LOS ANGELES (USA) - Kevin Durant has made history for the USA by not only becoming the all-time leading scorer for the national team, but also as the only male player to win four Olympic gold medals after reaching the top of the podium at the 2024 Games in France.
Durant, 36, says he could be in Los Angeles to take aim at a fifth Olympic gold.
"Yeah, there is a chance," Durant said (minute 34) on the The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis.
"There is a chance. I (would) want to still be on this level that I'm playing at when that time comes around."
He would not be interested, however, in just being a member of the team. Durant would only go if he continues to have an important role on the court.
"Don't give me, 'Oh, gee, just come be one of the guys and we need your presence type.' Nah, I want to hoop if I go out.
"And I want to be counted on to play minutes... and you need me to knock down shots to help the team type. I don't want that farewell s***. You can give that spot to a youngster that hasn't experienced it.
"If I'm up to that level and I'm still hooping at that level, and I expect myself to be, then yeah, I would definitely love to be a part of that.
"Especially being in L.A. Being on home soil? Man, that's going to be crazy."
Crazy is one way to describe the feeling of playing for USA last summer at the Olympics.
Durant and Stephen Curry teamed up again, just as they did at Golden State from 2016 to 2019, when KD won his two NBA titles.
In Paris, Durant had one of the best views of anyone in the world when Curry put on the greatest three-point shooting exhibition in Olympic history.
Curry hit nine three-pointers and scored 36 points in a 95-91 come-from-behind win over Serbia in the Semi-Finals, and then made eight three-balls and scored 24 points in the 98-87 Gold Medal Game triumph over France.
"When I got back on the floor with Steph as a teammate that first few games, it was like that nonverbal (connection) because you know there's a certain way that you got to like play with Steph," Durant said.
"He giving the ball up, knowing that 'All right, now I'm flying back off this pin down. Make sure you look for me,' and a lot of dudes in Team USA didn't quite understand that.
"So when I would get in the game, I was like, 'All right, let me let me see what he about to do real quick.' Because he gives this up, that don't mean he is going to stand. He's going to run around somewhere, try to get open, so I felt like I was the only one on the court that knew what he was thinking."
Curry made 9 threes that game against Serbia and then what he did against France, those last few shots, it was just perfect.
He always wanted that moment.
Being with Curry in the USA team brought back good memories for Durant.
"It's like we didn't have to say much but I kind of knew from all those years playing together and watching film together and figuring s*** out...," he said.
"We worked our way up to that Golden State where we didn't have to talk to each other. I kind of knew what he was thinking and vice versa so, bringing that feeling back on Team USA was special and then obviously those last two games. That s*** was ridiculous, bro.
"He made 9 threes that game against Serbia and then what he did against France, those last few shots, it was just perfect.
"He always wanted that moment. You could tell he did want the gold medal in the Olympics."
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