A salty LeBron fan vents

In 2012 I turned in my Los Angeles Laker Hater Card after witnessing the Mavs sweep them a year prior and the Lakers' quick spiral into irrelevance. In 2013 I became a part time Chicago Bulls Hater after they snapped the Miami Heat’s 27 game win streak which included Kirk Hinrich bear hugging LeBron and LeBron getting called for fouling. The Bulls too slipped into irrelevance and I turned in my membership in the Summer of 2016. That summer I applied for a part time membership for the Golden State Warriors Hater Card. After KD's cowardly decision I am pleased to say that I have since upgraded my membership to Full Time Hater with an emphasis on Kevin Durant. Yes, KD is legend and HOF. But Summer 2016 KD is the point where all my respect for him has gone. I am no longer able to look at him as anything more than a mentally weak, wannabe tough guy who ceaselessly runs his mouth, has mood swings with the media, and took the easy way out to win a championship and beat LeBron. He may be one of the greatest players in the world, but he is not a competitor. He will never be a competitor as long as he’s a member of the Warriors.

There’s nothing I can say about KD being soft that hasn’t already been said. He blew a 3-1 lead against the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals after being swept by them in the regular season. At the end of last season he was fronting like he wasn’t going to leave, only to announce in July that he was joining the Warriros and didn’t even have the decency to tell his teammates, coach or the front the office of OKC. THEN he had the nerve, the temerity, the unmitagtaed gall to say that he took the hardest road because he’s never lived in California and he doesn’t know anybody there. Somebody pass me the freaking Kleenex, Kev’s gotta make new friends!

There’s a scene in The Godfather where Michael Corleone confronts Carlo Rizzi, his brother-in-law who got Michael’s brother, Sonny, killed. He asks Carlo which member of the Five Families did he consult with to conspire against Sonny and Carlo denies doing such a thing. Unbeknownst to him Michael had all the heads of the rival families killed already. He just wants to know who Carlo was working with. In that scene Michael looks at Carlo and says “Don’t tell me you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry.” Carlo confesses and minutes later is killed by one of Micahel’s men. Kevin Durant saying that going to a new setting is the hardest road insults all of our intelligence. Had he spoke at that press conference and shrugged his shoulders and said “Hey man, I can’t get to the Finals again with OKC. I’m not enough of a leader to get us to beat Golden State and I want to win a ring ASAP, so eff it. Can’t beat em, join em” at least he’d be honest. But instead he acted like a coward and didn’t own up to it. For that, Kevin Durant lost my respect as a basketball player and a man.

I pray that the Los Angeles Clippers realize that they are a lost cause and implode. In the process I hope Chris Paul goes to San Antonio and gives the Spurs much needed fire power. I hope during the summer Kawhi Leonard gets adamantium in his ankles so the next time Zaza tries something he breaks his own foot in the process. I hope the entire NBA comes together and vies to oust the Warriors the same way it did with the Big Three Era Miami Heat. Next summer I want to see Warrior fans in tears, I want Stephen Curry to have his towel on top of his head in defeat. It might take a couple of years but I believe if all 29 teams put their heads together they can take out Golden State. As great as it would be to see the Cavs crush them in next year’s Finals I don’t want to see a fourth round. Let the Cavs beat another team in the West.

Oh, and for the record, the Warriors sweeping through the Western conference deserves an asterisk considering that every team they faced suffered an injury to a star player. The Blazers didn’t have Josuf Nurkic (although I know they would’ve still gotten swept), the Jazz didn’t have George Hill (they could’ve mayyyyybe stole one game), and the Spurs didn’t have Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard who was thoroughly kicking Golden State’s ass in the first three quarters of Game 1 before Zaza Pachulia took matters into his own foot. All the teams the Warriors beat in the playoffs weren’t at their healthiest. That’s not the Warriors’ fault but it should be mentioned whenever that 12-0 crap is brought up. So all that Warriors being the greatest team ever talk needs to hush a little bit.

People say that Kevin Durant ruined the NBA season, KD had a response to that which he should’ve been fined for. I disagree with this. We had a triple double bonanza with James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Nikola Jokic, Devin Booker 70 points towards the end of the season, the Knicks continued to provide us with the greatest sports themed soap opera, and Isaiah Thomas’s fourth quarter heroics were a pleasure to watch. Yeah the season ended predictably but it still had its moments that weren’t LeBron and Golden State related. However; that doesn’t negate the fact that Kevin Durant is a cupcake. I’ve worked in a bakery before and I’ve seen that a cupcake with a ring on top of it is still a cupcake. Rings don’t change what you always were, Kevin Durant.  

And one more thing, this year’s Finals prove that the Warriors can’t beat the Cavs when they are at full health without a super team. That says something about Stephen Curry, so when it comes time to discuss greatest players ever and leaders, his name shouldn’t even be in the top 10.