Presti should swing a trade for a good wing and they would be right back in it

It's hilarious that you see it this way. Haters are going to hate.

If you were the GM of a team and you had two choices:

1. You could bring Harrison Barnes back, who absolutely tanked it the entire year, on a max deal.

or

2. You could sign a top 5 player in the league in Kevin Durant to a max deal to replace a roleplayer that you would have had to pay a max deal to keep.

What would you have done given that scenario?:rolleyes:

No you're not.

Lebron's run is over before it started.

He loves this because, like he said, the pressure isn't on Lebron. He's in a no lose situation and that's how KCC wants it.

It will solidify he isn't in Jordan's class.

We can finally put it to rest.

What if the Cavs were to win it again?

I totally forgot about their new players they just got my bad. I agree with Hamas and I think they will be similar to Portland and Minnesota. If Gasol comes back healthy Memphis is probably a Top 4 team in the West again.

You see it.