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Kevin Durant, Steve Nash Expose What Went Wrong in Brooklyn: 'Everything Else Around Us Was Going to S---'

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, JUL 8 – Durant averaged 29 points per game but cited coaching changes, trades, injuries, and distractions as key obstacles that hindered the Nets from winning a championship.

  • Kevin Durant officially joined the Houston Rockets after a seven-team trade finalized in early 2025, marking his fifth NBA team.
  • Durant's departure followed a tumultuous Brooklyn Nets period marked by coaching instability, injuries, and player trades that disrupted team cohesion.
  • Durant and former Nets coach Steve Nash discussed on the 'Mind the Game' podcast that despite their shared commitment, distractions and dysfunction hindered the team's success.
  • Durant reflected that there were too many interruptions that hindered their success, while Nash acknowledged that he wasn't able to coach as much as he had hoped.
  • Their reflections imply that external factors beyond coaching contributed to a fractured franchise that never advanced past the Eastern Conference Semifinals together.
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World News broke the news in United States on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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