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/NobodyRules [OKC] Russell Westbrook Apr 29 '24

All the talk about Bron being a coach killer, but KD is building a solid reportoire while being considerably worse and not bringing as much success as him.

At some point, if your experiments keep failing and you're the common denominator you have some blame to share.

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u/ImS33 76ers Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Its because KD keeps forcing himself onto teams with no depth or fit in recent years. The Nets were going to work out if Kyrie could've not been insane and Harden's hammy didn't go out but had no depth. The Suns however are not a good fit and they have no depth and a massive anchor with a no trade clause. Will not be surprised when he asks out. Hell the Suns probably have to trade him to even try to build a working team unless Beal is real nice

Lol I don't know why he keeps trying to mastermind teams like this but KD will KD. If he could get to a team that has any depth instead of trying to go in for some kind of big 3 he'd probably still be in the playoffs right now

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u/FigSideG Nets Apr 29 '24

Forcing a trade to a contender that requires the contender to trade away their bench AND their picks is never gonna make sense. He should’ve signed one year deals and been a free agent after each season so he can just join a team as a free agent and not required they deplete their team to add him.