OAKLAND — If the Warriors aren’t being told they’re a better team without Kevin Durant, they’re hearing they can’t win another NBA championship unless their star forward returns from his calf injury.
“If we don’t play with a basketball, it could be called soccer,” center Andrew Bogut said with a mix of sarcasm and annoyance. “End of the day, the don’ts and the do’s with this team, even when I was here last time, we’ve dealt with that kind of stuff all the time and we don’t really worry about it.”
The Warriors open the NBA Finals on the road Thursday against the winner of the Eastern Conference series between Toronto and Milwaukee.