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Kevin Durant is fresh off winning two straight NBA titles, and that’s not even mentioning that he was the Finals MVP during both of the Golden State Warriors most recent championship runs. If any player deserves a break this offseason, it’s Durant. But according to David Aldridge of TNT, Durant has no plans to take […]

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant made an appearance at Dyckman Park, one of New York’s finest and most heralded legendary parks. The two-time Finals MVP had made appearances at Dyckman in 2011, taking on D.C. native Michael Beasley, as well as dropping by in 2016 for the summer league. The perennial scorer made another […]

The two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors will enter the 2018-19 NBA season as commanding favorites to three-peat next June, according to oddsmakers. They added DeMarcus Cousins with their taxpayer mid-level exception, while their closest competition, the Houston Rockets, lost both Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute in free agency. Even if the Warriors […]

After several skirmishes with trolls online, two-time champion Kevin Durant took his petty talents right in person, right in front of a fan who wanted an autograph. In the video below, the Golden State Warriors star, who’s out in Chicago, apparently tells a father not to let his son follow him around for an autograph. […]

It’s the dog days of summer, so expect some NBA players to stay on social media more often than when the league’s schedule is on.  Some, though, may have to put their phone down and take a break from the internet a bit because the habit doesn’t seem to help them enjoy their break – […]

Jerry West, the logo and L.A. Clippers front office executive, chipped in his thoughts regarding the criticisms that Kevin Durant and LeBron James received when they decided to switch teams, calling it mind-boggling. Per Jack McCallum of Sports Illustrated, West believes that the two superstars don’t owe an apology. Jerry West even wished that he […]

Kevin Durant remains an intriguing future free agency chip after signing another one-and-one deal with the Golden State Warriors this summer. The New York Knicks could make a pitch to Durant, who could consider playing at The Mecca of basketball due to his relationship with business manager Rich Kleiman, a New York native, and with general […]

It has been quite an eventful week since free agency started in the NBA and we can already see the balance of power shifting across the entire league. The Los Angeles Lakers boosted their chances of becoming a championship contender by adding four-time MVP LeBron James and surrounding him with a couple of intriguing veterans. […]

Kevin Durant is back to responding to online trash talkers. A frequent target for internet trolls because of his flight to a Golden State Warriors team that some had already considered the best team in history, Durant is constantly ridiculed and called a quitter and a ring chaser. A teenager on Instagram took it a […]

With all the talk about how the NBA is ruined and the Golden State Warriors are the worst thing to happen to the league, Kevin Durant gives his perspective on the current state of the NBA. Durant told Rappler Sports that he thinks it’s the best time to be a basketball player because of the […]

To say that Kevin Durant’s career has been colorful would be an understatement. The reigning two-time Finals MVP himself acknowledged this fact, comparing his NBA journey to a Hollywood movie. Speaking to the media during his promotional tour in the Philippines, Durant shared a first-person perspective of his career thus far which has had its […]

The Golden State Warriors stood as the ground zero of the social media explosion on Monday, when it was revealed that DeMarcus Cousins is going to be the fifth 2017-18 All-Star on the Warriors’ lineup for next season. Like most fans who were caught off guard by the news, Warriors forward Jordan Bell was also […]

DeMarcus Cousins, the star center of the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2017-18 season, decided to join the Golden State Warriors for this upcoming season. With the Warriors already winning a championship this past season, the addition of Cousins only has the potential to increase their chances of repeating. Kevin Durant and Cousins have had […]

Just when you thought we could close the chapter on Kevin Durant’s social media dust-ups, another one enters the fray and could possibly trigger a new source of viral skirmishes for the Golden State Warriors star forward. At the heels of LeBron James’s shocking announcement (well, widely speculated, but that goes for any big name) […]

Kevin Durant is staying put despite an opportunity to play with LeBron James. It appears that James is working on recruiting players to possibly join him in Los Angeles. According to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic, Durant turned down an invitation to join James on the Lakers. The two-time NBA Finals MVP is staying with […]

Free agent forward Kevin Durant has agreed to a two-year, $61.5 million deal with the Golden State Warriors, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. The deal is a one-and-one, allowing Durant to get a player-option in the second year, potentially hitting free agency once again in 2019. Coming off two championship seasons in two […]

Heading into this year’s free agency period, All-Star forward Kevin Durant is expected to hit the open market for the second straight year with the expectation that he will re-sign with the Golden State Warriors. It appears it won’t take long for the Warriors to hammer out a new deal with Durant as Marc Stein of […]

Word on the mean streets of gossip and reporting has Kevin Durant likely to take yet another shorter term deal to stay with the Golden State Warriors. This was initially brought to light by way of Anthony Slater, who sent out a tweet to let the free world know of the current situation at hand. […]

The 2018 NBA Finals saw Kevin Durant win his second championship and second Finals MVP with the Golden State Warriors. This is exactly what he had set out to do two years ago when he made the decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors. Despite this, Durant continues to be […]

The University of Kentucky has produced as much NBA talent or more than any other school during the years of one-and-done players, but John Calipari’s top assistant coach, Kenny Payne, molded Kevin Knox into the next Kevin Durant. Knox is a 6-foot-9, 212-pound forward who fits right into the NBA’s modern small forward, a step […]

There have been a lot of rumors the last week about LeBron James teaming up with Kawhi Leonard or Paul George in Los Angeles, but could there be a new player on the block? Stephen A Smith of ESPN said on First Take that LeBron James texted Kevin Durant about joining up on the Los […]

With the Warriors anticlimactic sweep in the NBA Finals and Alexander Ovechkin finally lifting the Stanley Cup, the period of lull in three out of four major US sports inevitably began. The American sports fans are now slowly winding down from a season filled with excitement, but things are just getting heated up at the […]

Russell Westbrook is one of the more polarizing players in the NBA. He’s immensely talented, but his playing style and the edge that he plays with turns off many NBA fans—and apparently some players too. This fact is not lost on Westbrook. According to Royce Young on The Hoop Collective, Westbrook is aware that he […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook turned to social media to take a small jab at Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant. How do we know this? Because it was posted on the Internet, of course. Here is the proof: This Westbrook v. KD rivalry is getting out of hand @World_Wide_Wob pic.twitter.com/4jur2guI0n — Moh (@LessIsMoh) […]

The Golden State Warriors were among the unlikely winners of last week’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn. Even though they were picking late in the first round, the Warriors somehow managed to get one player many think is a sleeper who would easily align himself with the team’s system. That’s Jacob Evans, who ironically used to […]

The biggest fish that’s expected to hit the free agent market past the July 3 deadline remains to be Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James. Not far behind him is Kevin Durant, though, not many expect him to go anywhere else. After helping the Golden State Warriors win the team’s second NBA title in a row, […]

News broke back in May that superstar power forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves are “not in a good place internally.” This was reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post. His colleague Brian Windhorst asked Lowe to share his thoughts on Towns and the Timberwolves. Here is what Lowe said via Hoops Hype’s […]

The New York Knicks are expected to sign former Arizona Wildcat Allonzo Trier to a two-way contract in July according to the New York Post. He is expected to play with the Knicks this summer on their summer league team. Trier probably would have been a late first-round draft pick, if it wouldn’t been for […]

Here’s an unsolicited advice for future NBA players: always review your Twitter timelines before draft day. Newly drafted Golden State Warriors guard Jacob Evans obviously did not get that kind of memo, as his tweet from way back in 2016 is still up online, and it’s something he probably does not want to get seen […]

Michael Porter Jr. was selected with the 14th pick in the draft by the Denver Nuggets, and there are a lot of questions surrounding Porter, but none about his actual play. He has drawn high praise about his play, and Chauncey Billups said on the set of ESPN’s draft coverage that Porter Jr. reminds him of […]

The Golden State Warriors have received some major backlash after winning two championships in their two years since the acquisition of Kevin Durant. While commissioner Adam Silver has put rules in place to entice players to stay with their original teams, he warns this franchise would have found a way to get Durant whether their […]

NBA top prospect Michael Porter Jr. is pretty confident heading into the draft. He compared himself to several basketball elites. As reported by Damon Amendolara of CBS Sports, Porter Jr. said that he’s a mix of Kevin Durant, Tracy McGrady, Giannis Antetokounmpo. There are several key components of their play style that he has incorporated: “Right […]

After signing Kevin Durant and winning last year’s NBA Finals in five games, the Golden State Warriors didn’t have anything left to prove. The only real question left was just how many championships they could get away with. After sweeping LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the answer was “plenty.” Golden State coasted through most of the regular […]

The departure of Kevin Durant hit the Oklahoma City Thunder and its fans like a train, but joining the Golden State Warriors was taking that train off the rails. And while newly-elected OKC mayor David Holt knows how hard Durant’s free agent decision hit his city, he noted how three little words could change it […]

Wayne Pratt, Kevin Durant’s father, had a tumultuous past with his son. A year after he was born, Pratt left the household and was in and out of their lives for some 10 years. Now, they have managed to reconnect and form a relationship. On Father’s day, Pratt wrote a letter to his son, Kevin. […]

It appears as though Myles Garrett is switching positions. He must now be cornerback as his back-pedaling is obvious. After once proclaiming Kevin Durant took the “easy way out” by joining the Golden State Warriors on 92.3 The Fan, he’s since claimed he has “no beef with anybody” after an account called him out on […]

Since joining the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant has gotten a lot of hate from all corners. Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving, who has gotten a lot of criticisms himself since requesting a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer, thinks the bashing needs to stop. Irving was a guest in The Bill Simmons Podcast where he […]

ESPN had a ruthless response to Myles Garrett’s comments about Kevin Durant, after the Cleveland Browns defensive end argued that Durant had broken the league by joining the Golden State Warriors in 2016. While Garrett had little to say on the matter upon getting drafted as the top overall pick last season, he surely felt […]

Fox Sports 1 panelist Nick Wright had a bone to pick with Kevin Durant saying he’s not obsessed with winning championships after obtaining his second title with the Golden State Warriors, accompanied by a second Finals MVP award. Wright offered that the scrutiny surrounding Durant over the last couple of years has been due to […]