Kevin Durant Frustratingly Explains Why He Is Turning The Ball Over A Lot: “Every Night I’m Gonna Be Guarded By Five Players…”

Kevin Durant explains that he is turning the ball over so much because every night he's being guarded by five players.

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Kevin Durant is not a happy man right now as the Brooklyn Nets find themselves near the bottom of the Eastern Conference after a woeful 2-6 start. The latest setback came in the form of a 108-99 loss to the Chicago Bulls, as firing head coach Steve Nash before the game didn’t seem to make much of a difference in terms of the result.

It was pretty much the same story that we’ve seen all season, with Durant putting up big numbers but being unable to get the win. He scored 32 points against the Bulls and is averaging 32.5 points this season while shooting an excellent 52.8% from the field. The fact that the Nets only have 2 wins after this start from KD shows just how much trouble they are in, but there is one area where Durant is hurting the team and that is turnovers.


Kevin Durant Frustratingly Explains Why He Is Turning The Ball Over A Lot

It was especially a problem against the Bulls, as he had 7 turnovers while the Bulls as a team had just 9. KD is now averaging 3.9 turnovers per game in the 2022-23 campaign, which is the most he has averaged in a season for his career. After the game, he was asked about his turnover issues, and here’s what he had to say.

(starts at 1:59 mark):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOU5GRFKNZE

“I mean, every night I’m gonna be guarded by five players, so I’m gonna turn the ball over. I’m trying to be aggressive, trying to create stuff. The whole team is gonna guard me throughout the whole season, so get used to my turnovers.”

That seems like a bit of a shot at his teammates, as he is implying that opponents are just focusing on him and it’s working. He should get rid of the ball earlier if he sees a double-team coming and trust that his teammates will eventually get it going.

It didn’t help matters that Kyrie Irving had his worst game of the season against the Bulls and you would expect better from him moving forward, under whoever the new head coach is. Coming back to their former head coach, Charles Barkley came to Nash’s defense, as he blamed KD and Kyrie for him being fired while adding that the players were acting like idiots and fools.

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Gautam Varier is a staff writer and columnist for Fadeaway World from Mumbai, India. He graduated from Symbiosis International University with a Master of Business specializing in Sports Management in 2020. This educational achievement enables Gautam to apply sophisticated analytical techniques to his incisive coverage of basketball, blending business acumen with sports knowledge.Before joining Fadeaway World in 2022, Gautam honed his journalistic skills at Sportskeeda and SportsKPI, where he covered a range of sports topics with an emphasis on basketball. His passion for the sport was ignited after witnessing the high-octane offense of the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns. Among the Suns, Shawn Marion stood out to Gautam as an all-time underrated NBA player. Marion’s versatility as a defender and his rebounding prowess, despite being just 6’7”, impressed Gautam immensely. He admired Marion’s finishing ability at the rim and his shooting, despite an unconventional jump shot, believing that Marion’s skill set would have been even more appreciated in today’s NBA.This transformative experience not only deepened his love for basketball but also shaped his approach to sports writing, enabling him to connect with readers through vivid storytelling and insightful analysis.
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