CLEVELAND — Kevin Durant had a simple message for his critics: “Thanks.”
Durant’s move to the Golden State Warriors, booed by many around the NBA, has unquestionably paid off for both the player and his team. Two years, two NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs and almost certainly a new contract in the next few weeks after he and the Warriors decide on the best way to proceed.
He is often a man of few words, but Durant let his thoughts be known Friday night after the Warriors won their second consecu openness to Durant in his postgame remarks as he let his detractors know that whatever they said when Golden State didn’t mean much then and means even less now.
“Former players and players now that got a lot to say his newest Finals MVP trophy standing just to his left. “They know exactly what know. They understand when they get on the court with me or if they check up with me, they know what it
Here’s what he brings to the Warriors: 26.4 points per game in this regular season, 29 points per game in the playoffs, a 43-point explosion in Game 3 that will go into NBA Finals lore and a triple-double in the series clincher to cap it all off.
But the criticism — which came from both current and former players when he joined the Warriors to form a superteam two summers ago — probably won’t stop, either.