Obviously everyone hated him for going to GSW, but it did net him 2 rings and 2 FMVPs. At that point, his legacy was sure to be “he’ll be remembered as the guy who left his team to the one that beat them and thats it” etc… Well that was now 6 years ago, and while people are never not going to say it wasn’t a bitch move, those same people likely have far better opinions of him today as “just a guy that wants to hoop, he’s a hooper, mannnn”. I’d say he’s completely changed his public perception and now, being far more reflective about his career, people (including myself) just seem happy to have been able to watch the guy play and hope we can continue to do so.

In the NBA, there’s no guarantees and it’s impossible to say he would’ve won a ring if he stayed in OKC. It’s impossible to say what would’ve happened at all.

What we do know, is with another olympic medal (4 golds) and 2 NBA championships with the FMVPs to go with it, he’ll go down as one of the greatest players in history. At the end of the day, he has 2 rings on his resume and hasn’t won anything else since leaving GSW.

I’d argue, if you do a retrospective look at his career, going to GSW was the best thing he decided to do. Not because of what he could have done with OKC (which is all speculation) but because of how he dealt with the criticism after the fact, and still won those rings.

I’m mainly curious to hear about what the public opinion of KD is today and where his legacy is headed.