Kevin Durant Rumors

Kevin Durant: Lemme set this noti. Kyrie Irving: lol I am gonna address this on my stream soon

x.com

New Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant underwent thumb surgery recently, NBA sources tell PaperCity. The very quiet surgery — which no outlet has reported on till now — is considered minor and a source tells PaperCity that Rockets leadership “did not give it a second thought” after the team’s doctors looked at x-rays of the thumb.

PaperCity Magazine

PHNX Suns: .@ShamsCharania tells @PHNX_Suns Devin Booker is fully bought in to the Suns new direction after the Kevin Durant trade, and he has been working out with his new teammates ⬇️ "He's fully immersed himself with this team."

Twitter

After Thompson was seen in the background of a photo Megan Thee Stallion posted on her Instagram account last week, fans began speculating that they were dating. On Saturday, Thompson shared a picture of himself with Meg on his own Instagram account, seemingly confirming their relationship. That drew quite a few responses from folks on social media, including from Durant, who hyped up Thompson in the comments. “THAT BOY,” Durant said in response to Thompson's post.

Clutch Points

Smith will also start his fourth NBA season playing alongside a group of new teammates after the Rockets added superstar forward Kevin Durant, forward Dorian Finney-Smith and center Clint Capela this offseason. “I’m excited, honestly, just to see what we can do, the heights we can reach, just growing together, meeting new teammates,” Smith said. “I’m just overly excited.”

Houston Chronicle

Smith is already familiar with Durant after they worked out together last summer in Los Angeles. On getting the opportunity to be on the same team as Durant, Smith said, “He attracts a lot of attention, so just being able to play off of that and honestly, just to learn from him.”

Houston Chronicle

Green, the former No. 2 pick who spent the first four seasons of his career as the cornerstone of the Rockets’ rebuild, said that he wasn’t surprised last month by Houston’s decision to trade him to Phoenix as part of a package to acquire Kevin Durant. “Yeah, I had a feeling. They’ve been trying to trade me since last year,” Green told the Chronicle. “I’m not tripping. It’s for the better of the team. I know it’s a business at the end of the day. I really can’t handle how I feel. Whatever happens, happens. At the end of the day, I still got the opportunity to play basketball.”

Houston Chronicle

Kevin Durant: The games faster nowadays, more running, more stress on your ligaments. It’s called evolution, the fans of the nba have yet to grasp that concept

x.com

Kevin Durant: Mj retired 3 times. It’s okay to call that out my brother, I got 1 million dollars worth of Mj shoes in my house hahaha. It’s okay, he retired 3 times and still the goat. Ima applaud that just like Ima applaud playing 22 years at an ELITE level. I like basketball tho, you love individuals more

x.com

Kevin Durant: Absolutely nothing. Some people need to reset so they can lock back in. I appreciate Mike prioritizing his well being before anything else

x.com

Kevin Durant: U look at it as sneak dissin but I just told the truth.

x.com

Ron Harper: I’m gonna start a real show of BULLSHIT… I f he stop 3 times he won more then you all!!!!!!

x.com

Like who were your key believers? I think everyone needs someone that’s like, “You can do this. You’re great.” Kevin Durant: Yeah, it's my moms for sure. I mean, obviously, it’s always going to be your moms. Yeah. But it’s like — I tuned her out at a certain point, you know what I’m saying? So it was — for sure — you know, when I look back on it, I for sure appreciated my mom telling me that I was going to be great. But I always knew that. Of course she’s going to say that. She was calling me handsome when I was going to school, and they was like, “Oh no.” You know what I’m saying?

YouTube

The Italian wing revealed in the interview that after he arrived in Detroit, he received an unexpected sign of respect from one of the best players in the league, Kevin Durant. "I was just got traded to the Pistons, and one of the first few games that I played with Detroit was against Phoenix, where Kevin Durant was playing at that time", Fontecchio explained. "During a break in the game, Durant came up to me and told me, "we tried everything we could to get you here, but we couldn't do it". It was a great show of respect from a champion of the game and it made me realize how much he thought of me".

BasketNews