With the salary cap rising , Kevin Durant is expected to opt out of the second-year of his two-year contract with Golden State and become a free agent again this summer.
But don't plan on him signing with another team.
"I'm liking it here," Durant told Sam Amick of USA Today Sports at the Warriors' groundbreaking ceremony. "I'm liking everything that's going on. I know what my contract says, but I didn't plan on coming here for just a year. I'm in it right now, and I'm also just focusing on day by day.
"I know it's cliché, and you hear that all the time, but I'm seriously just not thinking about it because I'm like – I'm just in it for the long haul."
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Warriors owner and CEO Joe Lacob is not concerned about losing Durant.
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He also fully anticipates re-signing free-agent-to-be Stephen Curry.
"I have no angst whatsoever," Lacob told Amick. "I totally am positive (that) I think those guys are going to sign. They're both free agents. They have a right to do whatever they want. They've earned it, and I respect that.
"If they don't sign with us for some reason, then shame on me and us. I take responsibility for that. But I don't see that happening."
