Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan’s Spurs was my ‘biggest disappointment’ (Ball Don’t Lie)

The swift and still-shocking "nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him"-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant's former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry's team wouldn't go on to defend its title, the NBA's MVP still led the squad that downed Durant's Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003.