A lot of people still talk about the classic Oklahoma City Thunder team from the early 2010s.
The group found a lot of success but still fell short of ultimate greatness and they never won the NBA Finals.
But the power on that team was incredible: Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Serge Ibaka all in their youthful prime.
You would have thought this team would have been winning rings left and right.
Serge really the first one of these 4 to win a ring😭 pic.twitter.com/wvdTywq9HA
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) September 13, 2022
Eventually, both Durant and Ibaka would win championship rings, with Durant claiming two during his time with the Golden State Warriors while Ibaka would get his while playing for the Toronto Raptors.
Yet, there are still some who poke fun at Durant and suggest that he still hasn’t won the Finals.
A tweet from NBA Memes proves that a group of NBA followers feel that Durant’s ring wasn’t earned.
Why is that?
The Durant Debacle
The truth is that some people continue to hold a grudge against Durant because he left the Thunder for the Warriors after Golden State pushed Oklahoma City out of the playoffs.
The Warriors were already arguably the best team in the league and had won a Finals recently – the addition of Durant only made them better.
Some would say it made them unstoppable.
To this day, people make jokes about Durant’s two Finals victories and call him a “ring chaser” but the bottom line is that he is a two-time champion no matter what.
However, there are those who won’t be satisfied with his greatness until he makes it back to the Finals without the star power of the Warriors.
Durant has been trying to get back to the championship since leaving the Warriors and has been attempting to silence his critics for years.
He will try again in the new season so the jokes will finally be ended.
