As I responded, how were those options excellent?
To me, you're making a difference out of the order of operations, which I don't really find persuasive. I don't see the difference between the Warriors already having a core in place vs. Lebron assembling a core with Bosh and Wade (and in a city where they could easily attract FAs) or George doing the same - are we supposed to want or expect players to be GMs now?
I just think isolating KD as a "pansy ass" because he didn't assemble a team in the preferred order is kind of strange. It's a distinction without a difference. If he paired up with Lebron and went to the Knicks that summer, is that all of a sudden better? If not, look at the rest of this FA class:
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2016-nba-free-agent-tracker-where-players-are-going-whos-still-available/ So now it's KDs fault that he didn't become a FA at the same time as other great players to assemble a super team? A better option was to team up with Andre Drummond and Nick Batum? Or go to the Heat (seriously, the nationally beloved Heat) and strong-arm them to trade for Damiam Lillard or some other disgruntled small market player? The narrow lane for what's acceptable seems to change with the narrative - what kind of competitive human would want to stay with an OKC franchise that wouldn't pay for talent?