2nd Round(2013): THUNDER(1) vs GRIZZLIES(5)

[_Steve_]

I wonder what will happen if Andrew and Jao's jinx went against each other, who's stronger.

Either benji shows up with some hard facts or we have to determine the result by the aid of one of Novu's polls...

[shadowgrin]

So we're gonna get intellectually molested either way.

[Andrew]

I think we let our powers combine on this one.

[shadowgrin]

Captain Planet!

[benji]

Durant just doesn't have what it takes to be a champion:

That view is very different from the one Kobe Bryant offered up when he was 32, when he said any season that didn't result in an NBA championship was "a wasted year of my life." Bryant spoke in 2011 after the Lakers were swept from the playoffs by the Mavericks.

"Nothing's ever a wasted year for me. It's basketball. I've grown so much as a man since the beginning of the season. I've grown so much as a leader. Nothing is ever wasted," the 24-year-old Durant said.

"Of course, the ultimate goal in this league is to win a championship. But I'm never going to say I wasted a year. I'm blessed to even wake up and do something I love every day. So it's never wasted."

Don't like that answer?

"I don't give a damn," Durant said firmly. "I'm going to be who I'm going to be. I'm not Kobe Bryant. I'm not Michael Jordan. I'm not LeBron James. I'm not Magic Johnson. I'm me. I'm not going to ever compromise myself, my integrity and what I believe in for winning some basketball games and winning a championship. That's just not how I was brought up.

"I'm always going to fight for this game I love. I'm going to claw until the last buzzer sounds. And if that's after a championship then, of course, I'll be happy. I'm not satisfied just being in this league and losing. I'm going to work as hard as I can to try to get to that mountaintop. I enjoy playing the game. I enjoy being here. But I'm never going to come out to the media and say we wasted a year because we lost a championship. Like I said, I don't have to be Kobe Bryant."

Sounds a lot like LeBron before he wised up, manned up and listened to Skip Bayless about how to become legit in this league.

[shadowgrin]

I told you guys before that Durant is a choker, like his buddy LeBron.