Sources: KD be staying in OKC for two years and poo with an opt out after one

[nctarheel0619]

 

[Jase]

that just seems like speculation to me, but I guess it's as good a guess as any.

[PantherKing1983]

Next year is the big money 10th year for him and the cap will be the highest ever it all just adds up to staying in OKC and getting the most money next year.

[chknwing]

[JJman Returns]

I don't see why OKC is acting like this is a down year. They gave one of the best teams in NBA history a battle better then one we've seen in the NBA in a long time. Durabt needs to keep building with Westbrook and all their talented big men and let the FO add more pieces and they could be holding up a trophy next year.

[Omega Atrocity]

15 hours ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

I don't see why he'll leave after ever they done this postseason. OKC has a very talented roster. 

Only way I can see him leave is to SA or GSW. 

If I'm KD, I'm taking that 2yr opt after yr 1 deal. 

They need a SG. I'd like to see OKC try to move Ibaka/Kanter for one; probably Ibaka.

They should definitely trade Ibaka, he looks washed up somehow. They never should have matched Kanter honestly, they're going to hvae to pay Steven Adams really soon. 

Interesting decision they have on Waiters too. If I had to guess what they'd do I think they'll resign Waiters and play it back next year, they've been relying on natural progression for several years now.

[nctarheel0619]

2 hours ago, Hammerin'Cameron34 said:

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/05/31/report-kevin-durants-agent-told-celtics-what-players-durant-would-want-to-join-him-in-boston/

 

That's not possible.  No player can do that.  

[Zaximus]

This would be lame.  In my opinion, that would be taking a HUGE chance that the Celtics could put together a team better than the Thunder.  That's a silly bet to take, considering you was just ONE game from the finals.

If he bails on the Thunder, I'd probably just start to hate him, I couldn't imagine losing a player like that as a Hornets fan.   It's not like the Thunder is fielding bad teams every year out there.

[cbarrier90]

4 hours ago, Hammerin'Cameron34 said:

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/05/31/report-kevin-durants-agent-told-celtics-what-players-durant-would-want-to-join-him-in-boston/

 

Give it a rest. 

Boston's best player is a 5'9 point guard. Heck, talent-wise a healthy Hornets team is better than the Celtics.

You think Durant is really going to pass up playing with Westbrook to go to Boston?

Their best chance at acquiring a bonafide star would be via the trade market, but fewer and fewer teams are wanting to take on their underwhelming draft spots, forcing them to build a roster of nice, but ultimately limited young players.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Don't get the Boston hate...to me, any FA would be VERY smart to head to Boston. Brad Stevens just took a team with one borderline All-Star, no shooting, and mostly trash and castoff players to the playoffs. KD, Isiah, another FA, plus the young guys/draft picks they currently have...in the East? They're immediately the 2 seed at worst for the next couple years. Take the 3rd pick as the centerpiece of a deal and turn it into Boogie Cousins or Jahlil Okafor and go to battle. 

 

They wouldn't have to be "better" than the Thunder necessarily...they'd be in the East where Lebron/the Cavs could easily take a step back in the next couple of years and waltz to the Finals a few years in a row. 

[pantherphan96]

I'm hoping the Celtics trade for Boogie and add another piece via free agency. If they can do that I think we become the favorites to win the East.

[Goondal]

19 hours ago, JJman Returns said:

I don't see why OKC is acting like this is a down year. They gave one of the best teams in NBA history a battle better then one we've seen in the NBA in a long time. Durabt needs to keep building with Westbrook and all their talented big men and let the FO add more pieces and they could be holding up a trophy next year.

It is just the sting of how they lost and essentially having the series in their hands at home down the stratch in Game 6.  If they had been down 3-1, come back and then lost Game 7 then they would be looking at it differently.  It will feel better the further away they get from the loss.

[nctarheel0619]

10 minutes ago, Hammerin'Cameron34 said:

100% Durant is a Celtic 

Durant says he's going to be "a little selfish" in process, if you listened to the interview the writing is on the wall he is leaving OKC 

Reliable Bruce Stearns from WEEI: 

"I have this on pretty good authority. The Celtics have sat with his agent and other representatives of Durant. The Celtics do know — I don’t know who it is — but they do know who he would prefer to be brought here in a LeBron-Chris Bosh–Dwyane Wade-like way. Because that’s how it works in the NBA. You need to know who the guy or guys that that guy wants, which would be a factor.

Now, I don’t know if Durant’s told them that. But the Celtics know. They know. They’ve been told what group of guys he would want to come here."

Who in the fug is Bruce Stearns?  

[Omega Atrocity]

1 hour ago, Hammerin'Cameron34 said:

The Celtics are the most prestigious, winningest, historically great NBA team to exist 

Congrats to the Celtics for stockpiling championships when there were 8 teams in the league, what a better situation that puts them in today