I don't know if it's possible to say anything bad about this team. What is there to say? Oh, Kevin Durant you're just too damn good of a guy, how dare you order around the Sports Illustrated photographers to include Thabo Selfolosha and Nenad Krstic on the front cover, what reasoning could you possibly have to share the lime light with them?
"People don't really know about them too much for some odd reason,'' said Durant, who didn't play against the Nuggets due to Thunder coach Scott Brooks giving him his first game off this preseason. "So it was good to have them in there with me ... People don't really talk about them too much, but they're playing a role. They're guys we have to have on this team. So I want everybody to know how much they're important to us and what great teammates they are. So it was the chance to voice my opinion, and I'm glad Sports Illustrated put them on the cover with me.''
Oh good for you Durant, you care about your role players too and refuse to put yourself above them that's just great. But think about SI think about the "bizzness", you know how hard it is to sell Sports Illustrateds with a Serbian balding version of Jason Segel on the cover?
If you dare try to pull that shit with GQ, you can kiss that fancy Italian Gucci suit goodbye and take your scraggly roleplayers to the cover of the Kohls catalogue. I mean good Lord Durant, who do you think you are turning down LeBron's request to go party at the Midland club in Kansas City the night before your exhibition game? What reasoning could you possibly have not to throw down some drinks with the King?
“I don’t go out to parties the day before a game,” Durant said. “I really don’t go out too much during the season.”
Oh right, you're probably too busy working on your "jumper" or "getting sleep," how dare you be inconvenienced. Oh and another thing, way to make your contract extension all secretive too, posting your little "Tweet." Well, not everyone has Twitter, Durant, LeBron at least had the decency to take a spot on national prime time television, wait for thirty minutes just to make sure we all were watching before announcing his decision. At least LeBron has concern for the fans, he knew we were concerned about him, he knew we were hanging on his every word all summer long, and he didn't want to leave us in the dark as to what his future had in store. He even told us the next night that he will win 7 championships with the Heat. You haven't even claimed that you'll win one yet.
(P.S. if you are tired of the sarcasm and want to read me pour my heart out for Kevin Durant check this link out:
And how dare you Thunder management try to build a team through the "Draft" and practice loyalty to your players. And ok, I can't do it anymore! This team is the perfect batch of guys and is being run the perfect way! Here's a look at one of the most exciting teams in the NBA:
Point Guard
Russell Westbrook became the best point guard on this summer's FIBA team. Now considering the other guys were Billups, Rose, and even Rondo for awhile, this is an extremely impressive feat. Durant is a lock to play on the Olympics team, but honestly I think Westbrook should be too. He took charge in the big games and was able to put up 15 ppg type numbers. He provides a matchup nightmare for the Lakers, flying past Derek Fisher and forcing Kobe to guard him. With Kobe's knee being as questionable as it is right now, this could be extremely dangerous for L.A. come playoff time. Bryant spending 48 minutes guarding Westbrook on a questionable knee then trying to score the 30-40 he'll need to score to beat the Thunder will produce a 7 game series. Westbrook is shooting better and better, he gets to the hoop with ease, and distributes the ball well. Oh and he's only 21 years old.
Shooting Guard
Thabo's a pretty solid defender. I think eventually James Harden will prove to be too powerful of an offensive threat to keep on the bench and the two will swap roles.
Kevin Durant
What more can I say about Kevin Durant? Averaged 30 points a game last year, scoring champion, this year I think he gets the MVP award. If defenses try extra hard to contain him (which they obviously will), Kevin Durant will just, well most of the time it doesn't matter he'll still hit everything in sight, but if forced too he can quietly distribute really well. If his numbers dip down to 25 expect Westbrook and Jeff Greene's numbers to rise. Durant is the man and he's still only 22.
Power Forward
Jeff Green is more of a small forward but he's been very productive in this role at power forward at least on the offensive side. It's an interesting call what to do here because he adds a good chemistry and is only 24 years old, but while he can score close to 20 a game, I don't have much confidence with him guarding Pau Gasol. I hope the Thunder don't trade Green, but I could see how it would happen.
Nenad Krstic
Krstic hit a guy with a chair in the FIBA tournament. That's awesome.
Bench
James Harden-scores in bunches
Cole Aldrich, Nick Collison- brings in Kansas fans and hopefully good depth downlow
Ibaka- blocks shots and probably should start at center
Eric Maynor- he's that guy from VCU who knocked out Duke that one year. Solid backup PG.
I think the Thunder and Lakers will meet up again for another classic series, this time in the Western Conference finals and this time going 7 games. I think it's possible that they could go to the NBA finals, but Bynum would have to be injured and Kobe would have to be no more than 50%. The reason I have them below the Magic and Celtics is because of the size at the post. The Thunder don't have an answer for Dwight Howard and the combination of KG, Perkins, Shaq, Jermaine, and Big Baby would be way too much for Krstic, Green, Cole, Collison, and Ibaka. As for the Heat, the pre-season game did not look good at all, and that was without D-Wade :'( As a fan I want the NBA finals to be Thunder vs Celtics because then I'm happy either way, but being rationale I see them losing to the Lakers in the Western Finals.
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