On February 14, Beijing time, Brooklyn basketball star Kevin Durant talked about Irving's participation as a part-time player in an interview.
Durant spoke about whether Irving's part-time status was part of the reason Harden applied for a trade: "I don't know, I can't guess what Harden thinks, but a lot of the media will impose these things on Irving, and Irving is always easy to be a scapegoat for everyone, especially in the media and fans. They like to make Owen a scapegoat for many issues, so it's always easy to blame him. ”
Speaking about the impact of Irving's non-vaccination on the team, Durant said: "It's hard to estimate, I haven't talked to everyone in the team, but as far as things are on the pitch. We understand what it's like to be missing a core player."
"But we are all professional players, we should be consistent in our approach to our work, what we do and what we do, we can't change it no matter who is on the pitch or not, and the way we work should always be the same."
"So, whether Irving is there or not, there will be no change in the spirit, anger, emotions and culture of everyone in our team, everything will be very sweet."
Today, the Nets have suffered an 11-game losing streak, and Irving currently has only nine away games in the regular season.