{"id":673573,"date":"2026-03-23T00:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/673573\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:52:21","slug":"kevin-durant-opens-up-on-preparing-for-end-of-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/673573\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant opens up on preparing for end of career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets<\/a> star Kevin Durant was insightful about his thoughts<\/a> on getting closer to retiring from his playing career in the NBA.<\/p>\n

Durant has been in the NBA since 2007, shining in the league as one of the greatest scorers the league has ever seen. Fast forward to present day, he continues to succeed as one of the top veteran scorers.<\/p>\n

However, even he knows that won’t last forever. He made an appearance on The Boardroom podcast, understanding that his time in the league is closer to ending<\/a> than he thinks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to come a time where it\u2019s not my place. And we\u2019re creeping closer to that. And it\u2019s crazy to think about as the season winds down, like damn, it\u2019s March right now. April, the season is almost over in April. It\u2019s just like this is where I spent all my life doing every day. This is a part of my routine. This is what I center my life around, is the game. So to know that having a handful of years hopefully left to do this, got to start getting prepared for that next phase,\u201d Durant said at the 21:04 mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I\u2019ve accepted that I\u2019ll never be able to fill that space up, and I wouldn\u2019t even call it a space that\u2019s there. What fulfilled me is the small things that\u2019s come with this. Like just the camaraderie, the brotherhood, people I\u2019ve met. Just interacting with basketball fans around the world. That\u2019s the coolest part. I could still hoop. I could still go to a gym and shoot and have that routine centered around basketball when I\u2019m done playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

What lies ahead for Kevin Durant, Rockets\"HoustonThomas Shea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant is certainly grateful for the accolades and records he earned throughout his career. As he goes through the twilight years of his career with the Rockets, he will look to end those remaining seasons strong.<\/p>\n

Houston has a 43-27 record on the season, holding the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference standings. They are above the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves while trailing the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n

The Rockets will look forward to their next matchup, being on the road. They take on the Chicago Bulls as tip-off will take place on March 23 at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant was insightful about his thoughts on getting closer to retiring from his playing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,292,194,4066,938,6,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-673573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-rockets","11":"tag-houstonrockets","12":"tag-kevin-durant","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116275758010140183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}