Sumlins Pool Guy said:

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Anyone else have a problem with a guy on the Browns, who was only ever on mediocre teams in college calling out a guy that just won a title?

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myles makes a comment that will play well with the cleveland crowd???

shocking!

(good pr move with the locals. i don't think there is anything more to it than that.)

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I think you hit the nail on the head. A lot of times guys will say things that really stretch credibility just to pander to the locals. I hope that's all that's at play here.

1 million blue stars for this.

I watch a ton of basketball and I think KD gave 8 of the best years in NBA history to OKC, he doesn't owe them anything else. He was a free agent and made his own decision to go win championships and live in a nice area. He's also a fledgling investor and being in the bay area has hooked him up with tech startups/etc (probably just sucking his money but hey, if it's what he likes, he's more likely to find that in SF than OKC).

Check out this link with analysis on when KD chose to join the Warriors and honestly think about what you would do.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/heres-a-plan-b-for-teams-that-strike-out-on-kevin-durant-in-nba-free-agency/

OKC = Stay with Russ
SA = Superteam but not as superteam as the Warriors
Wizards = Probably not good enough to beat the Cavs
Lakers = He'd be alone and lose a lot
Heat = Alone and lose a lot
Houston = Read the article... it's pretty funny how they analyze them, but at the time they sucked
Celtics = Legitimate option, but at this point they were in the middle of a rebuild, we just didn't know they were ahead of schedule.

Then there is the warriors, go there and win a lot.

It's a pretty easy decision really.

As has been stated, I'm always surprised to hear criticism of a man making a career decision for himself and his family. He owes nothing to the league to give them a competitive product.