Rockets News: Kevin Durant breaks down the ‘bulls**t’ narrative surrounding USA vs. Europe basketball
Days before All-Star break earlier this month, Kevin Durant took aim at what he saw as a bias aimed at American-born basketball players not trying out during the NBA All-Star Game.
“You should ask the Europeans and the world team if they’re going to compete,” Durant said. “If you look at Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic now, let’s go back and look at what they’re doing in the All-Star Game. Is it a competition? So, we didn’t question what they did. But we’ll ask the old heads, and the Americans.”
The comments sparked a heated conversation, which was an excuse for both American teams to beat Team World in the new All-Star game format. Now, he’s continuing his crusade against rhetoric he sees as unfair to American players and a subtext that doesn’t often spoke in an ESPN is reporting on him playing in the 2028 Olympics.
“There’s a lot of bull— with that. I can read between the lines on that. It’s a shot at black Americans. We control the sport. They’re sick of us controlling the sport.”
He added: “‘France is coming for you.’ Really? We hit them guys.”
Durant is right, as the 2024 edition of Team USA’s Olympic Games beat a The French national team led by Victor Vembanyama. Team USA has won gold at every Summer Olympics since a shocking bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Durant also said he isn’t ruling out participating in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, hinting that the media has painted a narrative that he and Steph Curry won’t be putting their hats in the ring.
“You people, the media, you predicted it,” Durant recently told ESPN. “That narrative, where did the last dance come from? I didn’t say I wasn’t dancing. LeBron said he wasn’t. You didn’t hear that from me or Steph.”
2026-02-24 14:21:00
