Here’s Why Kevin Durant Is Suffering With the Brooklyn Nets

Kevin Durant an NBA star of the Brooklyn Nets team was recently seen in controversy due to the recent loss with Sacramento Kings by 153-121. The tension of loosing has caused the player towards a heated argument with the team.

In a recent interview, Durant told Bleacher Report about his trading to another team amid the poor performance by the team and his request to fire head coach Steve Nash. The MVP player outburst started with the Nets continuous defeat against Lakers and Kings resulting to poor performance from the team seen from the start of the season and resulted in the Nets positioned 12th in the Eastern Conference with a record of 6-9.

Founded in 1967, the Brooklyn Nets consisted of 3 best players of all time Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons and Kevin Durant. With the absence of Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons, the entire responsibility rested on Durant himself to carry forward the team. The immense pressure and poor performance by the team affected Durant’s capability very deeply. He also mentioned how he and Nash had quite different perspectives and opinions which always impacted on the performance of the Nets. The outbreak of the continuous poor performances Durant felt the need for a trade.

With the recent recurrent losses, the 34-year-old NBA star felt concern over his future and career. “I want us to be respected out here in the basketball world”, he said. Having played basketball for quite a long time he concerns over the performance of the team and to overcome from it. He speculated concerns on moving forward as a unit if the team continues to provide poor performance.

Sources confirm that oncerns over the performance led to the exit of Steve Nash from the Nets as a head coach. With his exit, the position will be claimed by Jacque Vaughn. Durant also commented on the differences between Nash and Vaughn’s method of coaching and proclaimed to have the same vibe as Vaughn. With Nash out of the picture, Vaughn’s coaching can regained a positive outcome for the Nets when they face the Portland Trail Blazer for the next match.