Three years after the departure of Kevin Durant, the Warriors are back in the NBA Finals, without him. The winger tried to set up his superteam in Brooklyn, but the trio formed with Kyrie and Harden no longer exists, the one with Ben Simmons does not yet, and the Nets have failed to win a playoff game this season. For Charles Barkley, all this comes to tarnish the CV of KD.
“It hurts your legacy behind, you know that. I already talked about it on TNT, LeBron said it, he said: ‘I had to win a title without Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh’. Kobe, may he rest in peace, said it before him too: ‘I have to win a title without Shaq’. So Kevin and Kyrie won’t get the credit they deserve and won’t be elevated to the same rank as the old guys until they win a title on their own, being THE guy. »Charles Barkley
At the end of April, the Hall of Famer had already made a remarkable exit concerning Durant’s titles, which he considers to be discounted titles because it is not him but Stephen Curry who “drove the bus” according to him.
“We note hard. And rightly so. They have the right to make fun of me because I didn’t win a title. Well Named. We know how it works. It has nothing to do with the media. It has nothing to do with the fans. It has to do with your peers, 100%. We will judge you on that. And people will get angry. They can tweet me stuff and whatever they want, but that’s the standard, that’s how it is. When you jump into someone else’s boat and win, it doesn’t matter to us. You must be the boat or bus driver. It’s simple. »Charles Barkley
via NYDailyNews