{"id":64617,"date":"2020-09-11T04:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-was-quickly-turned-off-by-idea-of-being-knicks-savior\/"},"modified":"2020-09-11T04:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T01:13:00","slug":"kevin-durant-was-quickly-turned-off-by-idea-of-being-knicks-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-was-quickly-turned-off-by-idea-of-being-knicks-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant was quickly turned off by idea of being Knicks savior"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kevin Durant was quickly turned off by idea of being Knicks savior<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 10, 2020 |<\/span> 9:13pm <\/p>\n

\n Kevin Durant insisted again that as his last season in Golden State wore on, he wanted no part of the Knicks\u2019 spotlight.<\/p>\n

Too bad former Knicks president Steve Mills didn\u2019t anticipate that as he traded Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas in late January of the 2018-19 season to clear cap room for KD and a star partner.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround February [2019] I was thinking I didn\u2019t want to be the savior of the Knicks or New York,\u2019\u2019 Durant said on JJ Redick\u2019s \u201cOld Man and the Three\u201d podcast. \u201cThat never really moved me. I didn\u2019t care about being on Broadway. I just want to play ball and go to the crib and chill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant wound up with Kyrie Irving and the Nets and Knicks owner James Dolan got egg on his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I felt like that\u2019s what Brooklyn embodied,\u2019\u2019 Durant said. \u201cAnd I wanted to live in New York. And I felt like Brooklyn is everything I\u2019m about \u2014 chill, on the low, all-black everything, we\u2019re quiet. Just focus on basketball. There\u2019s no show when you come to our game<\/a>s. No Madison Square, no mecca. All of that s\u2013t. We\u2019re just going to hoop and build something new in Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to sources, Rich Kleiman, Durant\u2019s manager\/agent, was enthusiastic about Durant considering being a Knick and all the possibilities. But ultimately he didn\u2019t convince Durant as media<\/a> speculation swirled it was \u201ca done deal.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI never planned on going to the Knicks,\u2019\u2019 Durant said. \u201cThat was just the media putting that out there, especially when I didn\u2019t sign a three-year deal [as a free agent in 2018],\u201d Durant said. \u201cOnce I signed a [one-year deal], just the noise got louder about me going to the Knicks for some reason. Knicks being the savior, you know how that goes. Every time a big free agent is up the Knicks are going to get him. So it just took off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant will see how much Brooklyn pressure he faces next season \u2014 whenever it begins \u2014 as he makes his comeback from a season off to rehab a torn Achilles.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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