Stephen A. Smith Claims Kevin Durant Didn’t Like Steve Kerr ‘At All’

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith claimed on “First Take” Wednesday, Durant wasn’t a fan of the head coach.

“Kevin Durant did not have the greatest relationship with Steve Kerr,” Smith said. “He wasn’t too fond of Steve Kerr at all.”

This isn’t the first time someone talks about Kerr and Durant.

"He wasn't too fond of Steve Kerr at all."@stephenasmith details Durant's drama with the Warriors, specifically with Steve Kerr.

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“But one front office executive said that Durant has been unhappy with the prodding from Steve Kerrand the feeling that he never can be — no matter how great he performs and how many individual honors he compiles — the centerpiece of a team that holds Steph Curry in the hearts of the franchise,” Steve Popper reported.

Fox Sports 1’s NBA Insider Chris Broussard appeared on Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe to talk about Durant before his decision to leave the Warriors.

Durant’s manager confirmed his client’s plans, but didn’t say anything about Kerr.

“No, no, no, no,” Rich Kleiman said about the rumors. “That is 100 per-cent undecided. I’m waiting on Kevin, and that’s the truth. I think there’s this feeling that everything is like war games, but when someone gets to the level of basketball he’s at, you can’t juggle focus like that. He’s not scripting his future while he’s playing the way he plays and practicing the way he practices. I think it’s frustrating at times. I get it, even when I was a kid, the soap opera stuff was exciting, but now it’s more soap opera than basketball. He really doesn’t know, and I really don’t know.”

Warriors owner Joe Lacob was convinced that Durant will come back.

“’The season is still ongoing,’ Lacob said. ‘We are not finished. I have no new ideas or data for you. We love Klay and KD and intend to attempt to re-sign them. Period. I am confident about BOTH of them.’”

Well, Kerr was really enthusiastic about Durant’s return.

“Our feeling was the worst thing that could happen would be a re-injury of the calf — so the Achilles came as a complete shock.”

Is Smith right about this one? We have a few issues to discuss, and maybe we should hold on and see what’s going on.