Durant officially refutes rumors: I don't want to be traded + not frustrated with the Suns in response to Jennings' departure remarks
On January 11, Beijing time, Woj previously reported that Durant was frustrated with the Suns' lineup configuration and injuries, and in an exclusive interview with Fox Sports reporter Melissa Rohlin recently, Suns star Kevin Durant officially refuted the rumors and said bluntly: I don't want to be traded, I am not frustrated with the Suns.
Durant: I don't want to be traded I'm not frustrated with the Suns
Durant said: "I don't want to be traded. I'm not frustrated by Bill's injury. I didn't get frustrated with the role players on the team. It's really disrespectful to me, you know what I'm talking about? It's like we lost a game, do you think I'm going to be happy after a loss? I'm not frustrated with the whole situation. I might just be frustrated by a bad performance or a tough loss. I enjoy the drudgery. ”
"I talk about any frustration that makes people think I want to try to ask for a deal. So, I don't want to say I'm depressed, I'm happy with everything. ”
"Nobody wants to call me 'great,' they want to call me something else: insecure, miserable, terrible teammates. That's why the articles [they] write are able to sell for money. They can't write 'KD was a student in the sport,' 'he's a great teammate,' or 'he loves basketball.'" No one wants to hear that when it comes to me. ”
"A lot of people try to read my body language instead of talking to me and ask, 'Hey, what do you think?' and they don't even want to come and talk to me and ask, 'What were you thinking at the time?' Maybe I'm angry with myself. ”
Durant responded to Jennings' remarks
Former NBA player Jennings tweeted that Durant should leave the Suns, and Durant responded to the matter, saying: Those days were really bad for me, because they all guessed my thoughts based on my body language, said I didn't laugh enough, and so on. It was just a competition, nothing out of the ordinary, and everyone needed to write something before Christmas. ”
"Those who think I'm saying anything, it seems to me to be a paranoia episode. Jennings can have his own thoughts and opinions, but he acts like these are all I say, and that's the craziest part. I haven't communicated with this guy, he has his own ideas about the alliance, which is good. But the reaction was as if he was speaking for me. I don't understand why people spend so much time worrying about things like, Durant deserves better or doesn't deserve better. Don't understand why they're talking about this.
Durant responded to the team's poor record
Speaking about the team's poor record at the moment, Durant said: "I love our struggles because we can learn from them to get better and move on. Obviously, I don't want to struggle all the time, but I like to find the good parts in basketball. The tougher the situation, the better we get, that's what I've always been thinking. ”
Speaking about the media always making a fuss about himself, Durant said: "Why do you always make all kinds of farce around my name for no reason. That's the problem, there's no need, let's talk about what's on the basketball court, because what the fans want to know is what I'm thinking as a player, how I'm thinking. ”
So far this season, Durant has averaged 29.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6 assists per game, shooting 52.5% from the field and 47.4% from three-point range, and the Suns are currently ranked 9th in the West with 19 wins and 18 losses.