Kevin Durant is blaming local media for his impending free agency becoming a national story.
In explaining last week’s tirade at a postgame press conference, the Warriors forward said he believes team beat writers have gone “behind [his] back,” by writing that the Knicks’ trade of Kristaps Porzingis may foreshadow the two-time NBA Finals MVP leaving Golden State for New York.
Durant had gone more than a week without speaking to the team’s beat writers prior to his outburst.
“It’s more so the beat writers because they’re around you every single day and they see the pattern of who you are as a human and as a basketball player.