Kevin Durant has played in Oklahoma City, the Bay Area, and now New York. And KD may not feel he got as much attention in OKC as he now gets in NYC, but dominating with his playmaking is old hat for the Brooklyn Nets superstar if you ask him.

In the final game of the regular season on Sunday, the Indiana Pacers wanted other Nets to beat them. Anyone but KD, their defense seemed to scream. So Durant only finished with 20 points. But he had a career-high 16 assists. His 10 rebounds made it a clean triple-double in a huge win, as the Nets officially claimed the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference. So, if they can beat the Cleveland Cavaliers at home in the play-in tournament, they'll be facing the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

But it doesn't sound like Durant is entirely comfy with the narrative that he's really blossomed as a passer. After the Nets' 134-126 win over the Pacers, the former MVP was asked about his development as a playmaker.

“Since 2012, I've been (averaging) around five assists a night,” Durant reminded reporters. “So it's been 10 years of this, I feel I've been an elite passer since then, 2013.”

It was during the 2012-2013 season KD, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Finals. They lost to LeBron James' Miami Heat. Apparently, the following season was when Durant felt he made a leap as a passer.

“Some people might start recognizing now cause I got more popular and more people know me,” Durant trailed off with a laugh. “But it's like last game, a few of my friends like ‘Yo, you start shooting one-leg shots!' I'm like ‘Where the f***, where y'all been?' You know what I'm saying?”

 

Durant clearly doesn't think his one-legged shot is new.

“So that's how I feel about my passing too,” Durant said. “A lot of people just either focus just on my scoring or haven't really focused at all on me as a player. I expect to come out there and make the right reads and get my teammates good looks. It's nothing new to me.”

The Nets forward also talked about how he was playing like a guard for years before hitting a growth spurt. So, that experience as a smaller player allowed him to hone skills coaches don't always demand young big men to work on. That worked out, didn't it?

But for the record, his one-legged move, which he's busted out a few times recently is not that new. So where have those buddies of his been?

The Nets will focus on the Cavaliers, who recently took the other approach against Durant and company. The Cavaliers didn't sell out entirely to thwart KD, so he dropped 36 points on them in a 118-107 victory last Friday. But if Easy Money Sniper hits a one-legged shot or makes some elite passes, don't ask him if he just added them to his game. He'll have to pull out some game film from 2013 in OKC on you. He probably remembers the game he'd like to show you as well. Not much gets by him in terms of memory.

Sorry Kev, you're STILL an elite passer.