Kevin Garnett doubles down: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving should’ve picked Knicks over Nets

Kevin Garnett still feels the Knicks were the move for Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. Not because of the team as much as its following.

For someone who played in Brooklyn and, at least publicly, has no issue with the Nets organization, while also claiming he isn’t a New York Knicks fan, Kevin Garnett has a funny way of showing it all.

Garnett is still in the midst of his publicity tour with Adam Sandler for their new movie “Uncut Gems.” Throughout it, Garnett has spoken about the NBA a fair amount. At one point early on, he expressed how he felt Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant should have signed with the Knicks instead of the Nets.

Since Garnett made those initial comments, the Knicks have fired head coach David Fizdale and have gone into total disarray — though, they sort of were under Fizdale, which wasn’t his doing.

Yet Garnett still feels Durant and Irving should’ve picked the Knicks.

During the future Hall of Famer’s appearance on The Athletic’s “Back 2 Back” podcast, Garnett stood by his opinion:

[Durant and Irving] did the Nets, I thought they shoulda did the Knicks yo, if I’m being honest. I’m not a Knicks fan by far. But you come into a city man and dominate, and be the first superstar to hit New York, your vibe is going to be bigger than life.

While Garnett has a point about the aura of the Knicks, the franchise’s inability to find direction under owner James Dolan is reason enough to pick Brooklyn instead. If nothing else, Sean Marks and Kenny Atkinson developed a plan and continue to stick to it and execute it — while still being in New York, no less.

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