Everything is cool with the Knicks, regardless of what insults Kevin Durant slings at them.

One day after the Nets’ injured $164 million signee said the Knicks are not “the cool thing” with prospective free agents, their coach and players defended the franchise that was shunned by

the biggest names in free agency over the summer.

“S–t, I feel cool in blue and orange. I don’t know about everybody else, but I feel pretty cool wearing my Knicks gear every day,” Julius Randle said Wednesday after practice in Tarrytown. “It’s a dream come true for me. Everybody has their own opinion. … I know KD, I don’t think he meant it as a slight, honestly.

“I feel cool every day walking into this practice facility, and I know for sure I’m gonna feel cool walking into that Garden Friday night knowing that’s my home court.”

Randle, a sixth-year power forward, averaged 21.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game last season with New Orleans. He signed a three-year deal worth $63 million with the Knicks after they were snubbed by expected free-agent targets Durant and Kyrie Irving, who teamed up together in Brooklyn, and Kawhi Leonard, who joined traded Paul George with the Clippers.

Durant said he barely gave the Knicks “a thought” this summer, but the 2014 NBA MVP added he “didn’t really do any deep, full analysis on the Knicks” because of their recent failures, something he believes also has been a factor for the league’s other stars in recent years.

“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. I didn’t grow up with the Knicks,” Durant said Tuesday on Hot-97. “I’ve seen the Knicks in the Finals, but kids coming up after me didn’t see that. So 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.”

Indeed, the Knicks have made the playoffs just four times since 2001 — including six straight misses entering this season. But even with enough salary-cap space to acquire two max-contract players in July after trading Kristaps Porzingis and others last season, they found no takers until Randle and six other lower-level free agents joined the fold.

“I don’t know. All I know is every day somebody outside our organization is talking about us, and I’m flattered,” coach David Fizdale said. “That’s an opinion. I like the guys that wanted to be here. We got seven guys that really wanted to be a part of the Knicks and that’s what I’m focused on.”

Durant at least believes the Knicks are “trying” to flip that narrative, but he thinks it remains “hard to get the best players to play here,” even with the lure of Madison Square Garden.

“We just have to focus on what’s important. We’re not really focused on things like that,” said Taj Gibson, an 11-year NBA veteran who signed a two-year deal in July. “We’re just focused on [Friday’s preseason game against Washington]. I came here because I grew up watching the Knicks play.

“Even when I was in Chicago every time we came back here we always talked about how special it is to play in the Garden, how special it is to play the Knicks. Even when Melo [Carmelo Anthony] and J.R. [Smith] and those guys were here, we always watched Knicks games. I always watch the Knicks so in my opinion I always liked the Knicks. That’s just my opinion.”

Durant’s point was that many NBA players don’t remember the Knicks’ history of championships in 1969 or 1973 or their regular playoff trips in the 1990s.

“I know it just because I love basketball,” the 24-year-old Randle said. “I wasn’t old enough to see the Knicks when they were really good, guys like Pat [Ewing]. I don’t think [Durant] said it as a slight. I understand it to a certain point, but us as NBA players, it’s our job to know our history and the people that came before us.

“You walk into MSG as an opposing player, the energy is different from any other arena you’re gonna walk into. Whether you know the history or not, you know it’s a big thing when you walk and play in that Garden.”