Kevin Durant and the Thunder head to the nation’s capital on Tuesday, and naturally, there will be talks about his pending free agency this summer. Durant seems to get annoyed easily these days, and this topic certainly does the trick. But in his defense, I can see how someone can grow tired of talking about his future plans. KD doesn’t think free agency should be as big of a deal as it is.
“(The Jan. 22 visit last season) was kind of disrespectful, in my opinion, because you’ve got a great team there already that deserves your full 100% support,” said Durant, who – among many other things – was featured on the Wizards’ jumbotron wearing a ‘Washington’ jersey during the game. “I wouldn’t like that if I was on that team. I didn’t like that, but it comes with it nowadays.
Free agency is like a season now, and it shouldn’t be that big. Me, I feel, is you should focus on who you have on your team. It’s easy to get your hopes up, and expect a guy to come to your team or whatever – and I’m not talking about myself, I’m just talking about free agency in the past years and in the future – you get your hopes up as a fan, and then they let you down and you end up not liking the player. There’s a little bit too much emphasis on that type of stuff, but it’s part of the game.”
Durant has never really given us reason to believe that he’s interested in playing for his hometown Wizards. It’s similar to when most thought he’d leave Nike last year for Under Armour, just because UA is headquartered about 45 minutes (Baltimore) from Washington, D.C. That was merely a coincidence and that could be the case again here.
H/T: USA Today
