Kevin Durant on whether Warriors are better without him: ‘That’s just not facts’

Yes, of course, Durant is a great player and has been a huge part of the Warriors dynasty, saying they are better off without him is stupid. They are just a dominant team all around and will win the NBA Finals with or without Durant.

Is this a real question?

I do think they’re better without him in many ways, but not in every way. He does tend to stagnate the defense and when the ball is in his hands, the team is deprived of the passing rhythm that makes them so devastating. This is especially obvious in seeing what Draymond Green does without Durant on the floor, and what Curry does offensively.

People do not realize how special Curry and Thompson are in terms of not giving a fuck about their own stats and happily bringing on a player who will get a ton of credit, perhaps even more credit than they do.

Look at assholes like Carmelo Anthony: When he went to OKC he spent every single post-game press conference talking about the personal “sacrifice” he was making, never shutting the fuck up about it, even at 33/34 years old when it should have occurred to him long ago that team basketball is the only way to win.

Look at Kobe Bryant, one of the game’s most selfish players, who ran other superstars out of town and constantly caused problems with his selfishness.

Look at Russell Westbrook, perhaps the most selfish player of all time, who will happily take more shots than the four other starters on his team despite his miserable lack of efficiency, AND demand that the bigs on his team sacrifice their own rebounding numbers so he can average triple doubles.

Look at Lebron James, who has devalued teammates at every stop in his career, accepts coaches as mere figureheads, and demands to be a player, coach and GM all at once, drawing his own plays, making his own substitutions, boxing his coaches out of huddles, humiliating them on national TV, and demanding his front offices give contracts to players he tells them to. (Hello Tristan Thompson and JR Brick!)

Curry and Thompson are like a low maintenance dream in comparison to the typical NBA superstar ego.

I mean the article you posted, are people asking this in earnest?

Draymond Green also deserves a special shout out for coming back alive with KD out. Maybe it was obvious he would but I don't recall any of the talking heads on TV predicting that.

Anyone who says a team is better off without 2019 Kevin Durant should have their Subway Club Card revoked.