Jul 4, 2016

Via the Player's Tribune;
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-durant-nba-free-agency-announcement/

This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices. What I didn’t truly understand, however, was the range of emotions I would feel during this process.

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. 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.

I’m from Washington, D.C. originally, but Oklahoma City truly raised me. It taught me so much about family as well as what it means to be a man. There are no words to express what the organization and the community mean to me, and what they will represent in my life and in my heart forever. The memories and friendships are something that go far beyond the game. Those invaluable relationships are what made this deliberation so challenging.

It really pains me to know that I will disappoint so many people with this choice, but I believe I am doing what I feel is the right thing at this point in my life and my playing career.

I will miss Oklahoma City, and the role I have had in building this remarkable team. I will forever cherish the relationships within the organization — the friends and teammates that I went to war with on the court for nine years, and all the fans and people of the community. They have always had my back unconditionally, and I cannot be more grateful for what they have meant to my family and to me.
@NBAsxn

 

Jul 4, 2016

JUST SEEN THIS WIW!!!!!!!!

 

Jul 4, 2016

 

Jul 4, 2016

Wow

 

Jul 4, 2016

This is Miami x10...


4 of the top 18-20 players in the league.....

3 ALL TIME ELITE SHOOTERS in their prime or entering....


This time won 73 games WITHOUT Durant.........




God help us this season will be unwatchable

 

Jul 4, 2016

The NBA sucks

 

Jul 4, 2016

Not already having Jr in your top 5

 

Jul 4, 2016

What a douche

 

Jul 4, 2016

still gonna wear my kd vii aunt pearls tho, dem s----s fresh

 

Jul 4, 2016

Fk dis b---- n----- #fuckthewarriors

 

Jul 4, 2016

I would Gronk them s----s into the ocean with the quickness

 

Jul 4, 2016

Hopefully these next few days of backlash will change his mind before he signs his name offically

 

Jul 4, 2016

10x worse than LeBron's decision, but if you're a Warriors fan, congrats. Now LeBron will be the certified GOAT if he beats this team.

I called him going to Golden State tho

 

Jul 4, 2016

Now Wade to the Cavs please whew

 

Jul 4, 2016

Just when you thought that the GS bandwagon couldn't get any worse

Team is full of bitchmade n----s

We should impose a ban on Golden State fans

 

Jul 4, 2016

The worst part about the NBA is the lack of parity, there are 4 teams in the league capable of winning every year(max). Welp its now down to 2 and we already know what the NBA finals will be. Called the Cap Jump sneaky ruining the league a few weeks back and this might have sealed it. Lebron's counter move comes next year when the cap jumps again and Westbrook or whoever he wants goes to Cleveland and that 3rd best team becomes a DISTANT 3rd.

 

Jul 4, 2016

lmfaoo what the f--- is this

 

Jul 4, 2016

KD was one of my favorites in the league but f--- him now