Durant reveals his refusal to return to the Warriors! He dreams of leading the Rockets to win several championships and retires his jersey. Responds to whether a statue can be erected

On October 17, in the second season of "Starting 5", Durant explained the inside story and reasons for his refusal to return to the Warriors, hoping to lead the Rockets to win a few championships and then have his jersey retired by the Rockets. Durant said that Harden was his real brother, and responded to Barkley's previous remarks that he was "not the driver." KD said bluntly: I am the one pumping the gas, I am the car, and I am the one pushing the cart.

Recalling his refusal to be traded to the Warriors in the middle of last season, Durant said: "I heard a few people that I respected and trusted in the industry tell me that the deal was almost done. So I called and I was in a bad mood that night. I was like, 'fuck, they're doing this behind my back. They didn't tell me anything. Me? This is too bad."

continued: "I told them directly not to send me to the Warriors. If I have to trade me, don't go to the Warriors. It's not because I don't want to make the same mistake again, and I don't want to bring down the whole team. It's nonsense... but I will empty out the next team. I drained all my assets just to join this team. I don't want to go through that shit again. You know, especially with the Warriors, because I felt like I wouldn't want to be in that situation. "

"I just told the Warriors, told Curry, from a basketball perspective, I don't think this is a wise move for us. Let's just finish the year. That was the main reason I blocked the trade, but they were still listening to other teams at the time and wanted to estimate my trade value. "

Before the trade deadline last season, it was reported that the Suns, Heat and Warriors basically reached a trade agreement. Durant vetoed the deal, and the three-party deal fell through. During this offseason, Durant was sent to the Rockets by the Suns in a seven-party deal.

Talking about his expectations for the Rockets, Durant said: "In an ideal world, we can win several championships. My jersey will be retired here and become part of the community here and part of the team organization."

Durant's annual salary this season is US$54.7 million, which is the last year of his contract, but he expressed his hope to reach a contract extension with the Rockets in order to stay in Houston for a long time.

Talking about Barkley's "bus driver" remarks back then, Durant responded: "I took the bus, I filled the car with gas, I am the gasoline, I am the wheels, axles, and brakes. Every component on the bus is me. I am in "Being in the back of the bus, pushing this damn bus. I played all these metaphors for that team, and I had a lot of them." What does it feel like to help a city or a small town win a championship, and his whole life, his whole career, is about himself, his whole life is about how he feels, and he can say whatever he wants, to whomever he wants, because 'I'm Charles Barkley and I can say whatever I want.' "

When Durant left the Thunder to join the Warriors, he led the Warriors to two championships and two Finals MVPs. Barkley still did not recognize Durant and compared Durant to a "bus passenger" on the winning team, rather than a "bus driver."

Talking about whether the relationship with Harden is still close, Durant said: "He is really my brother. We really play together a lot, starting when we were 19 or 20 years old."

Durant recalled the first encounter with Harden, when Durant was a freshman at the University of Texas and Harden had just finished his senior year of high school. Durant said he and fellow freshman All-American Greg Oden went to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles in Harden's hometown of Los Angeles, and Harden, a McDonald's high school All-American, showed up and hung out with them.

"That's when it all started," Durant said. "I don't know if I ever told him or if he remembered it, but I was like, 'Well, he's one of us.'"

When talking about whether any team will erect a statue of himself, Durant said: "They might paint a little mural in the alley behind some pizza place. I am a word-of-mouth person. You will hear about me. Everything, good and bad, will reach your ears. You don’t see a statue and sit there and say, ‘Oh my gosh, look at this statue of Durant. He was truly invincible back then. You know, that Durant, he might fight back at you in the media, he might yell at the fans, he might score 40 points in a single game, he might be moody. ’ That’s how people feel when they talk about me, and I love that. I prefer this feeling to erecting a statue. "