During a recent appearance on VladTV, Nick Young described what it was like facing Kevin Durant in the NCAA tournament. Young’s USC Trojans would defeat Durant’s Texas Longhorns 87-68 in the second round of the tournament. Young stated:
Young continued to share that his performance against Durant and the Longhorns helped his draft stock, adding:
Kevin Durant would wind up going second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft behind Ohio State center Greg Oden. He has had, by far, the best career of the draft class. Nick Young would go 16th overall in the same draft. The pair would win the 2018 NBA Finals as teammates with the Golden State Warriors.
Watch Nick Young’s comments on Kevin Durant below (starting at the 3:44 mark):
Kevin Durant enters his 16th season looking for his third title
Kevin Durant will enter his 16th season in 2022-2023. At the onset of training camp, Durant took to Twitter to make note of his status in NBA years.
Durant will be looking to lead the Brooklyn Nets to their first NBA championship in franchise history. If he is able to accomplish this goal, it would be his third title, and his first without the Golden State Warriors. With Durant, Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons, the Nets figure to have one of the NBA’s best trios.
All three stars should enter the 2022-2023 with a lot of motivation to perform. While Durant faced offseason drama due to his trade request, Irving and Simmons were both surrounded by drama in 2021-2022. With considerable depth behind the three stars, it is no surprise that the Nets are being considered as title contenders.
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