Why Kevin Durant completely missed Mat Ishbia's point about his Suns tenure, building a championship culture

It’s easy to see how Durant would take offense to Ishbia’s comments, but there was a bit more context to what the Suns owner was saying

Kevin Durant is playing the "blame KD" hashtag card on social media after Suns owner Mat Ishbia went on CNBC and said, "bringing in super talented players like Kevin Durant doesn't necessarily lead to championships." There was a bit more context to Ishbia's comments, which we'll get to, but Durant took offense to the headline and, predictably, fired back at Ishbia. Durant: #blameKD even though KD stayed on top of his game at 36 and got u back this "culture" you love so much. Aye, Matthew acts like I got arrested for a DUI or sumn. Back to threads 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Ishbia: You obviously didn't watch the clip. 😂 Didn't blame you @Kdtrey5, but am happy with the culture we are building here in Phoenix.

We got the right guys and right focus now and are excited for this season. … Good luck this season in Houston. Durant: U should be giving Thanks every chance u get. You don't have to pay me an absurd amount of money to play for another team. So let's address this one comment at a time, beginning with Ishbia's original answer, in its entirety, when he was asked on CNBC what, with the benefit of hindsight, he had learned from the trade his Suns made for Durant two days after his purchase of the team