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Let there be Durant in the Bay Area.

Kevin Durant does the thing you're not supposed to do.

And he is sticking around and being celebrated, getting the applause from the NBA media world,

the toast of basketball.

Oh, what a noble man Kevin Durant is.

Really?

Really?

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There was a fair amount of commotion in the basketball world.

Kevin Durant, the toast of the NBA, right? The Independence Day Eve.

And he ends up essentially bending over, if you will, considering

what he could have gotten from the Golden State Warriors.

And this is the story we want to talk about.

I don't know if you've heard all the details on this, but we learned that Durant has agreed

to a two-year deal worth $53 million.

Now, it sounds like bizarre aro World to say that that in any way is offensive.

But Durant, who is technically, he hasn't signed this contract yet, he's an unrestricted free agent.

He will have a player option for the second year.

So it's essentially a one-year contract, and then the process or process will repeat yet again.

And they'll do the dance, the mating dance over, and one more time.

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