The way that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant ended up certainly wasn’t the best for either side. Whether from the point of view of the Brooklyn Nets or from a personal point of view, the two seemed to not have the ending they expected.
Although they appeared to remain friends, there were some oddities between the two as the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 130-126 on Sunday.
NBA reporter Brian Windhorst was at the game and said he realized something was off between the two.
“The complete lack of emotion from Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant,” Windhorst said. “If you didn’t know any better, you’d just walk in and, like, you were a college fan, you didn’t know anything about the NBA, and I was trying to tell you that there was a huge break to change the landscape in the NBA that rocked both teams, because those two guys played together for four years, you wouldn’t believe me.
“They didn’t even look at each other. There were times when they passed each other, like during timeout situations, no, like in the middle of the game when they’re competing, they didn’t even turn their heads.
“And I couldn’t help but laugh after the game was over, because Markieff Morris, who had been Durant’s teammate in Brooklyn for a few months, came up and Durant hugged him, you know, patted him on the chest and didn’t even He didn’t even look in Kyrie’s direction. So, I think we got our answer there about where that relationship is and how it ended up in Brooklyn.”
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant’s relationship
When Kevin Durant was asked about the game and what happened, he had an interesting answer. Suns hit writer Duane Rankin reported that Durant had the following to say when he was asked about playing Kyrie Irving:
“No emotions at all. It’s another game. Most of my career I played against Kyrie. He was on my team for the last two years, but most of my career I played against him, so I know how he feels.”
It was definitely an interesting response from Durant, and while some might make it into something it’s not, it’s still interesting to think about.
Durant has been asked in the past about his time in Brooklyn, and it got him excited. However, that could be for a few different reasons. It’s not easy to leave a city after playing there for a few seasons. Durant also returned from his injury with Brooklyn, so it’s easy to see why the city holds a special place in his heart.