Oh, what would have happened if Rich Kleiman had had his way.
Kevin Durant and his agent and business partner revealed in an interview with Boardroom.tv that Kleiman was pushing for the Knicks back in the fateful summer of 2019, when the NBA superstar left Golden State for Brooklyn. revealed.
“Can you please tell the cameras and the Knicks fans watching this that I wish I went to the Knicks,” Kayman said.
“I certainly did. You definitely did more than anything,” Durant admitted five years after deciding to go to the Nets instead of signing with the league’s top team.
Durant’s decision offers great hope for the Nets, who appeared to be on the verge of an unimaginable period of success since the team moved to Brooklyn.
That same offseason, the Nets also signed Kyrie Irving and later brought in James Harden, but injuries and off-court issues prevented Brooklyn from reaching the heights Durant and the organization had hoped for. .
But it now appears that he faced some opposition to his decision not to go to Broadway.
Even though his father and aunt also endorsed the 14-time NBA All-Star with the Knicks, Durant said in an interview with Hot 97 months after signing with Brooklyn that the New York brand was not cool.
He made the remarks during an interview with the board of directors on Tuesday.
“That brand was cool, but you know at the time I wasn’t paying attention to cool brands outside of the game,” Durant said. “I was watching the team, and it wasn’t a cool team to play in. The team wasn’t cool to watch. It wasn’t a good team to watch. It was a little bit of a dramatization, a little bit of a lie about the brand. I might have put my brand there as well.”
The Knicks have made a huge turnaround over the past few seasons, and are currently in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a 33-22 record after a strong first half from All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson.
“They weren’t like that back then.” [cool]” Durant said. “The Knicks weren’t cool, but they’re a brand of cool. … They’re popping right now. They’re playing well. They’ve been playing well the last few years.
“But before that, they weren’t playing well.”
