NBA 2020/2021

[pdub]

A team that went to the finals with a 25 and 24 year old leading the way.
And who just acquired 2 pretty significant depth pieces.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Didn't KD just call Boston fans racist?

Seems like a great fit/move. Let's break up the team that just went to the finals for a guy who is never happy.

No. KD didn't just call the Boston fans racist.



This is KD.



This is LeBron James.




Two different people.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

[Deleted User 863]

If the Celtics fuck their core up for KD I will be disappointed.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Are you a Celtics fan? KD is a better basketball player than JB (and DW) - who may be gone in 2 seasons.
Now if they threw in Smart, then I probably wouldn't like that trade.

[Deleted User 863]

KD is better than a lot of people I'd rather have on my team than him.

[pdub]

Team chemistry is a thing.
Durant is a top 5 player in the world, easy.
Nets rumored to have wanted Jaylen, Smart and 3 1st round draft picks.

Nah.

And while Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and a 1st is more fair ( because of Durant's age and injury history ), I just don't know if i'd do that. The Celtics already addressed one of their bigger issues - their bench ( Brogdon and Gallinari ). Robert Williams will hopefully be healthy. Tatum and Jaylen another year to learn but now with the grasp of what a Finals is like.

They don't need Durant to be a favorite.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

KD is better than a lot of people I'd rather have on my team than him.

"a lot"? Can/will you name 5 players you would you rather have on YOUR team today than him?

[pdub]

If i'm starting completely from scratch, no.
But contracts, trade assets and team chemistry exist.
If you told me who i'd rather have for the next 5 years, my answer would not include Durant.

It would include Embiid, Giannis, Luka, Morant and Tatum.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I 100% agree with you that contracts, trade assets, and team chemistry exist - and are huge factors when deciding what players you want playing for your team.

The problem some/many GMs face is that they have to build/keep a foundation and plan for the future - and yet tomorrow is promised to no one.

Im torn. If I am Brad Stevens and company what do I do? Trade a few guys (and draft pick/s?) to hopefully make my team better today, or hold on to those guys because I feel my team may be better off in the future if I do? I lean towards getting Durant and dealing with today, and worrying about the future in the future, but that's why I am not an NBA GM.

If I had to choose 5 players I would rather have on my team TODAY (this up coming season) than Kevin Durant, I would be very hard pressed to do it. Despite my probably being one of the only people on Earth who feels Durant is overvalued as a Basketball player.

[NDballer13]

KD is better than a lot of people I'd rather have on my team than him.

"a lot"? Can/will you name 5 players you would you rather have on YOUR team today than him?

Comparing individually, no. But when it's name a group of 5 - which seem to be what the Nets are asking for - or Durant, give me the young core group of 5 still in tact. Getting the best player in the trade doesn't automatically make it a good trade.

[Deleted User 863]

KD is better than a lot of people I'd rather have on my team than him.

"a lot"? Can/will you name 5 players you would you rather have on YOUR team today than him?

I can name probably 20. Most aren't "better" at basketball than him. But it doesn't matter.

I don't like KD.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

KD is better than a lot of people I'd rather have on my team than him.

"a lot"? Can/will you name 5 players you would you rather have on YOUR team today than him?

I can name probably 20. Most aren't "better" at basketball than him. But it doesn't matter.

I don't like KD.

Ok, if we are talking personalities and who we "like" and don't "like", then I probably would pick 20 guys I would rather have than KD.
If we are talking being an owner and GM trying to win a title, I probably couldn't name 5 individual guys who I feel would give me a better chance of doing it than KD.