Kevin Durant — at least the one I came to know in the Bay Area (to whatever ability one can know him) — speaks his mind.
While his thoughts on a matter might not come to the surface immediately, they always show up. And when he talks, you listen, not just because he’s a superstar, but because he’s sharp, even if he’s a bit jaded.
But for the last few months, people have been talking for Durant, suggesting that the reason he left the Warriors in free agency was because the team mishandled his calf injury, which turned into a torn Achilles tendon, a far more severe injury that will likely keep him out of his first season with his new team, the Brooklyn Nets, and could limit him for the rest of his career.