Every team wants their best player to live, eat and sleep basketball. It should be engrained in them. But is it possible for that player to feel too consumed? According to Kevin Durant, that answer is yes.
KD says that last year he was too obsessed with winning. That’s only natural, since he got to the Finals the year prior and was embarrassed. But does this mean that he won’t be as hungry?
“Last year, I was obsessed with it,” Durant said of winning a title. “Like, I wasn’t going to sleep because I wanted to win so bad. I was screaming at my teammates, at the refs, at the coaches. I got mad because I thought ‘if we have a bad game here, we’re not going to win a championship.’”
That edge, Durant said, is part of the reason he was uncharacteristically whistled for 12 technical fouls last season — matching his combined total from his five previous seasons.
“So I’m not going to let that overtake my mind,” said Durant of his championship chase. “I mean, of course I want to win it, but I’m not obsessed with it. I’m going to put in the work to help my team, but I’m not going to be obsessed with it because that’s when I compromise myself, and most of the time it doesn’t work out.”
H/T: NewsOK
