Kevin Durant Officially Signs With Warriors, Talks Publicly For

Multiple media members, including former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley, have criticized 2014 NBA MVP Kevin Durant’s surprise move from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Golden State Warriors this week.

Certainly, they’ll try their best to keep Westbrook around, but if they do, and if he doesn’t commit, the team risks losing both him and Durant for nothing in back-to-back years. With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors.

Kevin Durant has been under a lot of fire the past day for his decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Durant will have a player option in the second year, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein. “Tears were shed, but this is, like I said, a new journey for me, testing the unknown, and I trusted it. I trusted my gut. You can’t do any better than adding KD to the current crew”. Durant wants to win championships and he wants to win them now!

The Warriors on Thursday said they sold more than 1,000 Durant jerseys on their website in less than two hours. He says it’s a decision he made to step out of his comfort zone.

Durant said that even on July 3, he hadn’t made a decision.

Don’t insult the Oklahoma City fans you left behind by writing about “the fans and people of the community they have always had my back unconditionally” and then leave, showing them that, as far as you were concerned, the relationship they believed they had with you did have conditions. When I met these guys (Warriors management and players), I felt as comfortable as I’ve ever felt. We told him how things would be, how we operated and how he would fit in.

Some sports commentators called it a “weak move” and said that he was just “chasing rings”, but who are they to say that Durant shouldn’t exercise his right to sign with the team that he chooses.

The 2013-14 MVP also had to address how his relationship with former superstar teammate with the Thunder Russell Westbrook played into his decision. I think that was attractive to him to be able to play with Draymond and Steph and Klay because of the way those guys play. “I’m super excited. I’m pumped to get started”. “We were teammates for so long and had a lot of great memories and I’m sure he wasn’t happy about the decision, but he respected it as my friend”. Should they trade him now or should they wait for him to become a free agent and risk the same situation as that with Durant now play out again.