Kevin Durant will take an even bigger pay cut than expected to aid Warriors

Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant show the fruits of their labors. It has been established for some time now that Kevin Durant, technically the top free agent on the market for the second consecutive year, will be re-signing with the Golden State Warriors. According to reports from Marcus Thompson II of Bay Area News Group and several others, Durant will soften the Warriors' tax bill by signing a "one-plus-one" deal that pays him a 2017-18 salary of $25 million — significantly below the $31.8 million he could have made with such a deal, and almost $10 million below the $34.5 million he could have made on a long-term max deal.