Kevin Durant’s decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder essentially moved Russell Westbrook’s free agency up a year. Westbrook officially becomes a free agent next summer but with Durant gone, the Thunder are trying to lock Westbrook in now rather than letting him walk for nothing like KD With Dion Waiters signing a $2.9 million deal with the Miami Heat, the Thunder now have enough room to sign Westbrook to a max extension. Should he refuse, he could see trade talks begin. While everyone else has been talking, Westbrook has remained silent. A recent report said Westbrook was “ticked off” that Durant left and a new report says he’s angry not only because Durant left but also because he didn’t tell Westbrook personally.
(Video) NBA: Lebron & Steph Curry Lead The List Of The Top 100 Plays From This Past NBA Season
The 2015-16 season ended with an epic seven game NBA Finals series that saw Lebron make maybe the most famous block in playoff history, which was then followed up by a dagger three pointer from Kyrie Irving to win it all. Those were only two great plays from this past season but there were many more. Today, the NBA released the top 100 plays of the season, a 26 minute video that you won’t want to stop watching. Lebron’s block as you might expect landed at the top of the list but the other plays from guys such as Kyrie, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and many more will have you wishing it was next season already.
NBA: Kevin Durant & His New Warriors Teammates Speak On Playing Together For The First Time
Last night was Team USA’s first exhibition game leading up to the Olympics and they made easy work of Argentina, defeating them 111-74 without much effort. Last night was also the first time Kevin Durant got to play a real game with some of his new teammates from the Warriors in Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. It’s still scary to think just how good they will be together next season with Steph Curry but at least for last night, the new mates didn’t think much of it.
(Photo) NBA: Oklahoma Store Selling Kevin Durant Thunder Jerseys For .48 Cents
Some people in Oklahoma are not in the mood to put any type of RESPECK on Kevin Durant’s name, or jersey for that matter. KD left Oklahoma City behind for the Bay Area but stores still have plenty of Thunder merchandise with Durant’s name on it that they need to get rid of. One store is taking extreme measures to do so by selling a normally $69.99 jersey with a heavy discount of 99% off, making them .48 cents!
(Photo) NBA: Kevin Durant’s Favorite Rapper Is Notorious B.I.G. But He Decided On A Tupac/Wu-Tang Tattoo
Kevin Durant is just full of surprises this summer. He shocked the world by deciding to take his talents to the Bay Area and join the Warriors after leaving the Thunder via free agency. He had another surprise for folks yesterday when he arrived to practice for Team USA in Vegas, sporting a brand new tattoo, paying homage to both Tupac and Wu-Tang Clan.
NBA: Carmelo Anthony on Kevin Durant Not Giving Knicks a Meeting & Signing With Warriors
Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant are good friends and are also teammates on Team USA for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Anthony also wanted Durant to be his teammate on the Knicks, and lobbied KD to consider the option. Durant however signed with the Golden State Warriors and never even gave the New York Knicks a meeting. Anthony spoke about it after a Team USA practice session.
