Kevin Durant is a polarizing player, but you can’t deny that he knows his own mind. There are reasons behind everything he does, even if he doesn’t reveal them at the time.
Durant leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in 2016 was one of those times. Durant had been with the Thunder for eight seasons and him leaving was seen as a betrayal — or worse. Durant didn’t just leave for an established team, he left for the team that had just come back from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the Thunder in the conference finals.