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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