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Team USA – Rudy Gay Gets Lucky Kevin Durant Pulls Out
One injury to Paul George and another selfish and damaging decision from Kevin Durant opened the way for Rudy Gay to join the training camp of Team USA heading into the 2014 World Basketball Championship in Spain, with the Small Forward position needing severe improvement after the disasters of the previous week.
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Team USA – Kevin Durant Quits on Those who Counted on Him
Not as lovable or likable as before, quitting on Team USA after already being part of one training camp won’t add popularity points to Kevin Durant, citing physical and mental fatigue as the reasons for his withdrawal from the selection process heading into the 2014 Basketball World Championships.
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Kevin Durant Will Follow in the LeBron James Footsteps
Because this is summer and the off-season, things a superstar like Kevin Durant says regarding his future with the Oklahoma City Thunder or his path to the Washington Wizards which in any case won’t be decided in the next two years, seem a lot more meaningful than they actually are.
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11 Best Memes Making Fun of Kevin Durant & the Oklahoma City Thunder
The days between series is time to make fun of those who are no longer in the playoffs. That means that the Oklahoma City Thunder and especially Kevin Durant are being turned into a joke with memes included because that’s how things work – if you’re not number one, you’re fair game to be made mockery of.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Something Has to Change
Another season without an NBA title for that seemed destined to be with at least one by now. The Oklahoma City Thunder are great, but so far the tandem of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook is improving individually without getting them to the promised land, while Scott Brooks is taking shots of criticism, Kendrick Perkins is once more looked at as something of a liability and Serge Ibaka might be getting a new starting five partner next to him in Steven Adams.
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12 Best NBA Gifs in May 2014
It’s been a busy month of NBA playoffs, and there’s no better way to glance over the most memorable moments than in Gif form, with Lance Stephenson blowing in the ear of LeBron James or Kevin Durant flopping like there’s no tomorrow being the highlights of this quality batch.
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19 Best Memes of the San Antonio Spurs Knocking Out Kevin Durant & the Oklahoma City Thunder
While we have ourselves a rematch in the NBA finals, it’s time not only to praise the San Antonio Spurs, but as memes and jokes tend to do, make fun of the losers, which happen to be the Oklahoma City Thunder, with Kevin Durant taking a lot of heat for not being able to be like LeBron James, despite that MVP he won in the regular season.
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NBA MVP Winners Without a Championship
With another unsuccessful bid to reach the NBA finals, Kevin Durant joins the elite club of players that have a regular season MVP but haven’t won an NBA championship. Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and Allen Iverson are already retired, while Steve Nash doesn’t look like someone who’ll win it before he leaves. Derrick Rose? He’ll be happy with getting back on the court, let alone contending for the title.
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NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Fall Short, San Antonio Spurs Finalists Again
For the first time in the Western Conference Finals, we got ourselves a close game, ending in another first – a road win. The San Antonio Spurs finished the job in six games with a 112-107 overtime win thanks to some great basketball from Tim Duncan in the clutch, Manu Ginobili hitting some big shots and Boris Diaw proving his value once more. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook gave it their best shot, but without a decent head coach, system or depth, there’s always going to be a ceiling on this team.
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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Figure it Out, Oklahoma City Thunder Look Exhausted
Sometimes the solution is simple, but takes a while to find. Using Matt Bonner in the lineup and giving Boris Diaw an extended time on the floor opened up so many things on offense for the San Antonio Spurs, getting to run all over the Oklahoma City Thunder with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili leading the way to a 117-89 win, taking a 3-2 lead in the series.