33anda3rd wrote:
So I wonder, for the anti-KD's career choice crowd. How about now? He's just had an injury that Kobe, Dominique, Boogie, others have not fully come back from. Not sure I can name an NBA player who has ruptured an achilles and got back to full speed. Virtually impossible if you're 30+ and 7 feet. He had 2.9 seasons in GS. He got two rings, something people like Barkley and Malone and Ewing never got, plus two Finals MVPs. He's literally done it all, but he did have to go to GS to do it all. But if he never comes back from this achilles he can still say "I accomplished everything you can accomplish. Titles, MVP, Finals MVP, scoring titles, everything."
Can you still begrudge him his decision?
Also: How awful are the Toronto fans who cheered his injury? Would that happen in any other arena, including Philadelphia?
KD is a better player than Barkley and Ewing and Malone were. I don't rate him any higher because he jumped on board a championship team in the prime of his career, though.
He has a ring. If it makes him happy, then that's between him and his conscience. I still think that what he did shows something about his competitive spirit.
That being said, I hate that this happened NOW. I truly wanted to see what he could do under different circumstances, and I think the league will be less fun without him next year.