After nearly five years away from the Golden State Warriors, there has been more and more talk about Kevin Durant's return to the Warriors. Durant's recent woes with the Phoenix Suns have sparked interest in the topic, and the Warriors will need to strengthen their roster to secure another NBA championship.
NBC Sports Bay Area's Warriors reporter Monte Poole suggested that the Golden State Warriors consider trading Durant, which could involve major roster changes, including the possible departure of multiple players including Jonathan Kuminga and Andrew Wiggins, and the core of this team building idea is to make good use of Stephen Curry's final prime to add a high-impact player like Durant to greatly improve the Warriors' chances of winning now.
"Trading Durant now not only requires sign-off from all parties, which is the trickiest part, but also requires massive roster changes starting with the departures of Jonathan Kuminga and Andrew Wiggins," Poole said. Before thinking that this is a completely stupid idea, we might as well recall that last summer, few outside of the Warriors' circles could have imagined that new general manager Mike Dunleavy and team owner Joe Lacob would go after Chris Paul. ”
Curry has previously expressed enthusiasm for Durant's return, and Draymond Green has supported the idea. As the Warriors look to assemble a championship-contending team in the offseason, Durant's return is increasingly likely. Given Durant's desire to win and the awkward situation of being swept by the Timberwolves, he will definitely want to change that. Durant's performance after the Warriors is undoubtedly high-start-low, his team starts the regular season every season with ultra-high expectations from the outside world, but has been unable to succeed in the playoffs, which is in stark contrast to his three successful seasons with the Golden State Warriors, such a gap will inevitably make Durant miss his old owner.
What's more interesting is that both Durant and Curry will be part of the American Dream Team this summer, and Steve Kerr is the head coach of this team, and this reunion will undoubtedly provide ample opportunities for meaningful discussion on Durant's future and potential cooperation, and will also invisibly increase the possibility of Durant's return to the Warriors. The Warriors have previously said they plan to retire Durant's jersey, and they have shown enough respect for Durant in the past five years, and the Warriors may see this as a great opportunity to explore reunion, and the Warriors are definitely more hungry for Durant than they want to get other important players like LeBron James.