Kevin Durant was unhappy with local media favouring Warriors star Steph Curry: Report

Kevin Durant signed with Brooklyn Nets during last year's offseason as a free nt. Before Nets, he played three years with Golden State Warriors, where he won two back-to-back NBA championships alongside Steph Curry. While re have been various rumours on why Durant left Warriors for Nets, recent reports suggest that Kevin Durant was unhappy with preferential treatment Steph Curry received from Warriors media. 

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Steph Curry media representation: Kevin Durant was unhappy with preferential treatment Steph Curry received?

Athletic's Ethan Strauss recently recalled an incident where Kevin Durant was once upset about an article Strauss had written. incident is also included in Strauss' book  Victory Machine: Making and Unmaking of Warriors Dynasty. His article had been about Durant and his contract, where Strauss talked about t envying former Warriors star for having lever in his contract. 

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Though Ethan Strauss stated that he had a reason to write what he did, Kevin Durant was apparently t impressed. He believed that media was trying to get into Steph Curry's good books 'at his expense'. He furr added that Durant constantly got into arguments with Warriors fans, 'accusing' m for favouring Steph Curry. Later, he was once asked if Steph Curry or Kyrie Irving was better player, to which Durant said he would have to sit down and analyse. 

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Steph Curry media presence bored Kevin Durant?

article mentioned in Strauss' piece in January, talks about Warriors needing to keep Durant happy at cost of efficient play. As per Strauss, Warriors were performing below expectations only to placate ir two-time Finals MVP, who would be entering free ncy in summer. He called Warriors out for being a team that wanted to make Durant happy over being team that played well. While mentioning Steph Curry, Strauss wondered how much this gameplay will affect Curry's offence. article was written after Warriors game against Houston Rockets.

However, rumours about Kevin Durant being unhappy because of treatment Curry was receiving were already re. People believed that while Durant helped team with 2017 and 2018 titles, he wanted equal support from fan base and media that Curry received. Reports claimed that as Curry was drafted by Warriors and helped team reach its peak, Durant would take some time before gaining same amount of love and recognition from fans. 

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Durant joined Nets with an Achilles injury and was sidelined for entire season. After NBA 2019-20 season was suspended due to coronavirus pandemic, Kevin Durant was one of players who tested positive for COVID-19. A week ago, Durant, along with or Nets members who tested positive, was cleared of all COVID-19 symptoms. He also participated in NBA 2k players only tournament. Recently, re have been reports about Kevin Durant Oakland house being sold for $5,998,888.