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Life is easier for Kevin Durant in Oakland. At least on the basketball court. We all knew Durant wasn’t going to have to carry such a large burden now that he would be playing on the Warriors. And this statistic may represent that better than anything else. Via Bleacher Report: After a few questions about […]

The Golden State Warriors took on the Boston Celtics Friday night in Beantown which did not end so well for the home team. The Warriors had control of the game from beginning to end and finished it off with a 104-88 win. Fans at TD Garden booed Kevin Durant because he chose to be a […]

Russell Westbrook recently got enshrined to Oklahoma City’s Hall of Fame and received a lot of high praises including from the widely considered greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan. The 53-year-old Charlotte Hornets‘ team owner said he sees a lot of himself in Westbrook especially with the passion for the game that he […]

Months after their loss in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, former Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes reflects on that difficult time in his career and how he reacted to it. The Dubs infamously blew a 3-1 lead in that series and lost the championship that was theirs for the taking. Barnes […]

Drake and Kevin Durant may be friends, but on Wednesday night, it was a different story. The Canadian rapper is known as the “Global Ambassador” of the Toronto Raptors who, on the night, took on Durant’s new team and title-favorites this year, the Golden State Warriors. The game was highly competitive and was only decided […]

On the eves of Friday night’s matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics, forward Kevin Durant has taken the high road of agreeing to disagree with a visibly upset Jae Crowder. During the offseason, the Celtics were one of the teams that pitched Durant into joining their organization. Crowder, along with point […]

It’s the third annual “Drake Night” tonight at the Air Canada Center. So obviously, Drake is sitting courtside for the Raptors–Warriors game. As is usual, Drake has been pretty animated for most of the night, even getting in Kevin Durant’s face after DeMar DeRozan knocked down a jumper in the first half. https://vine.co/v/5T1OYjVLMMh KD was […]

The Golden State Warriors will face one of their biggest tests in the young season, as they go on the road against the Toronto Raptors in front of a packed house on “Drake Night.” Warriors forward Kevin Durant had nothing but good things to say about the league’s leading scorer, DeMar DeRozan, who they will face […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in for an interesting year. This season the Thunder are without two of the three players that many believed were the building blocks of their future. Those players are, of course, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka. Durant being gone because of his decision to play with the Golden State Warriors. […]

The WWE’s Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross is widely considered as the best to have ever covered matches in sports entertainment. But outside of wrestling, he is also a passionate supporter of the Oklahoma Sooners football team and holds the Oklahoma City Thunder close to his heart. Ross was one of the many fans […]

The 2007 NBA draft will be remembered for a long time because it was the year Greg Oden was selected ahead of former MVP and four-time scoring champion, Kevin Durant. Recently, the top overall pick that year in Oden spoke about how the “bust” label will never be removed from him as he never got to play […]

Former No.1 NBA draft pick Greg Oden recent revealed that he believes he will be remembered as the “biggest bust in NBA history”, as per ESPN’s Outside The Lines: “I’ll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history,” Oden said. “But I can’t do nothing about that.” Oden went on to confirm that his […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant was only two points away from continuing his legendary 20-point game streak, after being taken out with 5:50 left in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 125-101 win against the Denver Nuggets. Had Durant succeeded in reaching 20 points, he would have surpassed Michael Jordan‘s mark of 72 consecutive games […]

Harrison Barnes knew he was on his way out once the season ended. The Golden State Warriors had been rumored to jump in the race for Kevin Durant, and they were going to give it their best shot. When Durant made his decision and announced that he would join the Warriors, Barnes knew his time […]

The Dallas Mavericks faced the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena on Wednesday for the first time since Andrew Bogut and Harrison Barnes left the Northern California organization to join the Mavs this offseason. The Warriors came away with a fairly easy 116-95 victory, but it was a huge night for the Australian center. When […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant one-upped his performance from Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, as he tied Michael Jordan for the fourth-longest consecutive 20-plus-point game streak with 72. Durant scored 28 points with 10 rebounds, solidifying himself as one of the most consistent scorers not only of this era, but of all-time. […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has quietly reached elite company by tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his 71st 20-plus-point game in a row, good for fifth all-time in NBA history. Kevin Durant has 20 points in his 71st-straight regular-season game, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for fifth-longest 20+ streak in NBA history. — Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) November 8, […]

The Golden State Warriors are currently in the valley of trying to find their new identity. Guard Klay Thompson proclaimed earlier this summer that he isn’t sacrificing anything due to Kevin Durant‘s presence on the team. Six games into the season, Thompson isn’t sacrificing but he is in a slump, and shooting a meager 6-of-49 from […]

Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade knows plenty about playing with other superstars and the attention it brings. Re-signing with the Miami Heat in 2010 along with LeBron James and Chris Bosh had everyone in a frenzy. The response to the negative comments spewed towards the team was to embrace them, and use them as fuel to […]

For one-and-a-half seasons, Dion Waiters thought the Oklahoma City Thunder would be the team he’d represent for years to come. The team had one of the best duos in the NBA, and Waiters knew they were geared to win a championship sooner rather than later. Everything changed when Kevin Durant decided to sign with the Golden […]

A beef may very well be growing between Enes Kanter and Kevin Durant. The two visibly got in a verbal altercation during the fourth quarter of the Thunder–Warriors game Thursday night. After the game, Durant mocked Kanter’s playing time when addressing the incident. Now, Kanter is firing back. Kanter on Westbrook again: "He's the leader of […]

The Golden State Warriors are lucky to have two of the best players in the league on their roster in Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry – two of the best shooters in the league. The two got together to play a game of P-I-G to see who would come out on top. The game wasn’t […]

The Golden State Warriors are struggling to figure out how to win with their new team, but that shouldn’t be a surprise considering the history of free agency. Once a team changes dramatically to add a superstar to the roster, it takes awhile before that team figures out how it works best. There have been […]

Before there was Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, there was James Harden, and Dwight Howard. Rumors of the Houston Rockets duo not getting along, and animosity destroying their chemistry ran across several headlines in the media. Howard eventually left the Rockets to sign with the Atlanta Hawks this summer after a tumultuous 2015/16 season. Harden denies […]

Kawhi Leonard has worked his way into stardom, and has changed the minds of many people over a time. He’s always been lauded for having the potential to be a great player, but there are always variables in one achieving their potential in the NBA. Early success for Leonard once led Kevin Durant to say it […]

The unspoken saga of Kevin Durant‘s relationship with his teammates in Oklahoma City has been unraveling even more this week as the Golden State Warriors breezed past the Thunder 122-96 on Thursday night. Durant has been largely villainized during the offseason for his departure from OKC, opting to sign with recent Western Conference nemesis, Golden […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors game on Thursday night was one of the most-anticipated matchups this season. The Dubs won and blew out OKC by 26 points, 122-96. Although the match did not live up to the hype being a one-sided affair, emotions clearly ran high throughout the game as players were […]

After the dust has settled, the Golden State Warriors came out with an easy win against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night in the first matchup between former teammates Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. With the Thunder leading by one point after the first 12 minutes of action, the Warriors outscored them 37-11 in […]

The Golden State Warriors were known to be the crowd-favorites the past two seasons mainly because of how fun they are to watch and just allowing their game to speak for themselves. But things have changed since adding former MVP and four-time scoring champion Kevin Durant to their fold last summer as they are now viewed by […]

Russell Westbrook arrived at Oracle Arena on Thursday for his team’s matchup against the Golden State Warriors wearing a very interesting outfit. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard was dressed as an”Official Photographer,” which many believed was a shot at his former teammate, Kevin Durant. https://vine.co/v/5D6LMx01JDV It can be recalled that during the Super Bowl […]

Tonight marks the highly-anticipated first matchup between Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors, but more importantly the duel between Russell Westbrook and former Thunder teammate Kevin Durant. In the first half, there were some moments where Westbrook got the better of Durant. Late in the half, however, Durant got hot from downtown and […]

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Kevin Durant got his on Russell Westbrook in the second quarter of Thursday’s game, when he furiously swatted his former teammate’s layup attempt out of bounds, a few plays after he was blocked himself by Westbrook. KD gets Russ back on the block. Draymond helping with the extra contact. pic.twitter.com/kqADOqaY2e […]

The game hasn’t started yet and Russell Westbrook is already taking shots. Westbrook arrived at Oracle Arena Thursday night dressed like a photographer. Do we think there was a hidden meaning behind this? Of course. https://vine.co/v/5D6LMx01JDV It should be noted that one of Kevin Durant’s hobbies is photography. Warriors-Thunder in two hours. pic.twitter.com/Fx0GVyEe9W — Fred […]

The dynamic between Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant during their time with the Oklahoma City Thunder has been in question since the team started to have relevance in the Western Conference. Can two big-time scorers work together? Can two alpha dogs coexist on the same hardwood? Who takes the last shot? Who gives up their […]

On Thursday night, one of the most anticipated games of the season will take place as the Oklahoma City Thunder travel to Oakland to face off against the Golden State Warriors for the first time since Kevin Durant decided to switch teams in July. The game will also mark the first time in their professional careers that […]

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook has had enough of Kevin Durant-related questions, and he didn’t hesitate to bluntly say so after an 85-83 win over the L.A. Clippers on Wednesday night. With an upcoming game against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday as the back end of a back-to-back, a reporter read Westbrook […]

The most anticipated matchup of the young NBA season is here. Kevin Durant vs. Russell Westbrook. It’s amazing how quickly we got here. It doesn’t feel that long ago that Russ and KD as teammates in Oklahoma City led the Golden State Warriors 3-1 in the Western Conference Finals. Fast forward to today and the […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant knows where he stands in the eyes of former teammate Russell Westbrook. His relationship with the mercurial point guard is something that will take time to repair, especially when it comes after an eight-year partnership that ended so abruptly. “I’m not saying I did it the right way,” Durant told Anthony […]

After his much-talked about move to the Golden State Warriors back in July, it has already been a question in a lot of people’s minds if Kevin Durant still has the same relationship as what he had in the past with Russell Westbrook. Many believe it to be non-existent anymore especially when Westbrook was claiming that […]