Kevin Durant talks return to Brooklyn, postgame interview

Kevin Durant talks return to Brooklyn, postgame interview

CROWD HERE AT BARCLAYS CENTER. >> NOTHING LIKE PLAYING IN BROOKLYN. THEY SHOW LOVE. THEY APPRECIATE BASKETBALL, A GREAT BASKETBALL AND BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET. >> BEST SCORER TO EVER TOUCH A BASKETBALL. >> KEVIN DURANT, EASY MONEY BABY 51 FOR KEVIN DURANT. >> HE REACHES THE 25,000 POINT PLATEAU.

>> DEADLY DURANT DYNAMITE TO COMMEMORATE KEVIN DURANT AS ONE OF THE 75 GREATEST PLAYERS IN NBA HISTORY. >> YEAH, IT’S PRETTY COOL >> AT 4610 FROM TEXAS, KEVIN DURANT DURANT. FOR THE SECOND. >> AGAIN, THE NUMBER 23 ERIC GORDON DEFINITELY A MIX, BUT I SENSED MORE CHEERS THAN BOOS. >> HOW ABOUT YOU?

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT, THERE WAS. AND THERE’S A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. A LOT OF LOVE FOR WHAT KEVIN DURANT DID DO IN A BROOKLYN NETS UNIFORM, AND FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, K.D. SIGNED IN 2019, APPEARED IN 129 REGULAR SEASON GAMES FOR THE NETS, 16 PLAYOFF GAMES AT 2122 SEASON AVERAGE

HE’S THE REASON WHY HE IS NOW THE HEAD COACH OF THE NETS, AND CASSIDY IS WITH KD SHOWING LOVE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT HE KNOWS WELL IN BROOKLYN. >> AN EFFICIENT 33 POINTS. THIS CROWD WENT FROM CHEERS TO BOOS TO A ESSENTIALLY SILENCE. YOU’VE

HAD A LOT OF NOTABLE RETURNS IN YOUR CAREER, BUT WHAT DID THIS ONE FEEL LIKE TONIGHT? >> OH, IT WAS COOL, MAN. IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HERE. I LOVE THESE RIMS. I LOVE PLAYING IN FRONT OF THIS CROWD. YOU KNOW, BROOKLYN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOROUGHS AND EXCITED WE GOT THE

WIN. THEY BEAT US. THEY BEAT US UP AT OUR PLACE. LAST TIME. SO WE WANTED TO COME OUT HERE AND YOU KNOW, AVENGE THAT LOSS. AND I’M GLAD WE WAS ABLE TO GET TO OVER 500 ON THIS ROAD TRIP. SO THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN OF OURS, AND IT’S A GOOD WIN.

>> YOU SAID YOU DIDN’T WANT A TRIBUTE VIDEO AT LEAST WATCH IT. >> OF COURSE. UH I MEAN, I HAD SOME GREAT MOMENTS HERE. A LOT OF STUFF THAT FLEW UNDER THE RADAR, BUT EVERYBODY IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND MY TEAMMATES, WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE MOMENT WAS LIKE AND SOMETHING I’M

ALWAYS GOING, REMEMBER PLAYING HERE AND I’M GLAD WE GOT THE W TONIGHT AND A W WITH SIX PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES, BUT HOW BIG WAS JUSUF NURKIC DOWN LOW IN THIS GAME. YEAH I MEAN THEY PLAYED SMALL AND THEY WANTED TO SWITCH ALL OUR ACTIONS AND SLOW

US DOWN. AND WE TOLD NURK THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN BURY THESE GUYS IN THE POST AND GET WHATEVER YOU WANT. SO TAKE YOUR TIME. AND HE GOT US GOING THERE IN THAT FIRST HALF. AND WE CRUISED FROM THERE. >> LASTLY KATIE YOU GUYS IMPROVED TO 11 AND SIX IN YOUR

BIG THREE ERA WITH THE SUNS SURPASSING THE AMOUNT OF GAMES YOU PLAYED IN YOUR BIG THREE ERA WITH THE NETS. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID YOU LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE WITH THE NETS THAT YOU HOPE TO CARRY OVER? BUILD OFF OF WITH YOUR SUNS TEAMMATES? >> THAT’S A WHOLE NEW

EXPERIENCE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED THE GAME MORE. I FOUND MYSELF MORE AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER OUT HERE. SO I CAN BRING THAT TO THE TEAM. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY’S BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR LOCKER ROOM IN THIS LEAGUE SWITCHING TEAMS, YOU KNOW, INJURIES, ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE BRINGING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND WE’RE TRYING TO USE THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE A BETTER MAKE US A BETTER TEAM. AND YOU KNOW, SO I’M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE’RE GOING. >> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. KATIE. BACK TO YOU, RYAN. >> ALL RIGHT. CASS DURANT AND

PHENIX WINNING 136 120. THE FINAL IN BROOKLYN. 33 POINTS,

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