kevin Durant’s decision to join the Golden State Warriors as a free agent has much of the basketball world up in arms. Reggie Miller claimed Durant “traded a sacred legacy for cheap jewelry” in a 1,500-word screed for Bleacher Report. His fellow Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said Durant “is trying to cheat his way into a championship” in an interview with ESPN. Their responses echo the social media din of fans mad at Durant for either betraying the Thunder or forming a team so strong in California that a championship for the Warriors in 2017 is an inevitability.