After 7 weeks of suspension, Durant finally ushered in his Suns career debut, and against the Hornets, Durant scored 23 points and 6 rebounds without any challenges. Familiar mid-range, familiar emergency stop jumper, familiar chasing three-pointer, Durant is like a robot, every shot can almost be converted into a goal, score. Mr. Su Qun is right, Durant on the court, no one can prevent it, the Suns have the strongest offensive firepower in the league, and there are not many ways for any team to crack when facing the three major jump shot masters of Durant + Booker + Paul. Durant said of his debut: "I feel like I'm adapting well, and every teammate on the court is trying to make me play comfortable. "Every time you change teams, it's all in the spotlight! From the Warriors to the Nets to the Suns, you're lonely and haven't found your home.
I believe that Durant on the court will definitely feel very comfortable, after all, he is the most powerful scoring player in this league, and any teammate will think about how to create scoring opportunities for Durant at the first time. And off the field? After Durant's debut with a reporter, Phoenix posted a video of the team's progress before the game. Durant wears a hat, lowers his head and is silent, like a transfer freshman, in the Phoenix team, he seems strange, unsociable, lonely, and out of place. When Damian Lee encouraged each other with Booker, Oakie, Payne and others in their familiar way of cheering, Durant walked aside. When Paul finally gathered everyone together as the team boss for the final cheers, Durant put his left hand on Booker's shoulder and stood on the outermost part.
There doesn't seem to be much engagement. And when everyone finished the cheering ceremony and prepared to enter, Durant went in the wrong direction, and even no teammates reminded him where the entrance should be, but Durant himself, when he found that no teammates followed, turned his head to see that everyone had run in another direction, and Durant slowly chased after him with his head down. When I finished watching this whole video, I was sure Durant must have been very uncomfortable. I don't mean to blame any of my Suns teammates, except that Durant has never been a leader who can stand in the spotlight and gather all his teammates. He must need more passionate teammates around him, such as Wilson in the Thunder or Green in the Warriors. Of course, the Suns must be the best team for Durant from a championship perspective, but this is definitely not his home.
In the 16-year Western Conference finals, the Thunder were reversed with a 3-1 lead over the Warriors, and that summer, Durant suddenly announced his joining the Warriors. Wei Shao broke with him, Thunder fans called him a traitor, other teams in the league hated itchy teeth, the media hyped up the Western Conference finale, NBA finale! That decision to join the Warriors allowed Durant to finally win the coveted championship, 2 championships, and 2 Finals MVPs. Everyone clearly understands that Durant is the strongest player in the league, and he broke the balance by joining the Warriors. When Green said to Durant, "Before you arrived, we were already championships." "Durant was disheartened, in the summer of '19, Durant was forced to return from injury in the Finals, ruptured his Achilles tendon, and officially said goodbye to the Warriors, he didn't owe the Warriors, and the Warriors didn't owe him.
Came to the Nets, he thought this was his home, there was a good brother Irving, and later recruited Harden, every time Irving made trouble, Durant was unwavering on Irving's side, when he was injured + Irving disappeared several times, Harden led the team to the first place in the East. Until the following year, when Irving was suspended for not vaccinating, and then the Nets struggled Irving returned like a hero, Durant has always supported Irving. Harden chose to leave in discouragement, was swept 4-0 by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, applied to leave last summer, and now in the Nets, where is Durant's home? When Durant was asked by a reporter which city needed an NBA team the most, Durant blurted out: Seattle.
In fact, Durant's heart is sensitive and fragile, every time he changes teams, he is in the spotlight, and every stage has its own brilliant moments, but the journey of each stop does not seem to be what he really wants. He can discuss with netizens online who is more important to the Warriors to win the championship; He can go and contradict the Thunder fans who call him a traitor; He can openly ask owner Tsai Chongxin to fire general managers Max and Nash when the Nets are not satisfied; He can also thank the Nets for his success after coming to the Suns, and let him come to the Suns. Let's not discuss how powerful Durant is on the court, just off the court, Durant is like a hedgehog who is very vulnerable to injury, he has no harmful intentions, only the instinct to protect himself and curl himself up in a corner.
I feel sorry for Durant, but at the same time, I feel sorry for Durant's experience. In fact, he can be regarded as the strongest mercenary in NBA history, but it is only the role of mercenaries that has become the biggest and most visible label of his career. He originally thought that Thunder was his destination, but found that with Wei Shao, he couldn't win the championship; He originally thought that the Warriors were the end of his career, but he was disliked; He thought that the Nets could make him feel at ease to play, and found that brother basketball was not the same as he imagined; Now in the sun, he is still just a passerby. Perhaps Seattle, where his career began at the age of 18, is his last home. I hope that his rest of the journey will be all the way, and I hope that he will not be hurt again, both physically and mentally.