Former NBA guard and present analyst JJ Redick clearly is uninterested in the Kevin Durant slander.
In the course of the newest episode of Redick’s podcast, The Previous Man and The Three, Redick was joined by Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, and the criticism Durant receives got here up in dialogue. Whereas the dialog in the end proved to be much less of a dialogue and extra of Redick’s unloading on Durant’s critics, the previous sharpshooter didn’t pull any punches.
“I feel no matter occurs for the remainder of Kevin Durant’s profession, we’re going to look again in like 10 or 15 years and be like, ‘Why the f— did we spend all this time with all of the bulls— discourse and never simply respect actually one of many biggest basketball gamers to ever play this sport?’” Redick acknowledged.
Redick doubled down on his feedback whereas admitting he expects main pushback for his robust opinion.
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“We’re going to maintain this within the podcast, and there’ll be one million f—ing feedback on YouTube about why I’m flawed and why he shouldn’t have left Oklahoma Metropolis, or blah blah. Who f—ing cares?” Redick continued. “He’s actually one of many biggest gamers ever, and we spend an excessive amount of time on the bulls— as a substitute of simply appreciating his night-to-night greatness.”
Redick backed up his opinion with details, highlighting that Durant has recorded 15 consecutive seasons with no less than 25 factors per sport. That ranks behind solely LeBron James, who holds the NBA file with 20 straight seasons.
Durant, 35, is averaging 28.5 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists by way of 58 video games this season. He’s additionally constantly shot over 50% from the sphere over the course of his profession, checking in at 52.9% this season. If Durant finishes the season above the 50% mark, it’ll be the eleventh consecutive season during which he’s made greater than half of his shot makes an attempt.
