Golden State Warriors: Risk vs reward of bringing back Kevin Durant

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Risk – Continuing depth problems

If Kevin Durant opts into his contract, the Warriors depth problems will grow even more painful. Players like Alfonzo McKinnie and Quinn Cook will be forced to step up, and trusting them will grow even more important.

Additionally, Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala, two players on the verge of retiring, would be asked to play big minutes to even stay in the top half of the Western Conference. There’s no telling what might happen to Kevon Looney and DeMarcus Cousins this offseason either.

Yes, Steph and Klay are great, but you certainly don’t want them averaging over 33 minutes per game during a regular season game. They’ve been to five straight Finals and have played at least 99 games (a little bit less for Curry due to injury) for those five-straight seasons.

They’ll have no cap either, so they really can’t do anything about it. You’re not going to get a quality asset with $2 million. That said, a risk of retaining the great Kevin Durant is that your suffering depth for this upcoming season.

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