NBA superstars have a lot of power, and there's a perception that they effectively run their organizations. It's why LeBron James is often referred to as “LeGM.” Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant gets this treatment as well and is coming under fire for the franchise's epic failure this season, which just ended with a sweep at the hands of the Boston Celtics.

However, Durant is here to push back on that “narrative” that's out there, suggesting stars like him, LeBron and former Golden State Warriors teammate Stephen Curry don't really have that much control. Via Yahoo Sports' Vincent Goodwill:

“I feel like that’s a narrative that [media created]. I don’t even think LeBron does that,” Durant told Yahoo Sports. “He might have input or know some information. But him saying [pointing left], ‘This is who you should get.’ [Points right.] ‘That’s who you should get,’ I don’t think it works like that.

“I’ve been around Steph, he doesn’t work like that. Let people do their jobs. It’s not on me to overstep what they do. I’m just here to support. If they need me to text or call somebody that may come, of course.”

The Nets star does like to be involved with personnel decisions. For example, Durant says he helped recruit Goran Dragic to Brooklyn. But that only happened after Nets general manager Sean Marks told him Dragic had interest. KD claims he doesn't go around demanding who Brooklyn should bring in.

That's just not his style, and he says wielding that type of power would be “disrespectful” to the people running the show:

“I don’t want to know because I’m the ‘franchise player,’ it’s just the fact I want to know who my teammates are. It’s disrespectful for me to come and try to override what they do because of my status in the league. That’s not fair to them. Everybody has a career. I just want to know.”

Durant clearly has a lot of influence in Brooklyn, as he should. The Steve Nash hiring and how things have played out with Kyrie Irving are examples of that influence. But the way he explains it, we shouldn't assume he's actually the one running things.

Of course, that won't actually stop all the speculation about his power in Brooklyn.