Kevin Durant: 'Pointless' to Discuss What-Ifs with Nets, James Harden, Kyrie Irving

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant isn't one to dwell on the past.

After playing his first game at Barclays Center since being traded by the Brooklyn Nets last February, Durant called it "pointless" to think about what might have happened if things had worked out differently when they had Kyrie Irving and James Harden alongside him.

"No," Durant told reporters Wednesday when asked if he thought about how things with the Nets could have played out. "I mean, that's just a pointless exercise, in my opinion, to think about what could have been. What happened. That's what I thought about: what actually happened. The reality of it."

The 14-time All-Star had a successful return to his former home with 33 points, eight assists and five rebounds in Phoenix's 136-120 victory.

Durant did point out that version of the Nets simply "didn't have enough time together" and eventually they "wanted to go their separate ways," even though they tried to "salvage" things before it got to that point.

Injuries were the primary issue for the Nets when they had Durant, Irving and Harden. They only managed to play 16 out of a possible 126 games together between the regular season and playoffs.

For comparison, Wednesday night marked the 17th game this season the Suns have had Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal on the floor at the same time.

Brooklyn's Big Three was broken up on Feb. 10, 2022, when Harden was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Nets moved Irving and Durant prior to the trade deadline last year.

All three players are having success on their own. Harden has since been traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, arguably the best team in the NBA right now with 23 wins in their last 28 games.

Irving is having a strong season for the Dallas Mavericks, averaging 25.2 points, 5.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game.

Now that the Suns have been able to get healthy and build chemistry between their Big Three, they have won nine of their last 11 games. They are a season-high eight games over .500 with a 28-20 record, percentage points behind the Sacramento Kings (27-19) for the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference.