Kevin Durant on Dwight Howard Trade: ‘I Really Don’t Care’

gonna be a good season next year! lots of storylines!

why should he? the thunder are still better. who on the lakers should guard him, harden or westbrook?

the Lakers can probably get away with having an old backcourt with Dwight and Pau in the front. Westbrook getting past Nash every time isn’t necessarily gonna equal easy buckets.

I believe mr Durant does care, a in-confrence opponent just infused a load of talent, experience, defense and offense into an already established championship core. BTW, I wonder what the precise words were that were used in the question, because ‘I really don’t care’ comes off as really defensive, especially for a laid back guy like KD. It only makes it sound like he IS worried. If he would’ve said something along the lines of:’that’s a great trade for them and it’s nice for Dwight to have this whole situation over with and they’re going to be tough next year as always’ that would’ve sounded alot more confident and less defensive.

People who love basketball and aren’t Laker fans already hate the Lakers because…people who don’t know jacksh)t about basketball but love celebrities love the Lakers. Teenage girls root for the Lakers for the same reason as everyone else — because they do what the media tells them.

He shouldn’t be worried. Why did Kendrick Perkins get such a large contract? Because he can stop Dwight Howard from being effective. Who’s gonna guard Westbrook when OKC’s big 3 is out there? No more sessions= no quick PG’s on the roster and putting Kobe on him most likely leaves KD and Harden with mismatches. KD shouldn’t fret much.

Everyone’s a pssychiarist, even without actually hearing him say it. If he says he doesn’t care it’s because that’s how he feels right now. He’s probably more concerned about Harden and the future of his own team.

Its okay KD, you can win it when Kobe retires.. Thats if Mitch doesn’t rebuild around Dwight Howard already

Thank you KD

I wouldn’t care either if I was KD. Love his attitude. Dwight will miss at least a month of the regular season. He’s lost a lot of weight that he’ll have to get back whenever he’s able to lift again. The Thunder have nothing to fear. Who on LA’s roster can deal with Durant, Westbrook and Harden? No one. Dwight will be in foul trouble with Westbrook blowing by Nash or Kobe and getting to the rim. Going to be fun to watch.

@danpowers Dwight is a HUGE upgrade over Bynum, because he fits in the princeton offense WAY better. Bynum isn’t a pick and roll player, and thats what nash thrives in. Now Steve has TWO pick & roll weapons with Dwight and Gasol. Plus, Dwight doesn’t swallow possessions like Bynum did.He’s the better counterpart to Gasol.

ts not close in terms of Defense, he’s the single most dominant force on Defense in the League. He won three DPOY for a reason, you saying there interior presence on the defensive end wont change “that much” is asinine. Their dreadful attempts at defending the PnR just got much better,Dwight basically improves every aspect of their defense.

A YOUNG DURANTULA DONT GIVE A F*CK ABOUT YOUR TRADE NIGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@keezy: im not so sure if that update is that huge. only if bynum continues to get hurt and howard stays healthy. if both stay healthy then bynum will also be a 20-10 ceenter to go with smth around 2bpg. as i said, sure howard is an update, but not as much as bynum. what howard can do better on the pick and roll does bynum with post moves and a better touch around his rim. plus he doesnt rely that much on his athleticism as howard does.

People were going crazy when the lakers got Malone and GP to team up with Kobe and shaq in ’04. Different scenario, but not by much. Kobe, Nash, and pau are up there in age. Plainly put, it takes a TEAM in sync w/ one another to win. These guys have to mesh.

he’ll also not care when they get eliminated by L.A. next season

On my mama I hope Dwight Howard tears a few ligaments in his knee…….yeah im salty

the only reason he shot 30 a gsme was that he didn’t have much help ,session didn’t do anything in the playoffs and steve blake and MWP

Naw, Dwight is still better than KD. The impact he has on the game itself is still greater than KD’s.

KD impacts the game from start to finish offensively and is beginning to become a better defender. He rebounded better than LeBron did this past season. At the end of games, if Dwight isn’t in foul trouble and he’s on the floor, you can’t give him the ball because he can’t make free throws. KD is a better overall player in my opinion. Dwight’s only impact at the end of games is defense if he’s not in foul trouble. On the Lakers, Dwight should be 3rd option behind Gasol and Kobe (if Kobe’s smart he’ll finally let Gasol do what he can in the post). How can a guy who’s the 3rd option on his team be the best player in the conference? There should be no fear going to the basket even with Dwight in there. Durant/Westbrook will try to dunk on whoever’s in the lane.

substitute Nash for someone that can stay in front of Westbrook, and then he would care. Until then, the Lakers are still gonna be sitting around watching Durant, Harden and Westbrook shoot free throws.

Oh, and the Thunder still have the only 2 guys who guard Howard effectively-Perkins and Collison.

I’m getting tired of people acting like Dwight is gonna erase everything that comes to the basket after Westbrook, Hardedn, and Durant blows past the laker defenders. U can’t possibly play the game like that and say, “Oh, Dwight will clean up our mistakes.” No. That will eventually lead to foul trouble for Dwight or the laker defense being out of position due to their rotations once westbrook blows by Nash. Or the same with durant and harden.

@ByAnyMeansNecessary….Yes Kd affects the game from start to finish offensively but Dwight doesn’t do the same on the Defensive end? Lets not make it seem as if Dwight is so inept on the offensive end either, You can say Dwight cant make free throws at the end of the game like that’s some Huge flaw, but KD was so bad at guarding Lebron at times they had to switch Sefolosha on him and If I’m not mistaken Chalmers(who is a mediocre/above average Pg) was Blowing pass Kd consistently in the finals, so he has improved defensively but he still has a ways to go. Dwight is undoubtedly more of a complete player than KD and like I stated previously, He can affect the game in more ways than Just scoring but he can also do that as well. His impact on the game is still greater than KD’s right now, maybe not in the near future.

KD and Lebron are awesome. They are just so focused. One on one I think Lebron could beat Jordan. I think Lebron’s power would get to MJ. But overall MJ is better.

Put KD at PF it takes a big off the court for LA ….Lakers have no answer for that …Memphis more a threat to OKC than Lakers