My Next Chapter

My Next Chapter

Part of a series on Kevin Durant. [View Related Entries]

Updated Feb 17, 2017 at 02:48PM EST by Adam.

Added Feb 16, 2017 at 09:24PM EST by KBAREY.

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About

My Next Chapter is a meme related to Kevin Durant, a basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, that is popular on the NBA subreddit on reddit, /r/nba. When the Golden State Warriors lose a game, a user will photoshop a picture of Kevin Durant so that his shirt has a logo of the team the Warriors just lost to on it – implying that he will join them because he lost to them.

Origin

In the 2016 Western Conference Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Warriors in seven games after blowing a 3-1 series lead (right before the Warriors would infamously do the same). On July 4th, 2016, after becoming an unrestricted free agent, Kevin Durant announced via an article entitled My Next Chapter[1] in The Players' Tribune that he was joining the Golden State Warriors after having spent his entire previous career with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The move was criticized by NBA fans, players, and commentators, as the Golden State Warriors were already the best team in the NBA and had just broken the regular season win record the previous year by going 73-9. This lead many to believe Durant signed with the Warriors because they were the easiest team for him to be a part of in order to win a championship.

Spread

After the 2016-17 regular season began, users on /r/nba began posting photoshopped versions of Kevin Durant's picture from the "My Next Chapter" article every time the Warriors lost a game, using the logo of the winning team. These comments are highly upvoted and the meme is considered a staple of /r/nba.

Various Examples


Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (23-6) defeat the Golden State Warriors (27-5) in a highly anticipated Finals rematch on Christmas Day, 109-108 (self.nba) 7028 submitted 1 month ago (last edited 1 month ago) by EvanH98 4034 comments source share save hide give gold report hide all child comments sorted by: top ▼ navigate by: submitter moderator friend me admin highlighted gilded IAmA images videos popular new you are viewing a single comment's thread. view the rest of the comments → [-] foxsleftear 5888 points 1 month ago https://i.imgur.com/60Kmj58h.jpg] THEPLAYERS TRIBUNE My Next Chapter KEVIN DURANT permalink source embed save saved-RES report give gold reply hide child comments [Post Game Thread] The Miami Heat (15-30) upset the Golden State Warriors (38-7) 105-102, behind Dion Waiter's monstrous 33 pt game and clutch 3 (self.nba) 3120 submitted 23 days ago * (last edited 23 days ago) by Aim jimmcdermont [+1] 879 comments source share save hide give gold report hide all child comments sorted by: top ▼ navigate by: submitter moderator friend me admin highlighted gilded IAmA images videos popular new you are viewing a single comment's thread. view the rest of the comments → 77T7。[+1] 1042 points 23 days ago http://imgur.com/a/AAu1w(1] THEPLAYERS TRIBUNE My Next Chapter KEVIN DURANT permalink source embed save saved-RES report give gold reply hide child comments [Post Game Thread] The Sacramento Kings (20-31) beat the Golden State Warriors (43-8), 109-106 (self.nba) 5007 submitted 11 days ago *(last edited 11 days ago) by IncoherentAndDumb。[+41 1024 comments source share save hide give gold report hide all child comments sorted by: top ▼ navigate by: submitter moderator friend me admin highlighted gilded IAmA images videos popular new you are viewing a single comment's thread. view the rest of the comments → foxsleftear 2387 points 11 days ago http://i.imgur.com/CpOshYJ.png[11 THEPLAYERS TRIBUNE My Next Chapter KEVIN DURANT SACRAMENTO KINGS permalink source embed save saved-RES report give gold reply hide child comments THEPLAYERS TRIBUNE San Antonio, My Next Chapter KEVIN DURANT RT @DailySnark: WHO MADE THIS THEPLAYERS TRIBUNE My Next Chapter TRUMP PEN C E KEVIN DURANT 2016 KEVIN DURANT AFTER LOSING TREBUNERS TRIBUNE @NBAMEMES My Next Chapter KEVIN DURANT TO THE GRIZZLIES BE LIKE Typical KD... WarriorsNation GrizzliesNation kevindurant goldenstatewarriors memphisgrizzlies

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[1] The Players Tribune – My Next Chapter

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