OAKLAND, Calif. — Few coaches in the NBA know Kevin Durant the way Ron Adams does.
As head coach Steve Kerr’s defensive-minded assistant, Adams was tasked 13 times over the past two seasons with figuring a way to limit Durant’s offensive impact. But he’s also been on the other side, having coached a 20-year-old Durant during his second and third seasons in the league, when the Thunder franchise had just moved to Oklahoma City.
So when Durant announced on July 4 that he had decided to play for the Golden State Warriors, it meant more than just the formation of a superteam. This was something more personal for Adams. This was a chance to reunite with one of his past proteges—someone who had, in the time since they last shared the same practice-court colors, cemented his place as not only one of the NBA’s elite scorers, but one of its most game-altering defenders.
"[Durant] wasn't always perfect on the court defensively, but he wanted to get better," Adams told Bleacher Report. "Even in our second year together, he'd come out of the game and come to the ben ...
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