I think Kevin Durant is a good guy.
With that being said there is no way he could have ever thought Warriors fans no matter what he did were going to love him more than Steph. Steph is just beloved in general, there are players on other teams that aren’t as loved as Steph.
KD is a very sensitive man, I am not sure if he believes things are going to be different with Nets. He will be more loved than Kyrie Irving, but he also won’t have as good of a team.
Here is the story from an excerpt of Ethan Strauss’ new book, “The Victory Machine,” details an exchange between Durant and Strauss on Jan. 5, 2019:
I tried to make a few points, saying I didn’t begrudge him for having leverage with his contract, and insisted that I had good reason to write what I wrote. KD wasn’t impressed and accused me of trying to “rile up Steph’s fans.”
He expressed that this was a constant theme in the Bay. All of us local guys just wanted to kiss Steph’s a– at his expense. This was KD’s consistent lament. He would frequently squabble in direct-message conversations with the Warriors fans of Twitter, frequently accusing them of favoring Steph at his expense.
In one such exchange that foreshadowed things to come, he was asked by the WarriorsWorld account whether two-time MVP Steph Curry or Kyrie Irving was the better player. “I gotta really sit down and analyze it,” Durant demurred.
I don’t think KD thinks Kyrie is a better player than Steph Curry, so he did that on purpose so he can’t complain.
Flip the page for KD speaking on Kyrie and Steph.
