Durant admitted his mistake in a rare way: I regret leaving the Nets, and the Suns dilemma made me passive!

"I regret leaving the Nets." Kevin Durant said calmly in front of the camera, like dropping a deep water bomb in the NBA transfer market. This historic scorer publicly admitted his career decision-making mistakes for the first time - his choice to force the palace to trade to the Suns in early 2023 has now become a shackle that binds himself. When the word "passive" is spoken from the superstar who has always controlled his destiny, its weight is enough to make the entire league look at it.

Durant is experiencing an unprecedented out of control of power in Phoenix. The absolute core that once called the wind and rain in Brooklyn and could influence management decisions is now deeply trapped in the quagmire of the collapse of the Big Three of the Suns. Bill's repeated injuries are like maggots on the tarsal bones. Booker's fatigue is visible to the naked eye. The luxury warship is facing a crisis of disintegration before it has really set sail. The subtext of Durant's "passive" is that he found that the shortcut he carefully selected for the championship has become an uncontrollable bet on fate. In the Sun's locker room, he is no longer the only person to speak; in the management's team building blueprint, his 37-year-old figure has begun to label "future risks".

The bitter root of this regret lies in the unfulfilled ambitions and unfulfilled promises during the Nets’ period. Durant personally formed the three major offensive firepower giants in Brooklyn, and has an absolute tactical core position that conforms to his basketball philosophy. When he said "regret to leave", he actually regretted that he had broken up the combination that might have defined the times with his own hands, and he was mourning the basketball kingdom that was once completely dominated by himself. Durant during the Nets' period was the absolute monarch of ball rights, tactics, and locker room; while during the Suns period, he became the first target of accountability when the luxury lineup collapsed.

Durant's confession tear opens the acne under the gorgeous robe of the superstar-dominated era. When superstars imitate the "superstar empowerment" model created by James and Durant himself, and control their destiny by designating next homes and forcing trades, Durant's current situation has become a heavy alarm. Alexander refused to negotiate for 350 million yuan in person and Morant's crazy words to beat Jordan demonstrated the growing desire for control of the younger generation of superstars, and Durant used the word "regret" to reveal the backlash of this game of Thrones - when a superstar kidnapped the team with privileges, he may also lock himself in a one-way street that cannot be turned back at the same time.

Durant's dilemma in Phoenix is ​​essentially an important question about the boundaries of "superstar empowerment". He has the power to designate a trader, but cannot guarantee the health of his new teammates; he can force the team to make future assets, but cannot prevent the lineup from collapsing; he is eager to win a quick championship, but underestimates the cruel equation of chemical reactions and injury probability. When Durant said "passive", he actually admitted the fatal blind spot of superstar power: they can decide where they go, but they cannot control the undercurrent of fate.

Durant's declaration of regret is the first public "power reflection" in the era of superstar dominance. It reminds all the top stars who wield scepters: free choice of the back of the next home is the heavy consequences that bear on their own; the price of forcing management to stun the escape passage that locks the final peak period. As he fought hard to fight every regular season game in the Phoenix sunset, those "ifs" about the Nets' unfinished career may be more sharp than any defender.

Durant's regret may not be the end. This veteran who fought on the battlefield in the name of "Death" is using his stable output average of 27 points per game to prove that he has not given up breaking the deadlock. But this rare public reflection has engraved a warning monument for all those who pursue "superstar privileges" - the real control is not about which city you can choose, but whether you can be responsible for your own choice for life. When the Sun's window to win the championship slowly closed in the wave of injuries, Durant wrote in the wind and sand of Phoenix, perhaps the prelude to awakening after the power surge of a generation of superstars.