Kevin Durant cannot have YouTube commenters thinking that LeBron James is better than him—at least not without offering his one syllable’s worth. The NBA Finals MVP answered a comment from a fan on YouTube claiming that the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar is the better player (h/t Bleacher Report). He responded to the statement, because he is [...]
August 1, 2017
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Giannis Antetokounmpo will be a free agent in 2021, a cool four years from now. And, well, the Milwaukee Bucks and their fans better hope he’s in a position to win right where he is, otherwise he might leave. Maybe. Possibly. We really have no damn idea. Antetokounmpo has repeatedly stated his intention to remain [...]
July 25, 2017
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Kevin Durant is full of surprises—so much so he shocked even his own head coach by re-signing with the Golden State Warriors at an unexpectedly steep discount. Though it was presumed Durant would take a slight pay cut so the Warriors could retain the Bird rights to Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston, he was supposed [...]
July 11, 2017
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Post-NBA Finals Kevin Durant Twitter is awesome. Earlier on his in career, Durant was pretty forthright on the 140-character machine. As time went on, he began to shut down and become more diplomatic. There would be the occasional fire tweet or troll burn, but like many big-time athletes, his feed felt contrived and, oftentimes, neglected. [...]
The newly minted NBA champions and NBA Finals MVP is enjoying the fruits of his labor and his status at the top of the NBA pecking order, a feeling that he assuredly wants to continue to experience for years to come. That mindset is clear according to a report from ESPN’s Chris Haynes, as Durant [...]
June 20, 2017
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Yes the Golden State Warriors are a superteam. No, Kevin Durant doesn’t want you calling them that. From the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Connor Letourneau: “First of all, if everybody wanted Steph, he would have been the No. 1 pick,” Durant said Wednesday of Curry, the No. 7 pick of the 2009 NBA draft. “A lot of [...]
June 15, 2017
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Scandal alert! Okay, not really. But we have to find a way to be sensational and drum up some drama with the NBA Finals being so one-sided. And Kevin Durant and Draymond Green have given us this (not-at-all real) drama. ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe previously revealed that Green called Durant almost immediately after Game 7 of [...]
June 12, 2017
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LeBron James wouldn’t be alone if he thought the Golden State Warriors adding Kevin Durant was unfair. Plenty of people would be right there with him. And you can easily envision him being right there with them. His Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-0 in the NBA Finals without a puncher’s chance in hell of coming [...]
Draymond Green didn’t wait long after Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals to begin recruiting Kevin Durant on behalf of the Golden State Warriors. In fact, he may not have even crossed the 90-minute mark of patience. ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe published a fascinating piece on how Green and the Warriors felt after he was suspended [...]
Draymond Green has some bad news for the Cleveland Cavaliers: Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant are in the zone—a different kind of zone, mind you; one unlike any other Green has ever seen from them. As Green said after Game 2 of the NBA Finals, per USA Today‘s Sam Amick: “I see two guys who … [...]