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Kevin Durant Reveals Honest Feelings About Warriors Winning Championship Without Him

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant still has love for the Golden State Warriors

Joey Linn

Kevin Durant Reveals Honest Feelings About Warriors Winning Championship Without Him
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When the Golden State Warriors won the 2022 NBA Championship, it was clear that Kevin Durant would have his name come up as a topic of discussion. When Durant won championships with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018, there was so much discussion about his inability to win on his own. When the Warriors won again without him last season, while Durant's Brooklyn Nets got swept in round one, that noise got louder.

In an interview with Michael Lee of the Washington Post, Durant revealed his honest feelings about Golden State winning again without him, saying, "I can’t lie: Watching the Finals, I knew so many people would turn their focus on me once they won. I was like, I hate that they won, because y’all not going to make it about them; it’s going to be all about me. I think it’s just a childish way of looking at that experience. I feel like you can take it all in and appreciate what they did and not even talk about me. I was just sitting at home. But I get how it is."

Durant added that his bond with Steph Curry and his former Warriors teammates does still allow him to be happy for their success.

"That’s my family over there," Durant told Lee. "I can be a Brooklyn Net and y’all can be the Golden State Warriors, and it’ll still be love... When they succeed, I succeed, because I’m a part of that history forever."

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Joey Linn
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Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn32@sbcglobal.net Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis, insight, and reporting Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Receiving a media credential during the 2021-22 season, Joey has experience interviewing NBA players, and developing exclusive stories from these interviews. Having appeared on several different NBA podcasts over the last four seasons, Joey is now hosting his own podcast for The Sporting Tribune. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Now graduated, Joey is covering the NBA full-time across multiple platforms. Credentialed by the Clippers, Joey covers the team daily with articles, podcasts, and video breakdowns on YouTube. With four years of sports media experience, Joey provides expert insight and analysis for NBA fans across the league.

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