Kevin Durant's harsh words against Charles Barkley

Kevin Durant is resting at home waiting for the upcoming 2022-2023 NBA season

[{"selector":"#anim-a124e6bd-272f-478e-947f-ee6105ad58bb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-563f0b13-cb31-4dc2-a4f2-0a05307d12a8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

the Brooklyn Nets had a relatively good regular season

[{"selector":"#anim-ff1c29af-b13b-49cf-a054-6134fb4849f9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-afc49afc-7b42-429f-87da-2343235d33e9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

but in the postseason the team was a disappointment.

[{"selector":"#anim-44abff2e-b2db-43c2-b055-fb68fc68a10b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0d7dbc24-e527-4d7b-a3cf-95b5694c4c6b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Durant and Irving want a ring together.

[{"selector":"#anim-6e8b8eec-0cca-40b6-9843-eceae5be785b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2249ec8f-727a-4874-ad29-e6efe5f54f82","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Charles Barkley made a recent comment where he pointed to Kevin Durant joining a winning team

[{"selector":"#anim-3aacae43-5b03-4caa-87ed-2f8696910418 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-440f82d8-a766-4c9d-90ef-ec51bf2cbd59","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

to get his NBA Championship ring.

[{"selector":"#anim-575faa1e-0fa5-4797-ab58-aff57de12bad [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-01948845-6fa0-4fb8-b228-459195a59e3e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

It is not a lie what Barkley says

[{"selector":"#anim-4569b7fa-de40-4d86-8950-1154b94e7501 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8f5a020b-af7e-4e94-8b34-f319946c3154","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

but it is not true that Durant did not play an important role in winning a back-to-back title with the Warriors.

[{"selector":"#anim-4029dedb-b5ec-46ef-ac78-e21cbe424939 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4523e415-c213-4a07-adc1-c7144fd59849","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Barkley’s comment: “…Before KD gets that great respect from all the “old heads”

[{"selector":"#anim-de662c63-27f3-4b86-8846-be96d927e1bc [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-edd927fb-27b8-4a36-a5c1-0f3138d3d650","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

he’s going to have to win a championship as the “bus driver.”

[{"selector":"#anim-c7a5389b-cb2b-4d56-8ff8-051115a38287 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a727cb5a-47f2-4794-9f04-a49d7e0f8a2c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

He joined that team that already won a championship, no disrespect, that’s just a fact

[{"selector":"#anim-1e9b09c3-28ea-44e9-a8cf-0723e52a12bc [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-645da341-925a-4b9e-ad41-5f97df22f220","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Until he is the guy on a championship

[{"selector":"#anim-c15419b1-ac72-47a2-b93d-a2b7fbc323ca [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3c3f0bb4-b16f-48f3-99bb-c786b938a86e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

we’re not going to ever give him the respect that he probably deserves.

[{"selector":"#anim-c35cb8aa-b2e4-4222-82e6-74b1871b3cb7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2603e7b4-4a21-44c4-a3a8-5d0923f92825","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

The game hasn’t changed. Kobe said it, LeBron said it

[{"selector":"#anim-9815182f-c105-4300-80fc-daf0364179c5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c17a89b1-4952-407f-9883-098ec00ad2d0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

we’re going to hold him to the same high standar…”

[{"selector":"#anim-1df3038d-019c-4c89-9854-537def60f4af [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.357001042347733%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3e942b0d-86ff-492b-b689-bb74e0fca61f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]