When Kevin Durant decided to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors, the reaction from many was disbelief. The Warriors had just won a regular-season record 73 games, have a two-time MVP winner in Stephen Curry, one of the best two-way players in the league in Klay Thompson and a jack-of-all-trades big man in Draymond Green. And now they add Durant, one of the best players in the league?

It just doesn't seem fair. But this isn't a video game, this is real life -- a fact that still hasn't set in for Thompson.

From USA Today's Sam Amick:

"I think (going after Durant was) a no-brainer man, just because it's a once-in-a-generation kind of talent," Thompson told USA TODAY Sports recently. "It's history. There have never been two MVPs ... under 30 (years old) on the same team, so it was a no-brainer just because he's such a great talent and he'd be such a pleasure to play with. Where we were at (last season), it's hard to imagine going to that level (again). But he's the type of guy who could take us there."

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"It's growing still," Thompson said of the relationship. "I mean we're just getting to know each other. I'm still in awe of the guy. I'm still kind of starstruck when I'm around him, like 'Man, that's Kevin Durant, you know? He's on our team. That's crazy.' You get to know him more. He's such a grounded individual. He's such a normal guy. He just loves basketball. He's actually a well-rounded person. He likes to talk about everything, whether it's movies, photography, travel. He's easy to talk to, and it's great to have a teammate like that."


Despite Thompson being "starstruck," he is well aware that he is going to sacrifice some facets of his own game. But Thompson is willing to do this and envisions a role for himself just like Manu Ginobili has in San Antonio.

Plus playing with Durant on Team USA will definitely help Thompson and Green develop kinship with their new teammate sooner rather than later. There will likely be a feeling-out process in Golden State once the season starts, but the Warriors are an unselfish team and take pride in playing together as one unit so they should be able to quickly gel together. Durant on the Warriors is indeed crazy like Thompson says but it will all likely work out for Golden State.