Kevin Durant was traded to the Houston Rockets earlier this summer and will play next season under Ime Udoka. The pair have some history with Durant and Udoka both being members of the 2020–2021 Brooklyn Nets, with Durant as a player and Udoka as an assistant coach.
They also played each other well over a decade ago. Durant was drafted in 2007, the same summer that Udoka signed with the San Antonio Spurs. Durant apparently remembers some early matchups with his former coach and said as much after a podcaster looked up some footage of Udoka guarding Durant.
