They shouldn’t have asked for Durant, I believe the Warriors would have gotten revenge the very next year without him. 3-1 lead, and the refs had to be BS for the momentum to swing. Sure, the pressure and the lights got too bright but the Warriors were still provenly nigh-unbeatable without Durant.
The League would’ve been far more competitive if KD stayed with OKC or went to a different team
Like you say the Warriors would’ve gotten revenge but who’s to say they even would’ve made it back to the Finals
That isn’t downplaying Curry I think people really forget how much of a bloodbath the West was at the time
KD’s Thunder and Harden’s Rockets were legitimate championship contenders every season
Hell, KD and Russ choked away a 3-1 lead to the Warriors in the conference finals
Nobody could really say what would’ve happened next. Thats why the KD trade is imo probably the event that affected the NBA the most in the last 20 ish years. Literally everything changed because of it
KD is either ringless or gets 1 with Russ if he’s lucky, Harden and CP3 could have a ring (assuming the trade for CP3 still happens), the Brooklyn Big 3 probably never happens, Lebron could have more
or less rings, etc