Retiring Kevin Durant’s No.35 is a straight up hustle because boyz feel bad about his injury! “Simply Saving Face”

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One of the greatest things about growing up in the hood is that you develop the sixth sense of being able to spot a hustle getting out of the car down the street at midnight with a hoodie on. Folks can’t run game on you and get away with it. On Monday Golden State Warriors co-chairman and CEO Joe Lacob announced that no one would ever wear the No. 35 again.

Ole boy issued a statement full of game. It went on to say, “Today, as he starts a new chapter in his incredible career, we thank KD for all of his contributions, for being an integral part to one of the most prolific runs in NBA history and wish him well as he continues his Hall of Fame journey. As long as I am Co-Chairman of this team, no player will ever wear #35 for the Warriors again.”

Really bruh? Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Boyz around the organization are feeling bad about how they doubted KD’s injury knowing that the dun was mad insecure. They used that insecurity to push him out of the floor to try to win another championship and it backfired on them. KD ran out there in Game 5 of the Finals to try to prove a point and ruptured his Achilles.

Keep in mind that Durant left the arena before the game was even over and that their GM, Bob Myers, showed up at the post-game press conference in tears. My hood instincts tell me that KD cursed him up one wall and down the other before walking out of the arena. Part of that was telling them that he wasn’t going to re-sign with them. That’s why he was crying.

They didn’t give two dead flies smashed about KD’s health at the time because if they did he wouldn’t have been on the floor in a uniform trying to play on a bum leg. That’s period, point blank playa!

Now that he’s dipped to Brooklyn they’re trying to save face and it’s a corny move at best because all of the real hustlers out here know that they’re full of crap and that’s the edited version. Stop me when I start lyin’!

Playas Thesaurus: 

1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.

2) Ole Boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talking about

3) Dipped: verb – to leave, past tense.