As training camps for various teams open in the new season, this means the end of the offseason and the approaching regular season. At this time, as usual, major well-known media will give the top 100 player rankings based on the players' performance status last season and their expectations for the new season. Previously, with the release of the top five players, ESPN's top 100 players in the new season were all born. Among them, the rankings of the top ten from high to low are Antetokounmpo, Jokic, Doncic, Embiid , Curry , James , Tatum , Durant , Morant , Booker . The contract with . The 24-year contract with Nets is only executed, but you may leave in an emotional state at any time. Caring too much about the opinions of the outside world puts more pressure on you. When it comes to proving yourself, you should learn from Curry and James.
As the most authoritative media, the ranking of top 100 stars in the new season given by ESPN has caused heated discussions from the outside world. However, these discussions were limited to fans and media people before, and the stars do not seem to be interested in this. However, Nets forward Durant is an exception. Earlier, Durant updated his status on social platforms, and he posted a screenshot of the content: "Look, these bad people are still discussing, just because my name was mentioned. Just from Longfield to Florida , there is a discussion about the top five." Obviously, Durant is bombarding ESPN without ranking him in the top five, and is dissatisfied with his eighth ranking.
As the new season training camp begins, looking back on this offseason, it seems that Durant was surrounded by negative news throughout the offseason. From the first round of the Nets' playoffs, Durant's personal performance was sluggish, and then the Warriors won the championship, and the closed loop of the Green formula, these things have brought certain blows and sarcastic voices to Durant. The huge pressure made Durant feel a little breathless. Then Irving did not receive any contract renewal in the Nets. Since Thunder , Durant's shooting coach has been fired by the Nets management. All this made Durant explode. He applied for a transaction at the last moment before the free agent market opened, which directly affected the operating rhythm of the entire market.
In the application for leaving the team, Durant did not hesitate to make his relationship with Nash and Max almost broke down. To be honest, such Durant is a bit surprising because in the eyes of the public, he is a very pure basketball player. Now, let’s look at Durant’s actions of bombarding ESPN. He is just too concerned about the outside world’s views and comments about him. Whether it is swearing with fans on Twitter , or wanting to join Suns or Heat to win the championship quickly, Durant just wants to prove to the outside world that he has the ability to succeed. However, just like he joined the Warriors in order to get rid of the label of Millennium Duke. To prove that he can lead the team to win the championship outside of Golden State, he left the Warriors. Durant's entire career seemed to be trying to shut up those doubters.
This put Durant on too much pressure, which even made him lose the ability to calm down and think about problems. Before applying for a deal, and when reiterating his trading position to Boss Cai, Durant never thought that it would be a very difficult thing for him to leave the Nets, and no matter which team he joins, this team will be hollowed out by the Nets. In other words, no matter where he goes, he will not have a better chance of winning the championship than he is now. At the same time, once he leaves, he loses his original intention to join the Nets. He will go to other people's teams. Even if he wins the championship, he will still be troubled by the "driver" meme of Barkley .
Before the start of last season, Durant was ranked first in the top 100 players in the 21-22 season due to Durant's outstanding performance in the Eastern Conference semi-finals with Bucks and his leadership of the US men's basketball team to win the gold medal when they were not optimistic. Durant should understand that only performance can make the outside world shut up. Although competitive sports rely more on the ending, as long as he performs well enough, he will still win recognition. To be honest, Durant received even higher praises in the last offseason than he had won in the Warriors' two straight titles, which he won by his own performance.
No one is satisfied with being ranked very low. Take Lakers for example. James was ranked 6th, Thick-eyed was ranked 20th. Westbrook has almost missed the list of top 100 stars from more than 30 before to 98 now. New FMVP Curry was ranked 5th. There must be controversy, but Durant is the first superstar to stand up to publicly dissatisfied with the rankings. Just like the NBA 2K ability value, he is also one of the few players who are dissatisfied with his 96 ability value. Curry and James are also stingy when dealing with these questions, but their approach is usually to win some honors with actions, and after success, they turn around and mock the media that question them. Durant spoke out loudly without doing anything, which will only add a lot of unnecessary pressure to him.
