Kevin Durant moves past criticism, starts fresh with Warriors
In the past 10 weeks, Kevin Durant's two new tattoos surfaced online: a portrait of rapper Tupac Shakur spanning his left calf, and a portrait of funk singer Rick James covering the former NBA MVP's left thigh. Getting tattoos in such visible places was a break from strategy for Golden State's new starting small forward, who previously only had ink on areas a basketball uniform hides (mostly his chest and stomach). Similar to how LeBron James was criticized six years ago for joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, Durant has endured heavy backlash for signing with a stacked Warriors team. Facing 200-plus media members Monday at the team's downtown Oakland practice facility, players kept the focus on what Durant brings to the court The negative labels — follower, coward, ring-chaser — arrived in July when he became just the third ex-MVP added to a team coming off the NBA's best record. After signing Durant, the Warriors' odds to win the championship moved from 3-2 to 2-3. A defense that ranked seventh in efficiency last season now boasts a player who held opponents to 33-percent shooting on shots he contested. Nearly three months removed from the announcement that...
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