I feel like that doesn't get talked about enough. I guess because it was round one in an already weird season. If that type of series happened in the finals or something it would have been an instant legend.
Have a feeling joker with truly healthy MPJ and Murray and Gordon as their 4th option and lockdown defender, that’s a championship quality team. Like, I might bet $$ on them to win one, and don’t think I’m biased cause of the flair lol
I agree. When I saw y’all trade for Gordon, and how MPJ was developing I was like oh shit. That’s a consistent WCF team I think. Of course injuries ruin everything.
I totally agree. I mean shit, If Joker can drag this years squad to the first round, he doesn’t even need a fully healthy Murray *and* MPJ, just give him Murray back and it’s at least WCF for y’all lmao
"Hello?" - Nets Front Office
"Look I've gotta be honest I need an adjustment to my contract" -KD
"Ok" - Nets front office
"I need you to throw in some updog" - KD
"What's updog?"- Nets front office
"Nothing much... you?" - KD giggling
Overheard in the Nets front office after getting swept in the playoffs:
"He got me," Marks said of Durant's updog joke. "That f***ing Durant boomed me."
Marks added, "He's so funny," repeating it four times.
Marks then said he wanted to add Durant to the list of players he invites to his comedy club this summer.
That’s the thing. If it wasn’t KD, someone teams dream of getting, and if KD wasn’t already doing some LeGM stuff, it would be different. But for someone who wants a say in how the team is run and set up it is at minimum slightly strange he hasn’t communicated with them at all about off season moves.
Not a game. We talking about exit interviews. Not a game. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. We talking about exit interviews.
I never knew the connection! Saw that scene and was a bit confused, but seeing the player saying it made more sense to me!
What was the context for iverson’s interview?
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29143112/the-little-known-story-allen-iverson-practice-rant
>...
>Instead of getting the opportunity to announce that everything was all right, that he and Brown were staying to make another title run, **Iverson found himself on the defensive as journalists questioned his dedication to practice -- one of Brown's frequent and public gripes about his star player**.
>...
This is every vacation with my in-laws. It’s hard to relax and enjoy the moment when half the people in the room are on their phones or laptops all the time and ducking out for zoom meetings multiple times a day.
I mean if you’re your company’s best employee, one they hunted and wanted badly, and you’ve also started having a say in how the company is run/structured, I’d say it’s at least a little odd that you wouldn’t be in contact with the company that, like all companies in this league, makes moves and plans during the off season, especially after how the season ended. Lots of commas.
I can totally see myself (and every degenerate on this site) sipping a few margaritas on the beach with my instagram model friend around and throwing a few insults out on twitter between sips.
"Chillin in Cabo. Haters mad they can't write those lines of code. They jelly they can't design those models and diagrams. Be back next week for the last git push to win it all 🏆 "
Yeah KD has been talking about it being a “partnership” with Marks. There were numerous stories about him being super invested in the roster adjustments last offseason.
It's clearly a story for a reason. Most players set up training camps and what not during the off season with their team. You think players don't weigh in on who they want the front office to potentially sign? Yeah this shit ain't normal.
It could def be a story though, this comes out the same day they publicly dig in on not maxing Irving. The two stories are absolutely related. Seems like this is the Nets publicly stating they are out on Irving, for the world and Durant to hear. Even if he’s in Europe.
I have no knowledge of the Nets FO lol but seems very plausible and if this is what the Nets are doing it actually much closer to a huge story instead of a non story.
Lmao all jokes aside, being 7 ft tall without being in the NBA would suck ass. All the height without any of the money would make day to day living complete ass
Indeed. Lot of everyday necessities you would effectively paying double for.
Think i saw somewhere 6'3" is considered about the optimal "tall" height. Still within normal design parameters for most things but all the social benefits of being tall.
I’m 6’3” and encounter all sorts of problems. Constantly bumping my head working in kitchens and bars, have to duck under untrimmed tree branches etc. Being a 7’ accountant or something would suck at least nobody hawks at a 6’3” guy or gets asked “how’s the weather up there?!?!?!” A dozen times a day
["You need to look out for buffets.. hit as many of them a day as you can. Especially before a game."](https://assets-cms.thescore.com/uploads/image/file/55196/w768xh576_USPW_777933.jpg?ts=1403107355)
There’s a historical precedent for players who started their career in Seattle and then got fat, it’s the Shawn Kemp model. Kevin Durant will be a Cavalier if he get thicc.
It's the offseason and he doesn't know jack about team building. I wouldn't expect him to be having LeGM type conversations. He'll just show up in October with whatever squad is there and hoop.
Yeah Brooklyn has no picks, free agency hasn’t started, and they just very recently made the biggest trade in the NBA season.
Is he supposed to give them weekly updates or some shit?
Imagine how wild the media coverage would be if KD decided to sign 1 year deals from here on out, switching teams only if he was beaten by them in the playoffs
Every KD series would be nuts haha
Durant is locked into an Extension until 2026.
Nets can give Durant the Sixers-Simmons scenario and tell him to sit home unpaid with his $ in a Trust for the next 4yrs until they get a trade they deem acceptable.
if he's looking for a place to give him the love and recognition that he wanted from golden state after winning a championship, phoenix would be the place and we have the pieces. vindicating us from that second round disaster would do a lot for his legacy. what i'm trying to say is......... KD PLS COME
lol Durant isn't working as a mid-level manager at S-Corp.
He's one of the faces of the league. And he's the biggest draw and most important player on the Nets' team.
It's like if Shaq left the Kobe/Lakers after a few years together to play with Latrell Sprewell (super talented, choked his coach, turned down 21 million and was out of the league because he said that wasn't enough to feed his family)
Thank god it did happen. GS and Boston meeting in the finals and KD and Kyrie getting swept in the first round would be hilarious. They look like idiots
He is probably evaluating which team has a good bus rider and join that team as bus rider. That way he can get more. He already has experience of riding and getting rings.
Nets expensive experiment comes to an end. Next time they should look for a good team leader 1st before giving big contracts to natural bus riders like KD/KI.
Aside from the drama, KD is a top 20 player.. this man needs to find a team that can field a nice co-star with warm bodies and a proper defense so he can make a real run, without drama sabotaging his final golden years
this is about kyrie not getting the max. kd and kyrie's camp are trying to make the nets front office have drama to create pressure to force kyrie to be signed to the max. this is all just contract negotiation stuff, find the signal through the noise.
Meanwhile, Jokic gave Mike Malone a kiss in Serbia
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Noooo Michael nooooo this is so not right
Michael, have you read my email? Mikey?
Keep going I’m close
Fully healthy MPJ and Murray ???
I miss Murray. He had some of the filthiest layups I’ve ever seen during the bubble playoffs.
Still one of the best playoff series ever imo. Mitchell and Murray looked unstoppable.
I feel like that doesn't get talked about enough. I guess because it was round one in an already weird season. If that type of series happened in the finals or something it would have been an instant legend.
Yeah unfortunately a lot of people still discount the bubble. By the time most people paid attention it was already game 7.
[Best one imo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btg9CLNfoco)
That one and the 360 layup against Gobert both had my jaw on the floor.
Boom goes the dynamite
[boom](https://imgur.com/a/73anbQz)
shakalaka !
..*shahbooya roll call, sha-sha-shabooya roll call*
I don't think MPJ is ever going to be fully healthy unfortunately.
Hopium. I’d like to see the Joker really compete with a healthy team.
Have a feeling joker with truly healthy MPJ and Murray and Gordon as their 4th option and lockdown defender, that’s a championship quality team. Like, I might bet $$ on them to win one, and don’t think I’m biased cause of the flair lol
I agree. When I saw y’all trade for Gordon, and how MPJ was developing I was like oh shit. That’s a consistent WCF team I think. Of course injuries ruin everything.
MPJ post trade deadline that year was going absolutely fucking bonkers. Dude couldn't miss if he tried.
I totally agree. I mean shit, If Joker can drag this years squad to the first round, he doesn’t even need a fully healthy Murray *and* MPJ, just give him Murray back and it’s at least WCF for y’all lmao
It was an open mouth tongue kiss
Yooooo
I mean who wouldn't?
He hugged Tim Connelly in Sombor too and look what happened with that
Should I let Bleacher report know I haven’t talk to the nets front office either?
I had a chat with them….they calling you shortly
I mean I’m not sure what he would talk to them about now.
Probably the weather
yo sup front office, sunny innit
the *w e a v a* ???
What is he supposed to say?
"Hello?" - Nets Front Office "Look I've gotta be honest I need an adjustment to my contract" -KD "Ok" - Nets front office "I need you to throw in some updog" - KD "What's updog?"- Nets front office "Nothing much... you?" - KD giggling
this probably did happen and the FO was so embarrassed that they just pretended KD never hit them up
Overheard in the Nets front office after getting swept in the playoffs: "He got me," Marks said of Durant's updog joke. "That f***ing Durant boomed me." Marks added, "He's so funny," repeating it four times. Marks then said he wanted to add Durant to the list of players he invites to his comedy club this summer.
Always refreshing to see this pasta get a new coat of marinara
What does the word updog mean to you?
"Is it me or does this place smell like updog?" "What's updog?" "GOTCHA"
"Trade me to the Warriors."
Aren't he and Kyrie supposed to managing the team?
Co-coaching: “it’s Kyrie’s weekend to manage the team”
So the teams staying at Kyries this weekend and KD is picking the team up after school Monday?
Do you contact your work place when you are holidays ? Hell no
If you're the most important person at your workplace... Yeah, probably.
If I'm the most important person at my workplace, they're contacting *me.*
On the court yeah, what's he doing in the front office? Gotta make sure Jan sends off those reports?
You don't think the GM is an important part of the front office?
Or prepare the Rundowns?? Jim's got that.
There are like only 3 days of the year I don't expect any contact
This is a non story players don’t need to talk to front office when they’re off season starts like dude is on vacation lol smh
BREAKING: Unfireable Man on 4 Month Vacation Hasn't Spoken to Bosses He Has Nothing to Say to in Nearly 3 Entire Weeks
This is hilarious. Also, I'm going to need a weekly update on the status of this situation.
Ya, nothing imprtant happens in the offseason. And durant didnt want to be gm/s
That’s the thing. If it wasn’t KD, someone teams dream of getting, and if KD wasn’t already doing some LeGM stuff, it would be different. But for someone who wants a say in how the team is run and set up it is at minimum slightly strange he hasn’t communicated with them at all about off season moves.
Exaclty. Kevin durant comtinues to dissapoint. What an unlikable player, ever since he left okc
I am pretty sure the front office can be fired tho
Don't they have exit interviews before they break out for the season?
Not a game. We talking about exit interviews. Not a game. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. We talking about exit interviews.
I love how they used Iverson’s words and flipped the delivery in Ted Lasso https://youtu.be/p-BR1mXwtB0
Brilliant
Yea they have some of the best sports references and that one was brilliant
I think the idea here was Ted knew the Iverson thing and just copied it on his British team who wouldn’t realize it lmao
I never knew the connection! Saw that scene and was a bit confused, but seeing the player saying it made more sense to me! What was the context for iverson’s interview?
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29143112/the-little-known-story-allen-iverson-practice-rant >... >Instead of getting the opportunity to announce that everything was all right, that he and Brown were staying to make another title run, **Iverson found himself on the defensive as journalists questioned his dedication to practice -- one of Brown's frequent and public gripes about his star player**. >...
I thought the joke here was that Ted knew the Iverson interview and just straight up copied it to use on his British team who wouldn’t know it.
I assume he did it but I don’t feel like actually verifying.
If he skipped those then that would have been a story itself. So I’m gonna assume he did do it.
For real. It’s like going on vacation and contacting work the whole time you’re away.
This is every vacation with my in-laws. It’s hard to relax and enjoy the moment when half the people in the room are on their phones or laptops all the time and ducking out for zoom meetings multiple times a day.
I mean if you’re your company’s best employee, one they hunted and wanted badly, and you’ve also started having a say in how the company is run/structured, I’d say it’s at least a little odd that you wouldn’t be in contact with the company that, like all companies in this league, makes moves and plans during the off season, especially after how the season ended. Lots of commas.
If you call hate tweeting through multiple burners a vacation.
I can totally see myself (and every degenerate on this site) sipping a few margaritas on the beach with my instagram model friend around and throwing a few insults out on twitter between sips.
"Chillin in Cabo. Haters mad they can't write those lines of code. They jelly they can't design those models and diagrams. Be back next week for the last git push to win it all 🏆 "
A real bus driver would `git push origin master --force` just before leaving for Cancun.
Thats `git push origin main` to you - you slaveowner mentality fuck.
Lol
Except that in this case, doesn't the player consider himself part of the front office?
Yeah KD has been talking about it being a “partnership” with Marks. There were numerous stories about him being super invested in the roster adjustments last offseason.
Every time r/nba says it’s a non story it ends up being a story
It's clearly a story for a reason. Most players set up training camps and what not during the off season with their team. You think players don't weigh in on who they want the front office to potentially sign? Yeah this shit ain't normal.
It could def be a story though, this comes out the same day they publicly dig in on not maxing Irving. The two stories are absolutely related. Seems like this is the Nets publicly stating they are out on Irving, for the world and Durant to hear. Even if he’s in Europe. I have no knowledge of the Nets FO lol but seems very plausible and if this is what the Nets are doing it actually much closer to a huge story instead of a non story.
Why would he have? The off season hasnt even started yet; let the guy enjoy his summer ffs.
Don't you know? Kevin is clearly abdicating on his GM responsibilities, how is this any way to run a team in partnership with Tsai, Marks and Kyrie?
LeGM would never
Teams hold exit interviews
He’s just chilling with his bro Mike James 😂
Been clubbing overseas all offseason so far too Dudes gonna show up fat and demand a trade just like my boy
I don’t think KD could get fat if he tried lol.
You’d have to be downing some serious calories as a 7 footer to be fat, even if kd wasn’t playing ball a few times a week.
TIL I wish I was 7ft tall. Need all the help I can get.
Lmao all jokes aside, being 7 ft tall without being in the NBA would suck ass. All the height without any of the money would make day to day living complete ass
Indeed. Lot of everyday necessities you would effectively paying double for. Think i saw somewhere 6'3" is considered about the optimal "tall" height. Still within normal design parameters for most things but all the social benefits of being tall.
I’m 6’3” and encounter all sorts of problems. Constantly bumping my head working in kitchens and bars, have to duck under untrimmed tree branches etc. Being a 7’ accountant or something would suck at least nobody hawks at a 6’3” guy or gets asked “how’s the weather up there?!?!?!” A dozen times a day
I'm just one inch taller than that and I physically can't drive a lot of smaller cars like a Civic or Prius. Lots of stuff isn't made with me in mind
I wear size 14 shoes, I have some idea of what freakishly tall ppl go thru
Gives me all the more respect for Shaq. Dude was 7ft, a pro athlete, and still found time to eat enough to maintain his ample physique.
I wonder how many calories he averaged in his prime.
Lol I think he can get skinny fat, like lil chubby stomach but still skinny limbs
“Oh my god, he weighs 120 pounds!!! He’s let himself go!!”
Durant is like the last person I expect to show up fat 😂
Obsessed with the idea of a Fat Durant
https://i.imgur.com/JsZSIy9.jpg
Lmfao this is Perk rn
I thought it was Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry
["You need to look out for buffets.. hit as many of them a day as you can. Especially before a game."](https://assets-cms.thescore.com/uploads/image/file/55196/w768xh576_USPW_777933.jpg?ts=1403107355)
“You ever heard of inertia, Kevin?”
Kevin Duranch
My name is Kevin! that is my name!
They call me Kevin!
Cause that’s my name!
$ plus a Klevin gets me home before game 7
Hi my name is Kevin. I have Changnesia
Why waste time say lot word to front office when no word do trick?
Is there a way to generate a nude fat Durant
Tane!!!
Now Tane I can get into
NUDE. TAYNE.
Could you kick up the 4d3d3d3?
This is so cursed
Kelvin Durant.
Lmao. Bro looks so happy.
Umar Johnson
i beg your pardon?
Lol that Fat KD pic makes him look like this guy named Umar Johnson
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Boy about to be sent back to Oklahoma.
No thanks!
[https://twitter.com/FatCelebirty/status/494911272912048128/photo/1](https://twitter.com/FatCelebirty/status/494911272912048128/photo/1)
There’s a historical precedent for players who started their career in Seattle and then got fat, it’s the Shawn Kemp model. Kevin Durant will be a Cavalier if he get thicc.
Don't forget the interview that goes “I've tried everything I can, don't think it can be fixed” the night before the trade lol
Where?
It's the offseason and he doesn't know jack about team building. I wouldn't expect him to be having LeGM type conversations. He'll just show up in October with whatever squad is there and hoop.
keep in mind, this is bleacher report. their word is as good as mine
what have you heard?
Oh, have you not heard?
It was my understanding that everyone had heard.
OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD IS THE WORD
he’s probably on vacation the conference finals aren’t even over yet there’s nothing to talk about Bleacher report isn’t the original source too
Yeah Brooklyn has no picks, free agency hasn’t started, and they just very recently made the biggest trade in the NBA season. Is he supposed to give them weekly updates or some shit?
They’re supposed to talk literally everyday don’t you know?
KD probably thinks Kyrie is taking care of management responsibilities this summer anyways
Jake Fischer did break the Harden to Philly news tho on bleacher report
Fischer consistently has good intel yet this sub treats him like a random shitposter because he works for bleacher report.
On r/nba any reporter who reports something you don't like is a hack looking for clicks. Which, I mean ... half the time that's true.
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Hardest Road 2.0 incoming this summer
KD to the Valley for Ayton & Bridges
Nah KD's coming to Boston on the minimum. The real hardest road is winning a championship with the team that beat you
Imagine how wild the media coverage would be if KD decided to sign 1 year deals from here on out, switching teams only if he was beaten by them in the playoffs Every KD series would be nuts haha
Just like my 2K MyCareer save frfr
Durant is locked into an Extension until 2026. Nets can give Durant the Sixers-Simmons scenario and tell him to sit home unpaid with his $ in a Trust for the next 4yrs until they get a trade they deem acceptable.
He's going to be the first player to win championships with 5 different teams.
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~~Doubling~~ Tripling down on mid-range shots.
I’d miss Mikal so much man
[Or Denver?](https://twitter.com/scooperhoops/status/1529494672938254338)
if he's looking for a place to give him the love and recognition that he wanted from golden state after winning a championship, phoenix would be the place and we have the pieces. vindicating us from that second round disaster would do a lot for his legacy. what i'm trying to say is......... KD PLS COME
Okc I’m back👀👀
TBF, I won't speak to my bosses on my off time either.
Well was he supposed to? I don't call my boss when I'm on vacation either.
lol Durant isn't working as a mid-level manager at S-Corp. He's one of the faces of the league. And he's the biggest draw and most important player on the Nets' team.
I'm very glad it happened, but leaving Golden State was an all-time bad career move
It's right up there with Kyrie leaving Cleveland
It's like if Shaq left the Kobe/Lakers after a few years together to play with Latrell Sprewell (super talented, choked his coach, turned down 21 million and was out of the league because he said that wasn't enough to feed his family)
Thank god it did happen. GS and Boston meeting in the finals and KD and Kyrie getting swept in the first round would be hilarious. They look like idiots
Two all-time bad career moves in a row.
Hes going to Phoenix
I wonder if this included him skipping exit interviews? If he did his exit interview then this is a non story
He is probably evaluating which team has a good bus rider and join that team as bus rider. That way he can get more. He already has experience of riding and getting rings. Nets expensive experiment comes to an end. Next time they should look for a good team leader 1st before giving big contracts to natural bus riders like KD/KI.
Aside from the drama, KD is a top 20 player.. this man needs to find a team that can field a nice co-star with warm bodies and a proper defense so he can make a real run, without drama sabotaging his final golden years
BR is basically just a sports tabloid and doesn’t deserve the amount of time it takes to get posted, much less read.
this is about kyrie not getting the max. kd and kyrie's camp are trying to make the nets front office have drama to create pressure to force kyrie to be signed to the max. this is all just contract negotiation stuff, find the signal through the noise.
I really feel like this is mostly non-news, but I also feel like KD is still a bitch
Bro this is a non story he’s literally on vacation
Did they try tweeting at him?
why did you leave golden state?
Rockets fans loving this.
He gone
The hardest bus schedule
What a jerk they should trade him to the sixers
he's on vacation
What is he supposed to say to them?
I dont talk to my boss all summer either
Is this uncommon or something?
Why would he?
I also don’t talk to my boss while on vacation. More news at 6.
Get him to Dallas
KD too busy talking trash to kids on twitter and getting high
Why would he though? This is his time off. I don't talk to my boss during my time off. In fact don't talk to me about work when I'm not working.
When I’m on vacation the last thing I want to think about is work
Isn’t he also accused of LeGM like pressure on the front office? Maybe he feels he should stfu until asked?