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Given all that he has achieved in his career, Kevin Durant made it known recently that he doesn't care about individual awards anymore. Having won the MVP trophy before and an NBA championship as well, the Golden State Warriors star is more concerned about finding out what's next for him.
Durant also said that he understands how good he is and that any player may still lose the MVP award even he plays an MVP-caliber season. He then added, via Yahoo Sports' Michael Lee, that his decision to join the Warriors may not be the most popular choice he's ever made.
“Awards don't mean anything, for one. You can still be an MVP-caliber player and not win MVP, in my opinion,” Durant said. “I know how good I am. Everybody in this league knows how good I am. All the fans know. No matter how much they try to deny it, or hate, or tell you anything different. They know when I step on the court, they fear me, as fans of the game. I'm not saying my opponents fear me, but when I get a wide-open shot, I hear the crowd. Before I shoot it, I hear. They all respect it.
“But obviously, the move that I made (from OKC to the Bay Area), people that – they enjoy competition, whatever they call that, or suspense in the basketball game – they didn't like it. So anything to take a shot at me here and there, I knew it was coming.”
Durant's comments clearly show how confident he is in his abilities, and it does make a lot of sense, having already experienced what it's like to be named the best player in the NBA. He has already cemented his legacy as an all-time great, and strengthening it further may be what's more important for him now.
Now in his second season with the Warriors, they are once again poised to make the playoffs with one of the top seeds in the Western Conference.
Starting a dynasty could be the goal for him these days, as the promise of more championships is already more appealing to him than individual honors.
