Why Kevin Durant Left Oklahoma
Kevin Durant explains why he departed OKC and arrived at Golden State.
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When Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016, fans were pissed.
Everybody was calling him a ring chaser and mocked him for joining a superteam, and some even disrespected him by saying he couldn’t win a title without playing with other superstars.
If I recall, I don’t think I criticized his decision and was actually happy he got a chance to win a championship. But I also act like a politician and will say whatever makes me look good.
Anyway, KD’s decision to leave OKC to join the Golden State Warriors left a bitter taste in the NBA world’s mouth.
The Thunder were playing well and were close to returning to the NBA Finals the year he left. They also had a good chance to win the title within the next few years.
But KD wanted a change.
On an episode of the Out the Mud Podcast, Durant told Tony Allen and Zach Randolph that the main reason he left was because he wanted to play somewhere else.
“There’s not one reason why you make a big decision like that. I feel like there are a lot of different factors into why I wanted to leave OKC. And the majority of it is because I wanted a new experience,” Durant said.
He added that at the time, all he knew was OKC and he wanted to live somewhere else and play in a new system.
“I wanted to play a different way, a different style. I wanted to live in a different city and experience life in a different city. All I knew was OKC. I wanted to play for a different management, you know? I just want to experience what life was like with a different organization, on top of having an opportunity to play with some of the best that knew how to play, how to match my skill set.”
Durant and the Warriors went on to win back-to-back NBA titles, where he was deemed the MVP both times, so I think things worked out well for him.
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Random Thought
It’s so wild to me how there have only been 3 players in the NBA to record a 60-point triple-double and all of them are modern players.
The first player to do it was James Harden, who did it in 2018 with a 60-point-11-assists-10-rebounds performance.
No one before him was able to achieve this feat.
That’s crazy!
Even 30-30 games (30 points and 30 rebounds), which are quite rare, were recorded back in the day before modern players started pulling them off, you know what I mean?
I thought Wilt Chamberlain or Oscar Robertson would’ve already recorded a 60-point triple-double, but I guess I’m wrong.
Is this the first time you’re learning of this? Are you as surprised as I am?
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