Remember the 2004 L.A. Lakers? The supposed super team with Kobe, Shaq, Gary Payton, & Karl Malone. They clashed all year and pulled it together enough to make it to the Finals. Then they were summarily dismissed by a true team, one devoid of any superstars: the Detroit Pistons.

Will this work in Golden State? Who knows. But whether they wanted it or not, the pressure will be tremendous starting the day Durant signs his name to the contract. Rightly or wrongly, the expectation should be 75 wins and a title. Anything short of that is a failure.

It also makes GS transform from media darlings to overnight villians. Now there will be vitriol for Curry, KD, and Thompson. Green will not only have to share the ball more, he'll have to be share being hated.

I said it during the playoffs and it bears repeating. If the NBA had the guts to suspend Draymond Green for his multiple kicks to Steven Adams, then we're not having this conversation. GS would have been eliminated in the Western Conf Finals.

The NBA's inability to suspend Green is a mistake of historic proportions. If OKC wins that series while Green served a 1-2 game suspension, Durant stays. Then GS's regular season is rendered even more meaningless than losing to Cleveland. The non-suspension FOREVER altered the path of two franchises and has made the NBA virtually uncompetitive. At the very least, it further solidies the belief of many that the NBA regular season is a complete waste of time.

I also think the Durant signing was a bit of a hedge against Curry's fragile health, combined with Thompson & Curry shrinking in big moments. These guys will need to play big minutes particularly since they depleted their once deep bench.

Lastly, where is that entitled wind bag of a wife of Steph Curry? Don't hear her chirping about the NBA being rigged now that things are going her way again. She doesn't have the first clue about adversity.