“I talk all the time about those guys being the founding fathers, and those guys, they need to have those conversations that are authentic, and I feel really good that, given the outcome, that they had time together one more time as teammates”. It was organic, it was authentic, it was real. The Thunder lost to the Warriors this season in the conference finals, with Golden State rallying from a 3-1 series deficit.
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The Warriors formally announced the signing of the six-time All-Star selection on Thursday and introduced him with fanfare during a news conference at the team’s downtown Oakland practice facility, where screens read, “WELCOME KD TO DUB NATION”.
So, what’s next? Seventy-four wins and a title?
Presti said Durant called him to inform him of his decision before it was posted on The Players’ Tribune.
As we anticipate the 2016-2017 campaign, here’s five teams in the west who can give Golden State a run for their money. “We don’t want to limit ourselves”. Normally you would expect some regression after such a dominating season, but after adding Durant, it’s hard to imagine the Warriors slipping at all.
“The intention wasn’t that in this system that teams could sign, without going above the tax, that many max player contracts and that many All-Stars”, Silver said during All- Star weekend in Toronto.
Of Warriors assistant coach and former member of the Thunder staff Ron Adams, he said, “Ron Adams was the only reason I came”.
SAN FRANCISCO-Kevin Durant’s announcement that he will leave Oklahoma City to join the Golden State Warriors, a blockbuster move that could shape the NBA’s future, reverberated around the league on Tuesday.
The Warriors say they sold 1,000 Durant jerseys within two hours of posting them for sale online.
Not that Durant plans to skip town after one season. Vegas odds now have the Warriors as a 4-5 favorite to win next year’s championships. “I’ve admired Kevin as a basketball fan….”
Plus, Durant is a better player out of the pick and roll – when he isn’t asked to pass the ball.
The primary mandate I had for myself in making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player – as that has always steered me in the right direction. “It’s a wonderful feeling”.
I believe Durant was committed to helping the Thunder beat the Warriors the playoffs. “No better place to do it than here”.
“You know, we had great years, something that you’ll never take away from us”, Durant said.
“I know I haven’t changed as a person”, Durant said.
“We live in this superhero comic book world where either you’re a villain or a superhero. I’m sure he wasn’t happy about the decision, but he respected it as my friend”.
I will miss Oklahoma City, and the role I have had in building this remarkable team.
“I can’t control [the criticism]”.
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Durant will play on the Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro with Green and Thompson. I went back and forth two or three days.
