Kevin Durant is really excited about winning his first NBA title. The Golden State Warriors superstar’s excitement has even funded the newspaper industry after he took out a full-page ad in a Bay Area newspaper to thank his Warrior teammates and basically everyone on Oakland and San Francisco.
Durant’s thank you ad was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday. The ad featured a photo of Durant with the word “Thank You” going down the middle of the page and words like “Dub Nation,” “Coaches” and “The Community” filling in each letter in “thank you.”
Any time an athlete buys a full page ad in a newspaper it's a good day. @KDTrey5 pic.twitter.com/4eDUJcBEFg
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) June 21, 2017
Some people had fun tweeting out photoshopped versions of the thank you with different words, including some that mimicked some of Durant’s more famous tweets. But many Oklahoma City Thunder fans pointed out that Durant could have done a similar newspaper thank you when he first left for Golden State.
https://twitter.com/banjelope/status/877590456846233601
Durant’s had a very friendly relationship with the newspaper industry in the days following Golden State’s second title in three seasons. The San Francisco Examiner also featured him on their front page, calling him Mr. Reliable as a trolling reference to a front page The Oklahoman had to criticize Durant in 2014.
Durant is expected to re-sign with the Warriors later this summer, so expect a lot more thanks from him and plenty more ad revenue for newspapers if the Warriors can keep the group together and win a few more NBA titles.
