When KD instantly went from beloved to absolutely hated.

Birth of the second greatest nba meme.

Can’t imagine the butterfly effect to the entire league if he literally goes anywhere else that summer

Holy fuck time is flying

I remember seeing a Facebook post and I thought it was fake lmao. I was just thinking ain’t no way he joined them after losing to them. Then I immediately put him on golden state on 2K.

The day KD ruined his legacy.

Biggest thing to happen on this date in the history of this country.

How he didn’t expect the fans to turn on him when he did this is beyond me. Did he seriously think we were going to celebrate and respect that?

He still defending it to this day

Just as crazy is realizing that he thinks they were underdogs before he joined them.

Dude ruined my whole 4th of July, Went into depression after blowing a 3-1 lead to the 73 win team and then KD packing his bag up and going to that very same team a month later, was brutal

Every time I see a picture of KD, I know that time travel isn’t possible because I’d be there telling him to stay the fuck away from Phoenix.

genuinely ruined me, i wanted him to come here so bad. we had his former coach, he’s from the dmv, wall and beal were promising, and we had the cap space. plus he could go at Bron in the East rather than having to go through the already stacked west

but no, he decided to strengthen the west team that needed the least help from a generational MVP scorer but eliminated their biggest West threat (okc, who were the first team to figure out how to consistently beat gsw even tho they blew the lead) in the process

never forget KD thought the 140-24 offensive juggernaut warriors a game away from repeating were the same as the mark jackson-david lee post up iso baby warriors that were, by his own admission, “underdogs” and “an up and coming team”

Ruined what could’ve been one of the sports greatest rivalries

OKC got nothing for him. Not even a S&T

This was like 15 Jaylen Brown/colonoscopies

One of the biggest bitch moves in sports history.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a player lose the respect of the entire nation in an instant for any reason like KD did that day.
Charmin soft

Before he did this, Nike literally had a marketing campaign called “KD is not nice” because people thought Durant was too nice to win a chip.

I was sitting on a la fitness bench when this happened. WHERE WERE YOU?!

People on Reddit will never understand how loved KD was by basketball fans before this move. He was the best player in the world that pretty much nobody had anything bad to say about.

Is this the main cause of the second apron being implemented?

Happy Cupcake Day!

Biggest loser move in NBA history.

Whole time it was probably his best move.

Because of this decision KD’s legacy compared to his talent will be jarring to look at when hindsight hits

I was at the lake breaking into a cold cooler full of beers. It ruined the day I was so sad. But fuck KD

Good times

lebron to knicks would be the funniest thing

“Fuck KD” by lil b was on major repeat for that entire summer

(Ironically lil b is from the bay and lifted his curse after KD joined the warriors)

I was working at a summer camp in Upstate New York when this news broke. We had morning announcements where someone would read important sports news because there was no service; this news was absolutely crazy lol. I was hyped as a Warriors fan

I was at a barbecue with my phone dying when this was announced. Needless to say, i regretted not charging my phone the night before. Had to wait hours before I could really dive into the reactions.

He absolutely ruined my 4th, but I’m over it now

KD is probably in here on his burner getting ready to roast some of you lol

The reddit thread from 10 years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4r7qdh/my_next_chapter_by_kevin_durant/?share_id=6K_yBzXELJ0c67diiOnHP&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

The hardest road, whatevuh happened there

Ah, the moment he became a bus rider and had to try and follow Lebron’s legacy of the easiest roads.

You just had to be there. Insane timeline.

“The Hardest Road” 😂💀

Man, I was in basic training when this happened. Got out to discover KD on the Warriors and Rose on the fucking Knicks, lol.

Biggest heel turn since Hulk Hogan joined the NWO

Now we have LeRingchase

What a great day :)

The easiest road, which was claimed to be the hardest. Never gets old.

The greatest team in nba history - nobody was beating the 16-17 warriors in a 7 game series

I remember being the one to break the news to my friend who was a thunder fan at a 4th of July party. Time flies

Because the drag out wasn’t enough, he needed the whole holiday to be about him. Then Russ actually got a holiday lol

I am a titans and thunder fan. July 4th is legit cursed between Steve McNair and Kevin Durant

picture doesn’t even feel real anymore i’ve seen it so many times since this day for so many edits lmao

I can’t believe it’s been ten years

I was in LA when this news came out; twitter went CRAZY that day what a time to be alive

This shit ruined my birthday party

This sub loves to trash cheap owners, but people are still salty about KD telling the franchise that chose Kendrick Perkins over James Harden to kick rocks

The hardest road.

This was one of those, “where were you when this happened moments”. This was the summer I was graduating high school and my dad got me a KD jersey as a birthday gift. Shit you not, a day later the news broke that KD went to GSW…devastated was an understatement.

I thought Brady and Kelly Olynyk would get the job done 🕊️

Some of the best days ever! Loved everything about the 4th of July even more since KD joined the dubs 

People just don’t understand the sacrifice KD made taking the hardest road joining an up and coming underdog squad like those Steph/Klay/Dray Warriors.

/s

The servant

genuinely do not remember anything about basketball from those three years outside of the finals

Maybe the craziest day ive ever seen in NBA history, was inconceivable

Crazy how one article ended up becoming one of the biggest turning points in modern NBA history.

Happy Cup Cake Day everybody!!

What a terrible day it was.

At a glance, I briefly interpreted this as breaking news, like “Kevin Durant announces his intention to join the Warriors.” 😂

Damn, that means Demarcus Cousins stopped being a star player almost 10 years ago.

Imagine if he chose the Celtics. Weird alternative timeline.

He had me thinking he was going to the clippers back then, especially when he was “blown away” by their presentation. I forgave him after he finally left the warriors because joining them left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth