The Durant Sweepstakes
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Celtics winners regardless of Kevin Durant sweepstakes results
Does Forsberg read this forum?
Celtics winners regardless of Kevin Durant sweepstakes results
Does Forsberg read this forum?
Wonder if Lee Jenkins will ghost write KD's announcement since he did such a good job with LBJ's.
I will say that KD's process seems a bit more orderly than LBJ's two years ago. At least no one is calling to cops out.
For those on mobile the tweet is from @AlexKennedyNBA this morning at 10:37am and it reads:
"Source close to Kevin Durant camp says he's legitimately torn about this decision. He's intrigued by GS/BOS, but leaving OKC is a HARD call."
Agree with Ale Xander....bad sign if they felt they needed to call....maybe Warriors just spooked them though....
"Source close to Kevin Durant camp says he's legitimately torn about this decision. He's intrigued by GS/BOS, but leaving OKC is a HARD call."
Agree with Ale Xander....bad sign if they felt they needed to call....maybe Warriors just spooked them though....
When trying to read each post it's a cruel psych job to scroll slowly and just read in big letters "CELTICS WINNERS"
I'm sure everybody called back. Haven't you guys ever interviewed for a job before? It's only polite.
Good sign that they want him
Good sign that they're making an effort
Bad sign because if you feel you need to do more, someone is ahead of you.
Lacks confidence
All we know was that a phone call was made. We know literally nothing about the context of it. It is impossible to say that it is good or bad, shows effort or shows lack of confidence.
Exactly. That is Standard Operation Procedure in recruiting whether it be an NBA free agent or attempting to fill a job with an employer who is highly in demand.
"Strong final impression" says otherwise
"But but but I have a condo on the UES and a summer home in the Hamptons. And I drive a Lexus!!!"
If Durant returns to OKC on a 1+1 where we are in a position to acquire him next July this has been a fantastic summer.......if he signs 4 years in Golden State it's a failure no two ways about it. You have to get your guy.
Edit: Ok, I'm not comfortable using the word "failure" as that is too strong for a player I never felt we had any chance with......I will say that I wouldn't consider it a success.
What do you expect them to do? There's a metric fuckton of money on the table here. You do everything you can to close the deal, end of story.
Nike released a Sneaker this spring called the "Weatherman" because of KD's fascination with Meteorology. "Trust the Weatherman" was the catch phrase they put on shirts and swag to pimp the line.
http://www.koco.com/thunder/Kevin-Durant-debuts-new-Weatherman-shoe/31451600
only an hour left....unless of course he is going to Golden State, then "morning" could be for another four hours
Theater of the Absurd
Theater of the Absurd
Looks like they recorded a bunch of different videos and accidentally posted this one? It's 9 hours old.
Who is creating the theatre though? It isn't Durant. His due diligence process has been clear and fair......meet with the teams over the weekend and decide within 24-48 hours of final meeting.
It looks like a pre-record, they likely have one on standby for every team and somebody found the link. It was posted 9 hours ago. CBS would have broken it if they knew.
So sorry if fake. Posted on a Ws website and seemed real for a sec. But not on Zach Harper's twitter, so probably fake. I hate freaking hoaxes...
You sure do set the failure bar pretty damn high, if not getting the second best free agent to ever hit the market is deemed a failure
I was referencing the Twitter and "sources" and everything else. Durant has all the time he wants
To be fair, I was alerted to the Horford news with Woj's Celtics are out/Celtics are IN back to back tweets, so I'm primed for anything.
A guy I follow on Twitter is at Logan and says Durant just got off a JetBlue flight. Take that for what you will.
"Well I was going to stay in OKC but then I saw that Yahoo thing and was like 'you know, that does sound pretty good.'"
Durant is handling this in ideal fashion. Laid out the process, has followed it, hasn't been a circus at all. He owes nobody anything.
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