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Golden State Warriors: 3 reasons Kevin Durant won’t join the Lakers in 2019

By Nathan Beighle

OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors celebrates with Kevin Durant #35 against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first quarter in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors celebrates with Kevin Durant #35 against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first quarter in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 06: Stephen Curry #30 and Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors celebrate with Kevin Durant #35 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second half during Game Three of the 2018 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 6, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

He’ll potentially ruin a four-peat

If the Golden State Warriors win the NBA Finals this season, it seems almost like a must to keep their core together for another run. How are you going to break up a dynasty on the verge of winning four straight championships? A feat few teams in NBA history have pulled off.

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Both Durant and Klay Thompson will have the ability to break the team up. They’ve both recently been linked to Los Angeles, so it’ll certainly be interesting to see how this transpires if they won a third straight title, which is likely.

All great things must come to an end, right?

After all, look back at the Chicago Bulls. They won three straight titles from 1995-1998. Following their 1998 Championship, both Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen left. From 62 wins to 13 wins, they were quickly at the bottom of the league.

For the Dubs, that’s almost impossible.

Curry and Green are both under contract, and they’d likely bring back Klay even if Durant dipped to Los Angeles, but it seems unlikely that the Warriors pull off what the Bulls did and go their separate ways if they three-peat.

The Warriors, mainly through the draft, have created an unreal assembly of talent, and they should be able to use those tyes to retain their players. For Durant, while leaving might be inevitable, he should be back for one more season if the Dubs win the Finals yet again.

However, those 1+1 contracts always leave quite a bit of uncertainty regarding the future.

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