Kevin Durant, one of the most misunderstood athletes in team sports, opened up recently, saying that his closest friend in the league is none other than Kyrie Irving. Despite the way James left town, Wade urged Heat fans to shower his good pal with love when he made his return to South Beach that season.Wade and James attempted to reform their partnership in Cleveland in the 2017-18 season. People know who I am in the basketball world, and it hit me when I went home. They running these shoe companies, they running these coaches, they can like, blink-of-an-eye be like, nah, I don't want to go there, you don't got enough money for me.When you putting that much power into a kid's hands, for one, you manipulating them and playing with them because you got more money than them. Is he dedicated to the game? Kyrie is Lily Tomlin’s hippie character of course. Things that I might not want to do or things that I might not have on my mind. Kyrie started calling him ‘my best friend. You know where we live in Pembrook Terrace, like we ain't have no door. Wade and James formed one of the most dynamic duos in NBA history.It took some time, but eventually, their strong bond off the court translated into some beautiful basketball between the two stars. I had to learn how to grow up, man.Trying to make everybody else happy, and he gave me a big hug, and that made me feel good because it's like, man, he know me to the core. Two absolute sociopaths who complain about everything all the time and who both have strange complicated relationships with LeBron James have found peace with each other’s companionship.They are the NBA version of that Netflix show Grace and Frankie.

"So now they're saying, oh, such and such just made $200 million on a five-year deal. So that's one thing, in my opinion -- obviously it's not gonna happen -- but I think that's one of the reasons why you're going crazy around here with the cash ...And giving power to a bunch of kids. You know? Know what I'm saying? The former MVP left the Golden State Warriors this offseason to join Irving on the Brooklyn Nets. LOS ANGELES — The Clippers were one of six franchises to secure a free agency meeting with Kevin Durant in the Hamptons in early July.

The Knicks or Lakers could sign one or two of the names just mentioned and became instant contenders. The two stars seemingly perfect fit alongside each other has made Los Angeles a strong contender to lift up this year’s Larry O’Brien Trophy.Many would view Kevin Durant as LeBron’s fiercest rival on the court. "So it is all about what you was taught as a kid and those habits that you built.

How were you dealing and focusing on that?So I was able to be honest with myself, you can start to weed out what's true and what's not true. That's messed up to me, but at the same time, these kids out here slaving for your programs and bringing a lot of money to these schools and we had $300 scholarship checks from the school -- $300 a month. I was just like, I need that feeling again.It became fun to see my teammates' reaction to things that they didn't even think that they could do. You know, so I'm still at a place to where I'm hungry. So, he had the good people from the neighborhood ... and I had everybody else.You know, so it's just a different path. It's just going to be different paths.Love me to death is sitting here giving me advice or telling me what I am doing is right just so you don't make me mad. But now he had to go through that just so he could see now ... that look, every team he's been on the last few years has been like, you know what you gonna get out of him. When I was at Texas. Durant has become an NBA champion and league MVP.

And the rest of the guys kind of rehabilitated their careers there. Those texts won’t be answered so fast.

Or all those names could re-sign with their teams and keep the Warriors dynasty …