You know, after praying for Hamidou Diallo last night, I prayed for Kevin Durant as well. I honestly did because it’s apparent to me this is a tortured person internally who for whatever reasons can’t come to terms with himself. I’m not being sarcastic. It’s just sad to observe from a human standpoint.
I don’t know, but I know it’s complex. I know Kevin Durant is not a person happy within himself for whatever reasons.
And I find that sad. I feel like a bully even calling him Cupcake at this point. I’ve never booed Kevin Durant and I never will. I shouldn’t call him Cupcake either. I swore I wouldn’t do that.
He has all the money anyone could want. He has fame. He has two make believe NBA championship rings. And he has the knowledge he’ll be in the Hall of Fame. But he doesn’t seem to have found inner peace and happiness despite having Draymond Green as his life coach.
It drives home the point you can have all the material things in life and not find happiness in the end.
And then there’s Wild Thing who’s never going to win an NBA championship because of his inability to play under control. He’s probably going to be regarded as one the greatest players of all time for regular season stats, but not much in post season. But he seems like the happiest dude on the face of the earth. Can you imagine the way these Westbrook children are going to dress? Who really needs to win an NBA championship to be happy? Can you imagine how much fun the four grandparents are going to have with these kids? Circle of life, Cupcake. Circle of life, bruh.
Westbrook seems content and at peace. Durant appears to be chained to the basketball demons and to real life perceptions of himself which I guess he doesn’t like all that much. Or won’t accept as fair.
Westbrook seems to have a complete understanding of the circle of life. He seems at ease within the Universe of Westbrook. I could do lunch with Westbrook once I got past the first sixty seconds of ranting about the way he plays at times. After that, we’d be good.
Westbrook has a beautiful wife. His UCLA soulmate. His parents. His brother. His son. His two new twin daughters. His tight inner circle of friends. Sam Presti and Clay Bennett. His universe. His clothes. Heck, even me over at the rogue blog.
How ironic all of this is and how sad for Kevin Durant.
Maybe, just maybe, Kevin Durant should have allowed Russell Westbrook to be his life coach instead of Draymond Green now that we’ve seen how it’s going to end in Golden State after this season.
Would Russell Westbrook take Kevin Durant back and help him find inner peace as a man since Draymond couldn’t get it done as the new life coach designate?
It’s complicated for sure. It really is. Antonio Daniels can’t break this down on the Thunder Insider like I can on here. He can’t and won’t. Traber shouldn’t even attempt this. Too much nuance.
So in the end what is Durant’s legacy going to be if he leaves Golden State like a spoiled child or forces Draymond Green’s exit after this season?
LeBron went back to Cleveland and won the city a championship. Michael won six NBA rings with the Bulls. Kobe stayed with the Lakers his entire career as did Magic. Bird was a Celtic for life. Dirk never left Dallas even when the team was bad. Timmy was Pop’s adopted son. Steph and Klay will be regarded as the soul of the Warriors’ era.
And then there will be Durant. Hopefully he finds himself at the next stop.
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