Kevin Durant’s departure from OKC was as sudden as it was unexpected. Jerseys were ablaze on social media within an hour of the shocking news on July 4th as the city no longer has any use for him. Durant was in OKC for 8 seasons (and another in Seattle as a rookie) and was the [...]
July 26, 2016
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Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are giving one another the silent treatment. We know the two talked before Durant decided to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors. They just haven’t talked since, according to ESPN.com’s Royce Young: Westbrook is taking time not just to figure out his next steps, but also [...]
July 26, 2016
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The criticism aimed towards Kevin Durant will ultimately pass. It may take a few years, but people will eventually get over it. But that doesn’t make his move any less egregious. Durant is no doubt tired of talking about his new team and the one he left behind. He’d much rather talk about Team USA, [...]
July 22, 2016
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Jae Crowder, it seems, isn’t thrilled about the Boston Celtics’ face-to-face meeting with Kevin Durant. And he has a point. From Mass Live’s Tom Westerholm: “We were the only team in the NBA to beat both (Cleveland and Golden State) on their home court — the only team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics,” Crowder [...]
July 22, 2016
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Kevin Durant has had a very eventful and emotional past few months. He lost a 3-1 lead in the western conference finals including a meltdown in Game 6 and then decided to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder to join a 73 win team and create a super team the likes of which we have never [...]
July 22, 2016
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Kevin Durant’s arrival in Golden State sparked a mass exodus in order to make room for him. The main guy who had to depart was Harrison Barnes, who played the small forward position for the Warriors that Kevin Durant will now take over for. Barnes played a valuable role for a championship squad and a [...]
July 22, 2016
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Upon choosing to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant did what any self-respecting NBA free agent who just broke the hearts of millions of basketball fans would do: lay low. True story. Per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: The two days after I didn’t leave my bed because if I walk [...]
July 21, 2016
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Congratulations, Los Angeles Lakers fans. Even though Kevin Durant wouldn’t meet with your team during free agency, he is still really, really, ridiculously high on your newest franchise savior, Brandon Ingram. Here’s the catch: He is high on Ingram insofar as he was high on himself as a teenager, per Serena Winters of Lakers Nation: [...]
July 20, 2016
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Still got a problem with Kevin Durant leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors? Carmelo Anthony is here to set you straight. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Carmelo Anthony is not resentful Kevin Durant didn’t strongly consider New York, and the Knicks star said fans should lay off Durant for [...]
July 20, 2016
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Signing Kevin Durant was kind of like finding money for the Golden State Warriors. Or so team president Rick Welts says. Though the Warriors heavily recruited Durant over the last year-plus, and while they were widely viewed as the most likely landing spot for him should he leave the Oklahoma City Thunder, they never really [...]
July 19, 2016
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