Steph Curry Recalls His Part In Recruiting Kevin Durant To Warriors | The Jump | ESPN

As Rachel Nichols looks back at the sounds of the NBA season, she recalls a conversation with Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry about recruiting Kevin Durant from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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[mitchsal]

"I know I'm not bigger than anyone else on my team" -coming from a 2x MVP, once unanimous. Crazy how humble he is... utmost respect 💯

[hggfu]

Curry and KD has illustrated that being humble gets you further than being prideful..Warriors will win 2 more..easily..

[KingNat.]

You can't blame Curry and the Warriors for getting KD. Who cares if you're a 73 win team, if you have a chance of getting KD on your team whether you need him or not, then you do it. You don't pass up an opportunity like that.

[swish]

People pissed at warriors for making their team better. If KD had joined the cavs no one would be complaining. The warriors drafted 3/4 of their all stars. It's a GM's job to make their team as good as possible

[roo]

biggest robbery in NBA history was Steph not getting Finals MVP first time around smh steph Avg 26 pts 5.2 rebs 6.3Ast Iggy 16 pts 4 ast smh i dont care that he had to guard lebron james the whole series and Cavs left iggy open the whole series Steph was the one getting double team..

[Bayareabob]

Cringe worthy questions being asked by rachel here. Why does she keep digging at his ego and checking him..? like he's already said a thousand times he's chill not being the center of attention on his team all the time and he's welcomed KD just as much as anybody else.

[anon]

Before all you bronsexuals start chatting just remember Stephen won without KD in 15

[empiricalpurity]

Coming back here in 2022 with the Warriors and Celtics at 2-2. Hoping the Warriors win the Championship and Steph gets the FMVP.

[sld]

Did people forget all the shit they were talking about how the warriors didn't have a bench anymore and that curry was overrated and that kyrie was better than curry over a series and that lebron was gonna win in 6 or suddenly all they have is excuses. I'm not a warriors fan but I'm sick of people talking shit and then tracking back once it bites them in the ass. The warriors rebuilt and made that bench good again so that ring is fucking deserved imo

[ldCat]

That's what makes GSW strong - working as a team. One great player celebrating another's achievements, and not focusing on individual accolades, and sharing the spotlight.
Who gives a rat's ass if you be the MVP in every category, but lose the finals.
These guys built something special. KD finally found the place where he belongs. Where he was meant to be 👍🍻
GSW FTW in 2019! 💍

[arealgoodguy]

Don't blame KD, blame the business known as the NBA for trying to get ratings and extending the series to 7 games lol

[tubefu]

Recruiting differences:

Curry: Come join my team of fun basketball and I share the glory with you.
everybody: Yes take me please!

James: Come join my team where I hog the basketball and take all the credit and order you around.
everybody: no thanks lebrony

[dopeascopebrother]

Funny how when you think of the most hated teams in sports, it is almost always the best ones. The Yankees, Patriots, Lakers, Alabama Crimson tide, Heat with Lebron, Cowboys, and now the Warriors. I guess when nobody can beat you it causes some disdain.

[manstealfreaker]

Peolple hating kd but if he is on your tema u lovin it

[mrtruthhurts]

Dennis Rodman join the Bulls and they swept the Pistons in 91 Ray Allen left the Celtics for the Heat and the Heat beat him Ron Artest joined the Lakers after they beat him in 09 LeBron James joined the Heat with 2 superstars so what's the big deal with KD 🚁

[cierradunbar]

Coming from a bay area native and warriors fan, I'm glad players and the front office reached to KD. We knew we couldn't win against LeBron espically with Harrison Barnes. 💙💛

[tomtomnuckles]

Smh. Whoever is saying ''KD is the greatest SF.'' Well. Don't forget about lebron and Dr J. Whoever is saying ''Curry top 3 or top 5 pg'' Should start watching about basketball. Don't call cavs fans salty. Ya'll were salty when you blew a 3-1 lead and starting saying it was because of the game 5 Draymond supension.

[T.J.M]

WARRIORS legit after going 73-9 had to go recruit Kevin Durant and people are always saying "oh LeBron needs help to win a championship"

[macxavier]

Pros of joining the Warriors: potentially winning multiple championships, playing with the two greatest shooters of all time and the reigning DPoY, being coached by one of the smartest coaches in the league, being part of a culture that's about winning as opposed to stat stuffing and attention hogging
Cons: hearing people who don't really matter talk shit about your decision

Yeah, KD, I don't know...I probably would've given this a little more thought...

[psyche]

lol hate bandwagon cavs fans came to dislike