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MANILA, Philippines – The impact of Kevin Durant’s shock announcement that he’ll leave the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors has been felt globally. After all, the Warriors won 73 games last season after winning an NBA title the year before, and the addition of the 2013-14 MVP Durant returns the Dubs to championship favorite status.
Durant’s fellow NBA players took to Twitter to express their surprise, disbelief, and for his new teammates, joy.
The 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala had apparently found a WiFi connection just in time to find out about his new teammate.
Looks I just turnt the gogo wifi on at the right time…
— Andre Iguodala (@andre) July 4, 2016
Some NBA players wasted no time joking about the situation, with Portland Trail Blazers’ CJ McCollum saying Durant’s ex-Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook is set for his best season to date, while Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat thinks the Dubs will set some new records of their own.
Thats crazy!!!! KD in GSW???? …. R they gonna score 200 points a game
— Marcin Gortat (@MGortat) July 4, 2016
Russ about to avg a triple double with 30
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) July 4, 2016
Other NBA players, like Jeremy Lin and Evan Fournier, were at a loss for words.
Whoa…
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 4, 2016
WOW… Really?
— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) July 4, 2016
Damn
— Dorell Wright (@DWRIGHTWAY1) July 4, 2016
Sigh
— Ekpe Udoh (@EkpeUdoh) July 4, 2016
Sportswriters didn’t have a lack of things to say about this league-rocking news.
With Kevin Durant gone, the only small forward remaining on OKC’s roster is Kyle Singler at the moment. Life comes at you … fast
— Lang Greene (@LangGreene) July 4, 2016
Sam Presti made Russell Westbrook The Man in OKC. Kevin Durant couldn’t take it any more.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 4, 2016
The Oklahoma City Thunder management have reacted in classy fashion to losing their biggest star.
Statement from @okcthunder on Kevin Durant’s departure: pic.twitter.com/C78aXZSXPJ
— SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) July 4, 2016
The news is probably going to deflate Victor Oladipo, the newly-acquired Thunder player who had this to say a day earlier.
— Victor Oladipo (@VicOladipo) June 25, 2016
And Kevin Durant himself had something to say about how corny it is to form super teams. At least he thought so 3 years ago when he sent this tweet.
Now everybody wanna play for the heat and the Lakers? Let’s go back to being competitive and going at these peoples!
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 16, 2010
– with reports from JR Isaga/Rappler.com
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