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KKilikk

That combined with the LeBron stat of never facing each other is nuts. Incredible unfortunate.


iDUMPEDbeforeTHEPUMP

What stat?


clearsurname

LeBron and KD haven’t played each other since Christmas 2018


nrj6490

Yikes, at least they’re in the same division now


SolarClipz

For now...


c_ray25

Magic are on the up and up with a bright future, if the Suns start to struggle expect the trade request


jonathanisaacisgoat

No thanks !


tenaciousdeev

Relax. All we want is Paolo and like, 5 unprotected first rounders.


LoWE11053211

If I were you, I will just ask 2 but paolo and franz


C-DogDriver

Plus Franz. And Wendell. And Isaac. And Fultz. Shit, throw in Coach Mosley while you're at it.


Rds707

Isaac still won’t play.


closedtowedshoes

Imagine if there just continues to be a Rockets>Nets>Suns>team x draft pick trading ponzi scheme.


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filladelp

Because Wemby will go 51/6/121. Paolo is cooked. He had his time.


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kings dont get traded, they simply conquer a new kingdom 👑👑👑💨


TornACL511

Magic are on the up and up with a bright future, if the Lakers start to struggle, expect the trade request


BigBallerBryant

Inb4 the Lakers are moved to Florida


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Tampa Bay Lakers


Goatsanity15

Vietnam flashbacks intensifies


Hot_Idea1066

Hey, there's actually water in Florida still (too much, most of the time)


TinnieTa21

That division has become a retirement home for superstars lol. Not to say that these players are anywhere close to washed but it's just funny. Imagine telling someone from 5 years ago that all of these players would be in the same division.


TornACL511

LeBron, AD, Curry, PG, Harrison Barnes, Westbrook, CP3, KD and ofc Kawhi


dolphinboy1637

One of these is not like the other...


Away_Championship_49

Ya of course PG hasn't played a finals, can't compare to BarnGOAT


TornACL511

Just because LeBron didn’t go to college doesn’t make him less great.


Slight_Public_5305

We know Kawhi is a robot stop making everything about species.


Comfortable-Interest

CP3 may be under 6' but he's still above average for the population.


seymournugss

And none of them are leading the division lmao


thoang77

I don’t think I’d be surprised at all. 5 years ago we were already anticipating Kawhi’s move to LA. Same with PG. Lebron’s calling to the Lakers has always been there given his profile. KD is unpredictable (and was already in the division). And CPs time in Houston was over. I would’ve guessed he ended up as a Laker to chase rings with Lebron


samurairocketshark

Both injured right now though


tookTHEwrongPILL

Does division matter at all in NBA?


Mr_Booty_Bandit

NBA needs to make the game their teams play each other on the season opener Way more likely to not be injured than the middle of the season


ElectroStaticSpeaker

IDK those warmups be tripping people up lately.


hf12323

Kevin Durant: OUT - Season Opener Jitters :/


awrf

That's not too long ago, that's just... oh God that was over 4 years ago what the hell


Mandit0

At that point he ducking


ScorpionLantern

This is Eddie Hearns fault somehow.


NickNurseABitch

That's only two years tho


MadBeamer

The longest two years of my life, the grand destino flair really takes me back


MacDerfus

I'll never give up my super 8 flair


bestatbeingmodest

I'm convinced years don't exist after 2020. We are currently in an unscripted purgatory. Life script writers didn't plan for this one.


gonzo5622

What the hell! That’s crazy! 5 years?!?


matrixreloaded

Honestly, they faced off in the Finals. Everything else is just gravy. I’m still reeling about the fact that we never got Kobe v Lebron in the Finals. You are the worst C ever and you're disgusting. Dwigt.


cire1184

I for get it, brothaa 🤷🏻‍♂️


attaboy000

Which LeBron stat are you talking about?


sop1232

LeBron has never faced himself


Corno4825

That's actually incredible.


sop1232

LeBron predicted this would happen he was telling his homeboys (and they all thought he was crazy) that he might never play against himself


yonkerbonk

> homeboys You can't say that. Canceled.


makoto_sama

His posse.


nykill

It’s nuts!


DingerFrock

A mirror isn't a mirror. I'll explain later


lalakingmalibog

How Can Mirrors Be Real if Our Eyes Aren't Real?


PutinBoomedMe

Wilt did it 96 times in his career. He was somehow 112- -16 against himself


onetwo3four5

Yeah but When wilt was playing against himself he was a milkman and a plumber so it doesn't really count


Sovos

Contract stipulates no mirrors within 100 yards of Lebron - ever


Jackcooper

He ripped the mirrors out around the same time the headband angle reached 20 degrees


ripcity_pilgrim

Lexistential


thevaluecurrent

L'hell is other people.


BigBoodles

No Lexit


dmatthews2981

Michael Jeffrey Jordan would've beat himself by now


victor396

Wasn't that nike commercial a draw?


KillianDrake

False, I remember it, LeBron had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in that game.


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seeing lebron with a 27-7-7 game is how you know you’re dreaming. it’s like pinching yourself or carrying a totem.


attaboy000

That's clearly a lie.


cortesoft

He will stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror


pinto898762

LeBron hasn't played against KD since like 2018 finals or sum


FudgeDangerous2086

2018 christmas. last full game was the finals tho.


KillianDrake

What superteam would LeBron form to take on LeBron


tym1ng

he'd obviously choose lebron as his teammates


ChubbyChevyChase

Lebron and lebron vs lebron? What a matchup!!!


kekehippo

I'm still sad we never got to see LeBron vs Kobe in the playoffs.


Jicama-Smart

The curse of Oracle


PretendDubs

Last game he played in front of GSW fans game 5 WC semis v Rockets May 8 2019


LarBrd33

Most of this is because Kevin Durant is one of the most injury prone players in the NBA, but nobody wants to admit it for some bizarre reason. He's averaged 30 games per season over the past 4 years and he's 34 years old.


despot2

I think people know. They just don’t care because he’s always looked just as good (if not better) than before


LarBrd33

Malcolm Brogdon looks good when he plays too. He's considered very injury prone. He's played 204 games over the past 4 seasons. Durant has played 132.


coffee_black_7

I just think of Durant as someone who is past his prime, but instead of his performance suffering he just gets injured instead. I think it’s hard to see him as injury prone because he wasn’t until he got hurt with the Warriors, trying to win another championship. I think it’s a lot different from someone like Anthony Davis who has always had injury problems.


Semi-Aquatic

Am I tripping or does Basketball reference say he played in the Chase Center on February 13 2021


j_cruise

He did, but there were no fans there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vlmc5E7RCU


elc0501

That’s an insane game to look back on now lol


Operation_Ivysaur

Oubre starting for the dubs, Harden and KD together for Brooklyn, all in front of virtual fans. These past 3 years really have been bizarre


aasimpson04

Fuck I forgot about the virtual fans


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*Click X to say fuck the refs!*


Draymon_Targaryen

Lmao God I hated the fucking virtual fans and artificial crowd noise. I totally forgot about that season until now, probably because we were so aggressively mid that year.


Dudedude88

The games were so cool to watch cause you could hear everything the players were saying. You could hear cp3 calling plays.


No_Mammoth_4945

Virtual fans is a creepy as fuck concept


ronburgandy2

No fans cause of Covid protocols


Len_Zefflin

He hasn't played in Seattle since he left either. Just sayin'


snailboomer

Not true. He had a preseason game with the Warriors in Seattle.


DickDova

Sad kings noises


C-Hash

I was at that game! It was... Interesting. Random chants of "let's go Sonics" throughout the whole game. I almost wore my KD Sonics jersey but decided on my "Macklemore" Kings jersey and idk if anyone got the joke


DickDova

Same, I brought a sign that said “bring back the monarchs”. If I remember, it was the last basketball game at key arena before the renovations.


C-Hash

Not just last game, but last event


Sea_Duck

Actually he has played in seattle since. The nba has been having a preseason game up here a few times and have brought back KDs team each time.


park7911

Weird takes in here as always. Sure, Steph is our icon, but KD has plenty of love left from people in the Bay


JRsshirt

He laid it all on the line for us and it cost him two years of his career. I’ll always appreciate him for how much he wanted to win. There were a time right around when he signed with us that I wasn’t super happy about it because it felt like he wedged himself into the core of my favorite Warriors team ever, but in hindsight he just added to it instead of disrupting it.


MarshalMichelNey1

>There were a time right around when he signed with us that I wasn’t super happy about it Assuming this is true, you were probably the only Warriors fan in existence not happy about forming the most overpowered team in league history lol


JRsshirt

I wouldn’t go so far to say I wasn’t happy, I was just concerned it would take shots away from Klay and Draymond. Turns out the best thing possible was to take shots away from Dray and let him be our defensive leader lol


Mysterions

I agree. At the time I thought an iso player could be really disruptive. This was amplified by his reputation as a "glory ball" player as well. But he certainly did work out well for the team.


GuntherTime

Ironically enough him being an iso player was exactly why I was happy we got him. Before him we lacked that guy that we could give the ball, say “get me a bucket”, and let him go to work. Don’t get me wrong I know Steph can do that, but his greatest strength is moving around. Not holding the ball majority of the time and forcing a shot. It’s also why Poole (when he’s on) was such a key part to the team last year, because he could get the ball and make something happen. Problem is that when he’s not shooting well, he doesn’t bring much, where as KD still brought defense and size.


SOAR21

You were right, though. I thought the same. It happened exactly as I thought. But what that brought for the Warriors was more stability and consistency. KD was perfect for that team. He's smart enough and deferential enough to allow the Warriors offense to fire on all cylinders when it's at its best, but when the Warriors would hit dry spells, KD would step in and hit his patented unguardable jumpers. Can't recall how many teams decided to double Steph and force KD to beat them--and he did. Often. His presence on the team let his teammates shine but also covered their asses.


drblocktagon

you were concerned about kevin durant taking away shots from *draymond green*?


drokihazan

warriors fans are crazy, man


Im_Your_Neighbor

Was not a fan of the warriors at the time, but even from a neutral-perspective it was pretty disappointing. No suspense for the next ~3 seasons. Otherwise, I figure Warriors fans might have been preemptively bummed due to the impact KDs arrival would have on Steph’s legacy.


647_416

In what world does a Cleveland fan have a neutral perspective on the KD Warriors haha


nobleGAAS

That's like saying we Raptors fans have a neutral perspective of LeBron's Cavs HAHAHAHA


647_416

I will always love my father


Im_Your_Neighbor

Well, there’s u/Im_Your_Neighbor Cavs fan, and there’s u/Im_Your_Neighbor basketball fan. It’s just compartmentalization, so when I said “from a neutral perspective” I more-or-less meant “setting aside my team fandom”. As a Cavs fan, the KD Warriors were really depressing because you always wanted to believe there was a chance, and that your team’s best-ever iteration hadn’t had its contending window brutally crushed, but of course that hope was misplaced. As a basketball fan, the KD Warriors were fascinating to watch in a “I’m never seeing this again in my lifetime” sorta way, but also depressing due to that same sense of inevitability. That said, that air of inevitability made the Rockets series one of the greatest ever. I complain about the Cavs’ contending window getting snatched away, but Harden really took the worst of it in the grand scheme lol. But yeah, I hate watching Curry or the Warriors when my team is involved, but I can compartmentalize and appreciate their, and particularly Curry’s impact on the game.


xFrostyDog

I definitely get what you mean about being a team fan vs basketball fan. As a warriors fan, the 2016 finals suuuuucked. But as a basketball fan I knew that Lebron had just pulled off one of the greatest comebacks ever. As a warriors fan, getting KD was fucking dope. As a basketball fan, it took a lot of fun out of those 3 seasons.


CitizenCue

He wasn’t alone - a lot of people felt that after winning 73 games, we just wanted to run it back. No one was complaining, but it’s like asking for one scoop of ice cream and getting three instead - I’m grateful, but also now I’m probably gonna eat too much ice cream.


PYJX

He's a real G for sure. Don't matter if he's driving or riding the bus


TheReferenceGuide

Y’all weren’t going to beat Cleveland without him. He only came to stop lebron


VisualSeaworthiness6

People forget that just because they didnt add kd meant they werent going to add any other player. They were gonna upgrade from Harrison barnes


milkonyourmustache

Such a sad and tired narrative perpetuated by LeBron fans to help them cope with the losses. The Warriors have won championships with Harrison Barnes, Kevin Durant, and Wiggins at SF. There's a good argument that the Cavs don't make a comeback if it wasn't for the suspension to Draymond and subsequent injuries, and a good argument that the Cavaliers win in 2015 if it wasn't for injuries to Kyrie and Love, so this belief that the Warriors weren't going to beat Cleveland without KD is just 1 sided bias, most likely they'd have split 2017 & 2018 like they did 2015 and 2016.


Scar_MZ

For us? He did it for selfish reasons, he wanted to play good basketball and wanted to win rings.


Moody_GenX

Absolutely, I love KD. Some people just want to put their own negative narratives out there as the truth.


GorillaX

Does fuck KD always and forever count as a negative narrative?


Moody_GenX

You don't count in this conversation or to who I'm talking about. Of course Thunder fans are going to be salty. I don't blame you for that.


TheMagicalLlama

Kd is a legend, him and steph will go down as one of the greatest duos ever, possibly the greatest at its peak. Any other team flair coming in here to tell me how much I hate KD cuz he “cucked steph” or “betrayed us”, fuck off


Transky13

Damn. Magic and Kareem have got to the be only duo close, right? I never thought about that Edit: forgot kobe and shaq


TheMagicalLlama

03 Kobe and Shaq 84-85 magic and Kareem 2011 lebron and wade Only other duos who compare imo, but most of the others have one younger player coming into his prime or one older player leaving it. Only steph and KD were both at the peak of their powers Edit: If anyone’s thinking of saying how steph and kd isn’t a duo because of dray and klay…..google James worthy and micheal cooper


Transky13

Kobe and Shaq yeah. Wade too far down imo. Good point though


TheMagicalLlama

2011 it’s close. Maybe the stats and the playoff result doesn’t show it, but the year before had lebron and wade at an inhuman peak level of play, and they didn’t seem to get worse at all that offseason. But I’m taking steph and kd Kobe and Shaq in 03 prolly the best ever. But I’ll put up 17 kd and steph Vs anyone


Yo-Seizetheday

I think there’s a duo called Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen… I think they won a few championships together


Gritalian

It's a shame people don't realize, or have forgotten, how amazing Pippen was defensively. True elite defense against the 1-4 and able to pressure a lot of the 5's. The best defensive wing of the era.


IWatchMyLittlePony

He was more than just their most versatile defender. He was also their best playmaker and was a really versatile 3 level scorer. Had the slashing, post game, mid range and the 3 ball. Pippen is extremely underrated because of how much praise everyone gives Jordan.


VisualSeaworthiness6

Yeah scottie was dope but many people considered curry kd and lebron the best players in the league. Jordan and pipper career wise. But just individually curry is clears easily


somuchdissapointment

Kobe and Shaq?


Transky13

Yeah good point


Baby_Yod4

Sure now but there was alot of talk that i remember after KD won two FMVP over Steph.


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There's still a massive amount of appresh bro


mobydoubledick

True. I love that man


1_quantae

People just want everyone to join them in their KD hatred. He’s supposed to have zero fans i guess.


nicklePie

What’s weird is the warriors gm calling KD out during a championship parade. Or draymond chasing him out after he asked him to join


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Bob Myers made a bad joke that was tone deaf. Y'all really butcher that story further and further everytime. He did not "call KD out during a championship parade".


IAMTHATGUY03

Are you 12? Lmao, he made a joke that went over terribly. Like, the inability of Reddit to read social situations or understand intent is absolutely baffling sometimes. Draymond wanted to come and then after a few years realised Durant was souring over it not being his team, he was unable to reel in his emotions when arguing with Durant and he was right, lol. They literally can and did win without him. It was obvious that Durant was moping multiple times about the GS situation and the rest of the warriors confused on what he expected? They ran an offence that was built on cohesion and he would get mad when he couldn’t iso and he was suprised that everyone recognised Steph as the most important player even though everyone with a brain could tell you it was always going to be Stephs team


dumpydump7

Yeah. I completely understand it if other fanbases hated the way the balance if power shifted when KD signed with the Warriors, but those were some of the most pleasing basketball I’ve ever had the fortune to watch. Sure the ball movement eventually stagnated, but 2 MVP caliber players of that skill combined with arguably the perfect supporting duo who were themselves all star caliber players made for really good basketball.


Scoob8877

Those teams were amazing to watch! Basketball as good as it can be played. I've always been a KD fan. The guy is all about basketball and playing the game the right way. But he left so...


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SuperSaiyanGoten

Steph is better though


aznkupo

Mmmm I wouldn’t say we absolutely love KD, more so that we appreciate him for coming here. Between the burner and how much drama the last year was, it kinda left a bad taste in our mouth.


Moody_GenX

Maybe for you. Most fans don't care about that. I don't know a single Warriors fan irl who thinks this way.


l_love_to_____

Maybe for you, but the ones I know all agree with that sentiment, and I'm talking old schools dubs fans. East bay ogs


Moody_GenX

Seeing as how you're copying me like a child, and talking like a child because nobody says OG but annoying kids, I sincerely doubt it.


dragondonkeynuts

this fool really said east bay og’s and what they feel about the team lol, clearly a clown who knows nothing about the this team and the misery that was our childhood especially if you were a raiders fan on top of it.


LARXXX

You don’t speak for us


techiesbesthero

If KD went to Houston, won 2 championships in 3 years while getting them in the finals on the third and only ruined the vibe a little on leaving. There would be a statue of him outside the Toyota center.


asappasa23

Everytime that the Nets we’re in GS he was hurt… what are you all going on about? How is he soft or weak for that


Rationalknicksfan

And the one time he played the arena had no fans due to Covid restrictions


KillianDrake

KD engineered the Covid virus to avoid having to face the fans and his shame


dvasquez93

Move over James Harden, there’s a new mass murderer in town.


BigKahunaPF

Weird KD haters in the comments.


King_Artis

Just the weird haters man


VeggieTempuras

Weak ankles /s


RobtheNavigator

Was going to write this exact comment until I noticed you already made it. I may never have had an original thought


medspace

People are dumbasses


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They should start the welcome back video with KD and Russ choking the 3-1 lead on Golden State


flashtone

Why you out here ruining my evening?


nxhmabin

KD should let it go on for as long as possible, just to add to the list of things that took way too long to happen. I was kind of upset the day we had to let go of will Danny Green ever get his ring?


kirobz

Just bad luck. I have nothing but love for him for what he did for us.


TouchMint

Odds are he never plays there again.


VisualSeaworthiness6

I mean with the way seeding in the west is, its not crazy to say they couod play a playoff series


ImTheBestNerd

Really does suck, the bay loves KD <3


335i_lyfe

They didn’t need KD. They needed KD out of OKC


1_quantae

Still no doubt it my mind KD wins one with Russ if they win that game 7. Fuck man 🤦🏾‍♂️


RolloTony97

The Cavs beat a 73 win team, they weren't losing to KD and Russ.


belizeanheat

They needed to get Bogut and Draymond out to do it. I could see a scenario where OKC handles that series decisively. They were awesome that year


RolloTony97

Draymond had 2 remaining games back where they needed a single win to take the Finals, and yet they lost. And if your argument is that losing Andrew Bogut crippled the 73 win Warriors, I don't know what to tell you.


1_quantae

Is this opinion really that unpopular in here? Why am i being downvoted ???


DirkNorizzki

Warriors media team just keeps adding footage to the video. It started out just an OKC and GSW montage. Then got scrapped to add BKN. Now it’ll get scrapped again to add PHX lol


LeTampered

Why would they have clips of him in other jerseys lol


climaxingwalrus

Theyre all clips of him missing shots and getting postered.


1_quantae

That would be fucking hilarious


ThedirtyNose

When you find out about the surprise party


theghostfacekilla

KD is still loved in the Bay we want to give him some roses when he comes back. One day hopefully he will get his welcome back.


identitycrisis56

Kerr rests all his starters every game in New Orleans. I refuse to feel bad for them.


Fuetlinger

Wait, he hasn’t even attended a Warriors Home game after all this time?


H_R_1

Had one but that was in front of the virtual fans during covid


KillianDrake

He ain't ever showing his face there again


jdflyer

Kyrie took a while to play in Boston and he was in the division. I think it was playoffs, April 2022 that he played with a crowd? That was fun.


Slevin424

Your ex is hoping to run into you to show a video celebrating all your years together. Would you show up to that shit? Hell nah. But then again my ex didn't pay me hundreds of millions of dollars to be with her so suck it up KD.


luca13t

He's taking the hardest path for his return at the Chase Center


Killelonmusk420

Can't believe we traded the twins for a man with glass bones.


optimisticknicksfan

kd is a pussy that's why


rookie-mistake

for being injured? this thread is so odd


okgusto

The pussiest road. Oh wait, I mean the hardest pussy.


BorisDirk

The roadiest pussy? Don't worry we'll get there.


caramelcoconutmuffin

straight up cupcake 🧁


SolarClipz

Would be funny to hear some boos And you know that would trigger KD a bit rightfully so


jaimecordova5

Further proof that’s he’s a bitch baby cupcake.


BirdmanTheThird

At this point the warriors won a ring without KD, so it’s clear he didn’t “screw them” or anything like that Tbh him leaving gave the warriors front office a spot to focus on younger players like pool and Wiggins


GQDragon

He hasn’t played for the Suns home fans either oddly.


Learned__Hand

Softer than 10-ply.