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Stephen Curry On Kevin Durant reunion “I was never hesitant”
Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors were reportedly interested in acquiring Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets. At first, most thought that this was just a rumor, but after what Curry said, it looks like it was a real possibility.
โI was never hesitant. The idea of playing with KD and knowing who he is as a person, from our history in those three years, I think KDโs a really good dude. I think he is misunderstood.
“I think he has had certain things happen in his life that hurt his ability to trust people around him, in a sense of making him feel safe at all times. So all of those things, I understand, having played with him and gotten to know him. I love that dude,”
Curry Realizes Others Would Have Been Traded
Curry acknowledges that in order for them to acquire Durant, they would have had to trade multiple players to attempt to land the superstar.
โAnd if you said, โOh, KDโs coming back, and weโre gonna play with him,โ I had so much fun playing with him those three years, Iโd be like, โHell, yeah!โ Then you have to think: What does that actually mean? What does it look like? You tell me Iโm playing with [current Warriors teammates Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, and Draymond Green], Iโm like, โHell, yeah!โ…but you also understand, like, if we run this thing back, Iโve got complete confidence in my team that we can win it again, as constructed, said Curry.
“And if anybodyโs saying that you wouldnโt entertain that conversation โ no disrespect to anybody on our team โ but you donโt know how things work. But you also understand, like, if we run this thing back, Iโve got complete confidence in my team that we can win it again, as constructed.”
โSo, all those things were true. And it started with me wanting to play with KD at the beginning. Yeah, itโs about winning, itโs about having fun, playing the game of basketball. And that was part of the reaction of, like, โYeah, itโd be amazing.โ What does that actually mean?โ