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Could not agree with you any more.
Dangit!I would give up KAT or Towns to get KD, but I wouldn’t give up ANT or Edwards.
Yes, it is. Tatum was All-NBA 1st team. Durant was not (and hasn't been since 2018, yet some still think he is the best player in the league
). Like has been said, Durant's injury history and lack of availability take away some of his overall value. 
PER: KD 25.6 >> JT 21.8
That's not a measuring stick, it's a popularity contest. One which the NBAPA is trying to remove from max contract provisions in the next CBAYes, it is. Tatum was All-NBA 1st team. Durant was not (and hasn't been since 2018, yet some still think he is the best player in the league
it comes down to whether you think you can build a title team around Tatum eventually, or whether it’s worth having Durant now and being a contender instantly. I don’t see the current celtics getting back to the finals.
I get this, but Durant's lack of durability cannot be dismissed or overlooked. He hasn't been durable during what should have been the physical peak of his career. Is it reasonable to think that he suddenly going to become durable in his mid to late 30s?
He has been injured but he seems to manage it and be ready for the post season. I would rather have a guy who competes when the chips are down. One that will risk greater injury for a championship, like he did in 2019, than a guy who is going to be grabbing at a dubious shoulder injury whenever he turns the ball over.
Tatum played in 100 games this season. Durant played in 59. How much extra value did KD have in those other 41 games? Yes, KD is a more consistent, efficient shooter and scorer . . . when he is available. As you indicated, is he going to get healthy and become more available as he gets older?
It's not my money, so sure. He'd fit right in on the Bucks and almost guarantee another title.
Contender instantly? I would think getting to the finals, having the whole team back with potential continued growth for your two best players and adding Brogdon and Galinari pretty much puts you right in the thick of contending status.
Exactly. Or, alternatively, you can keep the guy who wings the ball out of bounds 15 times in a finals game and then turns around and whines to the ref about it. Tough call.
The man has two finals MVPs lol. The grasping at straws to discount every accomplishment legends like Lebron and Durant have achieved is one of the worst aspects of the social media era.
I fully realize the numbers and cap or whatever don't work, but just from a lineup perspective that team would be pretty unstoppable in a fantasy world.
Not if they let KD go to the Heat. And I expect the Sixers and Bucks to be better this year too.
He has two finals MVPs, but that team might have won both of those titles without him. Doesn't exactly fit the category of 'single-handedly leading your team to a title'.
I am of the belief that trading Tatum for KD would be a mistake—but let me ask you this—who in the NBA right now is capable of single handedly leading a team to the title? Curry played great—but no way the Warriors win the most recent title without Wiggins, Poole, and Thompson. Jokic had an MVP season and didn’t make much noise the playoffs. Luka took his team far—but lets call a spade a spade. The Mavs didn’t start rolling this season until they gave Brunson a bigger role and made the move for Dinwiddie. Booker has shown that he can’t single handedly lead a team to a title. Embiid hasn’t done it. I guess maybe Giannis might be the only guy that fits into that category right now. KD is probably in a tier of 5-8 players that are as close to that category as there is.
Draymond himself said two weeks ago that they don’t beat Lebron that year unless they had KD.
I think that says more about LeBron than anyone else, that a 73-win team had to go out and get a guy most considered a top 3 player at the time in order to beat him.
Draymond doesn’t really believe that. He’s just trying to mend fences permanently with KD.
If KD goes to the Heat, Miami would have to gut their roster to do it. The Nets aren’t going to take a package of bench players and a ton of picks. A team of KD, Jimmy Buckets, and Lowrie isn’t exactly a youth movement. And the Nets would likely need a third team involved because they can’t take back Bam (unless they move Simmons).
The only two players I’ve watched that seemingly COULD drag a group of scrubs to championship heights was MJ and LeBron - and even those two needed Pippen and Wade/Kyrie. Basically the idea that one guy can do it alone has always been a fallacy.jvdesigns2002 said:
This is an interesting thread to pull:
Who is grasping at straws here? Durant has been a generational player, no one denies that but he is now 34 and has a pretty good injury history of late…saying you would rather have a 24 year old player like Tatum for the next 10-12 years over Durant for a 2-4 year window is really not some type of reach and let’s remember the asking price appears to be far more than just Tatum…what I dislike about your premise is your are treating Tatum and the Celtics like a finished product and zeroing in on a disappointing finals as the be all end all…if Tatum and the Celts duplicate that finals effort a few more times that you can make a crazy move but right now there is just no reason to panic or go all in on one title run that would probably kill any type of long-term success…the additions of Brogdon and Galinari are pretty significant additions, this is not a team simply satisfied with getting to the finals, they are making moves that will hopefully help them in a very competitive Eastern Conference…looking at last year’s legit Eastern contenders as of now they have helped themselves the most.Capella said:
Lebron carrying a really crappy Cleveland team (pre-miami) to the finals has to be up there.
The first one I think of is Iverson and Philly in a losing effort….you touched on Olajuwon…old school I would think Rick Barry with the Warriors was as close as you get to one guy winning it….Walton with Portland but that was an excellent “team”…Dirk with the Mavs is probably the closet in recent history as far as winning it.
thank you for posting this.. even though it's Lakers related.
