Adam Silver doesn’t support Kevin Durant’s decision to move to Golden State. He thinks it is bad for the league, and he wants for more parity. He was competitive balance throughout the league, and one dominate team is not what he was going for.
According to Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon, Durant’s mom spoke to Silver on the issue:
Well, now Silver does seem to have a sense of Durant’s thought process, courtesy of Wanda Durant.
“The one thing I have learned, I was just talking to Kevin Durant’s mom, every situation is different,” Silver told cleveland.com on the red carpet in Los Angeles prior to the ESPYS Wednesday. “This was a team in Golden State where they have three all-stars who were all drafted. A team that’s under the cap. And one free agent, who also happens to be a superstar, makes a decision to go to that team. It’s very different than if multiple players from different teams had come together and said let’s all land on yet a completely different team.
“Every situation is unique, and these players have difficult decisions to make,” Silver said. “Of course they want to win. I’m sure it was very difficult for him to leave the Oklahoma City community. Look at the incredible things he’s done there over the years. So these decisions are always difficult, and these are young men. It’s a lot of responsibility.”
Regardless, Silver still wants a change to the CBA. The only problem is, what changes can he make? Durant wouldn’t have been able to sign with the Warriors, but because Curry is on a below-market salary, the Warriors had room to sign Durant. Also, the NBA’s new TV contract contributed to this because of the salary cap spike. A new CBA wouldn’t do much, and this wouldn’t have happened if not for the cap spike or Curry’s ankle injuries.
