Kevin Durant’s move to the Golden State Warriors caused shockwaves across the basketball world, and the Detroit Pistons’ own Andre Drummond had comments.
The NBA’s power structure shifted even more heavily towards Oakland, California, on Monday, after Kevin Durant chose to accept an offer from the Golden State Warriors over his Oklahoma City Thunder. As one might imagine, everybody with even the faintest interest in the NBA had a take, some more qualified than others.
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While casual fans may have opinions that are utterly worthless, well-placed media and NBA players themselves have a perspective that should cause the basketball world at large to take note. Zach Lowe broke down the implications of the move in his column, and a certain Detroit Piston had some takes as well.
Andre Drummond weighed in on Twitter shortly after Durant made his announcement via The Players’ Tribune (a site on which Stanley Johnson of the Pistons wrote an article just days ago):
https://twitter.com/AndreDrummondd/status/750009473456975872
It stands to reason that the Warriors might be seen as a bit undersized, although Kevin Durant is officially 6-foot-10 and likely over seven feet tall. Durant isn’t a typical big man, of course, as he is one of the most skilled players in the history of the NBA, but size may not be as big of a problem as some think for the Warriors.
That’s to say nothing of the fact that the Warriors are almost certainly going to feature one of the most efficiently potent offenses in league history, and missing out on a couple rebounds per game due to size deficiencies won’t likely matter that much when they’re scoring 130 points per 100 possessions.
No shade over here just a fact, it will be interesting to see what line up they decide to use....
— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) July 4, 2016
Drummond is right about this one, seeing how the Warriors utilize Durant is going to be fascinating and terrifying for the rest of the league.
A former Piston weighed in on the situation as well, commenting on Durant’s former teammate Russell Westbrook’s situation as the sole superstar now in Oklahoma City:
Lost in all this we may see a historic run from Westbrook next season..
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) July 4, 2016
Spencer Dinwiddie is right about this as well. Bring on the Russell Westbrook solo experience in 2016-17.
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The NBA’s Western Conference is going to be wilder than ever this coming season, if perhaps completely unbalanced thanks to the overwhelming firepower the Warriors now possess.