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Kevin Durant: ‘If I was leaving Warriors, it was always going to be for Nets’

In a wide ranging interview about his past present and future with Yahoo’s Chris Haynes, Kevin Durant revealed that his choice in free agency was between Golden State and Brooklyn. And when it came down to his final decision, it came up Nets.

“If I was leaving the Warriors, it was always going to be for the Nets. They got the pieces and a creative front office. I just like what they were building.”

In short, he said it was about “basketball.”

Durant told Haynes he made his decision the morning of June 30. He revealed it at 6 p.