Why doesn’t CD expect Warriors, NBA teams to honor him with a statue originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Kevin Durant isn’t expecting a statue outside Chase Center anytime soon.
In fact, he doesn’t foresee any of his current or former NBA teams honoring him with a statue.
Durant appeared on Wednesday’s episode of the “Up & Adams Show,” where he shared with Kay Adams why he doesn’t believe he’s worthy of a statue outside the arenas in Oklahoma City, Golden State, Brooklyn and Phoenix, the four current teams. Durant played for.
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“I doubt very much that I get a statue of me put up anywhere for playing basketball … It’s usually those guys who got the HOF career, with championships, you’ve been with one city for a long time. That’s not … pic.twitter.com/QcyOZf3TZl
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“I highly doubt I get a statue of me anywhere for playing basketball,” Durant said. “I appreciate the love, though, and the respect people have shown me. That’s enough for me.
“… It’s usually those guys who get the Hall of Fame career with the championships and you’ve been with one city for a long time. That’s not the case for me, but I could see it for a couple other guys in the league .”
Durant spent nine seasons of his current 17-year NBA career with the Thunder (2008-2016) where he won the 2013-14 MVP award, but reached the highest of NBA peaks with the Warriors, winning two championships, including two NBA Finals MVPs. (2017, 2018) in just three seasons with Golden State.
Durant has since spent three-plus seasons with both the Nets (2019-2023) and Suns (2023-present), without a championship appearance in either city.
Miami Heat legend Dwayne Wade, who recently was honored with a statue outside Kaseya Center last week, Durant is believed to be one of three current players, including former Warriors teammate Steph Curry and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, who are next in line for statues.
“The three stars in our game still,” Wade said of the likelihood of Durant, Curry and James getting statues. “And there are others who could be in that group, but when you’re talking about winning championships, you’re talking about changing the game, you’re talking about just being unique. There are so many characteristics that go into getting a statue — it’s not just being. good
“When you talk about your work away from basketball, what do you do? How do you change communities? I think these individuals do those things in so many different ways. And that’s why those three guys came (to mind). It doesn’t just because they get buckets.”
Durant, humbly and respectfully, disagrees.
“I [saw Wade’s comments] yesterday I disagree with [him] but I appreciate him putting me in that category with two other guys who will probably get statues in cities they played in,” Durant shared with Adams.
While many believe Durant could realistically have his jersey retired with both the Thunder and the Warriors at some point in the future, some wondered if a statue commemorating the iconic photo of Golden State’s back-to-back championship-winning core, featuring him, Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala, might be a fitting tribute outside. Hunting Center.
If so, Durant will get his statue. Kind of.
