NBA legends Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal have known as Kevin Durant a ‘bus rider’ for becoming a member of the Steph Curry’s Warriors group after which teaming up with Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn as a substitute of main his personal group.
Barkley just lately mentioned that the stress on the two-time NBA champion to steer the Suns to a championship in an effort to shake away the ‘bus rider’ status.
But for Durant these feedback don’t matter. He says that he doesn’t want credit score from the league’s legends. KD additionally responded to the feedback that he must be chief of the group.
Via Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports:
“Most definitely. Because at this point, they’re saying, go play with Scoot Henderson and win a championship and then we’ll give you credit,” Durant informed Yahoo Sports. “I don’t need no credit from y’all, no credit from [Barkley], no credit from Shaq. Y’all don’t ever have to watch me play ever again, don’t talk about me if you don’t [rock] with me. I’m not gonna stop doing what I do. Everybody has their opinions, man. It’s not gonna stop me and how I approach the game.
“As far as leading a team, I don’t need to coach no team. Whatever happens, we do it together. [Monty’s] the leader, he’s the coach. The GM puts the team together. I’m supposed to go out and hoop. That’s my job.”
This season Durant is averaging 29.5 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 35.7 minutes per sport. He scored 23 factors in 27 minutes of play on his debut with the Suns.
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