Few players in NBA history have received the same treatment as Kevin Durant. The Brooklyn Nets player was brutally condemned by public opinion after his salida a Oklahoma City Thunder hacia Golden State Warriors, an election that to this day continues to be repudiated and even by players who did not know how to be champions like Charles Barkley.
Durant he left the Thunder in 2016 because he needed to be NBA champion and, Although he achieved the two-time championship with the Warriors being an extremely decisive player and MVP in the NBA Finals, It has always been said that ‘he chose the easy way by joining with so many talents’. In dialogue with JJ Redick, on his podcast, gave an honest opinion on his detractors.
“No”, answered Durant when Redick asked him if he had taken the NBA’s easier path by going to Golden State. “And what does that mean? I never understood what that means, because I still come to work every day. I do each rep at 100 percent speed. So, I just don’t understand that. “KD said in a totally true sentence.
Durant referred to how he was in those NBA Finals of 2017 and 2018: “And I played at an elite level in the Finals in all the big moments. And he could understand if he didn’t play well. But I played the best I could in both Finals for that team. So, I felt like I was getting up every day and holding onto a championship, the elite player standard, and I hit that pretty much 98 percent of the time in practice, games, and target practice. “ praised.
The ring is something that, according to the Nets forward “yes, of course, I earned it”. It goes without saying that Golden State Warriors won’t be the same without Kevin Durant and that is a truth that even his detractors know. Although, logically, they want to see him win NBA titles in Brooklyn, the team where he warned he would like to retire.
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