Will Kevin Durant Ever Be Satisfied?
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🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Draymond Green has been sounding off on his former teammate, Kevin Durant, lately. Green has talked about a dustup between the two, and how Durant’s contract situation and general behavior affected the team. The Athletic’s Ethan Strauss has followed the Warriors up close for years and has a new book about the team called The Victory Machine. He joins us to discuss what was going on behind the scenes of arguably the best team in NBA history and why Durant was so unhappy even as the Warriors were dominating.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm saying, yo, I want to be here for my career. |
| 0:10.4 | We started this, we built this. |
| 0:12.2 | I want to finish my career here with the guys I started with. |
| 0:16.1 | And then you kind of had Kevin, like, I don't know what I'm going to be next year, like |
| 0:20.0 | anything don't matter. |
| 0:21.0 | Last week, Dremon Green kind of sounded off on his former teammate, Kevin Durant, and |
| 0:26.0 | his controversial exit from the Golden State Warriors. |
| 0:29.1 | He then talked about a dust up between the two and how Durant's contract situation and |
| 0:33.7 | his behavior affected the team. |
| 0:36.6 | The athletics Ethan Strauss has followed Durant and Golden State up close for years, and |
| 0:41.1 | he has a new book out about the Warriors called The Victory Machine. |
| 0:44.7 | He joins us today to talk about what was going on behind the scenes of arguably the best |
| 0:49.1 | team in NBA history, Durant's dramatic exit, and why he was so unhappy even as the team |
| 0:55.9 | was dominating. |
| 0:57.5 | That's because you had Kevin Durant come in. |
| 0:59.2 | It wasn't going to be a situation where people went, wow, this guy is even taller. |
| 1:03.4 | And we think he's better at basketball. |
| 1:05.6 | We don't care about Steph Curry anymore. |
| 1:10.1 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:12.6 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:14.1 | It's Friday, the 1st of May, and this is the lead. |
| 1:17.5 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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