
Kevin Durant has played for four teams in his first 18 years in the NBA and the Houston Rockets are his fifth stop. However, when everything is said and done, Durant may not have that one team that will call him one of their all-time greats.
According to “The Ringer” founder Bill Simmons, that team should be the Oklahoma City Thunder for KD. However, based on the reception he got when the Rockets played opening night at the Paycom Arena a couple of days ago, Simmons says it’s hard to see Thunder fans taking back their prodigal son.
“He did have an awesome nine years there, and they did win the title,” said Simmons on his podcast. “And if there was ever a time they were going to be like “, You know what, you’ve had a great career. Let’s let bygones be bygones.” It would have been tonight, but it wasn’t. So this is just the way it’s going to be forever. I guess they’re going to hate him. And it made me think like, I always thought he was going to work it out with OKC, like Cleveland forgave LeBron.”
James left the Cavs twice, but it’s all good
LeBron James left Cleveland twice, and although there was animosity both times, Cavs fans appreciate LeBron for representing Ohio well and for delivering their first and only NBA title in 2016. Durant left OKC only once, but if you look back at his and LeBron’s situations, they’re different. And maybe that’s why Thunder fans are still mad about it today.
While James carried a ragtag Cavs team to the 2007 NBA Finals, Durant took a young and up-and-coming Thunder team to the 2011 NBA championship. Then, the 73-9 Golden State Warriors were down 1-3 in the Western Conference Finals before suffering a collapse.
As if blowing that series lead wasn’t bad enough, Durant joined the team that beat them that summer and immediately won back-to-back titles in Golden State. That’s twice the hurt.
“If he’s never going to be in good graces in OKC, and it’s…I don’t think it’s going to happen with the Warriors either. Definitely not in Brooklyn. No way in Phoenix. So you have this situation where he might retire and just not belong to any team,” added Simmons.
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