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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant took a moments break from his own shooting work and glimpsed over at the adjoining court as Stephen Curry ran around the 3-point arc launching long jumpers as part of his regular post-practice routine.Two of the brightest young faces of the NBA will team up for the first time together Tuesday night, when the Golden State Warriors begin another championship quest with huge expectations and Durant the new star in the middle of it all.KD knows its going to be a little strange -- and he is not talking about his new No. 35 uniform or debut with the Warriors this time -- when he looks to the opposite bench Tuesday night and Tim Duncan wont be there . Not for tipoff at midcourt, either.When the Lakers come to town, no Kobe. Kevin Garnett is long gone, too.Three of the leagues best over recent decades retired after last season, and now Durant, LeBron James, two-time reigning MVP Curry, Russell Westbrook, two-time defending Defensive Player of the Year Kawhi Leonard and others must continue to carry the NBA going forward.Leonard and San Antonio open the season without Duncan against the defending Western Conference champions at sold-out Oracle Arena.Its going to be weird not seeing him, KG, Kobe out there on the court -- pioneers of my era of basketball, I guess, Durant said after Tuesdays shootaround. His basketball spirit always looms over top of the Spurs. His DNA is always engrained in that culture. You can appreciate what hes done, but its definitely going to be weird not seeing 21 on the court for them.Durant, who will face his former Oklahoma City team next week, couldnt wait to finally get going in games that matter. He and the Thunder beat the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals before squandering a 3-1 lead to the Warriors in the West Finals.This summer, Durant shined while playing at Oracle with the U.S. team ahead of the Rio Olympics. He did so again for his preseason home debut against the Clippers on Oct. 4.I dont really think of it as an opening moment, Durant said. Its just another game to me. Its easy for me to approach it that way if its just another chance to step between the lines and do what I love. Not put too much pressure on myself to go out there and be great. I put the work in, I prepared the right way. Ill let that stuff take over. Ive got to get out of my own mind and just play, and thats what Ive been doing.Golden State dealt with its own disappointment in giving up a 3-1 advantage in the Finals and losing Game 7 at home against the Cavaliers .Not that Curry is afraid to talk about that disappointment.In fact, on Tuesday morning he discussed his new Under Armour advertisement that faces head-on the missed championship -- thats fresh, Curry notes in the video.It goes on with: 73-9. ... Missed championship. ... Make That Old.The first unanimous MVP selection last season, Curry said he had a say in the theme focused on pushing on from defeat because theres no perfect journey in any situation, so you try to sweep stuff under the rug or try to paint a picture thats not 100 percent accurate, I think its doing whoevers following our journey a disservice.Theres a powerful story in it, a relevancy to it, whats going on right now, Curry said. 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The No. 13 Horned Frogs open the season against South Dakota State on Sept. 3.For Hill, earning the starting job is a major step in a comeback that began 19 months ago when he left Texas A&M.Hill succeeded Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel at A&M in 2014 and achieved immediate stardom as a sophomore, breaking the schools single-game passing record with 511 yards in a blowout road win over then-No. 9 South Carolina in his first career start.He threw for 2,649 yards and 23 touchdowns on almost 67 percent passing during his stint as the Aggies starting quarterback and led the team to a 5-0 start. But he was bbenched after a three-game losing streak capped by a 59-0 loss at Alabama.ddddddddddddTexas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin suspended Hill for the teams next two games for an unspecific violation of team rules, his second suspension of the year, and Hill never played another down for the Aggies. He was released from his scholarship in January 2015 and spent a semester at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas, before enrolling at TCU.After spending the 2015 season on scout team as a transfer, Hill will now try to replace another record-breaking quarterback: Trevone Boykin. TCUs all-time leading passer won Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and finished No. 4 in Heisman Trophy voting in 2014. The Horned Frogs are 23-3 over the past two seasons. ' ' '