In the NBA everyone has an opinion, we already knew that. But the worst thing is that there are certain people who never tire of giving it. This is the case of Scottie Pippen, a basketball legend and a six-time champion of the best league in the world. Always in the shadow of Michael Jordan, with whom he does not have a particularly close relationship today, Pippen has been dedicated for some time to vindicate his successes, compare teams of the present with others of the past and comment on everything that happens in the North American competition. His last contribution to the world has been on Kevin Durant, whom he has compared (without much sense at the moment) with LeBron James and the one who has put a step below the Rey.
“Beating LeBron James takes a little more than the effort of an individual. LeBron is a complete team player who understands the team and victory. Has Kevin Durant reached that level? The bucks sent him home“, assured Pippen in statements collected by the CBS. “To say that he has surpassed LeBron, I think he has something to learn yet what it takes for a team to be victorious. You have to give Brooklyn a lot of credit. They lost Kyrie, James Harden was probably under 50% … We just didn’t see the same player. But still, it was a great series“.
Kevin Durant has averaged 26.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5 assists in his return to activity, after a year stopped by his Achilles tendon rupture. And his level has increased in the playoffs: 34.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists. 35.4 + 10.6 + 5.4 with almost 50% on field goals in the series against the Bucks, in which he has averaged almost 43 minutes per night, playing the entire seventh and final game, 48 minutes of regulation time plus five of overtime. 53 in total, a heroism settled with defeat despite the star’s 48 + 9 + 6, who struggled through thick and thin by the physical difficulties of James Harden and the loss of Kyrie Irving.
Well, none of that seems to apply to Pippen, who instead of praising the enormous virtues of Pippen, is dedicated to fueling a debate with LeBron who has been asleep for a long time and that does not interest either Durant or his counterpart in the Lakers. With which by the way, he gets along very well. Definitely, another departure from one of these players from the past who are dedicated to remembering times that were supposedly better and despise the current ones with varied opinions and the odd left over. Something common, on the other hand, with the same current players. It is a good part of the NBA, that everyone can comment on. The bad part is, of course, that there are people who think too much. For whatever reason. And they go on, on, on…
