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Kevin Durant plays for his fifth NBA team later in the year. The League MVP in 2014 officially joined the Houston Rockets this weekend when NBA’s first seven-team trade was completed.
On Sunday, Durant took a moment to look back on his time with Suns while also looking forward to his new chapter in Houston. “A lot of love for Arizona. Houston, can’t wait!” Completed a post on X this weekend.
However, during a recent sincere discussion with his former coach Steve Nash, Durant looked back even further as he discussed some of the heights and low of his stint with Brooklyn Nets.
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Brooklyn Nets tips Kevin Durant (7) speaks to train Steve Nash during the first half of the team’s NBA basketball match against Indiana Pacers, Friday, October 29, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Alpine)
“We had this conversation in Portland, I think, just before a game, and I’m like,” who do I spend my next five years with? “” Durant said during a recent edition of LeBron James and Nash Co-hosted “Mind the Game” podcast.
“I had just signed that deal. You (Steve Nash) had just signed an appointment. But I feel like we were safe, but everything else around us went to S —. Not in a bad way. We got GMs to go to other teams. We got coaches to go to other teams. We got players who forced trades. We bring Ben Simmons. Bulls ———– around us. “
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Durant added that while he was on the same page with Nash, there were other factors that contributed to an atmosphere of dysfunction.
“I feel like we were locked in on the same page and understand as we try to do something special here,” Durant said. “But I felt your hands were tied up a lot because you had to – like coach you got to do with so much.”
Nash acknowledged Durant’s point by admitting, “I didn’t get the coach as much as I wanted.”
Durant replied by suggesting that he was robbed of the best version of Nash as a coach.
March 29, 2022; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Brooklyn Net’s main coach Steve Nash and Forward Kevin Durant (7) looks over the fourth quarter against Detroit Pistons at the Barclays Center. (Brad Penner-USA Today Sports)
“That’s what it was. I think we didn’t get the full Steve Nash that I would … as you probably wanted. I just felt it was just too many distractions in the way and you know you can’t win that way,” Durant noted.
While Durant summarized his stint with the nets as “weird,” he spoke glowing about his experience playing for the franchise.
January 8, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; Brooklyn Nets Frem Kevin Durant (7) warms up before playing Miami Heat at the FTX Arena. (Michael Laughlin-usa Today Sports)
“The first year, man, the most fun ball I had. Some of the most fun ball I had played all my life,” he said. “I enjoyed it. I enjoyed Brooklyn a lot. I loved playing for Brooklyn, but it’s just so much about the guys who were engaged in the situation and felt we were engaged, but everyone else wasn’t. It was just weird.”
Durant signed with Nets in 2019 after three seasons with the Golden State Warriors. He was part of two NBA-final-winning teams in his time with the Golden State, but he suffered an Achilles injury in what was his last season with the team.
Durant eventually appeared in 129 games during his three -year period with Nets.
