Everyone seemingly weighed in on Kevin Durant‘s decision to leave the Thunder for the Golden State Warriors. In typical retired player fashion, Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller offered criticism over the move.
A refresher: Barkley said “Kevin Durant is trying to cheat his way into a championship” and Miller ended a long letter for Bleacher Report with “a king should never leave his kingdom.”
Before a Team USA basketball practice in Las Vegas yesterday, Durant fielded all kinds of questions, and he was asked about the comments by Barkley and Miller.
KD on the Charles Barkley/Reggie Miller comments pic.twitter.com/Xw8JO0es1E
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) July 18, 2016
Here's the transcript:
Those are two guys, you know? They’ve got a voice in our game, and a lot of people probably felt the same way, but they don't have a voice so obviously what they say is translated through a megaphone. If Charles Barkley said it, it must be true. If Reggie Miller says it, it must be true. It just feels like it's bigger than what it is.
Barkley forced a trade to the Houston Rockets back in 1996 to essentially try and form a super team with Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler. It's a little different, because Barkley was past his prime at the time, as were Hakeem and Clyde.
Miller nearly hopped on with the eventual champion 2007-08 Boston Celtics, but writes in the BR letter he couldn't bring himself to do it.
When players like Barkley and Miller make comments like this, it always feels a little hypocritical or bitter on their end. And of course, Durant isn't going to take kindly to the sentiment, but he did a good job of not directly addressing it with an answer calling them out.
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