NBA: This improbable anecdote about Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant
Posted on September 13, 2022 at 11:35 p.m. by Thomas Bourseau
As for Kevin Durant’s situation, the question was not whether he was going to leave, but rather where. KD’s adventure with the Brooklyn Nets seemed to have come to an end and a possible return to the Golden State Warriors was discussed and desired by Stephen Curry. However, Durant’s expectations were no longer too unrealistic for a departure to possibly materialize.
From the opening of the summer trading period, Kevin Durant has expressed its wish to the front office of the Brooklyn Nets of his desire to look elsewhere. No longer in tune with the sports project of the New York franchise after two failures in the Play-Offs in 2021 and 2022, the one who is nicknamed KD seemed to have had enough and therefore set the market on fire. the Miami Heatthem Phoenix Suns, them Minnesota Timberwolves, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Golden State Warriors… Kevin Durant was announced at a slew of elite basketball franchises in the offseason.
After an endless soap opera, Durant stayed in Brooklyn
During August, Kevin Durant would have issued an ultimatum to the front office of the Nets letting the owner know Joe Tsai that he had to make a choice between himself and the general manager Sean Marks. Finally, on August 23, the GM in question, namely Markspublished a press release in which it was stipulated that Kevin Durant was finally going to stay with the Brooklyn Nets. “Steve Nash and I, along with Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai, met Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles yesterday. We have agreed to move our collaboration forward. We’re focused on basketball, with one common goal in mind: to build a lasting franchise to bring a championship to Brooklyn.”
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Curry was open to Durant returning to the Warriors
However, the Golden State Warriors would have discussed internally during the trading session of a possible coming of Kevin Durant. And it’s Stephen Curry in person who revealed it during an interview granted to Rolling Stone and in comments reported by Let’s talk-Basketball this week. “There were internal discussions about it yes, where we said to ourselves: “If Kevin Durant is really available, do we do it? All the teams had this conversation. But in our situation, it was clear that the leaders wanted to call me and ask me, “What do you think? I never hesitated about this. The idea of playing with KD again, knowing who he is as a person, and seeing our background, I think he’s a great guy. Ultimately Kevin Durant et Stephen Curry did not end up in Oakland Bay after their three-season collaboration for two NBA championship titles, the only ones to the credit of Kevin Durant. But anyway, a departure from Durant under his conditions was not possible for Stephen Curry
“Curry suggested Durant had unrealistic expectations”
In recent hours, Matt Sullivanwho conducted the interview with Stephen Curry pour Rolling Stonespoke on a discussion between the playmaker of the Warriors and the rapper Snoop Doggan inveterate supporter of the Los Angeles Lakers, he who comes from Long Beach like a certain Russell Westbrook. “While covering Curry last month, I observed him discussing the transfer market for Durant with Snoop Dogg. Curry hinted that Durant had unrealistic expectations that his preferred destinations would be able to keep a superstar roster despite the quid pro quo from Brooklyn. ‘He thinks if he goes to the Phoenix Suns they will have the same team. Or the Celtics, they have a little bit of everything, but they would have gone through a transition accompanying the transfer of Jaylen Brown, which is a very important piece.’ In the end, Curry agreed with Snoop that Kevin Durant did well to stay at the Nets. “.
Kevin Durant therefore proved to be too greedy and finally had no choice but to reconsider its position and stay with the Brooklyn Nets.
