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KD recalls trading Harden: We are growing too fast and the detonator is not ready to compete for the championship every year

July 3rd Rockets star Kevin Durant participated in James and Nash's "Brain of the Field" program, and recalled the Thunder's trade in Harden again.

"I think our team exceeded everyone's expectations. When you reach the finals and you can achieve such a result in such a short time, I don't think the general manager or the boss is ready for it. What you expect is a 22-win, 23-win team, we speed up the process of time, and every player is," Durant said.

"Ibaka, I don't know where he came out, and suddenly appeared to be the best blocker in the league. I averaged 30 points at the age of 21, Westbrook was an All-Star at the age of 22, and Harden won the Sixth Man at the age of 22. So we exceeded the expected schedule, and they were obviously not ready for it," Durant said. "Of course this is just my speculation. I don't know what Presti and the boss were thinking at the time. But my speculation is that I don't think they were fully prepared to compete for the championship every year. "

Durant continued: "So, since we entered the finals, you should upgrade, fine-tune and perfect, and make corresponding changes. You can't just transfer a key player from the team and expect us to play the same game. I just feel that they are a little shocked, sometimes even confused about how good we are so quickly. Presti was only 30 years old at that time? Everyone was young and fumbled, everything happened too quickly, we were faster than expected, everything was too fast."