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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android.\u200B&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thunder general manager Sam&amp;nbsp;Presti&amp;nbsp;addressed Kevin Durant\u2019s decision to sign with the Warriors at a press conference on Monday night.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe worked together nine years,\u201D Presti told reporters. \u201CI have nothing but respect for him.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThere's a new beginning here for the Thunder,\u201D Presti added. \u201D\u201CWe have to embrace that, lean into that.\u201D\u200B\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presti also spoke at length about Durant\u2019s relationship with the state of Oklahoma.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant announced Monday morning on The Players\u2019 Tribune that he will be joining Golden State after nine seasons with the Thunder.&amp;nbsp;According to&amp;nbsp;ESPN\u2019s Marc Stein, Durant will sign a two-year, $54.3 million deal with a player option in the second year.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;Kevin Durant shakes up the NBA with move to the Warriors\u200B\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presti has been the general manager of the Thunder since the team was in Seattle and drafted Durant just three weeks after being hired by the franchise in 2007.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CKevin made an indelible mark on the Thunder organization and the state of Oklahoma as a founding father of this franchise,\u201D Presti said in a statement released shortly after Durant announced his decision. \u201CWe can't adequately articulate what he meant to the foundation of this franchise and our success. While clearly disappointing that he has chosen to move on, the core values that he helped establish only lead to us thanking him for the many tangible and intangible ways that he helped our program.\u201D\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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