If Kyrie Irving’s situation is Kafkaesque enough, like the latest fine imposed by the NBA for letting the point guard into his team’s locker room at halftime of the last game at Barclays Center, critics of Kevin Durant versus New York City Mayor Eric Adams went badly.
” It’s ridiculous “ explained the winger. “I absolutely don’t understand. There are a few people in our room who haven’t been vaccinated, right? They lifted all the restrictions in our room, right? So I don’t understand… I don’t understand… I just feel like at this point, someone is trying to put themselves forward to reinforce their authority. But everyone here is looking for attention and I have a feeling that’s what the mayor is looking for right now, attention. But he will have to find a solution. He has interest. “
If we can understand KD’s frustration, his remarks upset a lot of people. On ESPN, Michael Wilbon responded to him severelyexplaining that his remarks were very inappropriate, New York having been one of the cities most affected in the United States by the Covid-19, with nearly 70,000 deaths for 8 million inhabitants.
Eric Adams must indeed manage the largest urban center in the United States, in an epidemic context far from being completely controlled, and the Irving case is obviously not his priority.
To calm things down, Brooklyn has also in stride put out a statement from Kevin Durant.
“The past two years have been difficult and painful for New Yorkers, as well as confusing with the changing horizon of rules and mandates”can we read. “I understand what the mayor still has to manage, compared to everything the city has been through. My frustration with this situation does not change the fact that I am still committed to helping the communities and cities in which I live, and play. “
| Kevin Durant | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2007-08 | SEA | 80 | 35 | 43.0 | 28.8 | 87.3 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 20.3 |
| 2008-09 | OKAY | 74 | 39 | 47.6 | 42.2 | 86.3 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 25.3 |
| 2009-10 | OKAY | 82 | 40 | 47.6 | 36.5 | 90.0 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 30.2 |
| 2010-11 | OKAY | 78 | 39 | 46.2 | 35.0 | 88.0 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 27.7 |
| 2011-12 | OKAY | 66 | 39 | 49.6 | 38.7 | 86.0 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 28.0 |
| 2012-13 | OKAY | 81 | 39 | 51.0 | 41.6 | 90.5 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 28.2 |
| 2013-14 ★ | OKAY | 81 | 39 | 50.3 | 39.1 | 87.3 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 32.0 |
| 2014-15 | OKAY | 27 | 34 | 51.0 | 40.3 | 85.4 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 25.4 |
| 2015-16 | OKAY | 72 | 36 | 50.5 | 38.8 | 89.8 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 28.2 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 62 | 33 | 53.7 | 37.5 | 87.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 25.1 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 68 | 34 | 51.6 | 41.9 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 26.4 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 78 | 35 | 52.1 | 35.3 | 88.5 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 26.0 |
| 2020-21 | BRK | 35 | 33 | 53.7 | 45.0 | 88.2 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 26.9 |
| 2021-22 | BRK | 41 | 37 | 52.0 | 37.2 | 89.7 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 29.6 |
| Total | 925 | 37 | 49.6 | 38.3 | 88.3 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 27.1 | |
