Reporting from ESPN’s Zach Lowe indicates some Western Conference coaches and GMs would rather face the Warriors than the Thunder or Jazz in the first round.
Kevin Durant will opt out of his current deal with the Warriors and become an unrestricted free agent this offseason, according to Chris Haynes of ESPN. Durant will do so in order to rework his contract, that is currently slated to pay him $26.2 million in 2018-19, a figure well below his market value.
Quinn Cook described what signing his new NBA contract meant to him while speaking with reporters after the Warriors’ Tuesday morning shootaround in Salt Lake City.