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'I Feel Like I Could’ve Made a Few' – Houston Rockets’ Kevin Durant Dishes on Never Earning an All-Defensive Selection

Originally posted on Hardwood Heroics | By Jordan Samar | Last updated Aug 28, 2025 10:25 AM ET

Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant boasts an impressive resume, which includes being a two-time NBA champion and Finals MVP, one-time league MVP, and 15-time NBA All-Star, among others.

However, despite his superb two-way play, especially during his peak, Durant has never been selected to an All-NBA Defensive Team, and the Houston Rockets star believes that politics has played a role in that.

“I feel like I could’ve made a few but there’s more than 10 great defenders in the league. Sometimes it’s just not enough space and some guys are more likeable than others. Politics play a role in all these awards. It’s more than hoop,” Durant stated on X (formerly known as Twitter).

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Before eventually joining the Houston Rockets, Durant was at his best defensively during his time with the Golden State Warriors, as he came closest to making the All-Defensive Second Team in the 2017-18 campaign after averaging 26.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 0.7 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game.

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Kevin Durant won his two NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors from 2017 to 2018, and Stephen Curry strongly believes that the Houston Rockets fully deserved his Finals MVPs.

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“The idea of that being a conversation, I couldn’t run from it. It was something that was always front of mind because we had been to four straight NBA Finals and won three out of four. 2018, I guess I was close. I had a bad Game 3, KD played unbelievable the entire time. It goes into that conversation,” Curry said in a recent interview.

“In the sense of in that moment, if you’re playing for a Finals MVP, you’re probably not gonna get it done because you’ll get distracted, might sabotage yourself a little bit…I’d rather have rings, obviously, and the opportunity to get rings. But KD, two, beyond well-deserved Finals MVPs,” he concluded.