Stephen Curry mentioned the Warriors had mentioned the potential for bringing again Kevin Durant to the Bay Space after the previous MVP requested a commerce out of Brooklyn this offseason.
“There was a dialog internally amongst us about ‘If he was obtainable, would you?’ Each workforce has these conversations, and clearly in our scenario, they’re gonna name me and ask me, ‘How do you're feeling about it?’” Curry advised Rolling Stone for the journal’s October cowl story.
Curry mentioned he was “by no means hesitant” when contemplating a attainable reunion with Durant, whom the Warriors star mentioned is a “actually good dude” who’s “misunderstood.”
“The thought of enjoying with KD and understanding who he's as an individual, from our historical past in these three years, I feel KD’s a very good dude. I feel he's misunderstood,” Curry advised the journal. “He has had sure issues occur in his life that damage his potential to belief folks round him, in a way of creating him really feel protected always. So all of these issues, I perceive, having performed with him and gotten to know him. I really like that dude.”
Curry mentioned he genuinely loved the three seasons he performed alongside Durant, throughout which the Warriors gained back-to-back NBA titles earlier than the two-time Finals MVP left for Brooklyn in a 2019 sign-and-trade deal.
After successful their fourth title in eight years, Curry has “full confidence” the Warriors could make one other championship run subsequent summer season even with out Durant.
“And when you mentioned, ‘Oh, KD’s coming again, and we’re gonna play with him,’ I had a lot enjoyable enjoying with him these three years, I’d be like, ‘Hell, yeah!’” Curry mentioned. “Then it's a must to assume: What does that truly imply? What does it appear to be? You inform me I’m enjoying with [current Warriors teammates Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, and Draymond Green], I’m like, ‘Hell, yeah!’ There’s all kinds of emotion and issues that occur to the league. And if anyone’s saying that you simply wouldn’t entertain that dialog — no disrespect to anyone on our workforce — however you don’t know the way issues work. However you additionally perceive, like, if we run this factor again, I’ve obtained full confidence in my workforce that we will win it once more, as constructed.
“So, all these issues had been true. And it began with me desirous to play with KD at the start. Yeah, it’s about successful, it’s about having enjoyable, enjoying the sport of basketball. And that was a part of the response of, like, ‘Yeah, it’d be superb.’ What does that truly imply?”
The Durant commerce was simply one of many many matters lined in the Rolling Stone’s October cowl story. Curry additionally mentioned his earlier beef with Underneath Armour, athlete activism, psychological well being and a few politics.