Kevin Durant can’t let it go in regards to his departure from Oklahoma City. In a recently published Wall Street Journal piece he ripped the city for the way they treated him and then ripped Thunder management.
Yawn.
Here’s what I would say…Kevin needs to grow up and Oklahoma City as a city needs to grow up. There—the two parties have something in common.
If I were Durant this is what I would rip the Thunder for:
1 For never securing a REAL two way shooting guard after the Harden trade.
2 The Harden trade itself.
3 For firing Scott Brooks then replacing him with a college coach who was a lateral move.
4 For having a franchise which has gone 4-12 in post season play after his departure to Golden State.
5 For having Kevin Durant, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Paul George and not having anything to show for it other than a book by the NY Times’ Sam Anderson and a really good ESPN 30/30 film on the horizon.
If I were Oklahoma City or the Thunder the thing I would rip Durant for was not telling the organization he was going to leave so as they could secure something in personnel as he did with the Warriors.
He was a free agent…free to escape from Oklahoma City. I kind of get that feeling at times myself.
In closing…yawn.
How ironic…both Oklahoma City and Kevin Durant have something in common—they both need to grow up.