The NBA Version of Chicken Little (Part 2)
I'm amused by the outrage over Kevin Durant's move to the Golden State Warriors. Which came on the midst of the outrage over the NBA's free agents salaries. Didn't people learn anything after overreacting to Lebron James jump to Miami? James going to Miami, didn't send the NBA the way of the ABA, and neither will the KD's escape to Oakland.
I can probably be accused of being kind of old school in my view on sports. I miss the days where your starting five hung around for a few years. You knew your favorite baseball teams entire roster year after year. That being said, I think free agency is a great thing for sports. The athlete should not be owned by the team forever. Lebron had his reason for leaving Cleveland in 2010 and I respect Durant's reason's for leaving OKC, whatever they are. Thunder fans I can understand you feeling a little jilted and upset by the departure. You're left with Russell Westbrook and Steven (Deadwood) Adams, to make a run at Golden State and San Antonio next season, and possibly just Adams. It wasn't that long ago, when they had their own big 3. Durant, Westbrook and James Harden. There is going to be hard feelings in OKC for quite awhile.
But why is everybody else furious? I mean Stephen A. Smith calling his decision "weak" (I guess he's getting his First Take material ready for next week). People calling him heartless, scared, opportunistic. Do you get mad when franchises dump salaries, or they decide to rebuild? Nah! You roll with it. Stop all the noise. The 2016-2017 NBA seasons will have about the same amount of teams with a realistic chance of winning the championship as the season that just ended, 4-6. Just sit back and enjoy the story line that's being set up for next season. Another Warriors/Cavaliers Finals (which would be the fist time in NBA history the same two teams met for the championship 3 consecutive years). I'm sure Cleveland has another move up their sleeve to try to match up the Warriors for next season. The Thunder (I'm being nice, their fans are hurting right now), Spurs, Clippers, Celtics, Heat, Raptors, Hawks and Knicks can fight for the spots in the conference finals. So have a great summer, enjoy the football season, and we can pick up the story again after the Super Bowl, when it really starts to count.
Hey Jets get yourself a QB, any day now...I watched the entire Wales/Belgium match the other day and enjoyed it.....I'm not sure how Venus & Serena keep track of all the tourneys they win, I sure can't....are the Knicks actually trying to put a championship team together or am I seeing things......what can we do legally to make Future go away, huh.........are the Denver Nuggets still in the NBA, I'm just asking......are the Broncos actually entertaining going into the season without Von Miller.......are the Heat really playing hardball with D Wade???
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