Steve Kerr speaks out on Kevin Durant's departure

Kevin Durant joined Brooklyn Nets during this summer from Golden State Warriors and Steve Kerr has revealed that he was “not surprised” of his departure. On “The Full 48” podcast, Kerr said: “I don’t know. It just felt like it. I didn’t give it a whole lot of thought. This past year felt different. We kind of lost some momentum internally. It wasn’t anything tangible. People point to the Draymond-Kevin incident (in Los Angeles on Nov. 12). I honestly don’t think that was that big of a deal, as crazy as that sounds. "For whatever reason, it just kind of ran its course. I don’t know why. I do think we’re in a different era where players are more interested by new challenges … players see that there’s a huge expanse out there; there’s this horizon with so many different opportunities. And so you’re just gonna have fewer teams that stick together for a long period of time. "And that’s just kind of how it felt this year for us. This thing has a finite ending point and this is probably it." Golden State Warriors will start the new season with a preseason game against LA Lakers on October 5. via TalkBasket.net

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