“I do not want something on this basketball world to meet something in me.”
Golden State Warriors All Star ahead Kevin Durant has reached the NBA mountain prime twice in consecutive seasons, and this 12 months he’ll look to turn into solely the third participant in league historical past to win NBA Finals MVP in three straight seasons (Jordan twice, Shaq from ’00-’02).
However even when he does attain that milestone, or every other milestone throughout his Corridor Fame profession, Durant says nothing within the basketball world will ever fulfill him.
In an interview with Kerith Burke NBC Sports activities Bay Space, Durant defined what actually fulfills him.
“I do not want something on this basketball world to meet something in me. The NBA isn’t going to meet me,” Durant says.
“Being round household. Being round pals,” he mentioned. “The individuals who really love you deep right down to your core, who will not decide you, who will allow you to develop mentally, bodily, you recognize? Simply allow you to be who you’re. I like these environments.”
“All that stuff will fulfill me extra so than something … simply constructing towards one thing that’s sustained after I’m not even right here on this Earth. My household may very well be straight after I die. That is the sort stuff I have a tendency to consider.”
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As for KD’s mindset heading into his free company choice this summer time, per NBC Sports:
What would you like in free company? How does legacy play into the next move?
“It … it doesn’t. Like I mentioned, I’m simply targeted on the each day. How can I be one of the best participant I might be? Can this atmosphere assist me be one of the best participant than I might be daily? Am I nonetheless studying? Am I nonetheless having enjoyable being a scholar the sport?”
“Simply the small stuff that I attempt to consider], to verify I’ve every thing coated so I might be one of the best I might be on the courtroom.”