Aloha,
KD is an entitled crybaby whiner. The Nets paid him a entire season to rehab. He played 90 games which computes to well over a million a game played. And he is requesting a trade. Geez,
he enormous haul of young star players and draft picks the Brooklyn Nets reportedly are expecting to receive in a trade for Kevin Durant isn’t the only reason the superstar still hasn’t been dealt after requesting a trade this summer.
According to NBA reporter Marc Stein, “the persistent scuttle around the league, though, is that clubs interested in Durant mostly fear their ability to keep him content more than they feel any concern about his advancing age.”
What I find odd is teams suddenly getting tired of the prima donna behavior by some superstars. KD, Kyrie, Simmons, Westbrook, Harden. All difficult players to trust.
I must say, however, that Harden’s move to take a huge pay cut really impressed me. Can’t deny the guy wants to win in a big way. Lots of talk from everybody else but James walks it.
I think teams are pretty sick of signing a deal in good faith just to have it thrown in their faces a year or so into it. All of the players who are on that list have all stayed publicly crap like “we’re working to build something lasting here” or “we’re on the same page” or a ton of other convenient, lip service BS phrases. I know I’m tired of watching it from afar when a some star player whines his way out of not playing and/or getting traded. It’s not good for anyone, it’s becoming akin to how the steroid era turned a lot of fans away from MLB (for me the new rules are doing that). How a GM is expected to build anything in this era is mystifying to me. If I ran steam it would be 1 year deals and you can have your player movement freedom. Don’t get hurt, btw, or that next deal won’t be worth too much…