The Houston Rockets hoped that including a confirmed veteran like Kevin Durant would uplift their younger core.
As an alternative, they received the identical variety of video games because the earlier season (52), and Durant wasn’t even on the courtroom for many of their disappointing first-round exit.
Add yet one more burner account scandal to the combination, and Durant won’t be the preferred man within the Rockets’ locker room proper now.
Contemplating that, Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley believes he could be the following celebrity to be on the commerce block — once more.
Kevin Durant may very well be on the transfer once more
“Between the accidents to Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams, the runway clearing for Amen Thompson and Reed Sheppard and the notorious burner saga, an entire lot occurred in Houston,” Buckley wrote.
Durant went from being one of the crucial lively NBA figures on social media to barely utilizing his account — a minimum of his major one.
There have been stories of discontent throughout the group relating to his use of social media, and the truth that he stopped utilizing it nearly proper after the burner account scandal broke solely raised extra suspicion.
Issues did not go properly in Durant’s first season in Houston, and it would not be the primary time the four-time scoring champion has burned bridges.
“Possibly Durant is assured in what this membership has, however his first season as part of it didn’t appear remotely enjoyable,” Buckley added. “And it will hardly be out of his norm to tire of his hoops dwelling and search out a recent begin elsewhere.”
A number of groups would nonetheless have an interest sooner or later Corridor of Famer, and the Detroit Pistons reportedly already tried to trade for him.
Groups may wait to see the tip of the LeBron James saga first earlier than making a transfer, however given how Durant has operated and the way his profession has turned out up to now decade or so, it would not be stunning to see him change sides once more this offseason.
