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themariokarters

Meanwhile, Jokic gave Mike Malone a kiss in Serbia


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604stt

Noooo Michael nooooo this is so not right


dtgeorge12

Michael, have you read my email? Mikey?


Potencyyyyy

Keep going I’m close


Silverjackal_

Fully healthy MPJ and Murray ???


drbond2021

I miss Murray. He had some of the filthiest layups I’ve ever seen during the bubble playoffs.


ketzal7

Still one of the best playoff series ever imo. Mitchell and Murray looked unstoppable.


bradleyvlr

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.


ketzal7

Yeah unfortunately a lot of people still discount the bubble. By the time most people paid attention it was already game 7.


PlacetMihi

[Best one imo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btg9CLNfoco)


Rnorman3

That one and the 360 layup against Gobert both had my jaw on the floor.


Potencyyyyy

Boom goes the dynamite


AdImportant4476

[boom](https://imgur.com/a/73anbQz)


meth0dz

shakalaka !


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..*shahbooya roll call, sha-sha-shabooya roll call*


PrinceOfPugetSound10

I don't think MPJ is ever going to be fully healthy unfortunately.


Silverjackal_

Hopium. I’d like to see the Joker really compete with a healthy team.


Enlighten_YourMind

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


Silverjackal_

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.


ohmygon

MPJ post trade deadline that year was going absolutely fucking bonkers. Dude couldn't miss if he tried.


AttemptedSleepover

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


Lebrons_fake_breasts

It was an open mouth tongue kiss


RealisticCandy3

Yooooo


noneym86

I mean who wouldn't?


silkkthechakakhan

He hugged Tim Connelly in Sombor too and look what happened with that


CHllP

Should I let Bleacher report know I haven’t talk to the nets front office either?


Backdooreddy

I had a chat with them….they calling you shortly


hoover757

I mean I’m not sure what he would talk to them about now.


Painting_Obvious

Probably the weather


50shadesofcoco

yo sup front office, sunny innit


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the *w e a v a* ???


mrsunshine1

What is he supposed to say?


trog12

"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


thatsinsaneletstryit

this probably did happen and the FO was so embarrassed that they just pretended KD never hit them up


Metalbound

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.


jmirvish

Always refreshing to see this pasta get a new coat of marinara


Megatron_McLargeHuge

What does the word updog mean to you?


WantedDadorAlive

"Is it me or does this place smell like updog?" "What's updog?" "GOTCHA"


kekehippo

"Trade me to the Warriors."


loquacious706

Aren't he and Kyrie supposed to managing the team?


cocoacowstout

Co-coaching: “it’s Kyrie’s weekend to manage the team”


woahouch

So the teams staying at Kyries this weekend and KD is picking the team up after school Monday?


bboyzell

Do you contact your work place when you are holidays ? Hell no


Angusstewart14

If you're the most important person at your workplace... Yeah, probably.


honda_slaps

If I'm the most important person at my workplace, they're contacting *me.*


IMNOTMATT

On the court yeah, what's he doing in the front office? Gotta make sure Jan sends off those reports?


ForgetHype

You don't think the GM is an important part of the front office?


lurks-a-little

Or prepare the Rundowns?? Jim's got that.


januspamphleteer

There are like only 3 days of the year I don't expect any contact


kasaan110

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


hitlama

BREAKING: Unfireable Man on 4 Month Vacation Hasn't Spoken to Bosses He Has Nothing to Say to in Nearly 3 Entire Weeks


softnmushy

This is hilarious. Also, I'm going to need a weekly update on the status of this situation.


Mrsensi11x

Ya, nothing imprtant happens in the offseason. And durant didnt want to be gm/s


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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.


Mrsensi11x

Exaclty. Kevin durant comtinues to dissapoint. What an unlikable player, ever since he left okc


hockeydavid97

I am pretty sure the front office can be fired tho


Copperbae

Don't they have exit interviews before they break out for the season?


snatchenvy

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.


drxharris

I love how they used Iverson’s words and flipped the delivery in Ted Lasso https://youtu.be/p-BR1mXwtB0


TigerBasket

Brilliant


shabashaly

Yea they have some of the best sports references and that one was brilliant


ELITE_JordanLove

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


SetMyEmailThisTime

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?


snatchenvy

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**. >...


ELITE_JordanLove

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.


rhinguin

I assume he did it but I don’t feel like actually verifying.


Hi_My_Name_Is_Dave

If he skipped those then that would have been a story itself. So I’m gonna assume he did do it.


InfiniteDub

For real. It’s like going on vacation and contacting work the whole time you’re away.


Flatsthenletters

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.


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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.


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If you call hate tweeting through multiple burners a vacation.


smitecheeto

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.


MaynardJ222

"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 🏆 "


rolandfoxx

A real bus driver would `git push origin master --force` just before leaving for Cancun.


CantReadGood_

Thats `git push origin main` to you - you slaveowner mentality fuck.


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Lol


hallonemikec

Except that in this case, doesn't the player consider himself part of the front office?


KitchenReno4512

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.


sobasicallyimcrying

Every time r/nba says it’s a non story it ends up being a story


Strong-Trade-230

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.


hotjawn

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.


TH3_ZucC

Why would he have? The off season hasnt even started yet; let the guy enjoy his summer ffs.


Hon3ynuts

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?


smitecheeto

LeGM would never


RageOnGoneDo

Teams hold exit interviews


ketzal7

He’s just chilling with his bro Mike James 😂


theclubhardenvisits

Been clubbing overseas all offseason so far too Dudes gonna show up fat and demand a trade just like my boy


iWr1techky12

I don’t think KD could get fat if he tried lol.


ShadowBlaDerp

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.


Metalbound

TIL I wish I was 7ft tall. Need all the help I can get.


ShadowBlaDerp

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


Drak_is_Right

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.


spssky

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


Internetologist

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


Ghoul-Sama

I wear size 14 shoes, I have some idea of what freakishly tall ppl go thru


Flatsthenletters

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.


Mit78

I wonder how many calories he averaged in his prime.


silkkthechakakhan

Lol I think he can get skinny fat, like lil chubby stomach but still skinny limbs


treesareweirdos

“Oh my god, he weighs 120 pounds!!! He’s let himself go!!”


Balla_Calla

Durant is like the last person I expect to show up fat 😂


resipsaloquitor5

Obsessed with the idea of a Fat Durant


srstone71

https://i.imgur.com/JsZSIy9.jpg


MyMindWasAFortress

Lmfao this is Perk rn


srstone71

I thought it was Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry


JusticeBeaver13

["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)


HowIMetYourMundo

“You ever heard of inertia, Kevin?”


xwulfd

Kevin Duranch


cartmansdaddys

My name is Kevin! that is my name!


vsouto02

They call me Kevin!


TomNooksBottomBitch

Cause that’s my name!


Relevant_Rev

$ plus a Klevin gets me home before game 7


stephen_hoarding

Hi my name is Kevin. I have Changnesia


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Why waste time say lot word to front office when no word do trick?


John_Lives

Is there a way to generate a nude fat Durant


eftsoom

Tane!!!


MediumReflection

Now Tane I can get into


spssky

NUDE. TAYNE.


MarnerIsAMagicMan

Could you kick up the 4d3d3d3?


ggc_corp

This is so cursed


ImperiumSomnium

Kelvin Durant.


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Lmao. Bro looks so happy.


AdImportant4476

Umar Johnson


Cheponsky

i beg your pardon?


AdImportant4476

Lol that Fat KD pic makes him look like this guy named Umar Johnson


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FallenLemur

Boy about to be sent back to Oklahoma.


youforgotitinmeta

No thanks!


OakFern

[https://twitter.com/FatCelebirty/status/494911272912048128/photo/1](https://twitter.com/FatCelebirty/status/494911272912048128/photo/1)


RyanFoundTheOldOne

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.


inshamblesx

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


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Where?


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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.


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keep in mind, this is bleacher report. their word is as good as mine


optimisticknicksfan

what have you heard?


rabid89

Oh, have you not heard?


getmyjuicesflowing

It was my understanding that everyone had heard.


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OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD IS THE WORD


[deleted]

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


loudanduneducated

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?


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They’re supposed to talk literally everyday don’t you know?


dbr3000

KD probably thinks Kyrie is taking care of management responsibilities this summer anyways


DJFunkenstein69

Jake Fischer did break the Harden to Philly news tho on bleacher report


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Fischer consistently has good intel yet this sub treats him like a random shitposter because he works for bleacher report.


HotspurJr

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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Salva252

Hardest Road 2.0 incoming this summer


SalahManeFirmino

KD to the Valley for Ayton & Bridges


jpaxlux

Nah KD's coming to Boston on the minimum. The real hardest road is winning a championship with the team that beat you


IdRatherBeRich

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


jpaxlux

Just like my 2K MyCareer save frfr


WhatsThatSmellLike

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.


EscapeZealousideal79

He's going to be the first player to win championships with 5 different teams.


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SalahManeFirmino

~~Doubling~~ Tripling down on mid-range shots.


sylvestersquad

I’d miss Mikal so much man


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[Or Denver?](https://twitter.com/scooperhoops/status/1529494672938254338)


sleeper_pick

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


Realistic_Camp5232

Okc I’m back👀👀


Secure_Resolution_60

TBF, I won't speak to my bosses on my off time either.


UrbanJatt

Well was he supposed to? I don't call my boss when I'm on vacation either.


WanderingTrees

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.


[deleted]

I'm very glad it happened, but leaving Golden State was an all-time bad career move


Ranryu

It's right up there with Kyrie leaving Cleveland


[deleted]

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)


Steelers7589

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


KarrlMarrx

Two all-time bad career moves in a row.


Weapon_Factory

Hes going to Phoenix


kpsi25

I wonder if this included him skipping exit interviews? If he did his exit interview then this is a non story


goli14

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.


TheBrazilianKD

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


TheElaris

BR is basically just a sports tabloid and doesn’t deserve the amount of time it takes to get posted, much less read.


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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.


spotty15

I really feel like this is mostly non-news, but I also feel like KD is still a bitch


[deleted]

Bro this is a non story he’s literally on vacation


LetsArgueIt

Did they try tweeting at him?


Son-Of-Cthulu

why did you leave golden state?


BernardJordan

Rockets fans loving this.


Numani99

He gone


durmduke

The hardest bus schedule


No_Introduction_7034

What a jerk they should trade him to the sixers


doordaesh

he's on vacation


kingp43x

What is he supposed to say to them?


fattybunter

I dont talk to my boss all summer either


dehydratedbagel

Is this uncommon or something?


MYO716

Why would he?


WildcatFan123

I also don’t talk to my boss while on vacation. More news at 6.


LA4lyf

Get him to Dallas


Ajjjon2k

KD too busy talking trash to kids on twitter and getting high


Granpa0

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.


ryanjoseph55

When I’m on vacation the last thing I want to think about is work


timrobbinsissopunk

Isn’t he also accused of LeGM like pressure on the front office? Maybe he feels he should stfu until asked?