Kevin Durant's Return To Oklahoma City
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On July 4th 2016 the NBA world was shocked when Kevin Durant announced he would be joining the Golden State Warriors. After 8 years in Oklahoma City Kevin Durant was leaving to join the team's biggest rival at the time. A couple months later when the NBA announced their regular season schedule everyone was looking out for when Durant would play his first game back in OKC. Today we look back on the night Kevin Durant returned to Oklahoma City.
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This is like the PG-13 version of LeBron's first game in Cleveland as a Miami Heat
@JW-1089
2 ай бұрын
That's a fact😂😂😂
@datsweggybruh8775
2 ай бұрын
Why they always recapping events from 8 years ago??? what about relevant NBA news?!
@xenonmaster6668
2 ай бұрын
@@datsweggybruh8775they don’t “always” recap events from that long ago. They make videos about current news as well. But if you don’t believe me just don’t fucking watch the video.
@datsweggybruh8775
2 ай бұрын
@@xenonmaster6668 it’s not current news bruh it’s mostly old shit that you can find hundreds of videos on already
@doncorleone4549
2 ай бұрын
@@datsweggybruh8775then why the fuck do you watch then? just unsubscribe
Imma say it again. You two are the only entertaining podcast style videos. You guys don’t sound fake your not loud or hype for no reason just two bros chatting about basketball and enjoying it
@cil__
2 ай бұрын
Best NBA channel on KZread hands down
@colour_bloo
2 ай бұрын
I don’t always agree with them (heck most of the time I don’t), but they’re genuinely just here to share their love for the sport, with no hidden agendas - and for that I applaud them. 👏
@kvngcjgaming5559
2 ай бұрын
“Loud and hype for no reason” my brother are you stupid?? Sports is loud and Hype by nature especially in black settings shit gets loud pretty quickly even when just talking or debating with family members at a cook out
Kawhi coming back to San Antonio needs to be covered. That game was crazy
@mikemo1993
2 ай бұрын
"Indubitably." 😂😂😂
LostNUnbound ripping the jersey off, man such memories. iykyk
@Luv_Sammy
2 ай бұрын
Huh? That’s dudes a weird little POS we don’t look back fondly on that kid.
@frankschaefer8890
2 ай бұрын
It was his peak. Bro was a goat that summer into the future into this game
I'm not going to say who made a right or wrong decision, but there's a huge difference between Dame and KD that made those receptions drastically different. But I honestly think Vince Carter every time he went back to Toronto was nuclear heat.
@imfinishedgrinding638
2 ай бұрын
I wasn't watching much back then but was it worse than Lebron's?
@kevinsmith138
2 ай бұрын
@@imfinishedgrinding638neither was I but I KNOW no one’s will ever be like Lebron’s. He was basically like Anakin Skywalker to Cleveland. He was their savior; the hope for their franchises future. Then he left them. He turned into the villain! I doubt we’ll ever see something get beat like Lebron did. Which is why him going back and winning a title for them is absolutely crazy to think about
@BrandanTheBroker
2 ай бұрын
@@imfinishedgrinding638 I would say maybe same level, except feels like after the first loss LeBron took in Cleveland it cooled then you started seeing signs for him to come back. Toronto didn't let up on Vince for what felt like towards the end of his career.
@JoshNBANFL
2 ай бұрын
@@kevinsmith138atleast lebron came back to Cleeveland and got them a ring unlike kd
@FAlynn92
2 ай бұрын
@@BrandanTheBrokerYeah, 10 years later, Raptors fans were still chanting "VC Sucks". 4 years after Lebron left, they were begging for him to come back. Although VC did torture the raptors for years in both the regular season and playoffs, so there's gonna be some anger there.
I don't think we'll see another situation like Kevin Durant and the Thunder, because I hope another team never loses as many times as the Thunder did when they had Kevin Durant. That 3-1 lead blown was pretty heartbreaking to watch.
I want KD and Russ to reunite back in OKC when they are both 37-38. It will be hilarious to see if the fans would cheer KD or boo him.
@Joshua-fq9tm
2 ай бұрын
better yet, return to seattle if ever they are still playing once the franchise returns
@TurtleReefReal
2 ай бұрын
@@Joshua-fq9tmit's never returning😂😂
@sonfroku3581
2 ай бұрын
That’s always been a dream of mine. For KD, Brodie, Harden to reunite in OKC on a couple of veteran minimums. But the way the Thunders looking 😬
@3rr1k_
2 ай бұрын
@@TurtleReefRealwho knows, there’s rumors that there will be some new expansion teams coming in vegas and seattle
@CouLands
2 ай бұрын
KD was just in OKC on Friday. Boo’s every time he touched the ball
KD couldn’t win anything without Golden State and its system. The Warriors won before him and they won without him. Couldn’t win in Brooklyn, and couldn’t win in Phoenix.
@Renegade-kf8fp
2 ай бұрын
giannis can;t win without bud we don't talk about that
@lovelyminx6444
2 ай бұрын
AND? Lol, what have you done with help? 😂
@ClareAmel
2 ай бұрын
@@lovelyminx6444KD might be a bachelor but he’s not gonna let you ride girlie
@THE_BEAR_JEW
2 ай бұрын
To be fair, you're completely disregarding the surrounding circumstances. - In OKC they lost to the Heatles in 2012. - Then the front office made dumb moves that didn't make the team any better. They lost 2 potential championships or at least Finals appearances due to injuries to KD and Russ. - They lost that WCF to the Warriors in 2016, who were a 73 win team. That team was 1 game away from being the "best team of all time". I really don't see the shame in losing to em, even if it was by blowing a 3-1 lead. It took a monster series from LeBron and Kyrie (and a suspension of Draymond) to barely beat those Warriors. - In that first year with the Nets, they lost to the Bucks, who went on to win it all. No shame there. Plus we all saw what happened. Kyrie got injured, Harden was injured, Joe Harris forgot how to shoot, Aldridge had his health issues. It really was just KD vs the Bucks out there. - The following year was a disaster. The Nets had given up all their depth to get Harden and lost him to Philly, which is why they simply had no chance to win even a series. - Chris Paul got injured in Phoenix. So that forced the Suns to play without a point guard, and they lost to the Nuggets, who went on to win the championship. Again, no shame there. I'll say this, KD has horrible judgment in where he decides to go, but I don't put the lack of success on him. He's been great everywhere he's gone.
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
This facts the warriors created his legacy and then won without him KD is never going to win another championship
You guys are my favorite basketball channel! Please! Keep up this great work!
js found yall! love the content. new fav basketball creators!!!! looking forward for the next retrospective
The East used to be the stronger, better conference back in the '80s and '90s. Most years. But, that has been shifted to the West during the '00s.
The improvement in your content is amazing to watch vid by vid
Love this channel underrated asf
I was watching it live it was wild
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All I'm saying is we need a video on the Iowa versus LSU rivalry in light of the racing game you guys would kill that
Plz do a 2016 retrospective plz❤❤❤
I had serious headaches after Games 6 and 7 of that WCF series, then they came back on the 4th when the announcement was made.
I got a video idea you guys can use in the off season. Maybe like an NBA retrospective from the 80’s onwards. Like Larry vs Magic, Jordan against the bad boys piston. Then Kobe coming into the league being the new kid and winning with Shaq. Shaq being traded and winning with Wade. Dirks revenge tour with LeBron in Miami, and him coming back home. Warriors making a little bit of noise out west then becoming the juggernaut of the NBA. And Kawhi’s revenge on the entire league. I had this video idea and there’s no other channel that I would want to cover this then you guys. Love the content!
W Video as always
I think the hatred on KD going to the 73-9 Warriors would still linger for the city of Oklahoma, unlike Vince Carter and the Raptors.
God 2015 16 LostNUnbound was so fun to watch man. I learned so many soundbites from his vids
9:00 My man turned into a squeaky dog toy hahaha made me chuckle
Man I miss watching livingston what a time to be a warriors fan
Everyone criticizes LeBron for leaving f Cleveland for a super team in Miami, but then he at least returned home, and proved he can win a ring without Bosh and Wade. KD on the other hand has done nothing but prove he can only win a ruling by joining an already broken GSW team.
@JoshNBANFL
2 ай бұрын
Thats actually facts, LeBron had a redemption with the Cavs. KD does not have a redemption he kept joining superteams with the Nets, Warriors, and Suns.
@FAlynn92
2 ай бұрын
@@JoshNBANFLKD joined superteams? He went to the nets, then Kyrie followed (and then they traded for Harden). He was TRADED to the suns, then they got Beal afterwards. That doesn't look like he joined any superteams. It looks like the teams he joined after the warriors went all in on winning after his arrival, and it hasn't worked.
@Skinslyfe
2 ай бұрын
He also simply didn’t join a team he just lost to that’s the BIG difference lmao🤣🤣
@DaveBtm998
2 ай бұрын
LeBron went back to the Cavs to create another super team to win a ring. he’s not any different, just more fortunate
@alexescutia4805
2 ай бұрын
@@DaveBtm998he went to a team that just had the number one pick in the draft
Video suggestion: Can you guys make a video about the best player born in each state? Would be a nice watch
9:33 I just love this sound bite
Probably the craziest NBA game ever only behind LeBron's return to Cleveland
Troll Draymond is acceptable. I think fans dislike the Irrational Bully model.
The moment luka peaces out of Dallas for a real roster hes be public enemy #1 in the whole state of texas for 20 years
Vince Carter back to Toronto needs to be mentioned among these
VC returning to Toronto is one of the craziest returns ever
That thunder team would’ve been really fun to watch if they kept that young core around
I was upset about that till dis day is crazy 😂 my cousin told me I was shocked by 2016
Literally if he went to any other team besides the Warriors or the Cavaliers nobody (besides OKC fans) would have a problem with it
Kyrie still gets completely bombarded with fan vitriol everytime he returns to Boston as well...
Do you ever respond to comments?
Kanter and probably Adams as well as west Brook were the tough guys on that team.
Oooooh we need the sonics back so this can happen
KD loves the Sonics way more than the Thunder tbf
KD isnt getting his jersey retired there man, the fans despise him to this day. And they’ve let other players wear 35
@urbaindelva7869
2 ай бұрын
Understandable, but still pretty ridiculous.
@twistedfantasyy
Ай бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 How? OKC fans weren't mad that he left, rather he went to a team that went 73-9 the year before. I don't know how people wouldn't get heated over that. He's free to do what he wants but I'm pretty sure he expected the backlash and it was deserved.
Still the weakest, softest, most cowardly move a superstar has ever made. Ruined the league for two years.
@rodeyreynolds7588
2 ай бұрын
3*
Looking back it wasn’t a bad move bc ring culture was at its peak and the Warriors were maybe the better team plus Kd mostly took all the shots in OKC so he definitely wanted a change
I had call it that summer I said he was going if he not resigning to the thunder he’s going to the warriors and true enough I called it
Yes it made the NBA a foregone conclusion, but god damn i loved watching that warriors team. And yes everyone hates him for it but in retrospect it was well worth it for KD.
that draymond cupcake shirt moment was really low key foreshadowing
We need Suns Thunder round 1
On par with Vince Carter's return to Toronto after he forced his way out.
419 views in 9 mins? wild
KD just got boo’s by OKC fans like 3 days ago. Everytime he touched the ball. He will never not be booed
For some reason Westbrook was shamed for the departure
how have you guys not made a luka video ever
I'm not going to lie, since yesterday was Easter, I thought you guys would have "Top 10 players that rose to the occasion." type of video. And since today is April Fools, I thought there would be a "Top 10 players that fooled us." type of video.
Kd wants to join because okc is doing great now😂
@buddahkz9980
2 ай бұрын
My next chapter
I doubt they retire his jersey, they gave Pj Dozier the number 35 the year after kd left
Talk about his return the other night with the suns lol
If KD returns to the Sonics for a retirement, I'd be down for it.
8:40 : 🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸
@zachattackpro4586
2 ай бұрын
Hamas uses children as human shields
Woah.... I just now realised that Javale McGee has more rings than KD😭
2 views in one minute? Yall fell off
@ikhoonyejelem2967
2 ай бұрын
This joke already got old
Cupcake mainly originated from Russell westbrooks instagram post on the day KD left and it was a picture of cupcakes
I thought the cupcake meme came from Russ’ tweet on July 4th
@yurinoworry
2 ай бұрын
Facts
lol Dray getting that cupcake shirt, maybe that kinda predicted the reason why KD left GS
What’s wrong with Enis Lanyer off court?
@buddahkz9980
2 ай бұрын
These guys are from Portland that should answer your question.
I remember being in middle school, in Oklahoma when all this happened and everyone was chanting “FUCK KD”
@lovelyminx6444
2 ай бұрын
Like a bunch of heartbroken exs 😂
@yeetmeister6889
2 ай бұрын
Yea pretty much I mean we were all 13-14
Did y’all get my email with Awful Coaching tearing apart Ayton? Make a video!!! Lol
The cupcakes stuff was hilarious but inactive I thought the kd return would've been much better
Russ posted cupcakes on IG on the 4th too lol
#BringBackTheSonics
They said "we have to stop hexing current teams by making vids abt them"
I think the Seattle expansion team should be rebranded. But then again they revived the Charlotte Hornets so it shouldn't shock me. They'll definitely modernize the supersonics logo.
It was completely fan led with the cupcakes 🤣😂
He gotta go back unless they don't win it all diss yr
KDs love wasnt for OKC it was for Seattle. I've believed for the longest time that he is waiting for the Supersonics to return so he cam end his career there. Seattle is where he wants his jersey retired, not OKC
in the comics books superteams is the only way that these people can actually thrive
Whats wrong with enes off court
12:23 no we won’t
32K 19h 61.1K subs
What did Enes Kanter even do off the court? 😂
a weird ass russ KD in seattle link up would break the nba
Everyone puts KD in a bad light for leaving. He disclosed i forget to who but really explained that he felt besides himself there wasnt much other shooters on the team. He felt he wasn’t allowed to have a bad game at any given time. Mind you he was there for eight years and feel he did as much as he could and went all out every game. At the end of the day, he is a grown man and is allowed to do what he wants. Yes it would have been nice if he want to a franchise like spurs (Celtics fan and would have lost my mind if we got him lol)
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
No ones mad he left he was clearly OKCs best player people are mad he joined a 73-9 that just beat them
The only team that I’ve ever seen that could rival The Warriors healthy was the rockets, and of course God had to injure them and give them the worst luck of all time.😂
@JoshNBANFL
2 ай бұрын
As a Rockets fan it hurt 😞
Talking trash when you’re down 18 is insane lol
Can’t be mad at KD for joining a superior team at the same time he wouldn’t have anything without the warriors they created his legacy
@MikeBeltMikeBelt
2 ай бұрын
and what is that legacy, exactly?
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
@@MikeBeltMikeBelt are you acting stupid? Obviously the two rings he won consecutively 😭I really have to mention that ??
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
@@MikeBeltMikeBelt don’t get me wrong KD is a very influential player but when all said and done the rings are what people will remember the most
KD has no true home, nobody respects his legacy, and never could get it done without the greatest team of all time. All time great who far too overrated, argue with a wall.
LostNUnbound peak
I wonder if anywhere is gonna retire KDs number. Golden state might, maybe, but with how it ended there, i dont know if they will. OKC sure as shit aint. The Suns, if they dont win the title (which they won't), wont. And im pretty sure the Nets wanna kill him on sight.
OKC fans whined and bitched about KD leaving, when they literally stole him and the team from Seattle lmao.
@CouLands
2 ай бұрын
Because the fans own the team?? Tf you talking about. Ignorant
1k views in 15 minutes y'all really fell off 😂😢😂😢
@SirBirstyy
2 ай бұрын
NPC comment 💀
@HashemHoops24
2 ай бұрын
Much like you 😂😂😂
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
Def an NPC 😂
@HashemHoops24
Ай бұрын
@@jonathank786 thanks soooo much guys I finally got a couple of replies on my comment 😌😌😌
Durant wanting to go to another #1 seed. Nobody surprised here.
The greatest soft player of all time
Kd had to have extra security in his hotel because it was so hostile in okc. As a okc resident and fan he was enemy number one on July 4th and beyond 😂
The Mavs have an MVP and you decide to do a KD vid
@milescote6621
2 ай бұрын
Jokic is way better 😂
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
Come on buddy you know just as well as I do if the Mavs don’t step it up as team Luka won’t be MVP
Ngl OKC fans need to get over it
@crypto40
2 ай бұрын
Right hot take but if he don’t leave they never get all those future draft picks trading away Westbrook and rebuilding. Durant stays they would have never traded russle away leading up to everything else that follows
@BigSlim4
2 ай бұрын
@@crypto40 right he really set them up great for the future
@jonathank786
2 ай бұрын
Considering sports media they won’t let it go the warriors made his legacy without em KD has no rings
603 views in 11 minutes, y’all are klay levels of washed
Kevin Durant made the right decision at the time. We have to remember that ring culture was at its highest, the salary cap was starting to grow so everyone was trying to nap at Kevin Durant, and Golden State was going to pay Kevin Durant more money than Oklahoma City.
@JoshNBANFL
2 ай бұрын
KD was being a cupcake and joined the same team who beat him and made a superteam. He keeps joining these superteams he's so annoying. The Warriors, Nets, and the Suns.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
10:13 how have i never saw this 😭
Why because Mr freedoms from a dictator country? He's tired of the rich basketball players dissing the country they play for. All because our ancestors had some of them from 1000 years ago
As a very selfish guy and a big hater myself, I understand 🫡 just like me fr