The NBA trade deadline came and went at 3 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, capping a landscape-altering week of player movement around the league. Deadline day turned out to be relatively slow — the deal that sent Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night proved to be the last one involving a superstar player.

Durant’s acknowledgement of the inequity between the loyalty expected from players and organizations echoed a similar point that had been made by Durant’s former head coach, Steve Kerr, who opened up about the realities of the trade deadline the night before Saturday’s massive trade.