On Monday, Kevin Durant announced on the Players' Tribune that he will sign with the Golden State Warriors. According to Marc Stein of ESPN, Durant will sign a two-year, $54.3 million contract with a player option for the second year.
More importantly, he broke the internet with the news.
The Warriors might just break the NBA, given their incredible core. Consider the following, from ESPN Stats & Information:
Bleacher Report perhaps summed it up best:
That will leave Warriors fans and people who enjoy superteams feeling pretty good, including Jason McIntyre of the Big Lead:
Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder will lament the breakup, as Bleacher Report humorously indicated:
There will, of course, be mixed reactions to the news. One of Durant's new teammates already expects the haters to come out of the woodwork:
For all the folks who are excited to watch Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Durant play together, there will be those who are displeased to see another major-market superteam, as Ken Berger of CBS Sports tweeted:
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