Stephen Curry Told Kevin Durant He Doesn’t Care About Being the Face of the Franchise
Next season, the Golden State will boast winners of the past three MVP awards in their starting lineup, which was instantly transformed from merely excellent to downright stupefying on Monday.
Draymond Green is salivating in anticipation of how Kevin Durant will improve the Dubs’ defense, while Klay Thompson can barely imagine how much better the team will be offensively.
Welcome to THE FAMILY @KDTrey5 let's just do what we are setting out to do!! #Blockoutthenoise
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) July 4, 2016
Stephen Curry, meanwhile, reportedly assured KD that there won’t be any ego battles over who’s the proverbial Man in the Bay Area.
Per ESPN:
“We asked him how many championships do you think we can win with the way the team is now? How many championships can you win without us? How many do you think we can win together?” Green said.
The Warriors not only brought their core four players, but coach Steve Kerr, general manager Bob Myers, owner Joe Lacob and assistant general manager Kirk Lacob, too, to talk to Durant. Having been USA Basketball teammates with him, Curry and (Andre) Iguodala were most confident and comfortable speaking to Durant from a players’ standpoint about what life as a Warrior would be like on the court for him. Green also said they sold Durant on “culture, dynasty and style of play” with a team that won an NBA-record 73 games last season without him.
According to a person who saw the text messages, Curry told Durant in a text message that he could care less about who is the face of the franchise, who gets the most recognition or who sells the most shoes (Curry is with Under Armour, Durant with Nike). The two-time NBA MVP also told Durant that if Durant won the MVP award again he would be in the front row of the press conference clapping for him. In closing, Curry’s message to Durant was that all he truly cared about was winning championships and he’d like to do that as his teammate.
