Two days after playing against his former team, Kevin Durant spoke out about his decision to leave the Golden State Warriors as a free agent in the summer of 2019.
Speaking to Michael Lee of the Washington Post, Durant acknowledged he just wanted to try something new when he signed with the Brooklyn Nets:
"It was another pivot. I just wanted to play ball somewhere else. But a lot of people see it as I'm chasing something. And I think it probably stems when I said, 'I don't want to be number two no more.