Comments on: What exactly are we witnessing with this Durant guy?

By: Ransom

Ransom — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:54:09 +0000

To those first couple of posts complaining about the writer mentioning that the Thunder were stolen from Seattle. While it is a thing of the past, and the point of the article is clearly about kevin durant (one of my favorite players) i don’t really see how even OKC fans can find fault with his bitter statement. he uses the word “stole”, im not quite sure what else i would call a man, buying a team and signing a contract that involves a “good intention to stay” clause. Then holding the city for ransom buy demanding they pay for stadium (something not even a plurality of other franchises in the NBA a granted) and then moving them to his hometown seemingly on a whim. I say “on a whim” because, while im sure OKC is a great city and i have heard nothing but good things about it, it is has less people and a much smaller TV market than Seattle…so the move was not monetarily motivated. Point being, if the dude wants to call a theft a theft, why not let him? after all, you guys wound up with the team.

By: April

April — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:32:19 +0000

It was a great article about KD. One thing I don’t think I’ve seen written about KD (Although I don’t read that much basketball stuff) is how fast he can zig zag to the basket. He seems like he does it about once a game, like greased lightning and wow we have 2 points. I wish he would do that more! No doubt he is one of the best players not talked about – geez he deserved to be an all star.

And please, please, please don’t trade anyone! The team is finally working together with great results.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:17:06 +0000

It would be a big mistake, Stoudemire is a great player, but Green is just coming into his own, and is showing signs of being a real asset, and Westbrook is only a season away from breaking out himself. Keep the three together, in another year every team in the NBA will wish they had just one of them.

As to the article, I have to agree, KD shows signs of surpassing LeBron. He has that basketball vision, LeBron is a great player, but he relies on brute force.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:49:35 +0000

Stoudemire wants to be the FP, will not work with Kevin Durant in the roster.

I also don’t think he would stay after 2010 with so many teams under the cap…

By: MartzMimic

MartzMimic — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:20:59 +0000

LB, I think 1 problem is whether or not the Thunder could lock Stoudemire up long term. Is he a better player than Jeff? Certainly. But I wouldn’t give up Jeff just to have Amare for a year.

By: Crow

Crow — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:46:54 +0000

Royce it is pretty easy to figure what word you edited. Now folks can debate if you should have, but since you did, you might want to note the edit at spot of the original text to make clear that the author words have been changed. I would think that would be appropriate from a journalistic standpoint but depending on what standards you want to apply I guess maybe in a blog it could be looser.

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By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:30:44 +0000

This article is amazing. I never thought that way about Durant and Lebron. But i think that Lebron does have the mental tools to be the next MJ, and he will be. While Durant will be great, i don’t think he will ever be Lebron.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:07:58 +0000

Again, not to hijack the thread and post here, but I agree with AD. Stoudamire is truly a talent, but he already has a lot of mileage on those surgically repaired knees, and he already has a team wanting to “unload” him, which really says a lot about him.

From all reports, the clubhouse is healthy and the players love each other. Why mess with the “young upstart” theme here? We aren’t making the playoffs this year, so I say stick to the plan.

By: AD

AD — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:27:53 +0000

I’d rather keep Green… I’m not sold on Stoudemire fitting what we want to accomplish here… Keep the “holy trinity” together… Durant, Green, Westbrook need to grow together… and will win together.