OAKLAND, California (AP) — Para kay Steve Kerr, ang Golden State ang tamang koponan para kay Kevin Durant.
Ngunit, aminado si Kerr na bilang free agent, nasa mga kamay ni Durant ang desisyon kung mananatili siyang Warriors o magiiba ng jersey sa kanyang paggaling mula sa tinamong injury sa Archilles.
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“Well, the injury kind of throws everything for a loop, so I have no idea what Kevin’s going to do,” pahayag ni Kerr nitong Sabado (Linggo sa Manila).
“I know that we all want him back, and we think this is a great situation for him and vice versa. So, hopefully we get him back and keep this thing going with the understanding that he’s a free agent and we want what’s best for him, and he’s free to make any choice he wants. Hopefully he’s back, and we will all give him any advice, any counsel that he needs. And ultimately he’s going to make his own decision. He’s earned that,” aniya.
Maraming lumulutang na usapin bunsod nang nalalapit na free agency kung saan kabilang si Durant at ang na-injured ding si Klay Thompson sa mga star player na available sa merkado.
“This year more than any other tested the fabric of our team,” sambit ni Warriors general manager Bob Myers. “It’s hard to not value a championship as much as I value short of winning a championship, and in some ways more than winning a championship, this year I might have been the proudest of our resolve. I don’t know if that’s evident. I hear that from people in the Bay Area, the support we’ve gotten, the things people say about kind of conducting ourselves as champions. That stuff matters. Winning matters, too, obviously. It all matters. Try to continue to hang onto that culture.”
Nauna nang naipahayag ng Golden State management ang kahandaan na palgdain ng five-year maximum contract sina Durant at Thompson.
Kumpiyansa si Myers na mananatili ang dalawa para mapagpatuloy ang naunsiyaming ‘three-peat’ ng Warriors.
“He’s a guy who’s been, like I said, what more can we ask for from him?” sambit ni Myers. “He’s been everything to us, the guy has been everything that we could have ever dreamed. He’s been an awesome member of this organization. There’s so much he does in the community that probably doesn’t get as many headlines, things he’s done in D.C., his foundation, how he kind of lives his life. We’re lucky to have been around him. Hopefully we’ll keep doing that.”
