On Saturday Kevin Durant will be playing his first game in Oklahoma City since leaving the Thunder to sign with the Warriors last summer. departed Oklahoma City with fanfare on the 4th of July last year to chase a championship with Stephen Curry and the star-studded Warriors. He gets it, he understands what he meant to a city that so desperately needed the lift he provided. “So I’m looking forward to that.” In December, Durant donated $57,000 to Positive Tomorrows, an Oklahoma City elementary school for homeless children that he still cares so much about — and insists he always will, wherever he is. “Obviously, Kevin has done a lot for Oklahoma City and our team when he was here.” Warriors coach Steve Kerr changed teams so many times he became used to regular returns to arenas he once called home.

Source: thestar February 10, 2017 21:20 UTC