The Kevin Durant sweepstakes is officially over and the Golden State Warriors are the huge winners. They convinced him to leave his comfort zone of Oklahoma City to come team up with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Andrew Bogut and Draymond Green.
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The former league MVP will join a mega team, but it will likely have to get gutted because of the massive contract he's going to sign and it looks like this:
Kevin Durant will sign a two-year deal with the Warriors at $54.3 million, league sources say, with a Player Option for Year 2
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 4, 2016
Kevin Durant called Thunder GM Sam Presti and told him directly of his decision to join the Warriors, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 4, 2016
KD averaged 28.3 points, five assists and 8.2 rebounds this past season and got his team to within one win of the NBA Finals, but fell 4-3 to the Warriors before they eventually lost to the Cavaliers 4-3 after going up 3-1. It also seems there were other factors in play for Durant this offseason.
There's been tremendous pressure within Durant's inner-circle to make dramatic move, to ride endorsement wave of change. Well, he did it.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 4, 2016
Durant wrote a letter in The Players' Tribune explaining his decision. He had serious interest from the Boston Celtics and his hometown Thunder as well, but the chance to play with three potential superstars was just overwhelming for Durant.
