Kevin Durant joining the Warriors in 2016 remains one of the most notable blockbuster moves in recent sports history.Especially considering that Golden State finished the 2015-16 NBA regular season with a record-setting 73 wins, adding a generational player in Durant to a Warriors team that already consisted of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green simply was difficult to fathom.However, before officially signing with Golden State in NBA free agency, Durant did not necessarily choose the Warriors due to their recent success, but rather because of a feeling that the Bay Area was where he belonged during that time.“The organization had never been a winning organization,” Durant said on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast.“When I was in the league, nobody liked Golden State. It still feels like an underdog to me because I’m looking at the totality of the franchise. I’m not looking at what happened in these last five years. You’ve never been a perennial winner in the NBA from the 1950s on up.“So I’m like, ‘It’s an underdog franchise to me.’ This feels good, like s–t, this...
Why Kevin Durant had ‘underdog’ view of Warriors before controversial signing
Published June 22, 2026 • 21 hrs ago
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