Kevin Durant continues to maintain, at least publicly, that he has no idea where he will wind up in free agency, which he expressed to Logan Murdock of NBC Sports Bay Area.
Barring an unforeseen change of heart, the Warriors superstar forward will decline his $31.5MM option this season and become an unrestricted free agent once again.
“I don’t know. I never know,” Durant said of his plans. “Nothing. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. … Of course, I think about it, but not like, let me make these [plans], let me go ahead and go through the logistics and the details. I don’t go through details on [stuff] like this.”
Speculation has swirled that if Durant leaves Golden State, he will head to New York City to join either the Knicks or Nets. The Clippers have also been a rumored destination.
Durant, who is averaging 27.0 PPG, 8.5 RPG and 6.8 APG in the first round of the playoffs, surprised a lot of people in 2016 by joining the Warriors. So it’s not out of the question he’ll do something unexpected in free agency again.
While Durant understands his decision will be one of the big stories this summer, he hates the speculation and questions he gets regarding his future.
“That’s a hot topic. But you don’t have to talk about it. And then you don’t have to get mad when I don’t want to talk about it,” he said. “And then you don’t have to get mad when your little brain is roaming around, but you can’t find the correct answers. That’s bad journalism. That’s not doing your job well.”
He also gets annoyed and somewhat amused when he hears how other perceive his actions during a game, especially when the Warriors are struggling.
“‘KD is not smiling right now. Something must be going on about him leaving,'” he said of a typical reaction to his mood. “‘His foot must be out the door. He not smiling on the bench.'”
Sources told me he’s joining Steven a
It’s getting to be sad just how sensitive this guy is.
Why you say that, because he’s given well thought out answers? Do you want him to be like Popovich and just say the one word answers, yes. No. He’s engaging and speaking to the reporters giving them what they want. That’s sensitive? Give me a break.
Leave him alone man lol he’s just the way he is
i mean… its easy to call him sensitive but when u get the same questions everyday it gets annoying lol. it bothers me when ppl ask me the same question different ways and im no where near as famous as KD lol u gotta put urself in his shoes.
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All I hear is someone annoyed by reporters focusing too much on a narrative when the post season is being played.
He stays at GS…….he has a good thing going and the Warriors can offer the MOST $$$
He knows lol
If KD is this sensitive no way will he survive in NYC. The media will eat him alive.
He wasn’t wrong about anything. There’s a whole industry of TV sports shows with hours and hours to fill & there’s not that much that both matters and is public. So the trivial and/or private gets poked at.