CONTENTS The New Guy Growing Star 8 Keep Climbing 12 Paying Off 18 E Like a Warrior 24 All Star Stats Source Notes Glossary 29 30 Further information 31 Index 32
THE NEW GUY Kevin Durant takes a shot against the San Antonio Spurs DEN STATE GOLD WAR 1 80
Fans were quiet as they shuffled out of Oracle Arena in Oakland California The San Antonio Spurs had just crushed Kevin Durant's Golden State Warriors 129 100 This was not how Durant's first game with his new team was supposed to go It was the first day of the 2016 2017 National Basketball Association NBA season The Spurs were a good team But most fans thought better the Warriors would be
