Dieter Kurtenbach: The time is right for Kevin Durant and the Warriors to reunite
Published in Basketball
Who helped whom?
If you listen to the toxic discourse surrounding NBA basketball, you’d be led to believe that the Golden State Warriors were some scrub team saved by Kevin Durant joining them for the 2016-17 season.
It sure seems that Durant needed the Warriors more than the Warriors needed him.
On Sunday night, Durant’s latest team, the Suns, were swept off their home floor by the upstart Timberwolves, who won their first playoff series in 20 years. Phoenix had gone all-in on this season, putting together a “Big Three” with Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal.
The Suns’ issue? They overlooked that basketball is played with five people at a time.
Also, that whole defense thing is pretty important.
Going all-in in the Valley of the Sun resulted in a No. 6 seed and zero playoff wins.
And things don’t look like they will improve much going forward.
With a massive tax bill and having mortgaged all their draft picks for the next six years, the Suns—like the Warriors—find themselves in basketball purgatory.
Yes, big questions are being asked in Phoenix, and big changes might be coming this offseason. Golden State just had a two-week head start on the same process.
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