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Dom What I'm waiting for is someone to point out that the spurs tried this on kawhi.... Kawhi knew his body, took ZERO chances on his future, and made the best choice to avoid FURTHER injuries. Now dudes like skip blame kawhi as if he gave up on the spurs, and now tried to question KD in the same way. The thing is public opinion/ perceptions heavily influenced KD decision to return after being cleared by the team. The team giving the green light made the public look at kd in anticipation and he came back not ready......THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT KAWHI AVOIDED WITH THE SPURS! It's the ultimate "I told you so" moment, with skip... Skip only cared about the spurs, not kawhi.... In the end who wants to work at a place like that.... Yeah, to save his body and career, kawhi leonard quit on the spurs, and I'm glad he did
All I'm gonna say is Cam Newton would've made a business decision. It's a shame he got hurt but ultimately his legacy will end up complicated and he's not gonna be universally respected like Kobe or LeBron.
@SUPER SAMMICH Forreal. Tbh, I’m glad the Raptors didn’t win that night. That night was kinda stained by a bunch of the fans jeering when he needed help getting off the court. But hopefully Raps can win in Game 6. I expect game 6 Klay to go for 40 at least.
Liban Really though. Those 11 points really let the keep the lead they had. It’s awful what happened to him. He rushed back because of the dire situation, and he gave everything he had for it. Hella respect.
@@grantmartin4773 It did. Raptors stopped Warriors from going wild in the 3rd this is the only game I believe this playoff run without KD they didn't win the 3rd and won. Stop Warriors in the 3rd they lose
Kai They had no business clearing him for this game. The fact that they didn’t clear Klay for a less severe injury for game 3 shows this was a desperation move.
Jeremiah Crenshaw got them the win today but will most likely lead in a loss in the next game, and will end the dynasty. If they don’t win, Klay and Cousins will look to leave and if KD (albeit by a miracle) finds a team that will give him a max in free agency he won’t pick up his option this year and will also be gone. All in all, it was short term gain for a huge long term sacrifice. It better pay off for GS, otherwise it was a terrible decision.
LDJ, no matter what happens, KD gained a lot of respect back from his haters last night. Not all of them, but a lot of them. Lets hope KD didn’t completely rupture his achilles.
@@traywaters1575 Warriors fan here and I doubt it. If the Raptors can't win in 6 while KD and Looney are injured and Boogie is playing like complete and utter shit then I'll be surprised.
Kd is a true warrior man. Left his heart and soul on the court and motivated the team. True leader. Really sad seeing a great go down like this. Prayers for a speedy recovery
i feel bad for KD for two reasons: 1.) this injury is BAD and that sucks 2.) He joined a 73-9 team and won two worthless rings and as soon as he’s about to leave and try to prove he’s a true winner this happens. really unfortunate man. raps in 6.
@@fjnemo Yep. There was absolutely no need for KD to come back. Bro your career is much mote important than just one game. Even though it was a finals game, No need to risk it.
You know that he got opinions from more than one medical professional? It wasn’t just the warriors medical staff. It was whoever the hell he wanted it to be. There are multiple opinions that go into this. That’s why they the warriors said 7-10 days and he stayed out a month. This was nobody’s fault, except his own passion to win.
@@NM-ev7pu The medical team could have protected him from himself by not clearing him to play. Their logic behind clearing him was "he can't make it worse."
KD is influenced and bothered too easily. Kawhi didn’t care when the media was hating on him for not playing for the Spurs. Personally if I know there’s a high chance that I further injury myself when I’m already not 100% I’m not going to play regardless of the media. ESPECIALLY if I already have 2 rings and 2 Finals MVP’s.
Marco SCHWING nah what’s dumb is risk ruining your body, career & money to obtain something you already have two of just because of media. But I guess what people say is more important to him than taking care of his body but suuuure I’m the dumb one
@@lostbraincellz Yes. it's one of the worst injuries you can get. Kobe, Elton Brand, and Rudy Gay suffered that injury and their careers were never the same
Kevin made his injury worse by stepping on that court again, he put his body on the line or even his career on the line and gave the warriors 11 pts and they won the game. Durant just gave them another chance, now it's up to them to see if they can take advantage of it.
Like Dom said a movie. He basically put his career on the line for the warriors to have a another chance. His career is in question and the warriors now have to take advantage otherwise it would've been for nothing. Man, what a story it has been, so similar to most movies, with a main character sacrificing themselves for the good of someone or something else
Avery Wilson i think he’ll bounce back hopefully, his teammate shaun livingston had a horrible injury and came back to win chips, paul george bounced back from his leg injury and is better than he was before. Of course many players with bad injuries are never the same but i hope kd can come back next season as himself
The Warriors organization is at fault here. The doctors shouldn’t have cleared him to play, and that is why Kawhi sat out an entire season even when the team doctors told him he was cleared to play.
TDot Gang Y’all need to just shut up. The Warriors organization cleared him as well as his own doctors. It wasn’t just the warriors. Nobody tried to lie to him. If that was the case he would’ve been back after 10 days like they initially thought
TDot Gang stop. just because you hate the warriors does not mean it’s their fault. he was humble to help knowing he wasn’t 100%. they cleared him because he was practicing and dancing before the game so everyone thought he was gonna be fine. his calf popped becuase the achilles isn’t anywhere near where it popped. it’s no ones fault it’s just destiny
@DoubleDworth Re-sign him. You guys probably have the best situation for him. Cousins was starting to look good yesterday. Maybe if your organization is patient (like it sure they will be if he stays) he can recover and maybe even play again in next year’s postseason if the recovery goes perfect.
KD doesn't deserve this. A torn calf is not a one month injury. They think it's a torn Achilles. This is a year of rehab. A year of his prime gone. Now he will probably take his player option and wait another year then enter free agency. I hate this so much. The warriors put kds future on the line for only 12 points. What a disgrace
@@PierceBounddo you not think that anyone who loves the game of basketball would do that. I just think that they shod have stopped him. The GM said it's his fault for not stopping him.
@@harisakhtar4197 yea that is true don't blame the warriors front office he would've forced himself to go out even if the front office said no and like you said one more year could affect his whole career and he may never be the same caliber player
Still would like to point out that not all raptor fans cheered, I teared up today when I saw that it was an Achilles this morning, but for the ones who did I want them to know they can go straight to hell along with the Maple leafs
I’m not gonna come on here and defend those assholes who did cheer when he got injured, but not every raps fan was cheering. Most fans regret cheering. The people waving bye went way too far though, that’s fucked. I think it’s fair to point out that other teams have cheered for player injuries in the past tho
closing argument so true. we spent sooo much time dissing kd and now we may have enjoying him cut short. i was looking forward to kyrie and kd in the mecca
As the president he had the power to sit him. To prevent him from even travelling with them. But he didn't. He took a chance. I don't really blame him. He took a chance and there's never a 100% chance that things will go wrong. It was probably around 50-50. Maybe a smaller chance. There were people further down that could have stopped him from playing too. But he is the head. They took a chance and now Myers regrets it because they may have costed a player the rest of their career.
Dom, have you ever thought of putting your videos and topics on a podcast? I listen to a lot of hoop podcasts to work on Spotify and would love to put it in my rotation! Keep up the great work!
You missed one person in the Achilles museum, can’t forget about John wall, I’m sure he looked the same as Kobe and KD except he was in a bath robe most likely...
He is the kind of player to come back from this, simply because his game is more about shooting, and is about getting to his mid range spots, and getting in rhythm, spotting up, or working the iso. Golden State can get to the playoffs, and KD can rehab, stay in shape, if he is not good enough to come back, he can decide not to risk it and negotiate for a better contract in 2020. Also, the warrior cap space would change in 2020, and they can get KD long term if they can replace draymond with a center who can spot up, defend at an average level, and work their pick and roll action. Warrior can just keep dray and Klay if KD walks and make additions to the bench.
the idea of kd picking up his player option never occurred to me, prayers for a speedy and healthy recovery but I don't think kd will stay in gs after the way things went this season
Itaruu nah that’s what happens when you ruin a league for years because you’re too much of a pussy to beat the team you lost too karma catches up eventually fuck Kevin Durant he’s a straight up pussy
unpopular opinion. If ever GSW manage to win this series, its value will weigh as the 2016 cavs title. It will also validates their last 3 titles and be a perfect ending for a dynasty.
This series it's bein impressive in SO MANY ways that's amazing actually: - Kawhy just showing everyone what a beast he is - Lowry is having a very good series, hustling in every play - Ibaka is having an amazing series, both ways - VanFleet is having a carrer series comming of the bench - Durant got hurt on second round - Thompson on game 2 of the finals, missed game 3 - Curry got his hand messed up - Cousins got hurt last year and got hurt again in round 1 - Iguodala got hurt in the finals - Livingston is retiring next year - Looney got hurt in the finals And still, they got us at least 6 games. It's amazing.
I was mad af, I even went to sleep mad af this was the game that should of ended everything 😂 the momentum I could feel it 😂 then the coach calls a timeout and kyle with a late turnover 🤦🏻♂️
Even as a raptors fan seeing this happen to any player is unfortunate. Hopefully he's able to bounce back from this. Honestly I don't think they should've played KD since he's obviously not ready to be on the court.
This is such a fairytale. Durant gets an injury, as if to redeem himself for joining a stacked team, takes a pay cut to keep the team the same next year, which is now understandable, not like what Cousins did. All we need now is for GS to come back from 3-1 in the finals (please don't, we the north [even without my boy JV :( ])
@@NM-ev7pu nah if KD really cared that much about the media and let the media control him he wouldn't be in Gs right now, he would have never joined the warriors or left last year. 90% of the blame goes to the Warriors dumbass organization who claim to be "lightyears" ahead of everyone else, and whatever players on that roster doubted KD, his injury, and his recovery time/effort to get back on the court. You can put a little blame on the fans and the media, but then again no player is gonna put the fans and media ahead of the rest of his career and money among other things.
BrxndxnR 1: Everyone was dogging Kawhi Leonard for sitting out the entire season. Only now when there's a case of a Superstar potentially altering the course of their career after he was prematurely cleared to play is Kawhi being given any sympathy for his actions. 2: If he did sit out, he'd be called a coward and selfish asshole for it, just like he was when he left OKC, especially if Golden State lost Game 5. Fans like to think they have no impact on how players and the NBA itself works, but that's just blatantly false.
Trey Magathan who would call him a coward? If he wasn't healthy, then he wasn't healthy. No one would take that away from him. All it is is that GSW didn't want to lose him and put him into a situation in which he would have to go back to the team.
Trey Magathan apparently the medical staff knew Durant wasn't 100% healthy. Now if they were smarter than that, they would put him onto a minutes restriction and not have him start. The Warriors were just being desperate and put a player's career in jeopardy just to lose when it's all said and done. Another thing I should say is that the Warriors medical staff is among the worst in the league. There's no reason why players keep coming back from injury when they are never 100% (Curry in 2016, Klay, Looney, Cousins and Durant this year) in addition to many of these players getting injured so much (Curry since 2012, David Lee, Durant for the last 3 years, etc.). That's something the staff needs to take care of after this season.
Steph Curry issa Bih You kinda proved yourself wrong with that final statement about the Warriors' medical staff being the worst in the NBA. When you're making extraordinary claims such as putting a superstar's career at risk in order to advance a sinister agenda, there has to be extraordinary evidence to support the claim. Furthermore, those accused of such claims are innocent until proven guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt. The fact that there isn't any supporting evidence to assume the Warriors did this to KD on purpose as opposed to just being incompetent or desperate is enough to rule the claim as unsubstantiated, but with the Warriors' medical staff's long track record of bad decisions regarding their players' health in both preventing injuries and recovering from injuries, it's more likely than not the Warriors were either just desperate and/or shortsighted. Regardless, that Medical Staff should not be on the Warriors payroll anymore.
I partially ruptured my achilles in July and it took me until November with 2 months of therapy to walk.... But only could walk for maybe 1-2hr before it started to pain.
I hate KD, but it’s still sad seeing him get injured and his reaction in the floor, potentially destroying his career just to win another un respected ring, i understand he wanted to help his team, but I don’t think it was worth playing that game.
I'd think this loss would effect Toronto, if they didn't lose game two at home and then win the next two at Golden St. Who would of thought we'd ever see the Warriors lose back to back home games in the finals.
Kawhi is looking like a genius right now, you need to realise team doctors don’t work for you, they work for the team and they will do what’s in the team’s best interest and not you as a player. Can’t believe they let this man play and without even restricting his minutes too 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ I don’t like KD but I’m fuming right now
I told my gf when game started that I wouldnt be surprised if he injured himself again, he hadn't play in over a month and he did. Not a kd fan but I felt bad because that his livelihood
The worst part is the fans that cheered KD's re-injury. That is dumb. Maybe they were cheering because he came back too soon and his re-injury makes it look like he only came back to avoid his squad's loss, but still, that was absolute horse****. Unsportsmanship maxed out.
I respect him for risking his brand and health for playing and his points mattered in the end. Its unfortunate but I can’t say im surprised he went down
I had a bad feeling the moment I found out KD was playing last night he shouldn’t have been out there and because he was his career may have changed for the worst.. Moments like this is why Kawhi did what he did in San Antonio last season. You can’t trust team Doctors.....🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Man i got mad respect for KD at this point. I would have done the same thing if i played for a team and we down. I think he should be one of the Warrior greats after this cant even deny it now
@@treymagathan847 Are you just trying to find a reason to be mad? This comment didn't have much to do with anything regarding his injury, which you dont even know my stance on, so go on with your life cause you're just talking for no reason rn
MostChaos Only someone who's insecure about said question would write something that long and emotionally charged over a 6 word question. Now that you are on the topic of KD's injury, thoughts?
Trey Magathan if you really want to know, you can scroll down and go look for my takes on it. Not wasting my time on someone who just came out of nowhere with ridiculous statements.
This will be one of the most remembered championships in NBA history just because of how bad last years was we haven’t had a competitive finals since Miami and spurs days
the NBA better not F up by not giving KD the bag. I'd hate to see him re-sign with golden state because other teams were too hesitant to sign him. KD is good enough to still come back and be close to what he is now, maybe even better.
I THINK He'll perform better than expected once he comes back from this Injury. It was his right achilles, not the dominant left one. He would still have better than average Athleticism given that his dominant left leg is still in tact. He is still 7 feet tall with guard skills. Any team would still throw him the max contract he deserves. It won't be a major setback for him.
It makes sense for the Knicks to max Kd out for like 3 years in the off season. It benefits both teams. The Knicks can tank again since Kyrie and butler are most likely not going there. It give Rj one year to develop with Knox, and since the Knicks won’t be in the playoffs there will be no pressure on Kd to come back. Then when he does comeback in the 2020-2021 season if he’s not the same player they will still have Rj and whatever rookie they get in the draft to build around. If Kd declines his option it allows the warriors to build up there bench slightly because I’m pretty sure they are already close to the cap with steph’s super max and klays looming max. Hopefully with a little more bench help it will lead to the fun 73-9 team we saw in 2016.
I don't like Kevin Durant as much as the next guy but seeing someone as good as him potentially have a career ending injury and the crowd cheering is low-key messed up
3:58 champions are defiant man. Defiant to the very end. Michael Jordan wanted to also go out that way as well, on his sword when somebody could defeat him in the finals
The raptors fans that celebrated Durant’s injury should burn in Hell I mean, seriously, would the Bay Area laugh if Kawhi ruined his ankle? Answer: Hell no
The one thing that wasn’t really touched on in the video is what happens with Klay Thompson, if Durant picks up his option does that still eliminate Klay from getting the super max with GS. And if it does, does he take less to stay with GS.
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Dom What I'm waiting for is someone to point out that the spurs tried this on kawhi.... Kawhi knew his body, took ZERO chances on his future, and made the best choice to avoid FURTHER injuries. Now dudes like skip blame kawhi as if he gave up on the spurs, and now tried to question KD in the same way. The thing is public opinion/ perceptions heavily influenced KD decision to return after being cleared by the team. The team giving the green light made the public look at kd in anticipation and he came back not ready......THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT KAWHI AVOIDED WITH THE SPURS! It's the ultimate "I told you so" moment, with skip... Skip only cared about the spurs, not kawhi.... In the end who wants to work at a place like that.... Yeah, to save his body and career, kawhi leonard quit on the spurs, and I'm glad he did
Dom PLEASE you have to address this. Kawhi demands that respect for people dragging his name in the mud
While I don’t know if this situation is the same as Kawhi’s, there are too many similarities not to address this could. Could you do so?
All I'm gonna say is Cam Newton would've made a business decision. It's a shame he got hurt but ultimately his legacy will end up complicated and he's not gonna be universally respected like Kobe or LeBron.
I feel pretty bad for KD. He might have just ruined his entire remaining career for less than 20 minutes of play.
@SUPER SAMMICH Forreal. Tbh, I’m glad the Raptors didn’t win that night. That night was kinda stained by a bunch of the fans jeering when he needed help getting off the court.
But hopefully Raps can win in Game 6. I expect game 6 Klay to go for 40 at least.
Prayers up for KD
@@Doatello1991 Kawhi should get about 40 too
@@Doatello1991 hell no kawhi gonna be on him they could've easily lost game 5 if it wasn't for raptor missing open shots
Bro this the saddest I been since d rose
The 11 points KD gave were crucial
Liban 😂😂😂
Liban Really though. Those 11 points really let the keep the lead they had. It’s awful what happened to him. He rushed back because of the dire situation, and he gave everything he had for it. Hella respect.
@@supernerfblasterboyz fr, i have mad respect for him now
@@grantmartin4773 It did. Raptors stopped Warriors from going wild in the 3rd this is the only game I believe this playoff run without KD they didn't win the 3rd and won. Stop Warriors in the 3rd they lose
True, also the 10+ free throw differential was there as well.
I respect him for coming out here and trying to save his team when he wasn’t 100%
He was willing to sacrifice the rest of his career for his teammates
Kai They had no business clearing him for this game. The fact that they didn’t clear Klay for a less severe injury for game 3 shows this was a desperation move.
The Great 54 facts, but in the end it was a risky move that got them a win
Jeremiah Crenshaw got them the win today but will most likely lead in a loss in the next game, and will end the dynasty. If they don’t win, Klay and Cousins will look to leave and if KD (albeit by a miracle) finds a team that will give him a max in free agency he won’t pick up his option this year and will also be gone.
All in all, it was short term gain for a huge long term sacrifice. It better pay off for GS, otherwise it was a terrible decision.
LDJ, no matter what happens, KD gained a lot of respect back from his haters last night. Not all of them, but a lot of them. Lets hope KD didn’t completely rupture his achilles.
Last night was the biggest Heel to Face turn in NBA history
Double Turn with the Toronto fanbase being the heels now
I feel like if KD didn't play last night, toronto would have won, also obviously he wasn't ready to play
Definitely
@Quinntavious Jackson Definitely. But props to the Warriors for sticking through it. And now that game 6 is in Oracle Arena, I’m nervous.
DonKrieg95 it’s gonna go to a game 7
@@traywaters1575 Warriors fan here and I doubt it. If the Raptors can't win in 6 while KD and Looney are injured and Boogie is playing like complete and utter shit then I'll be surprised.
*sхprєmєαвє* facts 😂😂 boogie played like shit in the 4th quarter 😂😂
Kd is a true warrior man. Left his heart and soul on the court and motivated the team. True leader. Really sad seeing a great go down like this.
Prayers for a speedy recovery
i feel bad for KD for two reasons:
1.) this injury is BAD and that sucks
2.) He joined a 73-9 team and won two worthless rings and as soon as he’s about to leave and try to prove he’s a true winner this happens.
really unfortunate man.
raps in 6.
i knew he wasnt ready to come back man riiiiip
At least he gave them enough points for a win
@@saltysolution4127 i feel like they will lose the series either way look at the 4th quarter team scores
subzero8901 nah a career isn’t worth one win. Doctors fucked him over, Kawhi is looking like a genius right now
@@fjnemo Yep.
There was absolutely no need for KD to come back.
Bro your career is much mote important than just one game.
Even though it was a finals game,
No need to risk it.
Peyton Hislop The fact that he had just started practicing the day before game 5 should’ve been a sign that he wasnt ready
Never listen to a team's medical staff. Their best interest lies with the organization and NOT the player.
Derek Andrew Kawhi: "They called me a madman"
You know that he got opinions from more than one medical professional? It wasn’t just the warriors medical staff. It was whoever the hell he wanted it to be. There are multiple opinions that go into this. That’s why they the warriors said 7-10 days and he stayed out a month. This was nobody’s fault, except his own passion to win.
That's why kawhis a fun guy
If KD had said he can't play, he would not have played.
@@NM-ev7pu The medical team could have protected him from himself by not clearing him to play. Their logic behind clearing him was "he can't make it worse."
People dont realize that KD saved their series at the expense of his achellies. All the pressure from the media basically forced him to play
True, true.
KD is influenced and bothered too easily. Kawhi didn’t care when the media was hating on him for not playing for the Spurs. Personally if I know there’s a high chance that I further injury myself when I’m already not 100% I’m not going to play regardless of the media. ESPECIALLY if I already have 2 rings and 2 Finals MVP’s.
@@jasonf7072 Kawhi wasn't playing for a championship, totally different situation, dumbass.
Marco SCHWING nah what’s dumb is risk ruining your body, career & money to obtain something you already have two of just because of media.
But I guess what people say is more important to him than taking care of his body but suuuure I’m the dumb one
@@jasonf7072 It was his own decision. But I guess all you armchair psychologists know what everyone should do in every situation.
We only miss them when they are gone.
How can you even miss somebody if they are not gone
@@raindrop5094 We don´t know anything yet, this might be the last time we superstar Kevin Durant.
Le Keston it’s just sad reading what you said 😔
How can you even miss somebody if they are not gone
I still dont miss him
I seen KD come back from one of the worst injuries a basketball player can suffer if any can do it again I know KD can do it
What was the injury that time
Rich Savage broken foot in 2015 i think
Lil Dagga isn’t an Achilles tear worse?
@@lostbraincellz foot injuries in someone as tall as KD are devastating
@@lostbraincellz Yes. it's one of the worst injuries you can get. Kobe, Elton Brand, and Rudy Gay suffered that injury and their careers were never the same
Warriors training staff looking real suspect right now
Kevin made his injury worse by stepping on that court again, he put his body on the line or even his career on the line and gave the warriors 11 pts and they won the game. Durant just gave them another chance, now it's up to them to see if they can take advantage of it.
Like Dom said a movie. He basically put his career on the line for the warriors to have a another chance. His career is in question and the warriors now have to take advantage otherwise it would've been for nothing. Man, what a story it has been, so similar to most movies, with a main character sacrificing themselves for the good of someone or something else
Why this sound like a dragonball z end of episode recap tho 😂
@@metalflames4 Find out in the next episode of National Ball Z.
*NBZ*
@@hash2335 🤣🤣🤣
Damn KD, they only feel you when you gone 🤦🏽♂️
I really hope his Achilles injury doesn’t ruin the rest of his prime, he will still be a Hall of Famer for sure and one of the game greatest players.
Avery Wilson i think he’ll bounce back hopefully, his teammate shaun livingston had a horrible injury and came back to win chips, paul george bounced back from his leg injury and is better than he was before. Of course many players with bad injuries are never the same but i hope kd can come back next season as himself
The Warriors organization is at fault here. The doctors shouldn’t have cleared him to play, and that is why Kawhi sat out an entire season even when the team doctors told him he was cleared to play.
TDot Gang Y’all need to just shut up. The Warriors organization cleared him as well as his own doctors. It wasn’t just the warriors. Nobody tried to lie to him. If that was the case he would’ve been back after 10 days like they initially thought
Hello SAS with your garbage hot takes.
TDot Gang stop. just because you hate the warriors does not mean it’s their fault. he was humble to help knowing he wasn’t 100%. they cleared him because he was practicing and dancing before the game so everyone thought he was gonna be fine. his calf popped becuase the achilles isn’t anywhere near where it popped. it’s no ones fault it’s just destiny
Me: Wow, KD is on a tear this game
KD's Achilles: Hold my tendon
We should’ve just taken the L.... at this point you wonder if kd is even gonna be “kd” ever again :(
@DoubleDworth Re-sign him. You guys probably have the best situation for him. Cousins was starting to look good yesterday. Maybe if your organization is patient (like it sure they will be if he stays) he can recover and maybe even play again in next year’s postseason if the recovery goes perfect.
Lol he joining the raptors or the bucks
@@Doatello1991 That's what sucks right now, we don't know how good he's gonna be when he comes back... Free agency changed so much unfortunately.
@@velo5983 Who? KD? huh?
sWampY he’s saying that because he left okc because he couldnt win
KD doesn't deserve this. A torn calf is not a one month injury. They think it's a torn Achilles. This is a year of rehab. A year of his prime gone. Now he will probably take his player option and wait another year then enter free agency. I hate this so much. The warriors put kds future on the line for only 12 points. What a disgrace
Isn't kd the one who told the front office he doesn't care if anything happens he wants to and needs to go out there
@@PierceBounddo you not think that anyone who loves the game of basketball would do that. I just think that they shod have stopped him. The GM said it's his fault for not stopping him.
@@harisakhtar4197 yea that is true don't blame the warriors front office he would've forced himself to go out even if the front office said no and like you said one more year could affect his whole career and he may never be the same caliber player
@@harisakhtar4197 He said it because ultimately it is, but you can't put all the blame on one person without knowing the details.
Haris Akhtar If the warriors come back I’m not saying that the injury was worth it but those 12 points are gonna be some of the biggest ever
It’s cool to watch through these now that we know KD is still that man
Shame on Raptors Fans. Needed Danny Green and Kyle Lowry To shut them up from cheering on an Injury.
Still would like to point out that not all raptor fans cheered, I teared up today when I saw that it was an Achilles this morning, but for the ones who did I want them to know they can go straight to hell along with the Maple leafs
I think they cheered the fact he got back up and looked he was ok
Or they tried to be bad for once just for troll reasons
@@splashnskillz37 Oh please, don't make excuses.
I’m not gonna come on here and defend those assholes who did cheer when he got injured, but not every raps fan was cheering. Most fans regret cheering. The people waving bye went way too far though, that’s fucked. I think it’s fair to point out that other teams have cheered for player injuries in the past tho
closing argument so true. we spent sooo much time dissing kd and now we may have enjoying him cut short. i was looking forward to kyrie and kd in the mecca
I wish KD comes back with a speedy recovery and it sucks to see him get injury this devastating prayers for him 🙏🙏🙏
When Bob Myers said "Blame Him"
That's probably the biggest understatement that was said this Season smfh
As the president he had the power to sit him. To prevent him from even travelling with them. But he didn't. He took a chance. I don't really blame him. He took a chance and there's never a 100% chance that things will go wrong. It was probably around 50-50. Maybe a smaller chance. There were people further down that could have stopped him from playing too. But he is the head. They took a chance and now Myers regrets it because they may have costed a player the rest of their career.
I wouldn't be surprised if he found a way to come back better
If my memory serves me right, KD is retiring at around 35; he doesn't have much time left
why 35?
Dom, have you ever thought of putting your videos and topics on a podcast? I listen to a lot of hoop podcasts to work on Spotify and would love to put it in my rotation! Keep up the great work!
You missed one person in the Achilles museum, can’t forget about John wall, I’m sure he looked the same as Kobe and KD except he was in a bath robe most likely...
Oh man don’t remind bout that John wall is my favourite play :(
Daniel Buchanan and Poronzingis don’t forget about him
Nope Mang porzingis tore his acl not his achilles
Prayers out to Durant 🙏
He is the kind of player to come back from this, simply because his game is more about shooting, and is about getting to his mid range spots, and getting in rhythm, spotting up, or working the iso. Golden State can get to the playoffs, and KD can rehab, stay in shape, if he is not good enough to come back, he can decide not to risk it and negotiate for a better contract in 2020. Also, the warrior cap space would change in 2020, and they can get KD long term if they can replace draymond with a center who can spot up, defend at an average level, and work their pick and roll action. Warrior can just keep dray and Klay if KD walks and make additions to the bench.
I’ve been waiting for this video since the buzzer sounded!
the idea of kd picking up his player option never occurred to me, prayers for a speedy and healthy recovery but I don't think kd will stay in gs after the way things went this season
Poor KD, didn't deserve that
Kryziven nah he did
@@siircartiier This is a fking sport dude. No one deserves a devastating injury. I swear some ppl be rly trash smh
Itaruu nah that’s what happens when you ruin a league for years because you’re too much of a pussy to beat the team you lost too karma catches up eventually fuck Kevin Durant he’s a straight up pussy
@@siircartiier if russel westbrook tore his Achilles what would you do
Sir Cartier Petty
And Gary payton said klay should've played through his injury... prayers to KD
I mean tbh can we really clown Lowry for missing badly when I don’t even think he was expecting to take the shot
SuperMisteryMan01 it was blocked too
Draymond blocked the shot
reddit.com/r/nba/comments/bz8ilk/draymond_blocked_the_final_shot/
toronto went 1-6 fg in the final 3 minutes and gsw was 3-3 3pt
A barbershop talk on my bday, you blessed me today Dom 💪🏾💯
Happy Birthday my man.
Was waiting patiently for this
lessssss gooooooo. Consistent uploads!!!
unpopular opinion. If ever GSW manage to win this series, its value will weigh as the 2016 cavs title. It will also validates their last 3 titles and be a perfect ending for a dynasty.
This series it's bein impressive in SO MANY ways that's amazing actually:
- Kawhy just showing everyone what a beast he is
- Lowry is having a very good series, hustling in every play
- Ibaka is having an amazing series, both ways
- VanFleet is having a carrer series comming of the bench
- Durant got hurt on second round
- Thompson on game 2 of the finals, missed game 3
- Curry got his hand messed up
- Cousins got hurt last year and got hurt again in round 1
- Iguodala got hurt in the finals
- Livingston is retiring next year
- Looney got hurt in the finals
And still, they got us at least 6 games. It's amazing.
This is some Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin at Mania 13 double turn shit
The Canadians become the heel
And Kevin Durant becomes the face
The Great Wee Wee 😅
This has been an inspiring series.
RIP KD...I was one of his haters when he signed with GS...I can’t feel worse right now...what a legend
We learned 2 things :
KD haters are exposed, cuz KD got heart.
Curry haters are exposed, cuz the chef is clutch.
I was mad af, I even went to sleep mad af this was the game that should of ended everything 😂 the momentum I could feel it 😂 then the coach calls a timeout and kyle with a late turnover 🤦🏻♂️
Even as a raptors fan seeing this happen to any player is unfortunate. Hopefully he's able to bounce back from this. Honestly I don't think they should've played KD since he's obviously not ready to be on the court.
Let's be real KD will never be the same after that injury.
he's still that gut
As a Warriors fan, there is no way Toronto loses this series.
JG124 if warriors win, this will be the best 3peat of all time
I spent 10 mins after lowrys shot saying to myself
“What the fuc?
call me crazy, but i can feel the warriors winning the series
broc I already knew they would right after they hit that first 3 in game 5
They will win this series
Kerr should have just accepted the L, didn't need to potentially end the best player in the NBA's career
I can’t believe I’m actually rooting for golden state... holy fuck times have changed. What a story it would be if they won at this point...
Ben Flis i know. Entering yesterdays game I was for the raps. Now I want them to win the chip for KD because he came back when we wasnt ready
When you brought the story book thing it made me think of the times I turned off trade logic on myleague and created multiple super teams
wow... 526 likes and 0 dislikes. What a time to be a youtuber
This is such a fairytale. Durant gets an injury, as if to redeem himself for joining a stacked team, takes a pay cut to keep the team the same next year, which is now understandable, not like what Cousins did. All we need now is for GS to come back from 3-1 in the finals (please don't, we the north [even without my boy JV :( ])
Warriors organization and people and a little bit of Draymond have done wrong to kd and really messed kd up
The media and social media were on the forefront...
@@NM-ev7pu nah if KD really cared that much about the media and let the media control him he wouldn't be in Gs right now, he would have never joined the warriors or left last year. 90% of the blame goes to the Warriors dumbass organization who claim to be "lightyears" ahead of everyone else, and whatever players on that roster doubted KD, his injury, and his recovery time/effort to get back on the court. You can put a little blame on the fans and the media, but then again no player is gonna put the fans and media ahead of the rest of his career and money among other things.
Dom2k is the only channel i really like watching when it comes to these types of things, idk
Man... I'm so depressed right now... I been rocking with this man since 06 I'm only 25... My Heart is broken....
If im KD idc what people say my health comes first. He shoulda done what Kawhi did wit the Spurs
Ramz Channel fr everyone was pissed at him
BrxndxnR
1: Everyone was dogging Kawhi Leonard for sitting out the entire season. Only now when there's a case of a Superstar potentially altering the course of their career after he was prematurely cleared to play is Kawhi being given any sympathy for his actions.
2: If he did sit out, he'd be called a coward and selfish asshole for it, just like he was when he left OKC, especially if Golden State lost Game 5. Fans like to think they have no impact on how players and the NBA itself works, but that's just blatantly false.
Trey Magathan who would call him a coward? If he wasn't healthy, then he wasn't healthy. No one would take that away from him. All it is is that GSW didn't want to lose him and put him into a situation in which he would have to go back to the team.
Trey Magathan apparently the medical staff knew Durant wasn't 100% healthy. Now if they were smarter than that, they would put him onto a minutes restriction and not have him start. The Warriors were just being desperate and put a player's career in jeopardy just to lose when it's all said and done. Another thing I should say is that the Warriors medical staff is among the worst in the league. There's no reason why players keep coming back from injury when they are never 100% (Curry in 2016, Klay, Looney, Cousins and Durant this year) in addition to many of these players getting injured so much (Curry since 2012, David Lee, Durant for the last 3 years, etc.). That's something the staff needs to take care of after this season.
Steph Curry issa Bih
You kinda proved yourself wrong with that final statement about the Warriors' medical staff being the worst in the NBA. When you're making extraordinary claims such as putting a superstar's career at risk in order to advance a sinister agenda, there has to be extraordinary evidence to support the claim. Furthermore, those accused of such claims are innocent until proven guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt. The fact that there isn't any supporting evidence to assume the Warriors did this to KD on purpose as opposed to just being incompetent or desperate is enough to rule the claim as unsubstantiated, but with the Warriors' medical staff's long track record of bad decisions regarding their players' health in both preventing injuries and recovering from injuries, it's more likely than not the Warriors were either just desperate and/or shortsighted. Regardless, that Medical Staff should not be on the Warriors payroll anymore.
If the warriors come back 3-1
The warriors redeemed themselves for 2016
FIGGRO
No they don't. You can't redeem yourself for that
None of them are better than 2016 Lebron which is why they lost to him
@Lakers fan to prove them as a great dynasty, yes
@@velo5983 wrong.
@Lakers fan wrong. Stop lying.
Worst part about it is this was just as unnecessary as the boogie injury 🤦🏽♂️😤
SnAxthe grate i don’t know. He wanted to win and without him they would’ve won
Kobe’s Achilles injury didn’t exactly end his prime, it ended his already storied career. He was in his mid-30’s.
Fax
Prayers for KD 💯
Awesome videos man
I partially ruptured my achilles in July and it took me until November with 2 months of therapy to walk.... But only could walk for maybe 1-2hr before it started to pain.
I hate KD, but it’s still sad seeing him get injured and his reaction in the floor, potentially destroying his career just to win another un respected ring, i understand he wanted to help his team, but I don’t think it was worth playing that game.
You can see, Curry is (IMO) the closest and maybe wants KD the most. Not many top superstars care for each other like that.
I'd think this loss would effect Toronto, if they didn't lose game two at home and then win the next two at Golden St. Who would of thought we'd ever see the Warriors lose back to back home games in the finals.
Dom this really gonna be yo summer by dude
Kawhi is looking like a genius right now, you need to realise team doctors don’t work for you, they work for the team and they will do what’s in the team’s best interest and not you as a player. Can’t believe they let this man play and without even restricting his minutes too 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ I don’t like KD but I’m fuming right now
FJ Nemo You need to remember that kd personal doctors cleared him to play, not just golden states medical staff, kd’s own people cleared him.
I also think GS has the best med staff for this..... Demarcus looks great
Pray for KD
I have no respect for the Warriors after this
me in class rn listening to a Barbershop talk lol
Imagine still being in school
UrAverageHuman fr😂
UrAverageHuman I’m in Canada 😑
I told my gf when game started that I wouldnt be surprised if he injured himself again, he hadn't play in over a month and he did. Not a kd fan but I felt bad because that his livelihood
The worst part is the fans that cheered KD's re-injury. That is dumb. Maybe they were cheering because he came back too soon and his re-injury makes it look like he only came back to avoid his squad's loss, but still, that was absolute horse****. Unsportsmanship maxed out.
damn.... this video just changed my outlook on last night. i hadn’t thought about any of this.
This is why you don’t play when you already have a hurt Achilles
I respect him for risking his brand and health for playing and his points mattered in the end. Its unfortunate but I can’t say im surprised he went down
I had a bad feeling the moment I found out KD was playing last night he shouldn’t have been out there and because he was his career may have changed for the worst.. Moments like this is why Kawhi did what he did in San Antonio last season. You can’t trust team Doctors.....🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
All we need him out for is this next game, I’d love for him to come back
Man i got mad respect for KD at this point. I would have done the same thing if i played for a team and we down. I think he should be one of the Warrior greats after this cant even deny it now
I hope he gets better. That really sucked seeing him go down like that😞
Kd's eleven points saved the dubs last night. His 20mins mattered
MostChaos
And his Achilles' tendon somehow doesn't?
@@treymagathan847 Are you just trying to find a reason to be mad? This comment didn't have much to do with anything regarding his injury, which you dont even know my stance on, so go on with your life cause you're just talking for no reason rn
MostChaos
Only someone who's insecure about said question would write something that long and emotionally charged over a 6 word question. Now that you are on the topic of KD's injury, thoughts?
Trey Magathan if you really want to know, you can scroll down and go look for my takes on it. Not wasting my time on someone who just came out of nowhere with ridiculous statements.
MostChaos
Yeah, there's 460 comments, and I don't have 4 hours of free time, so how about you just cut the bullshit and tell me your thoughts?
KD 🙏
This will be one of the most remembered championships in NBA history just because of how bad last years was we haven’t had a competitive finals since Miami and spurs days
the NBA better not F up by not giving KD the bag. I'd hate to see him re-sign with golden state because other teams were too hesitant to sign him. KD is good enough to still come back and be close to what he is now, maybe even better.
I THINK He'll perform better than expected once he comes back from this Injury. It was his right achilles, not the dominant left one. He would still have better than average Athleticism given that his dominant left leg is still in tact. He is still 7 feet tall with guard skills. Any team would still throw him the max contract he deserves. It won't be a major setback for him.
It makes sense for the Knicks to max Kd out for like 3 years in the off season. It benefits both teams. The Knicks can tank again since Kyrie and butler are most likely not going there. It give Rj one year to develop with Knox, and since the Knicks won’t be in the playoffs there will be no pressure on Kd to come back. Then when he does comeback in the 2020-2021 season if he’s not the same player they will still have Rj and whatever rookie they get in the draft to build around. If Kd declines his option it allows the warriors to build up there bench slightly because I’m pretty sure they are already close to the cap with steph’s super max and klays looming max. Hopefully with a little more bench help it will lead to the fun 73-9 team we saw in 2016.
I don't like Kevin Durant as much as the next guy but seeing someone as good as him potentially have a career ending injury and the crowd cheering is low-key messed up
That game, no lie, was really pivotal for Golden State. But yes, I was the most scared for KD. Hoping for a swift recovery.
I think this proves KD is not soft. He knew perfectly well what are the risks for playing but still did so for the team.
If only kd waited 1 more game smh lets go raptors
Bum ass kawai fan
3:58 champions are defiant man. Defiant to the very end. Michael Jordan wanted to also go out that way as well, on his sword when somebody could defeat him in the finals
There is a video on twitter showing KD's Achilles exploding up his leg...
It was painful to watch
Liban link?
The raptors fans that celebrated Durant’s injury should burn in Hell I mean, seriously, would the Bay Area laugh if Kawhi ruined his ankle?
Answer: Hell no
lat Productions it’s not funny when anyone gets hurt especially someone like Kd but ur dumbass crowd did the same shit 2017 with pachuila
Don't know if the bay area would do this but I definitly believe the warriors minority owner would probably shove him on his way to the locker room
Probably if it meant another championship for them. There overzealous fans in every fan base. People were happy when Leonard went down 2 years ago.
The one thing that wasn’t really touched on in the video is what happens with Klay Thompson, if Durant picks up his option does that still eliminate Klay from getting the super max with GS. And if it does, does he take less to stay with GS.
Man I hope he recovered well