Social media reaction to Kevin Durant signing with the Golden State Warriors

Kevin Durant announced Monday he will sign with the Golden State Warriors.

The contract is a two-year, $54 million deal with a player option for a second year.

Durant made the announcement in a post to The Players’ Tribune.

The 2012 MVP and seven-time All-Star spent his first nine seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder (he spent one of those seasons playing for the now defunct Seattle SuperSonics).

Here’s a look at the social media reaction to Durant’s signing.

Some of the familiar media types weighed in:

Warriors just need a defensive rebounder. No need for offensive rebounding — there aren’t going to be any.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) July 4, 2016

I don’t blame KD for picking GSW but this will become the most belatedly retweeted NBA tweet ever. https://t.co/F3crZAMTxK

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) July 4, 2016

Don’t give a damn what anyone says: weak move by KD. You go to GSW, the team who beat you, when you’re already on a title contender? Please!

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 4, 2016

Can’t bash Kevin Durant for this. The guy put winning above everything else. Including his ego.

Can’t bash Kevin Durant for this. The guy put winning above everything else. Including his ego.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) July 4, 2016

And Andre Iguodala seemed pretty pumped about it:

Looks I just turnt the gogo wifi on at the right time…

— Andre Iguodala (@andre) July 4, 2016

David Eugene Chappelle… Start planning the next Player Haters Ball

— Andre Iguodala (@andre) July 4, 2016

The Blazers’ backcourt didn’t seem thirlled:

The game has really changed. #happy4thofjuly

— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) July 4, 2016

Sooooo KD really going to the Warriors? sick change of events

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) July 4, 2016

— J.A. Adande (@jadande) July 4, 2016

And let’s stop comparing this to LeBron…not the same thing.

— Freddie Coleman (@ColemanESPN) July 4, 2016

#Warriors so stacked right now, it’s gonna force some of y’all to root for LeBron! Hahaha pic.twitter.com/RLJpvnQKcF

— Laurence Holmes (@LaurenceWHolmes) July 4, 2016

It’s Warriors vs the world and on paper now the Warriors are favored.

— InsideHoops.com NBA (@InsideHoops) July 4, 2016

BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors have officially clinched the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 NBA Championships

The Splash family lol

— Jeff Teague (@Teague0) July 4, 2016

— NOTSportsCenter™ (@NOTSportsCenter) July 4, 2016

Now that the @warriors have Kevin Durant, it’s totally okay to play as an all-star team when playing them in NBA2K17https://t.co/URlHinlEWW

— IGN (@IGN) July 4, 2016

Welp now we know there’s one illegal team on 2k..

Welp now we know there's one illegal team on 2k..

— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) July 4, 2016

“Who is: Kevin Durant?”#JeopardySports #NBAFreeAgency pic.twitter.com/TnApoAsr0y

— Jeopardy! Sports (@JeopardySports) July 4, 2016

Thats crazy!!!! KD in GSW???? …. R they gonna score 200 points a game??

— Marcin Gortat (@MGortat) July 4, 2016

oh my god russ is gonna shoot so many shots

— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) July 4, 2016

Russ Facetiming all his teammates and letting them know: pic.twitter.com/lfcVAkY1BE

Lil’ B even weighed in. ‘The Curse’ has been lifted!

— jay (@mrmess) July 4, 2016

“The BasedGod” wants to speak,As life unravels and superstars make decisions that change lifes, welcome home KD the curse is lifted – Lil B

— Lil B THE BASEDGOD (@LILBTHEBASEDGOD) July 4, 2016

And of course, #NeverForget:

If the Seattle Supersonics were still alive this never would have happened

— Kels Dayton (@KelsDayton) July 4, 2016

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