Kevin Durant is booed at Staples Center in Team USA game

However, with Durant on the court some key players who help the team bagged the 2015 championship will have a reduced role and there are speculations that Klay Thompson will suffer the most. PG and Jimmy Butler switching screens and swarming around on D has proved quite effective and menacing for opponents. Jordan couldn’t sell a ball fake at the hoop, but instead of dunking both the ball and his defender, as he’s wont to do, he had the wherewithal to dish to Kyle Lowry for one of his two assists on the night, creating a three-point play opportunity.

The 2016 NBA Free Agency is one characterized by lucrative deals and major player moves, with teams spending a lot of money due to an increased salary cap and players choosing to leave their teams to join others unexpectedly. The most important thing to him is that his team has the lead when that final buzzer sounds. And the crowd got even rowdier when the arena saw Curry sitting with Golden State team-mate Andre Iguodala.

“(Kleiman said) ‘You’re a potential top 10 player, ‘ and just (asked) how the chemistry would be with Kevin”, Thompson recalled.

Recently, during USA Basketball exhibition game against China, Durant was loudly booed. “I mean none. Except having too much fun”.

Kevin Durant’s agent, Rich Kleiman, particularly questioned whether whether Klay Thompson was on board with him joining the Golden State Warriors.

Only DeMarcus Cousins scored more with 21 points. They were lying. But if that’s what they want to believe, if that makes them feel better about themselves – and when I say ‘them, ‘ I’m talking about whoever, whoever’s saying it – then believe it. But they’re wrong.

Zhou Qi, the towering 2.17m (7ft 1in) 20-year-old drafted in June by the Houston Rockets, bounced back from a two-point effort on Sunday to lead China with 13 points.

On the opening possession, Durant sank a 3-pointer that lit the crowd on fire, a shot he said he knew he was going to take since Monday. Durant makes his teammates better because he finds ways to inject a shot of smooth in everyone’s game.

Didn’t matter – Durant bolted out of the locker room at halftime straight to Curry’s courtside seat, and that’s when the embrace took place.

Team USA has two exhibition games left before the real Olympics start on August 6.

Nevertheless, Green’s aggressiveness starting July 1 clearly worked, even if it wasn’t the main motivating factor in Durant signing with Golden State.

Now obviously Green’s statistics won’t look similar to this for the Warriors next season, but the number to pay attention to here is the field goal attempts. Jeff Hornacek, Knicks coach, said after acquiring Rose, that the team and the city is excited to have a point guard that has been battle-tested and one who “adds a whole new dynamic” to the roster.