Suns’ Kevin Durant Bluntly Responds to Idea of Nets Tribute Upon Return to Brooklyn

Kevin Durant has made it known how he feels about a potential tribute video from his former team, the Brooklyn Nets. 

Durant, now with the Phoenix Suns, will be returning to Brooklyn on Wednesday night for the first time since the blockbuster trade that shipped him off to Phoenix ahead of the trade deadline last February.

Fans on social media have debated whether Durant should receive a tribute video from the Nets. The Suns star, an avid user of X, formerly Twitter, joined the conversation Sunday and made his thoughts on the matter very clear. 

Durant said he does not want the Nets to honor him with a tribute video. 

Please don’t, the night will be better without it

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 28, 2024

When one fan suggested that the Nets might give him a video “for the PR of it,” Durant chimed in, saying “please don’t, the night will be better without it.” 

The discussion then continued, with one Nets fan genuinely asking what would be featured in a Nets video tribute to Durant, citing the star’s tumultuous tenure in Brooklyn as “wasted years” for the organization, a point Durant said he agreed with. 

I agree wit u

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 28, 2024

Durant, 35, spent 3 1/2 seasons with the Nets, a period marred by playoff failures and organizational dysfunction, as the once-promising trio of Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Durant failed to make things work.