If you're like me and closely followed the Kevin Durant free agent drama over the past couple of days, you'll have noticed that the Warriors had Jerry West, a member of Golden State's front office board, lob a call to Durant yesterday, which may or may have not tipped the scale in Golden State's favor. Allegedly the call wasn't to persuade Durant on what he should do but rather explain how painful it was losing all those Finals to the Celtics back in the 1960s and how they still eat at him today.
It's been hypothesized that this call had an impact on Durant and who could blame him: when a top 10 all time NBA player and the logo of the league calls you, you're gonna listen.