During an introductory press conference on Thursday, the Phoenix Suns’ newest superstar, Kevin Durant, said he was “upset” following Kyrie Irving’s trade request, which then led to himself requesting a trade out of Brooklyn.
“Yeah I was upset that we couldn’t finish. I thought we had some good momentum. We were finally building the culture we always wanted,” Durant said about the Nets splitting up as the team began playing well prior to his MCL injury.
“I felt like every game we were building our chemistry. But I didn’t know what was going on with Kyrie and his situation with the organization, so I didn’t really focus on that. I only focused on what we were doing on the court. And it was a blow to our team. It took away our identity. He was a huge, huge part to what we do.”
