It is not every day that you become the highest-paid NBA player in history, surpassing even King James at that. Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant became one after he agreed to a $90 million contract extension with a player option for the 2027-28 season. As was revealed by his business partner, Rich Kleiman. But, here is the thing: Durant reportedly accepted about $30 million less than the max to give the Rockets more flexibility in building a high-caliber roster around him. ESPN’s Shams Charania called it a sacrifice on KD’s part.

But not everyone is buying into that narrative. Knicks reporter Tommy Beer took to X (formerly Twitter) to question the “sacrifice,”. He wrote, “KD locked in $45 million in guaranteed money for his age-39 season… not sure I’d characterize that as an unselfis

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