The biggest obstacle for Durant to join the Warriors is not the Warriors, but Durant himself and his thoughts.
Durant joining the Warriors has no harm at all, except for his evaluation, or in other words, Durant only needs to get over his own psychological barrier.
As long as he finds a reasonable explanation, reason, or excuse, and as long as he doesn't get scolded, Durant will definitely join the Warriors.
For players like Durant, a maximum salary is inevitable. The annual salary is no longer important. What matters is the championship, and more importantly, the way to win the championship.
If you can't win the championship, it will be a failure for a player like Durant. If you look ugly, you will be laughed at even if you win the championship.
After all, Durant is not a role player, nor is he comparable to Draymond Green or Clay. He wants to be the best in the league and compete with James.
Once such a player appears on the market, all teams will inevitably rush to grab it.
The initiative is in Durant's hands, and he has the final say where to go.
This was true in history, and it is the same now with Deng Fang.
Historically, Durant joining the Warriors was the result of lobbying by the Warriors management and Curry.
Later, when Green and Durant participated in the show, Green asked: "You spent the first 9 seasons of your career with the Thunder, then decided to leave, and finally decided to join the Warriors. You should know that you may face all kinds of critical eyes. All
Everyone will say that the Warriors are already a very strong team. But you still made a decision, can you tell us why? Is this best for you, or is it strictly from a basketball perspective?"
"This is a decision made from a basketball perspective. I don't care about external opinions." Durant said: "I felt at the time that joining forces with the Warriors was a perfect match, both on offense and defense. Of course, to a certain extent, it is still necessary.
Let’s see what we can do after joining. But this is a no-brainer question. If I make the choice a million times again, I will still join the Warriors, and there will be no doubt at all.”
According to historical news, in order to persuade Durant to vote, the Warriors sent four star players, Curry, Thompson, Green and Iguodala, to visit with the management. According to Durant, he also revealed in the interview:
It was this visit that impressed me.
"At that point in my career, I didn't know how other people viewed my game. I knew I was good and I worked hard, but I needed recognition from my peers, the team and the general managers because they were the ones on the inside.
, only their recognition will make me confident in myself and let me know that everything I do is successful."
"So when all of them came and put their stuff aside to come and have this meeting, it just felt great. The best team in the league, the top and most accomplished players.
, I hope I can join their team, they need my contribution. This is really cool, you know what I mean?"
"Because I've always looked at everything about basketball from a kid's perspective, it's still exciting to me and I'm still learning. So to feel so much love for my game in the room, it's very cool.
Cool. They still have a lot to learn about me as a person, I believe. But from a basketball perspective, it feels awesome that people appreciate the way I play so much that they want me to play with them."
Of course, there are different revelations in later generations. For example, Redick asked Dream Green in a podcast: "You didn't cry to recruit him that night?"
Green responded: "We were just video chatting, and I did call him very quickly. That night, actually, when I said, 'Man, did you see what happened?' Durant responded, '
Yes, I saw it'. We all know what happened and we know how to fix it."
Green also said: "The whole world thinks that I cried for KD in the parking lot, begging him to join, but this is not the case. Clarification will not do me any good, so no matter what you say, I don't care."
Deng Fang estimated that with Green's character, he would not cry and beg Durant to join him in history. However, it is inevitable that Green, Curry and several members of the management team will meet with Durant and lobby Durant together.
If he hadn't met Curry in person and heard Curry say he didn't care who was the boss, Durant would definitely not have dared to join the Warriors easily.
The opinions of Green and Clay are also very important, because they have a good relationship with Curry, and they are important ministers and core players of the Warriors.
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The above is what Deng Fang knows about the process and inside story of Durant joining the Warriors in history. The current situation is somewhat different from that in history.
Historically, the Warriors unfortunately lost in the finals and missed out on the championship with the best record in history. This made all Warriors fans sad, but it also gave Durant an excuse to join the Warriors.
But things are different now. The Warriors easily won the finals and won the championship. What should we do?
For Durant, and for all players, joining the Warriors is the fastest way to win a championship, but ordinary players don't care about evaluation, but Durant can't.
He needs a reason!
This reason can only be given by warriors.
To put it bluntly, it can only be given by Deng Fang.
Curry is easy to talk to here. With his character, Curry will agree to anything that is beneficial to the team at any time.
Even if it is something that is not necessarily beneficial to the team, Curry often remains silent and tries not to express an opinion.
Therefore, the decision of whether Durant joins or not rests with Deng Fang!
Does Deng Fang want Durant to join the Warriors?
think!
This is inevitable!
Durant is indeed very strong. With him joining the team, the Warriors' road to winning the championship will be much easier.
Although the Warriors can win the championship without Durant, with Durant, there will be fewer accidents, and the Warriors will have an extra layer of insurance to win the championship!
Just like driving, if you obey the traffic rules, don't be half-hearted, and drive carefully, you will reach your destination safely under normal circumstances.
But accidents will always happen. If you follow the rules, what should you do if someone else rearends you while drunk?
Even pedestrians walking on the sidewalk may get hit by a car and die...
Therefore, under normal circumstances, you can reach your destination safely.
But if the car you drive is not an ordinary car, but a tank, then the possibility of you reaching your destination safely will increase exponentially, which is equivalent to buying insurance!
Durant's joining is like adding insurance for the Warriors to win the championship.
As long as there are no extremely special circumstances and as long as the warriors do not commit suicide, the champion will definitely belong to the warriors!
This is how the term five-star battleship comes about!
So the problem now is that Deng Fang needs to give Durant an explanation!
