David Fizdale 'Flattered' People Talking About Knicks After Kevin Durant Remarks

A very long time ago, Oscar Wilde said, "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale paraphrased that on Wednesday. 

"All I know is every day somebody outside our organization is talking about us, and I'm flattered," Fizdale said, according to NorthJersey.com's Chris Iseman, in response to Kevin Durant telling Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning that the Knicks aren't cool. 

Here's exactly what the new Brooklyn Net said (h/t Rob Lopez): 

"I mean, they tryin'. I get it, but it's hard to get the best players. It's hard. I think a lot of fans look at the Knicks as a brand and expect these younger players, who in their lifetime, don't remember the Knicks being good. 

"That whole brand of the Knicks to them is not as cool as let's say the Golden State Warriors or even the Lakers or the Nets now. It's like the cool thing right now is not the Knicks."

Durant opted to depart the Warriors in free agency this summer to sign a four-year, $164 million contract with the Nets. 

However, the 31-year-old two-time NBA Finals MVP acknowledged that he gave the Knicks some thought in free agency—just not very much:

One Knicks fan didn't take too kindly to Durant's opinions on Twitter:

The Knicks are irrelevant to Durant moving forward. His focus will be on recovering from a ruptured Achilles suffered in Game 5 of last season's NBA Finals that should sideline him for the entire 2019-20 season. 

Meanwhile, Fizdale and the Knicks will try to make the postseason for the first time since the 2012-13 campaign, though ESPN's Basketball Power Index gave them just a 0.8 percent chance of doing so as of mid-August.