Kevin Durant’s Next Game? Oracle Arena’s Team USA Vs. China On Tuesday, July 26


Kevin Durant can be seen in the above photo from Monday, May 30. That’s why Kevin is still wearing an Oklahoma City Thunder uniform. However, it was Independence Day — Monday, July 4 — when Durant announced that he would join the same Golden State Warriors team that Kevin was used to playing against. Durant can be seen in many a Photoshop-altered image on social media with Kevin donning a Warriors uniform.

Durant will now join forces with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors, a move that caused so much buzz around Durant on the holiday that folks were even looking up Kevin’s old Black Planet social media profile and writing about it, as reported by The Root. While Durant can’t sign on the dotted line with the Warriors until July 7, that hasn’t stopped folks from buzzing about Kevin’s first game in the Oracle Arena as a Warriors team member.

According to StubHub, the USA vs. China game takes place on Tuesday, July 26, at Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. The lowest price being listed for upper level tickets as of this writing is $120 per ticket.

[Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Images]
[Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Images]
According to Ticketmaster, some of the VIP tickets for that same game are going for as much as $2,775 per ticket. Oracle Arena, home of the Golden State Warriors, is located at 7000 Coliseum Way, in Oakland. Fans are reacting on social media to the fact that they could soon witness Durant as a basketball player on their side — not a man to boo in a different uniform.

“@OracleArena @usabasketball End of one chapter…beginning of another. We’ll miss you @hbarnes…”

“Do y’all realize KD is playing at Oracle Arena in 3 weeks when USA plays China. His first time playing at Golden State being on the roster.”

“@KDTrey5 will play at Oracle Arena in Team USA exhibition July 26.”

“KD’s next game is with USA vs. China… At Oracle Arena…”

“@KDTrey5! Welcome to the Bay Area! Always been a fan! You will feel the ‘Thunder’ playing at Oracle Arena! When’s your jersey coming out!”

“Team USA first game against China at Oracle Arena (KD on USA team).”

Some folks weren’t as eager to see Durant join the Warriors and begin playing at the Oracle Arena.

“A huge earthquake could destroy the city including Oracle Arena and wipe out the Warriors season. Just a thought.”

On eBay, listings of tickets for the same game are appearing, such as one listing for two tickets to see USA versus China being sold for $279.99 as of this writing, with a $479.99 “Buy it Now” price. Other eBay listings show a pair of row 10 tickets going for $700 or the best offer a buyer can make.

While it was already known that Durant was a U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team player, the profoundness of Kevin’s first game being weeks away in the Oracle Arena as a member of the Warrior’s roster is just sinking in after Durant’s announcement.

Durant can be seen in above photos, in the midst of reporters at a news conference on Monday, June 27, in New York. Kevin can also be seen with children who were a part of a recent basketball clinic.

Simply placing Durant’s name into Twitter, Facebook, or other social media platforms displays the variety of varying views that have emerged in the wake of Kevin’s decision to join the Warriors.

“Kevin Durant joining the Warriors is worse than when Anakin joined the Dark Side.

However, Durant had his own take on why some folks might be reacting negatively to his decision. In Durant’s announcement in the Players’ Tribune, Kevin noted that he would miss his former team and the city that “raised him,” even though Durant is from Washington, D.C.

“When people are used to you doing something, they want you to stay in that lane.”

[Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Images]

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