The Warriors are perhaps the most covered team in the National Basketball Association - if Durant wanted to relay a message about the Knicks or free agency or the media, there were a dozen easy opportunities and countless of reporters willing to do that for him, free of charge.
"It's unnecessary", Durant said of all the speculation (H/T ESPN).
"I have nothing to do with the Knicks", Durant said.
The postgame fireworks went off as Durant broke his weeklong media silence as chatter grew that he would land with the Knicks, who traded young star Kristaps Porzingis to the Mavericks last week. That got nothing to do with me. We talk all the time - just like I do with all the players.
"Y'all come here every day and ask me about free agency". The truth about sports in general, and the National Basketball Association in particular, is part of the fascination fans have with the game is about player movement and especially elite players being on the move and shifting the balance of power in the league. That's all I'm saying. And he just walk around here and don't talk to nobody, just walk in here, and survey, and then write something like that, and now you all piling on me because I don't want to talk to y'all about that. "Come on man. Grow up". Grow up. Yeah, you. Well, I try to play the right way.
Ask anyone with a vested interest in the National Basketball Association who the league's best player is and the answers will be different for the most part.
Sarri’s response to Hazard saying he has made decision on his future
Higuain and Hazard played together for the first time in a awful 4-0 loss to Bournemouth. "I like this kind of football". To that end, keeping the best goalkeeper in the world is essential.
"Now when I don't want to talk to you all, it's a problem with me?"
The NBA trade deadline closes at 7am Friday morning with the most talked about trade of the season, Anthony Davis' move to the Los Angeles Lakers, looking increasingly less likely. That's all. Is that a problem? "I don't think about that type of stuff".
"I didn't feel like talking the last couple days", Durant said. It's best for Durant to recognize he is in the most ideal situation for a player of his skillset. We want to see that KD every day. I don't think about that kind of stuff.
What also seemed to have triggered Durant's emotions was a column written by the Bay Area News Group's Dieter Kurtenbach, in which Durant's future with the Knicks was discussed.
"Kevin Durant is an interesting character but he has got to understand you can't blame the media when you feed the media". Will it help me do my job better...
