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The Golden State Warriors may be in the Finals, but their front office is already planning ahead as early as now and preparing for this summer, where they are expected to make big decisions for the organization. With Kevin Durant having the option to opt out of the final year of his contract, the team will have to come up with ways to fit his new salary on their books, together with Stephen Curry’s potential new deal that will be more lucrative than his current one.
However, the former MVP and four-time scoring champion is apparently willing to help the Warriors out. According to Ramona Shelburne and Chris Haynes of ESPN, he won’t mind not receiving the “supermax” this summer, if that could mean keeping the Warriors core together for the coming years and continue to win as a group.
“Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant is willing to take less than the maximum contract extension he is eligible for this summer as a 10-year veteran if it helps the Warriors keep the core of their team intact, league sources told ESPN.”
“Durant's gesture would allow the Warriors to keep their entire core together for years to come even as star point guard Stephen Curry potentially signs one of the first five-year, “supermax” contracts created by the new collective bargaining agreement in which a team can reward one designated veteran player per year with a contract starting at 35 percent of next year's projected $101 million salary cap.”
It remains to be seen how this will impact the Dubs this summer, but it definitely shows how good of a teammate Durant is on and off the court. More than the pay, it’s his contentment in having the whole squad playing together that motivated him to make his plans known as early as now, which also proves even more that having people he likes is more important to him, and that the Warriors are truly a world-class organization.
