Recently, Kevin Durant opened up to the media about his decision to join the Golden State Warriors. One of the more striking quotes he gave was about his quiet happiness over the Warriors losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals. His quote, from former Thunder beat writer, and current Warriors beat writer Anthony Slater goes as follows:
I get it. I really do. Golden State plays a very pure style of basketball. The kind of style a player like Durant would probably flourish in. A style the Thunder likely tried to develop with a defensive stretch-4 (Serge Ibaka) and defensive 3-and-D wing (Thabo Sefolosha, Andre Roberson).