Kevin Durant "I'm going to be who I'm going to be"
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, May 16, 2013 with 10 comments
Kevin Durant recently stated that despite his Thunder losing in the NBA's conference semi's that the year wasn't wasted as some critics may suggest. Some players in the past may have considered a non championship season a waste but not Durant. When Durant was reminded of Kobe Bryant stating their 2011 playoff loss was a wasted year, Durant responded with the following.
“I don’t give a damn. I’m going to be who I’m going to be,” Durant said. “I’m not Kobe Bryant. I’m not Michael Jordan. I’m not LeBron James. I’m not Magic Johnson. I’m me. I’m not going to ever compromise myself, my integrity and what I believe in for winning some basketball games and winning a championship. That’s just not I how I was brought up. I’m always going to fight for this game I love. I’m going to claw until the last buzzer sounds. And if that’s after a championship then of course I’ll be happy. I’m not satisfied just being in this league and losing. I’m going to work as hard as I can to try to get to that mountaintop. I enjoy playing the game. I enjoy being here. But I’m never going to come out to the media and say we wasted a year because we lost a championship. Like I said, I don’t have to be Kobe Bryant.”
“I don’t give a damn. I’m going to be who I’m going to be,” Durant said. “I’m not Kobe Bryant. I’m not Michael Jordan. I’m not LeBron James. I’m not Magic Johnson. I’m me. I’m not going to ever compromise myself, my integrity and what I believe in for winning some basketball games and winning a championship. That’s just not I how I was brought up. I’m always going to fight for this game I love. I’m going to claw until the last buzzer sounds. And if that’s after a championship then of course I’ll be happy. I’m not satisfied just being in this league and losing. I’m going to work as hard as I can to try to get to that mountaintop. I enjoy playing the game. I enjoy being here. But I’m never going to come out to the media and say we wasted a year because we lost a championship. Like I said, I don’t have to be Kobe Bryant.”
kobe is old with 5 rings, played n 7 finals...why woudnt he look at it that way? but i feel where kd comin from, he got a lot more ball left to play and alot more improving to do also. definitely not player we thought he was. russ westbrook should tweet the world a pic of his middle finger
ReplyDeleteKD needs to look at Kobe and figure out where that killer instinct comes from because Kobe was unconscious during his title runs.
Deletehes just not that dude n my opinion. westbrook is tho, and thats probably the only reason why they been able to coexist so far. i mean look at when kobe had shaq. they both wanted to win so badly and both wanted to b the no. 1 reason why they won and thats the main reason they didnt get along
DeleteOnes things for sure he wasnt goin far with reggie jackson , ibaka , and kmart tryin to pick up scorin slack, kds the shit , but w/o westbrook n harden not same team as last year
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to think KD's not Westbrook.
ReplyDeleteKD is a scorer. Period. A taller, faster Melo.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't go that far. He's a better all around player then melo. Think we kno now who the real leader of this team is
ReplyDeleteI know he's better, but that's always been his game. He's good, but everybody is better when they have someone to pass to.
ReplyDeletekd knows that year was wasted. he even said he doesnt wanna lose then he says this? wtf is the point of going to plsy offs if you dont want a ring? no body will ever match kobes desire to win tho
ReplyDeleteKd is super efficent. Can pass, shoot, rebound, block shots and steal. In a different time he could have carried to team to the final by himself. But this new generation of bball you cant do that. To many stars on single teams even kobe, mj, and labron needed help to get there. So just cause they lost without westbrook shouodnt make you think less of him. He stepped up his game tremendously. He just needed help like every other star in this leagie-okc fan
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