There's no way he opts out,

Allanfan20 wrote:I’m thinking either GS offers him the max and accepts, both out of good faith or he opts in his final year.

Yep

Either way, anyone else is out of the equation.

Its a new free agent market today.

newyorknewyork wrote:I’ve heard he was pissed. That him, his agent, and the GS GM were together in the locker room or medical area and “emotions were flying”.

This could be similar to Kwahi who was upset with the Spurs who misdianosed his injury!! This may seal the deal and KD will definitely leave now!! Could go either way...

Uptown wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:I’ve heard he was pissed. That him, his agent, and the GS GM were together in the locker room or medical area and “emotions were flying”.

This could be similar to Kwahi who was upset with the Spurs who misdianosed his injury!! This may seal the deal and KD will definitely leave now!! Could go either way...

If I were him, I'd opt in, and tell them to lick my *******, I played my last game inGS

newyorknewyork wrote:

Uptown wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:I’ve heard he was pissed. That him, his agent, and the GS GM were together in the locker room or medical area and “emotions were flying”.

This could be similar to Kwahi who was upset with the Spurs who misdianosed his injury!! This may seal the deal and KD will definitely leave now!! Could go either way...

My boy has been calling KD’s injury an Achilles issue dating back to the Houston game. Claims GS calling it a calf injury this whole time was BS. And they are gonna act like KD tore his Achilles trying to compensate for the calf. When it was a Achilles issue the whole time. That GS should be ashamed of themselves.

You think Durant was in the dark about his injury? Him going quiet makes him as culpable if there is a position to take here.
He is angry, he should be angry with himself, and the team, and the circumstance. If he was given misinformation then yes GSW is at fault.
That said, im going to admit to not being expert on achiles heal injuries but assume there are tears, bad tears, and full displacement ruptures. Different degrees of a bad injury. I don't know what makes some players return better than others. Dominique Wilkens came back at age 32 and was as good as ever. That does not mean Durant does for sure. He is light and not a bull type athlete. That should help.
If he has to miss a year and is determined to recover well then its a question of where does he want to rehab for year. If he is about moving to a new York and his life here then its possible that's what he wants. The timeline of him sitting does favor us if we want to still develop the kids. It means perhaps not making the playoffs still. it changes a lot of things. I think Brooklyn's timeline does not jive with this. Maybe Clippers are ok with it. We still have a young as hell roster and all our picks plus the Two dallas picks. We could sign Durant, and take on "bad contract" with incentive that matches our objectives. AKA, young asset or future pick.

Also it might buy another season of Frank.

KD could have one leg, and I still sign him.

Nalod wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Uptown wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:I’ve heard he was pissed. That him, his agent, and the GS GM were together in the locker room or medical area and “emotions were flying”.

This could be similar to Kwahi who was upset with the Spurs who misdianosed his injury!! This may seal the deal and KD will definitely leave now!! Could go either way...

My boy has been calling KD’s injury an Achilles issue dating back to the Houston game. Claims GS calling it a calf injury this whole time was BS. And they are gonna act like KD tore his Achilles trying to compensate for the calf. When it was a Achilles issue the whole time. That GS should be ashamed of themselves.

You think Durant was in the dark about his injury? Him going quiet makes him as culpable if there is a position to take here.
He is angry, he should be angry with himself, and the team, and the circumstance. If he was given misinformation then yes GSW is at fault.
That said, im going to admit to not being expert on achiles heal injuries but assume there are tears, bad tears, and full displacement ruptures. Different degrees of a bad injury. I don't know what makes some players return better than others. Dominique Wilkens came back at age 32 and was as good as ever. That does not mean Durant does for sure. He is light and not a bull type athlete. That should help.
If he has to miss a year and is determined to recover well then its a question of where does he want to rehab for year. If he is about moving to a new York and his life here then its possible that's what he wants. The timeline of him sitting does favor us if we want to still develop the kids. It means perhaps not making the playoffs still. it changes a lot of things. I think Brooklyn's timeline does not jive with this. Maybe Clippers are ok with it. We still have a young as hell roster and all our picks plus the Two dallas picks. We could sign Durant, and take on "bad contract" with incentive that matches our objectives. AKA, young asset or future pick.

Also it might buy another season of Frank.

I forgot about D Wilkins and his injury. It might not be that bad for Durant. Not sure how I feel about not having him for almost a whole season though if you sign him. I think he exercises his option and stay. It is the prudent thing to do. Then enter free agency again next summer.

You just had to needle knicks1248 didn't you?

Nalod wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Uptown wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:I’ve heard he was pissed. That him, his agent, and the GS GM were together in the locker room or medical area and “emotions were flying”.

This could be similar to Kwahi who was upset with the Spurs who misdianosed his injury!! This may seal the deal and KD will definitely leave now!! Could go either way...

My boy has been calling KD’s injury an Achilles issue dating back to the Houston game. Claims GS calling it a calf injury this whole time was BS. And they are gonna act like KD tore his Achilles trying to compensate for the calf. When it was a Achilles issue the whole time. That GS should be ashamed of themselves.

You think Durant was in the dark about his injury? Him going quiet makes him as culpable if there is a position to take here.
He is angry, he should be angry with himself, and the team, and the circumstance. If he was given misinformation then yes GSW is at fault.
That said, im going to admit to not being expert on achiles heal injuries but assume there are tears, bad tears, and full displacement ruptures. Different degrees of a bad injury. I don't know what makes some players return better than others. Dominique Wilkens came back at age 32 and was as good as ever. That does not mean Durant does for sure. He is light and not a bull type athlete. That should help.
If he has to miss a year and is determined to recover well then its a question of where does he want to rehab for year. If he is about moving to a new York and his life here then its possible that's what he wants. The timeline of him sitting does favor us if we want to still develop the kids. It means perhaps not making the playoffs still. it changes a lot of things. I think Brooklyn's timeline does not jive with this. Maybe Clippers are ok with it. We still have a young as hell roster and all our picks plus the Two dallas picks. We could sign Durant, and take on "bad contract" with incentive that matches our objectives. AKA, young asset or future pick.

Also it might buy another season of Frank.

Only going by what I heard. KD was in the medical room with his agent and the GS GM and he was pissed with emotions flying.

I brought up my boys views because he has been accurate calling it all from day one.

GS folks should have been focused long term, because maybe (just maybe) KD stays and you want to make sure he's completely healthy for the next 5+ years.

His management/agency should have done the same, with no concern for GS. Keep him healthy and get that max deal for their client, likely his last big deal. Ideally with eyes on making him the biggest of heroes by bringing a chip back to the Knicks. Regardless of who he ended playing for, he's your money printing machine...in their business you protect that above all.

Lastly, Durant should have been just as focused on the future. He's got rings and, especially in a 3-1 hole, it was extremely unlikely that there would be a miraculous comeback. Game seven might have been too much to resist, but a game five? It's really his call and he should have let that haters complain and looked out for his best interests. Playing last night was unnecessary at best, but obviously we know what it was at worst...