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Kevin Durant has let go of the attachments to his legacy in recent times, and it
’s led to an unabashed purity of merely taking part in basketball for him. He’
s recognized for his backwards and forwards with followers on social media, a go
od-natured battle for a participant who spends real time chatting with followers
 in settings equivalent to Team USA journeys prior to now. But so far as legacy
goes, Durant — who has 13 All-Star sport appearances, two NBA championships, tw
o Finals MVPs and one league MVP award — not has a need to chase.



“I don’t care about legacy,” Durant informed The Athletic. “I used to. I use
d to want to carve out a lane or space in this game for myself that people can r
emember, but it’s become too much of a thing now. It just becomes too much of a
 focus on other people. What’s he done, what’s he done? Comparisons. Before, w
hen we wasn’t doing all this debating, I cared about it … I’m about to be in
the same breath as these top guys. It was big.



“Nowadays, I truly, truly don’t care. I truly just want to go out there and pr
oduce, be the best that I could be, go home, hang with my family, that’s it.”

現在，我真的、真的不在乎了。 我真的只是想出去打球，盡我所能，然後回家，和我的家
人在一起，就是這樣。

Durant made his return to the Phoenix Suns lineup in Wednesday’s win in opposit
ion to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He suffered a sprained ankle slipping on the
court docket in pregame warmups on March 8 following a 3-0 begin to his Suns pro
fession. The Suns are among the many contenders to win the championship this sea
son, buoyed by the All-NBA duo of Durant and Devin Booker, huge man Deandre Ayto
n and guard Chris Paul. In his fifteenth NBA season and 5 years faraway from a t
orn Achilles tendon, Durant is taking part in at his regular elite degree, avera
ging 29.2 factors, 6.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 43 video games this season.



Durant’s offseason was tumultuous, to place it frivolously. He requested a comm
erce from the Brooklyn Nets and had a high-stakes meeting with owner Joe Tsai, t
hroughout which he requested the workforce to contemplate altering their head co
ach and GM. That commerce request was ultimately put apart, however the subseque
nt shifting of Kyrie Irving finally led to Durant’s blockbuster deal to the Sun
s on the February commerce deadline. Durant remains to be competing for his firs
t title since 2018, however believes his accomplishments will at all times carry
 some judgement from the viewers.



“Once I left to go to the Warriors (in 2016), I figured any logical thing, when
 it comes to me it’s out of the window,” Durant stated. “When it comes to me,
 people are not going to think in a logical way or simply look at what I’ve don
e and say that’s it. They gotta add a narrative to it, they gotta push somethin
g to discredit me. Once I left to go to the Warriors, it’s been the gymnastics
on how to discredit me every step of the way. It’s like, damn, that’s not even
 fun no more like engaging with people because y’all aren’t even being truthfu
l. You move the goalpost every time, you expect the most out of me and if I don
’t reach it I’m a failure. It’s like, what’s the problem?



“I don’t throw my s— at people. People want their own experience in the NBA.
Their experience is their experience. I can’t say anything. I let it be. When s
ome fan says, ‘KD, I don’t like how you did this.’ I can’t be upset at that.
 That’s your view and how look at the league. I just learned how to accept that
, move forward and be the best me.”



The future Hall of Famer not too long ago went one-on-one with The Athletic to d
ebate his return to motion with the Suns, legacy, Booker, his Brooklyn exit and
way more.

這位未來的名人堂成員最近與 The Athletic 進行了一對一的訪談，討論了他在太陽隊的回
歸、成就、Booker、離開籃網等等

Now that you simply’ll be again within the lineup, what does it imply to you?

現在你將回到陣容中，這對你意味著什麼？

We all look ahead to this case after being out for weeks. Everybody was excited
for me to return again, so as soon as I’m lastly on the market and we get a tak
e a look at how we’re going to look after we play, there’s a number of vitalit
y across the constructing.

我們都期待這個時刻，因為我已經好幾個星期沒上場比賽了。大家都很興奮我終於回來了，
現在我們可以看看我們在比賽中的表現，整個球場都充滿了能量。

You appear to have reached a degree the place you might be unfazed about what’s
 occurring away from the court docket. How did you get there?

你好像已經達到了一個不會受到場外事情影響的境界。你是怎麼做到的？

I’d say across the Warriors years. I wouldn’t say I used to be making an attem
pt to please folks, however I used to be simply making an attempt to get folks t
o grasp who I used to be as a participant. There was a lot confusion over how I
left OKC about who I used to be as a person. And I felt like I wanted to clarify
 that to the media and NBA followers, however after some time I used to be simil
ar to, they going to imagine what they going to imagine regardless. So there’s
no want for me to even f— up their expertise and attempt to shift and alter the
 way in which they consider the scenario.



After some time, I used to be similar to f— it — you may suppose nonetheless y
ou wish to suppose. I do know that’s simply part of it. I’m finished making an
 attempt to get you to grasp who I’m as an individual and participant.

過了一段時間，我就開始想，算了吧，你們想怎樣就怎樣吧。 我知道這就是現實。 我不想
再試圖讓你們理解我是一個什麼樣的人和球員了。

What movie are you watching lately?

最近看了哪些比賽？

I’m watching school extra so than something. Numerous NBA stuff too. Numerous M
J (Michael Jordan), a number of Kob’ (Kobe Bryant). I watch a number of MJ high
lights.

最近我主要看大學籃球比賽，還有很多 NBA 的賽事。我看了很多 Michael Jordan 和 Kobe
 Bryant 的影片，尤其是 MJ 的精華片段。

It’s at all times good to see what’s occurring from the surface perspective. W
hen you’re within the sport, it’s onerous to determine what’s occurring round
 you, so that you take a look at movie and it offers you a clearer view. It addi
tionally appears to be like at different gamers.

從外部的角度來看發生了什麼總是好的。 當你在比賽中時，很難弄清楚你周圍發生了什麼
，所以你看比賽錄影，它能讓你看得更清楚，還能看看其他球員。

I do know you hung out understanding with Devin Booker final summer season, how
was that for you?

我知道你去年夏天和Booker一起訓練，那對你來說怎麼樣？

It was sooner or later. I’ve been monitoring Book’s profession and following h
im since he was at Kentucky. Just his evolution and his progress of his mentalit
y as a participant has simply been outstanding to see. He can rating from each s
pace, is aware of how you can run the purpose guard and command the offense and
us all as effectively. He’s advanced since he was at Kentucky in a means that I
 take pleasure in seeing as a result of he was extra so a shooter at Kentucky, a
nd lots of people didn’t see his full sport. Numerous these guys on that workfo
rce have been like that as a result of they have been stacked. But as soon as he
 received to the league, Book showcased his full sport and I’ve been following
him ever since. It’s good to be on the identical workforce.



How do you are feeling on this workforce of you, Booker, Ayton and Paul?

這個由你、Booker、Ayton和Paul所組成的球隊，你感覺如何？

I really feel fairly good. I do know we gotta carry it each night time now. We r
eceived to focus on on our again. So it’s nonetheless considerably … a little
bit anxious, a little bit nervousness coming into every sport. Just since you wi
sh to be at your finest, and everyone is concentrating on us. I’m trying ahead
to the problem. We all are.



After Kyrie Irving demanded a commerce out of Brooklyn, how did you deal with yo
ur scenario?

在Kyrie要求交易離開布魯克林之後，你是如何處理你的情況的？

Once he requested out, I used to be simply making an attempt to determine what p
ath the workforce goes in. Once I had no understanding of what path we’re getti
ng into, I attempted to make the very best choice for me.

他提出要求後，我就試圖弄清楚球隊未來的方向。由於我無法理解球隊要走的方向，我盡力
為自己做出最好的決定。

Do you are feeling vindicated?

你證明了自己這麼做是正確的嗎？

Nah. Hell nah. I would like the very best for that group. I wished the very best
 for us each sport. I hated it needed to go down like that. I wasn’t making an
attempt to show the Nets is a s—ty group. I used to be making an attempt to sho
w that the Nets are a terrific group, that they care about their gamers, need th
e very best for his or her gamers. Certain s— simply didn’t work out. I percei
ve that. I’m not right here making an attempt to show that the Nets was flawed,
 I believe they did superb by me the entire time I used to be there, not simply
with the commerce. Coming off the Achilles harm, get again into taking part in
— they made certain they have been there for me each step of the way in which.
And I recognize that for all times. I really feel like we’ll be tied as relatio
ns for all times no matter the way it completed.



How do you view your championship window on the age of 34?

你如何看待34歲時的奪冠窗口期？

I take it sooner or later at a time. I don’t even take a look at home windows.
I’m not speaking about championships. I’m targeted on: How can we be nice, how
 can we maximize each day.

我只專注於當下，不去考慮窗口期的問題。我現在關注的是，如何讓我們成為更出色的球隊
，如何在每一天都發揮最大的潛力。

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