The OKC Thunder likely benefited from LeBron James' departure from the West Coast, as the conference landscape looks shallower than it has in years. Former OKC darling-turned-villain Kevin Durant couldn't help but compare James' migration East to when he joined a loaded Warriors team that had just toppled his Thunder in the previous postseason. They got four 25-point scorers on this team," Durant said in a recent interview. Kevin Durant still trying to (unsuccessfully) justify his Thunder betrayalIt's no mystery that Durant's abandonment of OKC scarred the city for years. After he signed with them, another Warriors title was all but a foregone conclusion.