Kevin Durant was stunned Thursday afternoon afterrequested Brooklyn Nets to tradeat the start of Thursday's free agent. I left the world of NBA. After a while, Kendrick Perkins praised the star's loyalty.
"All I want to say is how proud I am of Kevin Durant," Perkins told ESPN. "Since he and Killy arrived in Brooklyn, he was the most credible and he was the most loyal when he appeared to work for this organization."
Twitter fans, Perkins Hot Immediately commented on the take.
One user commented, "It's a take," while another ridiculed and tweeted. "KD is a hero to get to work."
Loyalty is not the most used word today to describe Durant. The shocking demand to leave Durant's net has been four years, with $ 194 million still in his contract. Nonetheless, Perkins praised the 33-year-old for being loyal to his team as well as his teammates.
"Durant had Kyrie Irving's back all this time," Perkins said. "Irving is a man who doesn't know what he's thinking, doesn't know what he's trying to do, and it's no exaggeration to say that he's unreliable. And KD finally comes out and makes his own decision. I'm very happy because I had the courage to say, "What do you know, I don't need this."
Thursday's play questioned Durrants' loyalty for the first time. After spending the first eight seasons of his career at Oklahoma City Thunder, the 6-foot-10 forward fled to join the Golden State Warriors. This is a move that many critics have called a traitor. However, Durant does not agree.
"There is no such thing as [loyalty]," Durant said in an interview with the 2017Bleacher Report. "You see disloyalty in different ways, which is one of the most underrated parts of the game. We shout loyalty, but expect it from those who write checks. I haven't. "
Since then, Durrants' attitude towards loyalty does not seem to have changed.
