Kevin Durant doesn’t know what’s coming in Brooklyn return
NY Post
When Kevin Durant makes his nationally televised return to Brooklyn on Wednesday, he has no clue how the crowd is going to react.
Clap or curse? Cheer or jeer?
Nobody knows, least of all Durant. His relationship with Nets fans, after forcing a trade to Phoenix almost a year ago? It’s complicated. And that’s probably fair.
Durant says he doesn’t want a tribute video. The Nets did not do one for James Harden’s return, and Kyrie Irving doesn’t return until next Tuesday — a year to the day after his trade demand was officially granted.
“KD just be trolling. Y’all know how he do,” Cam Thomas said with as laugh. “I’m sure they’ll give him one. He did a lot here, whether people want to say he didn’t or not.”
But more than the front office — many of whom he is still friendly with — how will he be greeted by the fans?
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