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By Jahmal Corner LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prized Golden State acquisition Kevin Durant should not try to become the team leader at his new home, says Hall of Famer Gary Payton. Instead, Payton suggests Durant take a back seat to his incumbent team mates and be a quiet if effective role player for the 2015 NBA champions when the new season begins on Tuesday. Payton, one of the all-time alpha males of the NBA who once trash-talked Michael Jordan, believes in the perhaps old-fashioned idea of a team’s pecking order and is not convinced that just showing up at Golden State should lift Durant to leading man status. Continue to Article

October 25, 2016 10:15:am EST

By Jahmal Corner LOS ANGELES, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Prized Golden State acquisition Kevin Durant should not try to become the team leader at his new home, says Hall of Famer Gary Payton. Instead, Payton suggests Durant take a back seat to his incumbent team mates and be a quiet if effective role player for the 2015 NBA champions when the new season begins on Tuesday. Payton, one of the all-time alpha males of the NBA who once trash-talked Michael Jordan, believes in the perhaps old-fashioned idea of a team's pecking order and is not convinced that just showing up at Golden State should lift Durant to leading man status. Continue to Article

October 25, 2016 10:00:am EST

MIAMI (AP) -- The offseason is over. And only 1,230 games are left until the playoffs start. Continue to Article

October 25, 2016 2:59:am EST

Always up for a party, Cleveland's about to rock like never before. Cleveland was always left out. LeBron James and the Cavaliers got Cleveland's first championship since 1964 by beating Golden State with a historic comeback in the NBA Finals in June. Continue to Article

October 25, 2016 2:58:am EST

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said his new-look team is relishing the pressure entering their 2016-2017 NBA campaign opener on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. The Warriors' blockbuster off-season move for Kevin Durant has made the already formidable-looking Dubs an even more daunting proposition as they set out to regain their NBA Finals crown. Kerr, however, said Monday his team of all-stars welcomed the burden of expectation that comes with being able to field a team with Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green in the line-up. Continue to Article

October 25, 2016 1:27:am EST