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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Anxious and eager to get started with his new team, Kevin Durant woke up extra early in the 7 oclock hour and then hit freeway traffic on the way to his first formal work day with the Warriors.I wasnt used to that in Oklahoma City, he said with a chuckle following his initial practice with Golden State.Welcome to the Bay Area, KD.Hes loving it so far. So is two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry, asked several different ways after Day 1 how defenses might possibly defend a lineup led by him, Durant, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and new center Zaza Pachulia. Not to mention all the playmakers coming off the bench for the NBA runner-ups last season to LeBron James and Cleveland.Everybody expects more from the Warriors now -- even after a record-setting season that ended with 73 wins but without another championship banner.As Curry and Co. are so used to by now, every team will bring its best to face star-studded Golden State led by its baby-faced point guard who shattered his own record with 402 3-pointers last season and is looking for even more from himself.Weve just got to be ready for pretty much anything, Curry said. Its going to be a feeling-out process throughout the whole season. Last year, teams started playing us a little differently all the way up until like March. We have to adjust. ... I have the same mentality. I dont really think about any other expectations. I want to get better. I want to be better than I was last year, and thats going to be the same regardless if KD was here or not.The Warriors held a team dinner Monday night that was as much get-to-know-you as it was outlining the season ahead. Durant said they havent even discussed whos going to get more shots or minutes, its all about getting to know each other.When things immediately came together on the court, coach Steve Kerr was pleasantly surprised given both he and general manager Bob Myers expected some basketballs to fly every which way as all the superstars found their timing together.Durant fit in great on the first day, Kerr said.It went well, better than I thought, said Kerr, the reigning NBA Coach of the Year. We had a team dinner last night and I looked around and we had, I want to say, 12 or 13 new faces including the camp invites. Its a reminder that this is a much different team, much different season. Practice was really smooth, especially considering all the new faces.Curry knows this team will be different from the group that came off a championship a year ago, and he has been reminding himself that every day you have to learn a little something to reach the big prize at the end.Losing Game 7 still stings for the Warriors, who led the series 3-1 before squandering the advantage -- just as Durant and his former Thunder team did against the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.Thats life, thats all part of it, Kerr said.Oh, and speaking of Currys focus, he is completely unconcerned as he enters into a contract year. He insists his future, which Curry plans to be right where he is now, can wait until next summer.My answers not going to be any different all year, so keep asking me, I wont have a different one, he said. Im not going to let it distract me at all. I want to be back here. I like playing here, and thats it. The rest of it is about what were going to do this year. 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Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. Penrith could receive a huge boost ahead of Fridays all-important NRL match against the Wests Tigers, with forward Chris Grevsmuhl a chance of returning from an elbow injury.Grevsmuhl missed Sundays win over Newcastle after hurting his elbow against the Sydney Roosters the previous week, but trained on Wednesday afternoon with the team.His possible return would inject more starch to a Panthers side who need to win to consolidate their spot in the top eight with just two more regular-season games to follow.Prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard wasnt so confident of Grevsmuhl making it back in time, having only just returned from a similar injury after missing four games.Im not too sure on that one. This is the first training session back since Sunday. But whatever (coach Anthony Griffin) does, Im pretty sure the boys will do a job, he said.Campbell-Gillard who, before the elbow injury, hadnt missed a NRL game since making his debut last year in round one, admitted he was still unable to straighten his arm.Its fully healed but obviously trying to get it fully straightened by the physio work, doing everything right that I can do. It should be good, he said.ddddddddddddIve got it strapped. I feel a bit comfortable there being supported by some strapping tape. Again, Ive just got to keep doing my rehab and getting physio treatment.For the Tigers, who sit two points behind seventh-placed Penrith in tenth spot, another loss would all but end any hope of squeezing into the finals.Panthers veteran Peter Wallace labelled Friday nights game a must-win.Its a very important game, just on the basis of where we both are on the ladder. Its our biggest game of the season to date, he said.I wouldnt say theyre finals, but the intensitys getting a bit higher each week. You expect it to go up another level this week.Wallace said the team were still smarting from the 34-26 loss in round 17 to the Tigers.We were disappointed in our effort that night. Just the execution in attack was really off and, defensively, we were off too, he said.Obviously, its do-or-die for them and were in a bit of the same boat too. Were going to have to be at our best on Friday. ' ' '