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It's been a few years now but Kevin Durant's decision to join the Golden State Warriors remains one of the most impactful free agency moves in recent NBA history.
Durant gave new life to an already budding dynasty, reshaping the aim more toward an evil empire for a lot of fans.
In a recent interview, Durant opened up about the decision and his meeting with the Warriors players in the Hamptons.
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Durant: So when they all came, and they all put stuff to the side to come to the meeting, I was like, man, this is amazing. Best team in the league, some of the best players, most accomplished players want me on their team and want what I do, what I bring to the table. It was pretty cool, you know what I’m saying? Because I’m looking at this whole basketball thing from a kid’s perspective. I’m still excited, I’m still learning. So to have that much love in the room for how I play basketball, that’s cool. They’ll get to know me as a person, I was confident with that. But the basketball side, I was, like, man it’s pretty damn cool that people enjoy the way I play and want me to play with them.
Durant says he was already pretty much convinced before he and the four Warriors stalwarts went off to talk in the grove area in the house’s backyard. Durant: At that point I’m just like, this is where I want to be, anyway. I just wanted to meet with them. I wanted to meet and see if this is where I really want to play. So as soon as I sat down, had the first conversation, no small talk, straight to it, I’m like, this is where I need to go. And everything else was the cherry on top. I was already sold when they walked in.
It's cool as time goes on to hear more and more about the details of this decision. It was of course a controversial one leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder in the manner that he did to make himself the most hated player in the league.
So far it has already worked out great with the Warriors winning the title last year and up 1-0 in the NBA Finals this year vs. the Cavs.
