Now a Warrior: Kevin Durant is off to Golden State
The biggest prize on the NBA free agent market quits the Oklahoma City Thunder to team up with reigning MVP Stephen Curry in a two-year deal reportedly worth US$54.3 million
Former NBA Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant, the biggest prize on the free agent market, will join the Golden State Warriors.
Durant, a four-times league scoring champion and seven-times All-Star who spent the first nine years of his career with the Oklahoma City Thunder franchise, said in a piece posted on the Players’ Tribune website that it has been the most challenging time of his professional life.
“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.”
