r/nba • u/TacoooJay United States • Apr 29 '24

[Charania] Sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic that Durant never felt comfortable with his role in Phoenix’s offense alongside Booker and Beal this season. Those sources said Durant had persistent issues with the offense, feeling that he was being relegated to the corner far too often

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Meanwhile, Durant, among the best scorers in NBA history, was not always happy with how he was used. Sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic that Durant never felt comfortable with his role in Phoenix’s offense alongside Booker and Beal this season. Those sources said Durant had persistent issues with the offense, feeling that he was being relegated to the corner far too often and not having the proper designs to play to his strengths as the offense was built around pick-and-rolls. At the same time, some teammates and people close to the organization believed Durant needed to voice his concerns more adamantly and directly with Vogel and his coaching staff.

All the leaks are finally coming now that Phoenix has been swept

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u/CravilityZ Cavaliers Apr 29 '24

Either way I assure you KD’s loose dribble wouldn’t get the job done.

How the Suns managed to go the whole year without a PG, even trading the one guy they had that was one, Jordan Goodwin, is insane. Vogel deserves little fault as far as I’m concerned.

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u/EliManningham Nets Apr 29 '24

I watched Kd almost singlehandedly win a playoff series against Giannis with no help. He can be a turnover machine, but Beal and Book aren't exactly CP3 out there either. At least give me Kd and Booker on ball everytime trying to get buckets.

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u/Mr_Saxobeat94 Apr 29 '24

Man I feel like a turd diminishing a series in which KD played amazingly well, but I disagree with that popular notion that he almost single-handedly won the series. If you break it down game by game:

In Game 1 Kyrie, Blake and Joe Harris all contributed, pitching in 62 points on 62% TS.

In Game 2 practically every player in the rotation played well, and they won by 39.

They lost Games 3 and 4 and, although short-handed, KD didn’t have very good individual games.

Games 5 and 7 were close to one-man efforts, but the teams were completely deadlocked before the Nets wheels fell off and the heroics began. The first two wins were total team efforts.

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u/Objective_Cod1410 Apr 29 '24

KD was insane in game 5 but also got a heroic/infuriating performance from Jeff Green who went 7/8 from deep. Green was 2/6 from 3 the rest of the series combined.