I Have Never Seen A Star Fail Repeatedly Like This

Kevin Durant has failed like no other star has. #nba

Westbrook, Harden, Curry, Klay, Kyrie, Harden, Booker.

Instead of moving the ball around, Durant takes it from Curry and takes a pull-up three to win the game. No ball movement, and no Warriors action.

Kevin Durant started his career winning 4 scoring titles in his first 6 seasons and after becoming the villain by joining the Warriors, **I have never seen a player that talented repeatedly fail like this.**

Durant got swept by the Celtics while shooting 39% and getting locked up… had on and several off games against the Nuggets.

Why am I mentioning these two series? Because Durant was supposed to be a leader and that’s what he wanted, but that’s also Piece #1. KD has failed to be a true leader.

And since that moment, he’s gotten pretty much everything he’s wanted. His own franchise in the Nets that listened to anything he wanted. A trade right after he signed a 4 year extension to the team he wanted. But let’s look at the Nets for just a second.

But more drama, Harden would be unhappy with the direction the Nets were going and having to play more minutes, KD was frustrated with Steve Nash who literally said the only way the Nets could win was have Durant play more and Kyrie was still out cause of the vaccine. They were still first in the conference, but started falling when KD got hurt.

KD couldn’t necessarily keep the team together, but honestly, I don’t know if any player would, Harden demands a trade, the Nets get Ben Simmons Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, Kyrie comes back and the Nets now built in a way that Durant and Kyrie wanted were now in the playoffs. Healthy, decent role players, ready to take on whatever challeng—-

Oh so his team didn’t work. KD’s style of basketball wasn’t winning basketball?

Yet, still, KD still called out his critics last season, saying: “I’m not a leader? What the f–k does that mean? A lot of people say I’m not a leader because I didn’t tell Kyrie to get vaccinated... or I didn’t condemn Kyrie for leaving the team, going out, and living his life.”

No, KD...

Goran Dragic really had enough with the BS.

We aren’t questioning your leadership because of what you told or didn’t tell Kyrie –- we’re questioning your leadership because in 2022, KD would request a trade from the Nets for the first time.

But every really great player has to prove they can win a championship as the main guy. Kobe had to win without Shaq, LeBron had to be the main guy in Miami not Wade, but Durant left Curry to prove he could, but hasn’t. And that’s piece #2. Durant wanted to win AND be the top dog. For Durant, those two goals need to be fulfilled simultaneously, but which stars left championship situations to go off on their own and then failed? Maybe a young Tracy McGrady wanting to leave Vince Carter’s shadow? But even then they weren’t winning championships. Shaq left the Lakers but then won in Miami.

He might not really get that respect that Giannis or Kawhi would for leading a team to a championship.

His trade requests were to either the Suns or Heat, two teams who had recently made the finals and more importantly, had established cultures. Durant was done with trying to make his own.

But with both the Nets and the Suns and even the Warriors, we’ve seen problem. **Durant can be the man on the team, but only if he isn’t allowed to play his playstyle.**

And that’s piece #3, Durant needs to change what he thinks is winning basketball.

KD’s style works as a closer, works when the team is struggling and needs something, but can’t be the backbone of a great team.

Look at Kobe, who had to learn to trust his teammates, get them involved, and pick and choose his moments to take over. But if he never got those teammates involved, then they don’t give more effort defensively, they stagnate and are out of rhythm when you need them to hit big open shots.

Durant is unhappy with the supporting cast right? But that has been a theme everywhere he’s been that wasn’t the Warriors. He feels the need to do it himself and also gets upset at his teammates for not being as good as he wants. Part of that comes with being traded to an organization since they need to trade their assets to get you.

Which leads to hero ball, an offense that relies on KD to create and make several tough shots as the bare minimum to stay in games and not a layer of offense to turn to and then you get horrible shooting nights.

And the cycle repeats.

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