Kevin Durant knows an onslaught of support is coming when he arrives in Washington for Tuesday night's game with the Wizards. That doesn't mean he enjoys it.
The Thunder forward was dismissive of the pomp and circumstance regarding free agency following Oklahoma City's 124-103 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, per Sam Amick of USA Today:
Free agency is like a season now, and it shouldn’t be that big. Me, I feel, is you should focus on who you have on your team. It’s easy to get your hopes up and expect a guy to come to your team or whatever — and I’m not talking about myself, I’m just talking about free agency in the past years and in the future — you get your hopes up as a fan, and then they let you down and you end up not liking the player. There’s a little bit too much emphasis on that type of stuff, but it’s part of the game.
Durant pointed specifically to last season's trip to Washington as a "disrespectful" experience. Wizards fans, who desperately want their native son back in the nation's capital, were seen in customized Durant jerseys, and their arena was littered with wistf ...
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