Steve Kerr: "Durant wanted a new challenge"

[Hey Yo]

Kerr added:

“Circumstances kind of dictate, I guess, that some people are going to see him as a villain. But it’s only because he decided to go elsewhere to play. He wanted to change his scenery, he wanted a new challenge. More than anything he wanted to play with our guys. He loves Draymond [Green] and Steph and Klay [Thompson] and Andre [Iguodala]. Seeing those guys in New York, he loved seeing the chemistry that exists and he wanted to be a part of it.”

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[MaxPlayer]

Well he got one:

It will now be a challenge for him to ever make the All-Time Top 11.

[TylerOO]

Kerr looks like a rotting witch.

[Naero]

What is that new challenge, again? Being a perennial NBA Finalist now that his teammates can probably bail out his Western Conference Finals chokejobs?

If he wanted a a truly Alpha-esque challenge, maybe he should have been motivated to avenge the Western Conference Finals loss against the team that he easily could have beaten if he showed up in Game 5 and 6.

[ArbitraryWater]

What is that new challenge, again? Being a perennial NBA Finalist now that his teammates can probably bail out his Western Conference Finals chokejobs?

If he wanted a a truly Alpha-esque challenge, maybe he should have been motivated to avenge the Western Conference Finals loss against the team that he easily could have beaten if he showed up in Game 5 and 6.

good to see you not promote this bitchness

[JohnMax]

[Dragonyeuw]

What challenge? Durant's move neutered the one team out west that seriously can challenge GS, while removing his main stumbling block( again out west) enroute to the finals.

[Indian guy]

Well, his own coach wasn't going to call him a b!tch.

But nice try, Steve. We all know, and yourself included, what he is. New challenge

[Bankaii]

His only challenge is going to be if he can outchoke Curry in the Finals.
That's pretty hard to do.

[Nilocon165]

His only challenge is going to be if he can outchoke Curry in the Finals.
That's pretty hard to do.

[warriorfan]

His only challenge is going to be if he can outchoke Curry in the Finals.
That's pretty hard to do.

[COLOR=RED]Most 4th Quarter Points during the Finals [/color]

1995 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5
2000 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5 (61.1% TS)
2015 Stephen Curry 10.8 [COLOR="Green"](75.1% TS)[/COLOR]
1997 Michael Jordan 10.7 (55.1% TS)
1998 Michael Jordan 10.6 (50.6% TS)
2011 Dirk Nowitzki 10.3 (68.0% TS)
1993 Michael Jordan 10.3

Perhaps the most critical segment of this series came at the end of the third quarter of Game 4, Cleveland cutting the Warriors lead to three. The Q was rocking. The Finals hung in the balance.

Curry calmly called for the ball, shook a defender and drained a three, pushing Golden State to a six-point lead. In a reversal of roles, a gassed LeBron tried to answer with a three of his own at the buzzer, only to miss badly. When James went to the bench to rest at the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors seized control of the game and the Finals.

Curry finished with 22 that night. He then dropped 37, including 17 in the fourth quarter, in Game 5. On Tuesday, he dropped a couple of massive threes to help stem a fourth-quarter Cleveland surge, then when double-teamed, hit a wide-open Klay Thompson for another.

They did it with a wizard, Stephen Curry, at point guard. Curry nailed three key threes in Golden State’s 105-97 Game 6 victory in Cleveland Tuesday night, because that’s what he does. In the clincher, however, the regular-season MVP’s passing stood out. He patiently let the Cavs double-team him far from the basket – what choice did the Cavs have against a guy who can sink shots from Cincinnati? – and hit cutters down the lane. Or flipped one-handed passes down low. Or skipped the ball cross-court, or into the corner, to open three-point shooters. Curry had eight assists. Golden State finished with 13 three-pointers.

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[bdreason]

Same way LeBron wanted a new challenge by joining Wade and Bosh.

[tpols]

haha good one steve. i like the bait, "new challenge".. fire the haters up a bit.. like puppets dancing w/ strings . KD joining for the chemistry. spot on. shots fired at russell as well. Nice mind-gaming from Kerr here, almost zen like.