The Warriors put up a large sign welcoming Durant at Oracle Arena.
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The backlash Durant received was inevitable, but Pratt said his son’s decision showed how he has grown. That includes one quote from Kerry. On the flip side, regardless of how the fans are reacting, Kevin Durant seems to have truly made a decision based on his progression as a player.
Durant says this is “the hardest road”, not the easiest to a championship.
“I talked to him”. The relationship is great.
Yes it will likely take away from the high level of competitive excitement we saw in the western conference playoffs this year, but it makes for an even better storyline in the championship. “I would love to go back in my day and hey, let me call Michael Jordan and Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and let’s just dominate the National Basketball Association”. However, it isn’t all happy goodbyes for the forward from the Thunder as there have been reports of money and Russell Westbrook affecting his decision.
Curry helped the Golden State Warriors acquire four-time scoring champion and MVP Kevin Durant, a decision that has sent shock waves across the world of basketball. Durant doesn’t agree with that.
On taking the easy way out: “Nothing in this league is easy”. There are no shortcuts.
Some people might ask if Draymond Green – who played brilliantly in the Game 7 loss but was also prone to moments of idiocy and on-court kicks to other players’ groins during the play-offs – might think of leaving. I don’t know anybody here. I’ve never lived in this community, don’t know anybody here. I’m out of my comfort zone.
“Hopefully he understands”, Durant said.
Durant: “I went back and forth for two or three days”.
Of course, some Thunder fans set fire to their Durant jerseys.
On when he made the decision… It would be hard – I had to focus on me. That look of “I’m excited to start this new chapter of my life” seem to glow brighter after every word.
In 2010, Durant became friends with Curry and Iguodala while they were teammates on the U.S. world championship squad. Tears were shed, but it was the journey for me. I trusted my gut and I trusted my instincts.
“You never expect to get this much better”, general manager Bob Myers said. To Leandro Barbosa, Brandon Rush and Festus Ezeli.
Bodog lists Durant’s new team at -140 to win the NBA Championship. The two players now head into the 2016-17 season in different directions.
The press conference ended on Kerr’s statement.
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Durant’s career, if he went to the Warriors. I knew that was apart of this whole deal, that’s just the life we live. (Curry is) the face of the National Basketball Association in a lot of peoples’ eyes, and (he) wanted to see if he really would embrace me as a player, as a person.
