Kevin Durant Boardroom interview
Kevin Durant told Rich he was on the fence because San Antonio had just beaten the champions and were hot. He saw the Knicks get down every game, often trailing by 15 points or even 29 before the Spurs would come back to steal a win. That is why he didn't become a believer until Game Five. Durant called it the best championship as a viewer he has probably ever seen, not just because the next brand won but for the fashion in which they won those games. The result showed the power dynamic in the NBA between a veteran team put together through trades and $100 million deals versus a young group drafted together.
Transcript (en)
Series, I was talking to Rich about it and I was like, I was thinking, because I remember the Knicks beating them in the end season tournament pretty badly. And I was like, they played them pretty well. But San Antonio was hot at the time. They had just beat the champions. So I was just on the fence on if they would win. And then they got down every game. I'm just like, I don't know. And then as they started coming back, I didn't become a believer, to be honest, until the last game. Because they were just playing. Like game five? Yeah. That whole time you were like, oh, the Spurs still don't come back? No, I was just like, the Spurs would be up 15 points every game. 29 points and then they'll just come back and steal a game that's probably why it's the best championship as a viewer that i've probably ever seen you know just because it just not just because of the next brand winning but just a fashion that they won those games and it was insane and it really showed you the power dynamic in the nba a veteran team that was put together through trades through signing 100 million dollar deals you had to overpay some guys and you know to put the team together versus a team that drafted everybody as a young group that a lot of people would love to see them win for sort of for the Knicks to do it that way it was it was I felt like they made a statement.
