Yet the two-time reigning MVP and new NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant said Wednesday they would consider taking less money to keep the core of the champion Golden State Warriors intact.
Despite being on a squad alongside Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, Kevin Durant believes several Warriors' road to the league should be considered before casting them as a juggernaut.
Carrying the NBA Championship trophy, Curry jumped up on a TV truck's bumper, held the trophy aloft and dabbed to the crowd's delight. A decision has not yet been announced, but Curry has made his feelings clear.
Residents of Oakland, which lost one of its other beloved teams, the Raiders, to Las Vegas, are still reeling from a police scandal and mourning a fatal warehouse fire. This offseason will give the other 29 teams a chance to make changes with hopes of celebrating a championship just like the Warriors did.
Curry rode with his wife and kids beside him.
Finals MVP Durant - who swapped the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Warriors in search of an elusive championship - has a player option for 2017-18, while star guard Curry is coming off contract.
Following Trump's electoral win in November, much of the dismay expressed in the sports world came from National Basketball Association coaches, including Golden State's Steve Kerr, and players.
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Even after Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant won NBA Finals MVP honors and removed the stigma of never having been on a championship team before, criticism about his decision to join the Warriors as a free agent a year ago still lingers.
Sheldon Glasgow, who has been living in Oakland for 10 years, said he wasnt angry the Warriors were moving. So, sorry I went on a little rant, but that's how I feel about the team. That manifested itself in the playoffs, as the Dubs went a remarkable 15-1 in the postseason en route to their second title in the last three years.
Steph was clearly having a good time at the parade, at one point running through the crowd for high fives with fans who had lined up to cheer on their team. One pregnant fan even painted the Warriors' logo on her stomach.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee also rode on floats in the parade, which was marked with a heavy police presence.
Last year, the newly crowned Cleveland Cavaliers stopped for a few hours in Las Vegas to party on the way home to Northeast Ohio after winning the title in Oakland.
"First of all, if everybody wanted Steph, he would have been the No. 1 pick", Durant said, as transcribed by FOX Sports.
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