Kevin Durant slams rumors that Suns want to trade him: 'Lies'

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Trade rumors involving Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns have been swirling around all offseason, but the perennial NBA All-Star is done hearing about them. 

It all began at the 2024 NBA Draft when ESPN reported the Houston Rockets were trying to get Durant away from Phoenix via trade after they acquired multiple draft picks in a deal with the Brooklyn Nets. 

There was also ESPN's Stephen A. Smith saying on his show, "First Take," that the Suns want out of Durant’s contract. 

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Kevin Durant of the Suns reacts during the Western Conference playoffs at Footprint Center on April 28, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.  (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

But a recent interview with Yahoo Sports has Durant squashing all those rumors. 

"You could just press the ‘KD want to leave’ button anytime you want some attention," Durant said to the outlet while training with Team USA basketball ahead of the Paris Olympics. 

"Yes, it’s a button. What else is gonna get people around this time? Besides, ‘Oh, the journeyman is leaving again.’ That story is always gonna hit."

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Durant added that rumors of the Suns wanting to trade him were "lies," and it was hard to ignore what he’s been seeing this offseason from various outlets. 

"For somebody to say, ‘Phoenix wants to get out of the KD [business],’ I’m sitting here like, ‘Where is this coming from?’" he said. "It bothers me that people lie like that and that the audience eats up the headline. I get sad when people buy into lies and just make up s---."

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