Houston Rockets All-Star Kevin Durant will watch his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder , raise its first championship banner on Opening Night. Durant is one of the greatest Thunder players in franchise history and just joined one of the better teams in the Western Conference, which is why Kevin isn't surprised to see the NBA revel in the opportunity to showcase KD and the Rockets at Oklahoma City to kick off the 2025-26 campaign.

He only hopes the focus that night stays mainly on celebrating the Thunder's championship season, rather than on how Durant left in 2016 to win championships with the Golden State Warriors, he said, per FanDuel TV's Up & Adams with Kay Adams.

“I just think there's a lot of controversy surrounding my name in Oklahoma City,” Durant said. “To celebrat

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