Kevin Durant departed the Golden State Warriors for the Brooklyn Nets at the start of free agency this summer, a decision that may have been inevitable for quite some time.

Warriors general manager Bob Myers says that he spoke to Durant for an hour before he found out the decision, according to Logan Murdock of NBC Sports Bay Area. Myers added that he didn't think there was anything he could have done to convince Durant to stay, per Rusty Simmons of The San Francisco Chronicle.

The general consensus had been for quite a while that Durant was playing out his final season in Golden State before leaving the team over the summer. Earlier in the season, the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers were viewed as the most likely destinations, but the Nets were never really mentioned as a real possibility until later on in the year once Kyrie Irving's interest in Brooklyn was reported.

Given that Durant seemed intent on playing alongside of Irving, the Nets then became the rumored favorite to land Durant, and when Irving's decision to join Brooklyn was announced, Durant's choice to head to the Nets with Irving was reported shortly after.

Durant originally signed with the Warriors during the summer of 2016 and went on to lead the Dubs to back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018, taking home Finals MVP honors both times.

Then, this past season, Durant suffered a calf strain during the second round of the playoffs and eventually returned for Game 5 of the finals against the Toronto Raptors, but tore his Achilles in the second quarter of that contest.