Kerr: VR goggles didn't woo Durant as much as Warriors' Curry, Green did

One of the true Silicon Valley details of the Golden State Warriors' recruitment of Kevin Durant this summer was the use of a virtual reality headset in their meeting with the superstar, giving him a futuristic glance of himself in the team's clubhouse.

Yet Warriors coach Steve Kerr, in describing the meeting, says the high-tech component didn't work as well as the human one - his players themselves pitching Durant.

"We kind of did a virtual reality thing where Kevin could put the VR set on and, showed from his seat in the locker room ... what it would feel like to be a Warrior," Kerr told ESPN's Zach Lowe on the Lowe Post podcast.

"It's one of those things where the production quality was good ... you kind of want to bring something (unique) to the table. And then he put it on, and I think it malfunctioned at first," Kerr said. "Within a couple of minutes, Rich Kleiman, his agent, was like, 'Alright, let's move on. Kevin wants to know what it would be like to be a Warrior.' And I kind of chuckled I'm thinking 'Well, we were kind of trying to show him.'"

In the months since his league-altering decision, details have trickled out about how incumbents like Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, and Draymond Green - all in the meeting with Kerr - made Durant feel as comfortable and needed as possible. One report indicated Curry said he would be in the front row applauding if Durant won NBA MVP with Golden State.

"You just have to go in just be yourselves and what you're trying to sell," Kerr said. "Which is just your culture and your players."

Kerr also slammed the narrative that Durant bailed on the Oklahoma City Thunder simply for a better shot at a title.

"He's not chasing rings," Kerr said. "He's been on one of the best teams in the league for many years."