Kevin Durant is 34 years old now, and he’s been in the NBA since he was 19. There aren’t a lot of nerves for him before games anymore, since he’s done just about everything there is to do in basketball.
Yet Durant said he was nervous in Charlotte on Wednesday night, as he made his debut for the Phoenix Suns. Durant has played in more than 1,100 NBA games when you count the playoffs, but this was his very first for the Suns, who traded for him three weeks ago with an eye on winning an NBA title immediately.