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Durant agrees to sign two-year deal with Warriors
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KEVIN Durant and the Golden State Warriors have agreed on a two-year deal worth about US$53 million in a move that comes two days after they came to terms with superstar Stephen Curry.
Durant, who is an unrestricted free agent, will have a player option on the second year, ESPN reported on Monday.
The 28-year-old Durant is expected to have an annual salary of between US$25 million and US$26 million.
The Warriors came to terms with point guard Curry on a five-year, US$201 million contract on Saturday.
Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder last summer to sign with the Warriors.
He played a key role this season in leading Golden State to its second National Basketball Association title in three years over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Meanwhile, the struggling Los Angeles Lakers have signed second overall draft pick Lonzo Ball to a multi-million dollar, four-year contract, the NBA team announced on Monday.
No details were released but the deal is expected to be worth about US$30 million which is the allowable amount for a No. 2 overall pick under the collective bargaining agreement.
Lakers’ new team president Magic Johnson described the 19-year-old Ball as the “new face of the franchise” last month.
The Lakers are in desperate need of offensive help as they finished with the second worst record in the Western Conference, winning just 26 games last season.
“You have to have a great leader and somebody that can make their teammates better and somebody that has incredible basketball IQ,” Johnson said.
“He is somebody that can get his teammates to follow.”
Ball averaged 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 7.6 assists per game as a US college player last season.
The Lakers also signed forward Kyle Kuzma and guard Josh Hart.
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