Kevin Durant has been asked on more than one occasion why he picked the Brooklyn Nets over the New York Knicks. The decision seems unfathomable to some fans of the game, as well as current and ex-players.
At the same time, there have been plenty who have their own explanation for why Barclays Center was Durant’s choice over Madison Square Garden.
Former Nets forward Jared Dudley, who now plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, is the latest to offer his own spin on the situation. Oddly enough, his reasoning actually has to do with Barclays Center and it’s proximity to HSS (Hospital for Special Surgery) Training Facility. Dudley explained to Bill Oram of The Athletic:
The first thing I would be doing? I’d be getting rid of that practice facility in Westchester. Nobody wants to live there, no one wants to commute there. You have to get as close to the city as possible. That’s why Brooklyn got Kevin Durant. I told DeAndre Jordan who told Kevin Durant: The practice facility is two minutes from [Barclays Center]. They didn’t even know that. I lived in the city. It took me 12 minutes to get to the practice facility. That’s a huge bonus. People bash the Knicks, but I definitely wouldn’t bash the Knicks. I would have gone there if the Lakers wouldn’t have offered me, or Brooklyn. If it was my third or fourth option, sure.
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