{"id":414003,"date":"2022-12-25T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=414003"},"modified":"2022-12-25T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T19:23:20","slug":"heres-why-kevin-durant-left-golden-state-warriors-and-it-is-not-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/heres-why-kevin-durant-left-golden-state-warriors-and-it-is-not-about-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Why Kevin Durant Left Golden State Warriors and It is Not About Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, the Brooklyn Nets humiliated the Golden State Warriors 143-113. Stephen Curry missed this game because he is still recovering from a shoulder injury that will keep him out for a few weeks. Curry is a previous back-to-back MVP. There is no doubt that Steph&#8217;s absence was a significant factor in the Dubs&#8217; lopsided loss against the Nets. Kevin Durant, who is still a star player for the Brooklyn Nets and helped the Golden State Warriors win two championships between 2016 and 2019, was surely a crucial component.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvuuK82j4HU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry met in New York City on Sunday after winning two NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors in 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a title=\"Chicago Bulls Star Desperate to Play For LeBron James\u2019 Los Angeles Lakers Amidst Trade Rumors\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/chicago-bulls-star-desperate-to-play-for-lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-amidst-trade-rumors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chicago Bulls Star Desperate to Play For LeBron James\u2019 Los Angeles Lakers Amidst Trade Rumors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Durant talks Warriors<\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;It was another pivot.\u00a0I just wanted to play ball somewhere else. But a lot of people see it as me chasing something,&#8221;<\/em> Kevin Durant <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/kevin-durant-holiday-party-stephen-curry-and-nba-stars\/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=63a37f1421994800011fb2a5\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Durant requested to be moved last summer, and in recent days, there have been further rumors that he would join the Warriors again. That&#8217;s because, before Wednesday&#8217;s game between Brooklyn and Golden State, he had supper with Dubs star Stephen Curry. He continued by saying that he wished to give himself an opportunity to be his best self someplace else.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry Reunite at Boardroom Holiday Dinner \u2014 See Inside  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rw09xBQZSV\">https:\/\/t.co\/Rw09xBQZSV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1605681538657656855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t give a f*** about that.\u00a0I want to get up every day and do what I do. If we win, I know those things come with me being the best I can be.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Kerr says Kevin Durant is \u201cthe same guy\u201d he was when he was playing for the Warriors four seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just one of the great scorers of all time\u2026 He can get any shot he wants, he\u2019s the game guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erikslater_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@erikslater_<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R63y4TgVJa\">pic.twitter.com\/R63y4TgVJa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1605711920124022784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even though Kevin Durant is one of the NBA&#8217;s most powerful players and is in contention for MVP this year, the Nets star has managed to become involved in a few other sports and entertainment projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Since Suspension Kyrie Irving Has Made Huge Donations, Helps Refugee Women With $50,000\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/since-suspension-kyrie-irving-has-made-huge-donations-helps-refugee-women-with-50000\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Since Suspension Kyrie Irving Has Made Huge Donations, Helps Refugee Women With $50,000<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"\u2018You are only as good as your records\u2019 \u2013 Warriors head coach Steve Kerr opens up on Golden State\u2019s recent struggles\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/you-are-only-as-good-as-your-records-warriors-head-coach-steve-kerr-opens-up-on-golden-states-recent-struggles\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018You are only as good as your records\u2019 \u2013 Warriors head coach Steve Kerr opens up on Golden State\u2019s recent struggles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Stephen A. 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There is no doubt that Steph&#8217;s absence was a significant factor in the Dubs&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":391137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,86,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-golden-state-warriors","category-nba"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}