Kevin Durant decided to leave Warriors halfway through the 2018-2019 NBA season
There were lots of rumors regarding what Kevin Durant would do in last season leading all the way up to the start of free agency, Durant already decided that he would not stay in Golden state warriors. On a recent episode of Showtimes basketball ‘All the smoke’ Host with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Durant revealed that he decided to leave the Warriors midseason in 2018-2019 NBA season.
“I knew just about the halfway point through the year” Kevin Durant said “I could feel, you know, the separation between the two. Everybody was just waiting on me to make a decision on free agency coaches, to my teammates, to the media it’s like January and I’m like, ‘Yo, I’m just trying to hoop.’
“That’s all I want to do is play basketball every day. I came in every single day and kept my head down. I ain’t say much, I wasn’t too excited about much, so my coaches and teammates thought something was wrong with me. But I was really focused on the end goal, which was to win the third championship in a row… My methods not be welcoming to other people, but it’s just how I do things how I approach the game.”
The time he decided to leave the Golden state Warriors, Kevin Durant need to find a new team where his next NBA home would be. The two time Champion and two time finals MVP admitted that he considered the Clippers, and the Knicks, but he choose Brooklyn the place that he wanted to be.
“I looked at the Clippers. I took a peek at the Knicks through my due diligence but I really wanted to play for the black and white,” Durant said. “I liked the brand. Brooklyn was an up and coming city that needed some new flair. new basketball injection. Because being in Oklahoma City, I knew what that was like, having a new franchise around. I was excited about hopefully doing something like that again in Brooklyn with a new team.”
Eventhough he already decided to leave the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant still played hard with all his heart and with passion as he came back from a calf injury to play in the Finals and unfortunately ruptured his achilles trying to deliver a third straight title to the Bay Area.