Warriors’ pursuit of Kevin Durant beginning

Warriors' pursuit of Kevin Durant beginning An overwhelming number of stories will be written and told about the Warriors' pursuit of Kevin Durant during the next week, but the franchise's chase of the one of the NBA's all-time greatest scorers started in earnest two years ago. During Team USA's 2014 training camp in Las Vegas, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, then-New Orleans head coach Monty Williams and Durant were almost always the last men on the UNLV court — staying hours after the rest of the roster. Sometimes the four would even go back to the gym late at night, refining their crafts and building a strong bond. "Obviously, (Durant) is a player who would improve any franchise tenfold," Thompson said during Team USA's Olympic media tour in New York on Monday. Thompson and Curry will be part of the Warriors' full-court press to reach an agreement with Durant when free-agency opens this week. The NBA's moratorium, during which teams may meet with players but cannot officially sign contracts, starts at 9:01 p.m. PDT Thursday, and the Warriors are scheduled to meet with the league's most-prized free agent Friday in New York. Durant will huddle with the only franchise he has...