Good to hear from you! No regrets, hair or no hair. Hope to see Nene back in Rockets Red, and the backbone in locker room, and strong man when needed. Take care and want to say thanks for all that the ears might hear. Some come to the surface, some just have some kinks. But please keep the ears open and the tips flowing.
You don't think there's a bit of "i scratch your back by keeping you under the tax...you do this for me" going on?
he must be getting money or ass on the side to give up $10 million every year. He's giving up $10 million again this year! He's signing for only $30 million again! WTF??? CHEATER Marc Stein: The new deal would pay Durant $30.5 million next season and allow the two-time reigning Finals MVP to return to free agency in July 2019 — three months before Golden State moves into the new Chase Center in San Francisco – via Twitter TheSteinLine
and NBA letting DIRK and KD getting away with this crap! DIRK and KD know they will get money after they retire or getting on the side, and NBA know this too but do nothing!
There was never a doubt Kevin Durant would re-sign with the back-to-back NBA champions, but there were questions to how long his deal might be. On July 1, the first day of free-agency, the nine-time NBA All-Star and intends to sign a two-year max deal to remain with the Golden State Warriors, league sources tell ESPN. The moves all 30 NBA teams can make this summer Which decisions on key players, trades and new contracts will be priorities for every franchise? The second year will contain a player option, sources say. Durant's new contract is the max he can get on a one-year deal off his previous salary. He'll make 30 million next season and could opt in on $31.5 million in year two. Durant, 30, the winner of the past two Finals MVP awards, now insures that the Hamptons Five of Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala will be in a Warriors' uniform for at least one more season. Golden State has won three championships in four years and are aimed and well equipped to secure more. To enter free-agency, the 7-foot small forward declined his 2018-19 player option worth $26.2 million. It was the last year of a two-year pact in which he took approximately $10 million less than his maximum salary in 2017 in order for the team to re-sign Iguodala and Shaun Livingston. There was no true team incentive for Durant to take such a pay cut this offseason, and being that he will turn 30 in September, there was little belief he would be willing to accept reduced pay this time around. After leading the team to an impressive sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State general manager Bob Myers said he was prepared to give Durant 'whatever' he wanted in free-agency. "Sometimes you don't negotiate," he said days after winning the title. "I'd love to have him for 10 years. Kevin Durant, look what he did for us last year, he did us a great service. He's earned the right to sign whatever deal he wants. I just want him to sign a deal. But want him to be happy and want him to know that we want him as long as he wants to be here. He's earned that, to kind of lay out the terms. He can do whatever he wants. That shouldn't be a long negotiation. Our goal, to be honest, is to try to keep the whole thing together, so that's the pieces of the puzzle we've got to try to figure out." In his 11th season, his second with the Warriors, Durant averaged 26.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists. He also shot 51 percent from the field, 42 percent from 3-point range and 89 percent at the charity stripe in 68 games. He was named to the All-NBA First-Team, his sixth time. The New York Times was first to report Durant's decision.
The $5M Durant savings this year now offsets the $5.3M tax midlevel if Golden State elects to use it. Durant would save the Warriors $20M in projected luxury tax costs.
I would assume Durant has projections that show what he has gained financially being at Golden State winning two final MVP's. Versus what he would have made staying at the Thunder and not winning so much. I'm sure it's close.
My mistake. The only NBA players who take the max are the ones who need it to feed their families. Right??
Durant IS taking the max for a 1-and-1 deal. He gets less money next year than if he signed a long-term deal, but the tradeoff is that he gets an opportunity at free agency again next year and the ability to sign a bigger deal with a higher salary cap. In the end, he could end up making more in total, and he gets more freedom. While it works out well for the Warriors too this coming year, he's not sacrificing anything here - he's getting a benefit in exchange for the less 2018-19 money.
I would assume Durant has assessed that he'll never be able to spend all his $$$ regardless of any differences.
