People harp on about how he couldn't be the number one option. It's not like in OKC he was some clear number one option, it was him and Westbrook, the two headed monster. Not like Westbrook is exactly the type to defer because he believes in himself so much. To the point people were previously always on his case about how "Westbrick" was jacking all this stuff and not giving KD the ball.
We hear constantly about player ego, then you have a superstar who would rather be part of a team and play a team game rather than have everything built around him, he gets lambasted for not wanting to be "the guy".
We praise a Tim Duncan for being a team man, for not making things about himself, for being unselfish, but then it comes to KD and people want to say what a *****, couldn't do it alone.
How's going it alone been working our for Melo lol.
How many people play better team Basketball than the Warriors?
Did anyone utter the slightest peep about LA going to the Spurs? Had a great young team around him, a budding young point guard to play with, team was making the playoffs and had potential to really grow into something. He became a free agent, he went to the best organisation in basketball, that had made multiple trips to the NBA finals in the years leading up to it. Who questioned that? Anyone could see why it was smart for him.
I bet had KD gone to the Spurs, despite being pretty damn amazing last year, that people wouldn't have called him out. They'd say who wouldn't want to play for the Spurs they're strong, they're one of the best organisations in sports. They wouldn't say KD had to run off and be with another MVP candidate, they'd say wow what a great fit he could be in that Spurs system. But people respect and appreciate the Spurs, people soured on the Warriors very quickly.
Because he lost to the Warriors, apparently that makes all the difference. Apparently he's meant to base his entire livelihood around the fact he lost a series to the Warriors and let that dictate his life. Somehow I doubt with all the considerations he has to make about his life it is as black and white as the people on here trying to say what he should do with his life want to think it is. Nobody on here will ever make career decisions with the magnitude, and scrupulation and financial value that he has to.
In the end a free agent is exactly that, free. As in freedom, free to do what you want. That's your right. His decision doesn't need to be defended, he exercised his right to do what he wanted to do with his life just like he is entitled to do. More power to him. I didn't like him going there because it's bad news for fans of any other team in the league. But at this point I'll be glad if he wins just to hear the salty children and Stephen A's of the world weep over it. It will be hilarious, and the history books will say he's a champion and they won't be able to do a thing about it.
I'm never going to hold someone doing what they want to do with their life against them unless it's harming someone else. I'm not going to hold someone's career decisions against them. They need to stay true to what they want and their goals and their values. So good on you KD for doing what you want to do, not what some clowns think you should.
