ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Christmas Day that members of the Suns group believed that Durant had grown annoyed with the staff and their present roster amid accidents to Bradley Beal and Devin Booker. In keeping with Wojnarowski, Phoenix “has got to change soon” in an effort to proper the ship.
Durant has since confirmed that he’s effectively conscious of the report, in addition to any fan criticism stemming from it. The extraordinarily on-line Suns energy ahead commented on an Instagram video that featured a tweet asking “Has Kevin Durant checked out[?]”
“Woj says somebody else ‘feels’ that I’m frustrated and it turned into me being mentally checked out,” Durant wrote within the since-deleted remark. “This sh*t crazy, these people can flat out lie on my name and make sh*t up and you people will believe it but when my teammates n coaches speak on how I am as a teammate, u ignore it lol/”
The remark, which has since been deleted, comes after Durant completed with 16 factors (a season low), eight rebounds, seven assists and 6 turnovers in Phoenix’s Christmas loss to the Dallas Mavericks. On the podium, the 10-time All-NBA ahead admitted he must be higher and his turnovers are “holding the team back.”
On the season, Durant is having one among his greatest offensive years in current reminiscence. His 30.3 factors per recreation could be the second-best of his profession and greatest since his 2013-2014 MVP season with the Oklahoma Thunder. He’s additionally averaging 5.5 assists per recreation, tied for fourth-most in his 17 years of play. Durant’s 3.6 turnovers per recreation would even be his highest since 2011-2012.
At 14-15, the Suns are at the moment half a recreation out of the Western Convention Play-In Event.
