{"id":411502,"date":"2022-11-14T18:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=411502"},"modified":"2022-11-14T18:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:42:24","slug":"still-relevant-at-old-age-brooklyn-nets-kevin-durant-drops-ultimate-lebron-james-truth-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/still-relevant-at-old-age-brooklyn-nets-kevin-durant-drops-ultimate-lebron-james-truth-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Still Relevant at Old Age&#8221;: Brooklyn Nets&#8217; Kevin Durant Drops Ultimate LeBron James Truth Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James and Kevin Durant, two of basketball&#8217;s most formidable players, have not played since 2018. James and Durant, who competed in the NBA Finals in both 2017 and 2018, haven&#8217;t seen each other since Christmas of 2018. Their teams have met each other several times over the past few seasons, but Durant and James have missed each of those games due to one or both of their ailments. After Sunday&#8217;s loss to the LA Lakers for the Brooklyn Nets, Kevin Durant discussed his rivalry with LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1QjPPWBh-Dg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Due to a left adductor strain injury, LeBron James was unable to suit up and take on Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Basketball fans once again lost the chance to see two of the best players in history share the court and fight it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"\u201cAlways Been Like That Between Us\u201d: Nets\u2019 Kevin Durant Discusses Russell Westbrook\u2019s Insane Block in Lakers Win\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/always-been-like-that-between-us-nets-kevin-durant-discusses-russell-westbrooks-insane-block-in-lakers-win\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cAlways Been Like That Between Us\u201d: Nets\u2019 Kevin Durant Discusses Russell Westbrook\u2019s Insane Block in Lakers Win<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Durant discusses not playing LeBron James for 3 years<\/h2>\n<p>Kevin Durant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nets\/news\/kevin-durant-calls-lebron-james-top-3-nba-player-ever\">said<\/a>: <em>\u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking about it until ya\u2019ll started bringing it up. He\u2019s obviously a top-2 player, top-3 player to ever play the game, so it\u2019s always gonna be excitement whenever he steps on the floor. We\u2019ve been around for so long, that people have seen so many battles between us two at the highest stage, that people look forward to it. So it\u2019s cool that we\u2019re still relevant at an old age.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant says LeBron James is a \u2018top 2\u2019 player to ever play the game: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NLsScTjP89\">https:\/\/t.co\/NLsScTjP89<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1592185382413672451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>LeBron was\u00a0questionable to play on Sunday night against the Brooklyn Nets after sustaining a groin injury in a previous game against the LA Clippers. When questioned about it, Durant remarked that while LeBron&#8217;s absence makes life easier for the Nets, he would still want to play against him one more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390617\" style=\"width: 784px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-390617\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/USATSI_10672044-1-784x522-1.jpg\" alt=\"LeBron James and Kevin Durant\" width=\"784\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/USATSI_10672044-1-784x522-1.jpg 784w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/USATSI_10672044-1-784x522-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/USATSI_10672044-1-784x522-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 18, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Team LeBron forwards LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers (23) and Kevin Durant (35) of the Golden State Warriors react before the 2018 NBA All Star Game at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At this time, both players had been active for at least 15 years. However, they have remained among the league&#8217;s best players and compete for titles virtually every year. Fans will be hopeful that the two can share the court soon and regularly during the upcoming seasons because James may be reaching the conclusion of his brilliant career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"\u201cWe Couldn\u2019t See the Rim\u201d: European Coach Heaps Massive Praise on \u2018NBA Ready\u2019 Victor Wembanyama\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/we-couldnt-see-the-rim-european-coach-heaps-massive-praise-on-nba-ready-victor-wembanyama\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cWe Couldn\u2019t See the Rim\u201d: European Coach Heaps Massive Praise on \u2018NBA Ready\u2019 Victor Wembanyama<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Kendrick Perkins Compares Joel Embiid\u2019s Unprecedented Performance To Wilt Chamberlain, Comes Back Into NBA MVP Conversation\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kendrick-perkins-compares-joel-embiids-unprecedented-performance-to-wilt-chamberlain-comes-back-into-nba-mvp-conversation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kendrick Perkins Compares Joel Embiid\u2019s Unprecedented Performance To Wilt Chamberlain, Comes Back Into NBA MVP Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"\u201cDon\u2019t Think Anybody\u2019s Playing at Their Best\u201d: Warriors GM Bob Myers Plucks Out Two Player While Assessing the Team\u2019s Performances\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dont-think-anybodys-playing-at-their-best-warriors-gm-bob-myers-plucks-out-two-player-while-assessing-the-teams-performances\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cDon\u2019t Think Anybody\u2019s Playing at Their Best\u201d: Warriors GM Bob Myers Plucks Out Two Player While Assessing the Team\u2019s Performances<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\"><strong><em>Follow our NBA page for more key NBA updates and news<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James and Kevin Durant, two of basketball&#8217;s most formidable players, have not played since 2018. James and Durant, who competed in the NBA Finals in both 2017 and 2018, haven&#8217;t seen each other since Christmas of 2018. Their teams have met each other several times over the past few seasons, but Durant and James [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":379326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,85,51],"tags":[46,16],"class_list":["post-411502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-los-angeles-lakers","category-nba","tag-kevin-durant","tag-lebron-james"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}