Kevin Durant’s Mother Regrets Son’s Departure From Warriors: ‘We Would’ve 20 Rings By Now’

If she had it her method, Kevin Durant’s mother, Wanda, would have stayed in San Francisco and watched her son earn extra rings with the Golden State Warriors.

Days after Team USA’s males’s basketball staff gained its fifth straight gold on the Olympics, TV One’s “Raising Fame” aired an episode that includes Durant’s mother. The present is hosted by Shaquille O’Neal’s mother, Lucille, and Sonya Curry, GSW celebrity and Durant’s former teammate Stephen Curry’s mom.

Sonya and Wanda went down reminiscence lane as they reminisced concerning the years when KD performed alongside the two-time MVP.

“I was kind of mad at him when he left at first,” Sonya instructed Wanda about KD’s choice to depart the Warriors after simply three seasons.

“I didn’t really want him to go either,” Wanda admitted.

“Man, we would have had 20 rings by now. We would have had 20 rings by now and it was about [eight] years ago, that’s how cold they were.”

In 2016, Durant determined to hitch the Warriors — the identical staff that beat his Oklahoma City Thunder within the playoffs the 12 months earlier than. The transfer created what some thought of was the strongest superteam in NBA historical past — Durant, Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green.

In his three seasons within the Bay, KD had two NBA Championships, in 2017 and 2018, and two Finals MVP trophies. The staff additionally set an NBA common season report of 73-9.

However, in 2019, the 35-year-old introduced that he can be signing with the Brooklyn Nets, nearly ending the fairytale run of the Warriors.

Many stated Golden State would by no means win one other championship after KD left, however in 2022, Curry led the squad to a different Larry O’Brien trophy — their fourth in eight years.

Despite holding the dynasty run alive, followers nonetheless marvel how the Western Conference staff would have carried out if Durant, Curry, Thompson, and Green caught collectively. In truth, the quarter was so highly effective that they secured spots on the 2017 and 2018 NBA All-Stars.

Lucky for followers, Durant and Curry once more performed side-by-side for Team USA on the Paris Olympics 2024 the place they led the nation to a different gold end.

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