Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons says he didn't appreciate Philadelphia 76ers fans enough during his time with the franchise years ago.

Suns star Kevin Durant was back in Brooklyn to face off against his former team in the Nets, and the fans had a reaction to his return.

Kevin Durant took the floor before a sellout crowd in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Two years removed from the trade that sent him to the Suns and crushed the Nets' title hopes, he said playing at Barclays Center remains a special experience.

The Phoenix Suns (21-21) play at the Brooklyn Nets (14-30) on Wednesday, airing in the Valley on Arizona's Family (Ch. 3) at 5:30 p.m. This is the final of the Suns' five-game road trip, and second of their home and away series against the Nets.

January 23 - Kevin Durant scored 24 points in three quarters ... D'Angelo Russell missed the game with left hamstring tightness, and Ben Simmons sat out due to an illness. Keon Johnson led the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Booker scored 32 points in his 200th career 30-point performance, Kevin Durant added 24 ... D'Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons in their ninth straight home loss.

Devin Booker scored 32 points in his 200th career 30-point performance, Kevin Durant added 24 against his former team and the Phoenix Suns eased to a 108-84 victory over the short-handed Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.

Nearly two years may have passed since Kevin Durant was traded from Brooklyn ... as the Suns beat a Ben Simmons-less team 108-84. As much as the 36-year-old tried to play down the significance ...

When the Brooklyn Nets formed the trio of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James ... to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons who did not suit up for the Nets at all that year.

Ben Simmons is currently in his fourth season with the Brooklyn Nets organization. At the beginning of his tenure with Brooklyn, Simmons was teammates with Kevin Durant (who was traded to the ...

Brooklyn took a 108-84 loss to Durant’s Suns on Wednesday at Barclays Center — where he, Kyrie Irving and James Harden once formed a potent but ill-fated Big 3.

Ben Simmons said the back surgery he underwent last March led him to question whether he would ever play in the NBA again. The procedure, which addressed a pinched nerve in Simmons' lower back ...