Former NBA star Richard Jefferson believes the Cleveland Cavaliers would have won multiple NBA championships if not for the Golden State Warriors' signing of Kevin Durant.
According to ESPN.com's Zach Lowe, Jefferson said he and the rest of the 2016-17 Cavs were confident in their superiority over a non-Durant Warriors team: "I know we all believe—and it's just our opinion—that if Golden State brought back the same team [in 2017], we would have dominated."
After falling to Golden State in the 2015 NBA Finals, the trio of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love led Cleveland to its first NBA championship in 2016, when it beat the Warriors in seven games.