where did the name hamptons five come from
Death Lineup During the off-season, Golden State signed former league MVP and four-time scoring champion Kevin Durant to replace Harrison Barnes, who had averaged just five points and made only 5 of 32 shots during the last three losses in the Finals.[27][28] With Durant leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Warriors' opponents in the 2016 Western Conference Finals, the move was seen as a disruption in the competitive balance of the NBA, and the Warriors instantly became title favorites.[29][30] The move gave the Death Lineup four players who have averaged at least five assists in a season.[31] San Francisco Bay Area journalist Tim Kawakami coined the nickname "Hamptons Five" for the new group, which included the four players who traveled with team officials to The Hamptons to recruit Durant.[7][32][33] The Warriors won the 2017 NBA Finals 4â€“1, and Durant was unanimously voted the Finals MVP.[34] Kerr had used the Death Lineup for just 16 minutes in the series until deploying it for 17 in the Game 5 clincher.[35] Iguodala scored 20 points in 38 minutes after averaging less than 30 minutes in the first four games of the series. Kerr used him in the small-ball lineup in favor of big men Zaza Pachulia (10 minutes) and JaVale McGee (0).[36]