Draymond Green says Kevin Durant's desire to leave shouldn't be controversial. Athletes switching teams for better opportunities should be treated like tech workers moving between Google and Apple, not labeled disloyal.
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If Kevin Durant says, I actually don't wanna be here anymore, I wanna go to somewhere else. Why does it matter? Why does that make you weak? Why does that make him, you know, it means he's running from something. I don't understand that. And so why is it that it's just not, that's the next step in his career? Because again, I always go back to, if someone leaves Google to go to Apple after 3 or 4 years and then they leave, Apple after 2 years to go to Tesla, and then they leave Tesla after 4 years to go to DocuSign. No one's going to say that person ran, that person did this or that person did that. Everyone's going to say that person did what was best for their career and best for their livelihoods. But us as athletes, it's never viewed that way. Why can't you do everything you can to get it right? Even if that means making a wrong move and continuing on. Why is it that athletes are viewed that way?