Kevin Durant is really happy the Golden State Warriors didn’t lose to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. He wouldn’t have been able to check Joel Embiid’s Twitter timeline if they didn’t: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/932107502275190784] Well, this is just rich. Among every player in the NBA who might, quite possibly, maybe rush to Twitter immediately after [...]
November 20, 2017
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Kevin Durant isn’t worried about his relationship—or, rather, lack thereof—with members of the Oklahoma City Thunder organization. Although he admits to Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher that he still isn’t talking to Russell Westbrook, Nick Collison, general manager Sam Presti, et al., he’s confident that will all change over time: Now, a month into his second [...]
November 17, 2017
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Kevin Durant and Draymond Green have no qualms with Joel Embiid’s trash talking. They like it. From the Mercury News‘ Mark Medina: With a simple jab move and pump fake, Warriors forward Kevin Durant blew by Sixers center Joel Embiid for an easy dunk. But Embiid is a rising NBA star and has plenty of [...]
November 13, 2017
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Kevin Durant is sorry for “Kevin Durant Social Media Aliasgate,” but Enes Kanter isn’t buying it. That, or he just won’t pass up the opportunity to troll his former teammate. While speaking at Tech Crunch in San Francisco, Durant apologized for since-deleted tweets from his account that sought to justify to detractors why he left [...]
September 20, 2017
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The Golden State Warriors are still trying to figure out Kevin Durant. Sure, they know this partnership is going to yield lucrative returns. It already has. The Warriors won 67 games last season, went 16-1 during the playoffs en route to a title and saw Durant nab the NBA Finals’ MVP award. And yet, his [...]
September 20, 2017
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Kevin Durant making the decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency in 2016 and join the Golden State Warriors was the biggest event in the last five years of the NBA and could continue to shape the direction of the league (and who occupies the throne) for the next five years at [...]
September 18, 2017
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Kevin Durant isn’t worried about LeBron James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency next summer. Because he doesn’t think it’s going to happen. In the second part of his appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Durant not only said he thinks James will stick in Cleveland, but that he’s told this to the four-time MVP. Here’s the excerpt, [...]
August 31, 2017
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Kevin Durant was just as surprised as you were when the Houston Rockets traded for Chris Paul. Well, almost. During his latest appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Durant was asked about his reaction to the mega-deal that caught the NBA off-guard just before free agency got underway, and his response, as it turns out, [...]
August 29, 2017
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As we have learned throughout his NBA career and especially in the last few years, Kevin Durant is very open and outspoken with his opinion on things and what he disagrees with. He, like many around the country, is in stark opposition to the political and personal beliefs and actions of the current President of [...]
August 18, 2017
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Things aren’t always what they seem in the NBA. The pay cut Kevin Durant accepted in his new two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is not one of them. He took the discount for the exact reason you think he did—to keep the reigning champs together. Here’s what Durant told The Athletic‘s Anthony Slater of [...]
August 11, 2017
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