The always-outspoken Charles Barkley has revealed his ideas on how he believes Kevin Durant will fare in Phoenix.
Durant is extensively thought to be among the best gamers within the NBA, however he has additionally change into synonymous with gamers who be part of groups which are already constructed to contend for a championship.
Charles Barkley on Kevin Durant
Barkley was requested if he thinks Durant can change his status by claiming the function of “bus driver” in Phoenix.
Charles Barkley arrives on the NBA Awards on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on June 24, 2019. ( Picture by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
After leaving Oklahoma Metropolis in 2016 and becoming a member of the Warriors, who had simply gained a file 76 video games and the championship in 2015, some started to query Durant’s capability to steer a crew. However Barkley believes the famous person ahead lastly has the chance to vary the narrative.
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“A hundred percent. Great quantity of strain on him,” Barkley mentioned. “He ought to lead that crew, and in the event that they win it, I assume older guys like myself will give him the credit score. We’ve all the time advised him that.”
Within the 2019 NBA free company interval, Kevin Durant signed with the Brooklyn Nets. Though he was dominated out the next season as a consequence of his torn achilles, he nonetheless signed a max contract. ( Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Final yr, Barkley even referred to as Durant a “bus rider,” and Durant to took to Twitter to reply to the criticism.
“All this s— is nasty, one other horrible analogy from a hatin previous head that may’t settle for that we making extra bread than them,” Durant mentioned in a June 2022 tweet. “It’s simply timing Chucky, don’t hate the playa.”
(L-R) Proprietor Mat Ishbia, Kevin Durant and normal supervisor James Jones of the Phoenix Suns pose for a photograph at a press convention at Footprint Heart on February 16, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Chris Coduto/Getty Pictures)
Barkley spent 4 seasons with the Suns, the crew that landed Durant in a blockbuster commerce final week. The 13-time All-Star joins Chris Paul and Devin Booker in Phoenix, the place the expectation is to win a championship.