{"id":446224,"date":"2024-02-22T05:27:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T05:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=446224"},"modified":"2024-02-22T05:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T05:27:42","slug":"suns-kevin-durant-slams-back-charles-barkleys-comment-not-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/suns-kevin-durant-slams-back-charles-barkleys-comment-not-a-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns&#8217; Kevin Durant Slams Back Charles Barkley&#8217;s Comment &#8220;Not A leader&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns replies to Charles Barkley&#8217;s remarks on his leadership. The former NBA player delivered some pointed critiques of Durant&#8217;s team-leading abilities during the All-Star game. The standout forward expressed his disapproval of Barkley&#8217;s remarks during their team practice earlier.<\/p>\n<h2>Suns&#8217; Kevin Durant Slams Back Charles Barkley&#8217;s Comment &#8220;Not A leader&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>After participating in the 73rd All-Star game, which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, KD is returning from an All-Star break. For his 14th All-Star game, he donned the Western Conference All-Stars uniform. Durant had the opportunity to unwind with some of the league&#8217;s top players and take in the spectacle even though their team didn&#8217;t win.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Barkley&#8217;s accusation that Durant is &#8220;a follower&#8221; and &#8220;not a leader,&#8221; Durant reacted on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant vs. the Warriors in 2014:<\/p>\n<p>54 Points<br \/>6 Assists <br \/>4 Rebounds <br \/>68% FG<\/p>\n<p>Pure buckets. \ud83e\udd76<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThrowbackHoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ThrowbackHoops<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jQzMJPs8LS\">pic.twitter.com\/jQzMJPs8LS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHoopCentral\/status\/1760479960182247630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Durant, 35, shared his thoughts on his position in the league with Rich Kleiman, his agent, and Boardroom, which he owns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t feel like I want people to call me a leader,&#8221; Durant said. &#8220;But I also don&#8217;t want people to say I&#8217;m not one either because they don&#8217;t see what goes on behind the scenes of what I talk about or my intentions or relationships that I&#8217;ve built with my teammates and my support staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not as charismatic as my peers; I don&#8217;t have a personality that&#8217;s fit for TV like my peers. You&#8217;ve got to sell what you&#8217;re doing as well, and I haven&#8217;t sold it enough. I don&#8217;t feel like I need to. I don&#8217;t feel like I need people to call me a leader, but I also don&#8217;t feel like I want people to say I&#8217;m not one, either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant on Russell Westbrook: <\/p>\n<p>When he&#39;s retired, people gonna really tell the truth about how they feel about his game. Right now, it&#39;s a fun thing to do to make a joke out of Russ<\/p>\n<p>Chris Paul added: <\/p>\n<p>I feel like the only people who do that too is the people that don&#39;t\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UZEcuzleeE\">pic.twitter.com\/UZEcuzleeE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beastbrook (@Beastbr00k0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Beastbr00k0\/status\/1758612549187035506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As usual, Durant didn&#8217;t let it pass and gave his thoughts on what Barkley had to say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just feel like a lot of people that&#8217;s on TV that don&#8217;t ever come to the gym, don&#8217;t ever comes to games, it&#8217;s hard for him to speak on what I do when they not in here,&#8221; Durant said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just part of TV. They needed something to fill a segment up. So they talk about some negative s**t, but if you&#8217;re not in the gym, I don&#8217;t respect your opinion if you&#8217;re not in the gym with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The top scorers of this last decade: <\/p>\n<p>1. LeBron James &#8211; 19,550<br \/>2. Kevin Durant &#8211; 19,445<br \/>3. James Harden &#8211; 18,627<br \/>4. Russell Westbrook &#8211; 17,603<\/p>\n<p>Kobe Bryant in the hardest decade to score in modern NBA history &#8211; 21,550 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/huOyTDiPVG\">pic.twitter.com\/huOyTDiPVG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBAinthezone\u2122\ufe0f (@NBAinthezone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAinthezone\/status\/1760325745182736762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barkley stated that he thinks guard Devin Booker is the Suns&#8217; leader this season since Durant hasn&#8217;t stepped up during truTV&#8217;s alternative coverage of the All-Star Game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>With a 33\u201322 record, the Suns are ranked sixth in the Western Conference. On Thursday, they will take the court one more when they play the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Durant has the opportunity to disprove Barkley. With three All-Stars who are in the peak of their careers, the Suns are a competitive squad. Perhaps his detractors will stop bothering him if he leads Phoenix to a championship victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant on Team USA 1v1s this summer who he\u2019s ready to play, \u201cobviously LeBron is gonna wanna play\u201d\ud83e\udd2d, Kawhi\/Kyrie\/Steph\/PG\/Ant\/Book\/Tatum.. \u201cJoel\u2026. Nah idk about Joel\u201d \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>But all yall favorite players getting belt this summer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEaria8CFA\">pic.twitter.com\/PEaria8CFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc07\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \u2730 (@Hatedzs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hatedzs\/status\/1760014482615529655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This season, Durant has the opportunity to disprove Barkley. With three All-Stars who are in the peak of their careers, the Suns are a competitive squad. Perhaps his detractors will stop bothering him if he leads Phoenix to a championship victory.<\/p>\n<h3>What is Kevin Durant&#8217;s efficiency rating?<\/h3>\n<p>Over his career, Kevin Durant has a PER of 25.2.<\/p>\n<h4>How many scoring titles does Kevin Durant have?<\/h4>\n<p>Before becoming the NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer in 2023, LeBron James earned the scoring championship in 2008. In 2010, Kevin Durant became the youngest champion in scoring. Three more victories followed in 2011; 2012; and 2014.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How you feel about Kevin Durant verse? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qt0LM54qg3\">pic.twitter.com\/qt0LM54qg3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; O.T.G (@365OTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/365OTG\/status\/1758370830960992550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Is KD the greatest scorer of all time?<\/h3>\n<p>In Friday&#8217;s 119-111 loss against the Denver Nuggets, Kevin Durant rose to the tenth spot on the NBA&#8217;s all-time scoring record. During the game, Durant scored thirty points to surpass NBA legend Moses Malone and raise his career point total to 27,423.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What Is Keeping Oklahoma City From Hosting NBA All-Star Games?\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/what-is-keeping-oklahoma-city-from-hosting-nba-all-star-games\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Is Keeping Oklahoma City From Hosting NBA All-Star Games?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns replies to Charles Barkley&#8217;s remarks on his leadership. The former NBA player delivered some pointed critiques of Durant&#8217;s team-leading abilities during the All-Star game. The standout forward expressed his disapproval of Barkley&#8217;s remarks during their team practice earlier. 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