Basketball season doesn’t begin until October, but Oracle Arena is back in action Tuesday night and the newest Warrior Kevin Durant will be playing.
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One of the most exciting sporting events, the 2016 Summer Olympics, is right around the corner and three Golden State Warriors will represent the United States.
“He won’t get booed on Tuesday”, Myers said dryly.
The play of DeMarcus Cousins made it a pretty easy decision to rest George in the second half of the blowout as Cousins had 21 points and 11 rebounds in 19 minutes. He joked around with Kyle Lowry during warmups and was seen laughing with new team-mate Stephen Curry, the reigning MVP who opted out of the Olympic team to fully recover from injuries and took in the exhibition from courtside. And the crowd got even rowdier when the arena saw Curry sitting with Golden State team-mate Andre Iguodala.
“KD” received a thunderous ovation during the pre-game introductions – the cheers reverberating even longer than those for established Warriors stars Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. I heard something come out where they said Kevin Durant and Draymond were talking during the playoffs. “Once you’ve seen someone after one day, you know what they bring”. I mean just imagine how insane that would make things.
To the great joy of the Oracle crowd and Durant’s new teammates.
With Kevin Durant’s joining the Golden State Warriors, the team now includes four All-Stars players. “And if we were talking, we were, but I have no reason to come out and lie and say, ‘No, I wasn’t talking to K.D.’ Because if I was, can’t nobody do anything about it”. He has no super ego. (Clipper) DeAndre Jordan is such a good player.
Green says “of course” he talked to Durant before July 1 (the date that National Basketball Association teams are officially allowed to start recruiting players) since they’re both on the Olympic team.
The United States asserted its dominance from the outset, racing out to a 31-15 lead and then allowing the Chinese squad to score just nine points in the second quarter in taking a 53-24 halftime lead.
Although it was just another exhibition game for Team USA, they once again showed their class over their opponents.
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Because a gold medal is going to be the only acceptable outcome for Team USA. Durant will likely find the most appropriate spot for himself depending on how close he wants to live to any of the teammates. “We won a championship with him and saw his career here, so I was really happy about that”. “But I think everything does happen for a reason”.
