BREAKING: Kevin Durant Declines $31.5M Player Option With Warriors

It begins!

On Wednesday, Kevin Durant officially became an unrestricted free agent after declining his $31.5 million player option with the Golden State Warriors.

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant has declined his $31.5M player option and will become an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell ESPN. Durant and his business manager Rich Kleiman are in New York, evaluating free agency options. So far, process has stayed private.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 26, 2019

Durant has been widely expected to become a free agent well before his Achilles injury and even after it.

He is currently in New York with agent Rich Kleiman and they are said to be be weighing his his free agency options.

The Knicks and Nets are the two teams that have been heavily linked to Durant this offseason.