Chad Ochocinco Johnson threw flames on the speculation with recent comments he made on a podcast, when the former NFL receiver said that Durant talked to him about joining the Miami Heat. “What makes you think he’d want to go to Miami now?” Shannon Sharpe asked Johnson on the Nightcap podcast. “Because I talked to him,” Johnson replied. “I talked to KD and I know KD is going to see this and KD can attest to this. You can talk about it tomorrow on First Take. KD and I had a lengthy conversation. Listen, I’m not into basketball and people like KD and LeBron and some of these other players that I know, they confide in me. And I asked if it was OK to talk about tonight on Nightcap and it just so happens, boom, it comes up. “And he said he would have no problem coming down to Miami, if it made sense.”
Source: Arizona Republic
Source: Arizona Republic
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Evan Sidery @esidery
Kevin Durant never felt comfortable within Frank Vogel’s offensive scheme, and multiple key players had lost faith in him as their head coach, per @DougHaller (theathletic.com/5460738/2024/0…).
The Suns are now going all-in on offensive creativity with the hire of Mike Budenholzer. pic.twitter.com/q9trlPAxAN – 10:40 AM
Kevin Durant never felt comfortable within Frank Vogel’s offensive scheme, and multiple key players had lost faith in him as their head coach, per @DougHaller (theathletic.com/5460738/2024/0…).
The Suns are now going all-in on offensive creativity with the hire of Mike Budenholzer. pic.twitter.com/q9trlPAxAN – 10:40 AM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
The Phoenix Suns plan to hire Bucks champion Mike Budenholzer as their head coach on deal expected to approach eight figures per year, league sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The Holbrook, Ariz., native will be tasked with optimizing Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal. pic.twitter.com/eWFMedRNA2 – 10:11 AM
The Phoenix Suns plan to hire Bucks champion Mike Budenholzer as their head coach on deal expected to approach eight figures per year, league sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The Holbrook, Ariz., native will be tasked with optimizing Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal. pic.twitter.com/eWFMedRNA2 – 10:11 AM
Get Up @GetUpESPN
“I sometimes wonder, was that the worst thing that happened to Kevin Durant?”
—@ZachLowe_NBA on the Warriors signing KD in 2016 😳 pic.twitter.com/AxKf76sFfH – 8:49 AM
“I sometimes wonder, was that the worst thing that happened to Kevin Durant?”
—@ZachLowe_NBA on the Warriors signing KD in 2016 😳 pic.twitter.com/AxKf76sFfH – 8:49 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“Frank Vogel gets fired after his 1st season all because the 2-time NBA champion, 2-time finals MVP in Kevin Durant wasn’t speaking to the man and listening to Frank Vogel for the last 3 months and all of the sudden it becomes a ripple effect.” @KendrickPerkins #Suns #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/CDqLIU8o5I – 12:55 AM
“Frank Vogel gets fired after his 1st season all because the 2-time NBA champion, 2-time finals MVP in Kevin Durant wasn’t speaking to the man and listening to Frank Vogel for the last 3 months and all of the sudden it becomes a ripple effect.” @KendrickPerkins #Suns #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/CDqLIU8o5I – 12:55 AM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
More Thunder fans have hit $20,000 halfcourt shots these playoffs than LeBron, KD and Steph Curry have combined wins these playoffs. – 10:21 PM
More Thunder fans have hit $20,000 halfcourt shots these playoffs than LeBron, KD and Steph Curry have combined wins these playoffs. – 10:21 PM
Evan Sidery @esidery
The Suns’ long list of transactions since Mat Ishbia became owner only 15 months ago:
– Trade Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks, unprotected 2028 pick swap for Kevin Durant
– Fire Monty Williams; hire Frank Vogel
– Trade Chris Paul, Landry Shamet,… pic.twitter.com/ZZef4ldvTF – 9:30 PM
The Suns’ long list of transactions since Mat Ishbia became owner only 15 months ago:
– Trade Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks, unprotected 2028 pick swap for Kevin Durant
– Fire Monty Williams; hire Frank Vogel
– Trade Chris Paul, Landry Shamet,… pic.twitter.com/ZZef4ldvTF – 9:30 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Kevin Durant since leaving Golden State:
6 — Head coaches
2 — Playoff series wins pic.twitter.com/q7kf2O0BEV – 6:13 PM
Kevin Durant since leaving Golden State:
6 — Head coaches
2 — Playoff series wins pic.twitter.com/q7kf2O0BEV – 6:13 PM
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons
LeBron and KD have had 10 coaches combined since Game 1 of the 2018 Finals… and that number is about to jump to 12. – 4:51 PM
LeBron and KD have had 10 coaches combined since Game 1 of the 2018 Finals… and that number is about to jump to 12. – 4:51 PM
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons
LeBron and KD have had 10 coaches combined since Game 1 of the 2018 Finals… and that number is about to jump to 11. – 4:50 PM
LeBron and KD have had 10 coaches combined since Game 1 of the 2018 Finals… and that number is about to jump to 11. – 4:50 PM
Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
Steve Nash, Monty Williams, and now Frank Vogel have all been fired within the last 18 months while coaching Kevin Durant. – 4:31 PM
Steve Nash, Monty Williams, and now Frank Vogel have all been fired within the last 18 months while coaching Kevin Durant. – 4:31 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Seeing Kevin Durant and Devin Booker both average 27.1 points a game, I’ve been wondering why Durant 6th, Booker 7th in NBA in scoring in the regular season.
Time to do some math.
Durant: 2,032 points ÷ 75 games = 27.0933333333.
Booker: 1,841 points ÷ 68 games = 27.0735294118. pic.twitter.com/pe4h6Xt1Qy – 1:30 PM
Seeing Kevin Durant and Devin Booker both average 27.1 points a game, I’ve been wondering why Durant 6th, Booker 7th in NBA in scoring in the regular season.
Time to do some math.
Durant: 2,032 points ÷ 75 games = 27.0933333333.
Booker: 1,841 points ÷ 68 games = 27.0735294118. pic.twitter.com/pe4h6Xt1Qy – 1:30 PM
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Bobby Marks: Including the next head coach in Phoenix Kevin Durant since 2019-20: 5 HC Devin Booker since 2015-16: 7 HC Bradley Beal since 2012-13: 5 HC -via Twitter @BobbyMarks42 / May 9, 2024
StatMuse: Nikola Jokic has more MVP awards than Kobe Bryant Kevin Durant Dwyane Wade Isiah Thomas Elgin Baylor Jerry West combined. pic.twitter.com/P84v6WczNS -via Twitter @statmuse / May 8, 2024
With LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant combining for a single win and nine total games, viewership for the first round of the NBA Playoffs unsurprisingly trailed last year. The first round of the NBA Playoffs averaged a 1.7 rating and 3.14 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, TNT/truTV and NBA TV, down 8% in ratings and 9% in viewership from last year (1.9, 3.44M), but flat and up 5% respectively from 2022 (1.7, 2.99M). This year’s first round trails only last year and 2018 (3.17M) as the most-watched in the past decade, with the caveat that out-of-home viewing was not included in Nielsen estimates until 2020. -via Sports Media Watch / May 8, 2024
