Kevin Durant nails floater without his shoe (Video)

The greatest show on the hardwood traveled to Phoenix today and Kevin Durant continues to impress, even without his left shoe. 

As expected, the media and fans alike are going to critic the Golden State Warriors after every single game and deservedly so. Following their historic 73-win season, when adding a piece like Kevin Durant, you know, a former MVP and four-time scoring champion, the expectation is championship or bust.

This team completely understands that, however, because that was the expectation before Durant made his fourth of July decision. After all, they were one game away from repeating this past June, but with the suspension of Draymond Green in game five, the tide completely changed in the favor of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only was LeBron the best player on the floor, he made it known by leading all players in every single major statistic, which is something that’s never been done before in the NBA Finals.

Through two games, the Warriors haven’t looked like the world beaters everyone expected. In their home opener, the San Antonio Spurs embarrassed them to the tune of 129-100. Then, in their first road game, the Warriors came out victorious, but allowed 114 points to the lonely New Orlean Pelicans.

No matter how explosive the Warriors is, in order to win a championship, they’re going to have to improve defensively. Sure, they’re going to be exciting to watch on a nightly basis for fans across the world, but it won’t be nearly as much fun for head coach Steve Kerr if they continue to allow teams to score at will.

While no team is going to pass up the opportunity to get a talent such as Kevin Durant, the Warriors were forced to sacrifice a lot in order to get him. Losing Harrison Barnes doesn’t matter because Durant is ten times better, but losing the size of Andrew Bogut hurts. Also, Golden State lost some of their depth on the bench, ala Marreese Speights and Leandro Barbosa.

All in all, this team is still the clear favorite to win it all and if Kevin Durant can make shots like this with one shoe, opponents should be very scared.