In the days since Kevin Durant requested a trade from the Nets, the 12-time All-Star’s name has been at the center of countless conversations regarding his future and legacy.
Some of those conversations have questioned Durant’s desire to move on from a team he chose as a free agent in 2019, and subsequently signed a four-year max extension with last August. Narratives such as this drew the ire of Warriors forward Draymond Green, who came to the defense of his former teammate on the latest episode of his self-titled podcast.
“If Kevin Durant says, I actually don’t wanna be here anymore, I wanna go to somewhere else, why does it matter? Why does that make you weak? Why does that make him - means he’s running from something? I don’t understand that,” he said. “Why is it that it’s just not that’s the next step in his career?”
