How will that translate to the video game?Game developers told Forbes in February that they couldn’t accurately translate point guard Stephen Curry’s shooting into the game because of his anywhere-in-the-gym range.Now, the Dubs get another sharpshooter in Durant.
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But having an absurd amount of star power shouldn’t make the Warriors the “villain”, at least according to their head coach.
But back in reality, Kerr knows that it’s the narrative that will play out, as his team appeared to fall out of favor with league’s non-Warriors fan base in 2016 and only got stronger by adding the 2014 MVP in Durant, whose Thunder fell to Golden State in seven games in the 2016 Western Conference Finals. He’s just an awesome human being.
“To think of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry or any of our guys as villains, it’s kind of absurd”, Kerr said.
A meme? Durant didn’t do it because of a meme, but the whole culture of judging great players first and foremost for the numbers of championships they have in a team sport instead of their individual achievements and stats, pushed Durant away from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Warriors.
Kerr thinks that is a bunch of bologna, too.
“Circumstances kind of dictate, I guess, that some people are going to see him as a villain”, Kerr said. I want to win and have a fun time every game we play.
Despite the absence of LeBron James and Steph Curry, the American team is once again packed with some of the NBA’s biggest names, including Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving.
Also, the Warriors have a guy who unapologetically loves to kick other guys in the testicles. “Seeing those guys in NY, he loved seeing the chemistry that exists and he wanted to be a part of it”.
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Of course Kerr is going to claim KD isn’t a villain. We don’t want him to change. Many view professional athletes as characters in an elaborate plot, so in that sense, it’s easy to loathe Durant for nothing more than switching team.
