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:o Does this make them the favs heading into next season?
Kevin Durant is joining the Golden State Warriors.
Saying it has been "by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life," Durant announced his decision Monday in a post on The Players' Tribune.
He is expected to sign a two-year, $54.3 million contract, sources told ESPN's Marc Stein. The deal would include a player option after the first year.
"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," Durant wrote. "But I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth.
"With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors."
The contract can be finalized July 7, when a leaguewide moratorium is lifted on signings and trades.
With Durant's decision, the Warriors are unlikely to match the reported four-year, $95 million offer sheet that Harrison Barnes agreed to with the Dallas Mavericks.
The 27-year-old Durant has spent all nine seasons of his career with the Thunder organization. He won the MVP in 2014, has been named first-team All-NBA five times and has made seven All-Star teams. He has appeared in four Western Conference finals and one NBA Finals, losing in five games to the Heat in 2012.
Durant bounced back last season to earn second-team All-NBA honors after undergoing three surgeries on his right foot to repair a Jones fracture suffered prior to the 2014-15 season, when he was limited to 27 games before undergoing a season-ending bone graft procedure in March. Without Durant, the Thunder missed the postseason.
With him back for 72 games last season, the Thunder improved to 55-27 and finished third in the West. The Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the opening round, upset the 67-win Spurs in six games in the second round and pushed the Warriors to seven games in the Western Conference finals.
Durant averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists last season, and he scored at least 20 points in 67 straight games.
In nine seasons, Durant is averaging 27.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
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No way.
Jerry West talked him into signing. Lakers should have never let him leave....
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He wants a ring. And that bald spot is getting bigger. Fcks with a man's mind.
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damn,
The stench of kobe's rotting body still a major issue with NBA players
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No way.
Jerry West talked him into signing. Lakers should have never let him leave....
KD wants a title & the Lakers are no where close to being a title contender. They're still in the rebuilding phase.
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Let me be the first to say it...
75 wins?
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KD wants a title & the Lakers are no where close to being a title contender. They're still in the rebuilding phase.
then he should of gone to the Cavs
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Ayesha Curry twitter meltdown about her husband still being the man on this team no matter what in 3......2......1
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Russell Westbrook loves the move
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GS lost because of shitty defense. All they needed was a defensive center. Durant is great but not the key to why GS lost to the cavs.
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GS lost because of shitty defense. All they needed was a defensive center. Durant is great but not the key to why GS lost to the cavs.
They lost because they didn't have a player to take over in 4th quarter grind it down playoff ball, Durant lost because he couldn't do this in games 5-7, so did the Warriors, it isn't a lock for a championship next year.See the Payton, Kobe, Malone Shaq Lakers, who were not as good as the Kobe/Shaq Lakers, there's only ever one ball on the court.
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Fucking Celtics get boned again.
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GS lost because of shitty defense. All they needed was a defensive center. Durant is great but not the key to why GS lost to the cavs.
they lost because they lived by the 3, died by the 3, and got tired because they didn't cruise the last 3 weeks before the playoffs.
A fresh Durant lighting shit up in the 4th quarter of game 7, and yes, GSW (who I hate) win the series
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Fucking Celtics get boned again.
nobody gives a shit about the East
The NBA is all about the West vs Lebron James
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I wonder who the Thunder are going to try to trade for now??
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damn,
The stench of kobe's rotting body still a major issue with NBA players
LOL Durant literally jumping on the bandwagon.
Stephen A Smytherson twitter:
Don't give a damn what anyone says: weak move by KD. You go to GSW, the team who beat you, when you're already on a title contender? Please!
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Stephen A Smith has looked like shit a lot this past year. Who was the player he was threatening, after the player said SAS was completely full of shit on a story?
Time for ESPN to let him go to fox or wherever.
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Stephen A Smith has looked like shit a lot this past year. Who was the player he was threatening, after the player said SAS was completely full of shit on a story?
Time for ESPN to let him go to fox or wherever.
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KD wants a title & the Lakers are no where close to being a title contender. They're still in the rebuilding phase.
I meant the Lakers should have never let West leave their organization. I f he was still there Durant (and who knows who else) would be a Laker. West rebuilt and made the Grizzles a contender and he convinces the GS brain trust not to include Thompson in the proposed trade for Kevin Love. West told Durant that coming to GS would allow his whole game to be appreciated so he wasn't seen as just a scorer.
KD was so close in OKC, I'm surprised he's leaving but he's given them plenty of opportunity to improve the team. Good for him. GSW on 2k will be even sweeter this year.
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It didn't take a rocket scientist to see Durant was annoyed as piss by Westbrook's silly shit all year, and was unhappy there. Durant already said he was testing the FA market next year.
SaSmith looks like a douche. He was totally wrong about Durant going to lakers.
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Stephen A Smith has looked like shit a lot this past year. Who was the player he was threatening, after the player said SAS was completely full of shit on a story?
Time for ESPN to let him go to fox or wherever.
durant That's why I posted the tweet. A little while ago, my wife asked me if he was insane and it was something that wasn't even related to Ayesha Curry's fall from grace.
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LOL Durant literally jumping on the bandwagon.
Stephen A Smytherson twitter:
Stephen wasn't saying this about Lebron going to Miami was he? Im tired of his nonsense
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I meant the Lakers should have never let West leave their organization. I f he was still there Durant (and who knows who else) would be a Laker. West rebuilt and made the Grizzles a contender and he convinces the GS brain trust not to include Thompson in the proposed trade for Kevin Love. West told Durant that coming to GS would allow his whole game to be appreciated so he wasn't seen as just a scorer.
KD was so close in OKC, I'm surprised he's leaving but he's given them plenty of opportunity to improve the team. Good for him. GSW on 2k will be even sweeter this year.
Ok I gotcha. Yeah, West is an excellent recruiter.
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Stephen wasn't saying this about Lebron going to Miami was he? Im tired of his nonsense
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Wow. Never thought he'd go to GS. Anyway, congrats. What an sick team GS will be. 70 games next year and the clear favorites to be the champs. Damn.
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Durant was never happy OKC let a star in the making in Harden just walk away. Harden on that team may have meant at least 1 championship by now.
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Durant was never happy OKC let a star in the making in Harden just walk away. Harden on that team may have meant at least 1 championship by now.
Goodness. Maybe two. That team was amazing and they were barely figuring it out.
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Pussy ass bitch, lamest shit since lebron went to the heat just to get a ring.
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Super excited to see this team.
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Are they burning Durant jerseys in OKC yet?
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Russell Westbrook loves the move
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without durant he'll be the scoring leader again if he stays healthy=more money when he's a free agent.
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Are they burning Durant jerseys in OKC yet?
Yep
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Are they burning Durant jerseys in OKC yet?
Only morons burn something they paid their hard earned money for out of anger.
Idiots.
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He wants a ring and I would have more respect for him (which right now is none) if he just said that.
We will see how it works out. Sometimes you can have to many cooks in the kitchen and I can't see Curry not wanting to be "the man".
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He wants a ring and I would have more respect for him (which right now is none) if he just said that.
We will see how it works out. Sometimes you can have to many cooks in the kitchen and I can't see Curry not wanting to be "the man".
Well, Curry has had no problem letting Klay Thompson take over when it was needed
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Their offense will be insane but it still does shut to help their defense that allowed Lebron and Irving to score 41 each in a close out game for the championship.
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Only morons burn something they paid their hard earned money for out of anger.
Idiots.
especially when he'll leave for 2 years, get a ring, then probably return to OKC.
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He wants a ring and I would have more respect for him (which right now is none) if he just said that.
Why would that make a difference? He's entitled to have more than one reason and in his statement he came as close as possible without saying "i'm taking my talents to ca for a ring". Like him or hate him, he's leaving with a modicum of class. (And, honestly, part of me does see this as kind of classless, but realistically, he should put himself and his legacy first.)
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especially when he'll leave for 2 years, get a ring, then probably return to OKC.
You really think that'll be the case? Lebron returned to his hometown, all his homies are on his payroll. He's famous everywhere, but it does not compare to how he's viewed in Ohio. And how much they hated him when he left. You think Durant will have the same incentive to return?
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Why would that make a difference? He's entitled to have more than one reason and in his statement he came as close as possible without saying "i'm taking my talents to ca for a ring". Like him or hate him, he's leaving with a modicum of class. (And, honestly, part of me does see this as kind of classless, but realistically, he should put himself and his legacy first.)
I'm just bitter because I wanted him to come to Boston.
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You really think that'll be the case? Lebron returned to his hometown, all his homies are on his payroll. He's famous everywhere, but it does not compare to how he's viewed in Ohio. And how much they hated him when he left. You think Durant will have the same incentive to return?
guys who play for 4-5 teams look like shit in the long term.
and who knows what girlfriends, buddies, businesses, etc, that he has going in the OKC area now. Maybe even his hair restoration doctor.
I'm just saying, in 2 years, if he leaves GS with a ring (or likely 2 lol), I can see him returning to OKC if he's pushing 30, has a chick or a few kids in OKC, and it's just easy and close.
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He has no allegiance to OKC. Seattle picked him and then the franchise moved to OKC. No one, fucking no one has ever said " when I'm older I want to play in OKC". Don't forget this is not the first time he flirted with leaving. He almost left 4-5 years ago when he was a free agent. He already gave the team a second chance and instead of luring in a big name they let one go and brought in scrub players. I don't blame him. He's smart. He signed a 1 year deal. If he hates it in GS he'll still have 30 options next year with a max deal. He owes OKC fuck all. If anything they owe him for making them relevant.
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hold your horses, motherfckers....they haven't played their first game yet, don't crown Golden states already.....how did it worked out for the Spurs with lamarcus aldridge and a 67 regular season games?
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He has no allegiance to OKC. Seattle picked him and then the franchise moved to OKC. No one, fucking no one has ever said " when I'm older I want to play in OKC". Don't forget this is not the first time he flirted with leaving. He almost left 4-5 years ago when he was a free agent. He already gave the team a second chance and instead of luring in a big name they let one go and brought in scrub players. I don't blame him. He's smart. He signed a 1 year deal. If he hates it in GS he'll still have 30 options next year with a max deal. He owes OKC fuck all. If anything they owe him for making them relevant.
I'm not saying he owes them, ala LeBron.
I'm just saying by the time a man is 27, as he is now, he likely has a network of friends, business, professional partners, side bitches and main bitches, kids, and others. Many part of his empire and personal life will remain in OKC.
If he's 30, he has a ring, and he has to decide on a new city, I think OKC will have a better than average chance because all of these connections he's made.
lebron didn't return to CLE because it was the best shot to win - he did it so babymama could raise kids with grandma, and other legacy/hometown reasons. Once a player has a ring, I think they make decisions based on life, more than on the game.
Everyone predicted Lebron this city or that.... I knew it was akron from his woman's tweets and other things, while they were still in the playoffs. I called it on getbig -Lebron back to CLE - before spurs beat their miami asses that year. It wasn't about "best chance to win" at that point.
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hold your horses, motherfckers....they haven't played their first game yet, don't crown Golden states already.....how did it worked out for the Spurs with lamarcus aldridge and a 67 regular season games?
Spurs did just sign Pau Gasol ;)
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I'm not saying he owes them, ala LeBron.
I'm just saying by the time a man is 27, as he is now, he likely has a network of friends, business, professional partners, side bitches and main bitches, kids, and others. Many part of his empire and personal life will remain in OKC.
If he's 30, he has a ring, and he has to decide on a new city, I think OKC will have a better than average chance because all of these connections he's made.
lebron didn't return to CLE because it was the best shot to win - he did it so babymama could raise kids with grandma, and other legacy/hometown reasons. Once a player has a ring, I think they make decisions based on life, more than on the game.
Everyone predicted Lebron this city or that.... I knew it was akron from his woman's tweets and other things, while they were still in the playoffs. I called it on getbig -Lebron back to CLE - before spurs beat their miami asses that year. It wasn't about "best chance to win" at that point.
Wrong there. Durant has a home in LA that he spends his off season in. He's been hanging out in Cali as much as he could. All he does in OKC is play ball. His life is lived outside of there.
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He wants a ring and after watching what Lebron did to win his ring for Cleveland, my guess is he thinks the only way to beat Cleveland the next couple of years would be on Golden st.
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He wants a ring and after watching what Lebron did to win his ring for Cleveland, my guess is he thinks the only way to beat Cleveland the next couple of years would be on Golden st.
OKC has tried to sign the third star but no one wants to go there.
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What's the second picture composed of? Kobe didn't have that tattoo with those teammates and he wasn't wearing Jordans then either...
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What's the second picture composed of? Kobe didn't have that tattoo with those teammates and he wasn't wearing Jordans then either...
Kobe , Karl Malone, Phil Jackson , Shaq, Gary Payton
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Kobe , Karl Malone, Phil Jackson , Shaq, Gary Payton
Lol I know that, but that's an older pic of kobe, when he wore #24. He was wearing #8 with those three. I was questioning why someone shopped that pic with an older Kobe.
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Malone and Payton were well past their prime. Dwight is a fucking headcase and Nash was wayyyy last his prime. Durant is still entering his. I still don't see how GS with durant would have stopped James and Irving from scoring 41 each in game 5.
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Goodness. Maybe two. That team was amazing and they were barely figuring it out.
Durant I believe is signing a 2 year contract where he can opt out after one year. It's possible he's going to Golden State to see how the team is run. Learn everything he can from them and come back to OKC after one year. With a lot of information on how Golden State runs its team/plays etc. When he comes back to OKC, he'll do so as the man who runs the show not unlike Lebron. Durant will be able to pick his coach's and teammates like Lebron does. This one year may just be an information gathering year. No way Durant wants to play with Westbrook anymore...So he's taking a year off to play the part as mole for OKC...lol
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Durant I believe is signing a 2 year contract where he can opt out after one year. It's possible he's going to Golden State to see how the team is run. Learn everything he can from them and come back to OKC after one year. With a lot of information on how Golden State runs its team/plays etc. When he comes back to OKC, he'll do so as the man who runs the show not unlike Lebron. Durant will be able to pick his coach's and teammates like Lebron does. This one year may just be an information gathering year. No way Durant wants to play with Westbrook anymore...So he's taking a year off to play the part as mole for OKC...lol
westbook will be traded. OKC will suck and get a #1 lottery pick cause the NBA is more rigged than a Trump electoral vote.
Durant returns the hero, ala lebron, and gets another big name or two to make the trip with him in 2 years, when he has 2 rings, and just as Curry's legs are falling apart.
makes sense.
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Dwayne Wade just committed to Chicago Bulls
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16840869/chicago-bulls-eyeing-dwyane-wade-seek-jose-calderon-trade (http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16840869/chicago-bulls-eyeing-dwyane-wade-seek-jose-calderon-trade)
Lakers get this legendary player, he will be an All-Pro no doubt with the new legendary coach walton
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Dwayne Wade just committed to Chicago Bulls
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16840869/chicago-bulls-eyeing-dwyane-wade-seek-jose-calderon-trade (http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16840869/chicago-bulls-eyeing-dwyane-wade-seek-jose-calderon-trade)
Lakers get this legendary play, he will be an All-Pro no doubt with the new legendary coach walton
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DAMN! What a crazy off-season.
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David West left the Spurs to sign with Golden State for 1 yr to get a ring of course.
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it will be awesome if they lose.
But they appear unbeatable with this lineup.
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Lame....
Imagine if Michael Jordan would have left the Bulls for the Pistons the first few times he didn't beat them?
The NBA is a joke.
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I wonder what Luke Walton is thinking?
Leaving GSW to lead LAL against a GS squad that may be the greatest team in history. 75 wins? Very possible if everyone plays at potential.
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Why are people mad at him? If you worked at a place you didn't like and could work somewhere better wouldn't you choose it? What if that company you hated got first dibs to hire you and you were forced to go there and work. What if you were in the top 3 in the world at your job ? Why would you choose to stay and work at a place you don't like?