Warriors are planning to retire Durant's jersey number. Thoughts?

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07-01-2019, 07:49 PM
Chris

Warriors are planning to retire Durant's jersey number. Thoughts?

What do you guys think? Did Durant's contributions over the past 3 seasons warrant such a gesture?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...y-retire-no-35
07-01-2019, 08:05 PM
wuggie

He hasn't been there too long but he was the main factor in winning two in a row.
07-01-2019, 08:21 PM
Mythrol

They're trying everything they can to not look like the villain. Iggy deserves it more than Durant but they pushed Durant to play and he popped his Achilles so they are trying to deflect from that.
07-01-2019, 08:24 PM
As I See It

Their medical staff totally misdiagnosed KD's injury, so now they are tryin' to make up for their ineptness. This is merely a goodwill attempt otherwise known as a 'CMA' Gesture.
07-01-2019, 08:28 PM
donato

Lame. You don't support ring-chasers in their prime.
07-01-2019, 08:44 PM
Pelicans78

Too little too late
07-01-2019, 08:53 PM
socbe7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mythrol

They're trying everything they can to not look like the villain. Iggy deserves it more than Durant but they pushed Durant to play and he popped his Achilles so they are trying to deflect from that.

This.

And who wears #35 anyways? It's an easy number to retire.
07-01-2019, 10:57 PM
Pels4Life

sure man...if thats what they want to do
07-02-2019, 02:14 AM
Pelicanidae

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mythrol

They're trying everything they can to not look like the villain. Iggy deserves it more than Durant but they pushed Durant to play and he popped his Achilles so they are trying to deflect from that.

Basically this.

Besides, he won two championships with them in back to back years and got 2 finals MVPs. In NBA finals without KD, Golden State are 1-2, and that 1 win came against a Cleveland team that was missing Kyrie and Love. It makes sense for them to retire his number, it's not like Curry would have been winning them all those titles on his own.