And Durant looked pretty happy, didn’t he Bob?
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Curry opted not to participate on the national team as he recovers from a knee injury suffered in the playoffs.
Because of the savvy work by the Warriors, they were able to have enough money to land Durant to go with Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.
Nevertheless, Green’s aggressiveness starting July 1 clearly worked, even if it wasn’t the main motivating factor in Durant signing with Golden State.
Considering the U.S.is coming off two powerful displays against China and Argentina, a 111-74 blowout with Durant netting 23 points, head coach Mike Krzyzewski will undoubtedly continue to tinker with his lineup and see who will start the Olympics group opener on August 6 against China yet again. As Warriors players are wont to do, Durant then threw his hands up in celebration, played with the crowd, and began running the other way before the shot went up, assuming it would go in. “They’re being great team-mates already”.
Between the shorter three-point line and being surrounded by superstar teammates, Carmelo Anthony has always dominated FIBA play. I mean just imagine how insane that would make things.
Durant scored twice within the first 30 seconds, sending the crowd into a frenzy. PG used his defense to get a little offense going, finishing with a pair of three-pointers for six points, two assists and a highlight block. All this chemistry-building with Green and Thompson helps for now; Curry will come along in due time.
“I can’t wait, I can’t wait”, Durant said. I appreciate all the basketball fans that enjoyed us playing. He has no super ego. The first time America’s professional athletes played in the games. Now teams need to keep pace with the Warriors star-studded lineup and new super team. Below are the highlights of the second USA-China game. Wang Zhelin, tabbed by the Memphis Grizzlies, added eight points and two steals. We definitely want to win a gold medal.
Information on tickets to this evening’s game can be found online here. Durant is known to be very aware of everything being said about him or written about him, so while he’s probably 100% confident that he made the right choice by leaving, it’s hard to believe the backlash and hate hasn’t gotten to him in some way.
You know it’s an exhibition game when something off the court stirs a crowd reaction more feverish than anything on the court.
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And he seems to really mean it.
