He’s the most protected player ever. Media is never honest about him. Appreciate you for being real

KD has been blessed with superstar teammates his whole career. Played with 2 former mvps in their prime with okc harden and westbrook, played with the already stacked 73 win warriors. Played with 2 all stars in Brooklyn, and joined a championship contender team with all stars in phoenix. He never had to be struggle or carry a team throughout his whole career like early Lebron, dame, Iverson, or KG did. Yet a lot of people put him in the top 15 or top 10 of all time. Crazy

I remember KD saying after losing in 2019 Finals that that was Canada's first and last time in the Finals. In hindsight, so was KD's.

Kevin Durant gets away with so much. All the media shows are quite about the suns losing but we’re calling them the favorites

Gs was already a championship team, close to dynasty level, without kd. Kd just made it a dream team situation, and for some reason people were shocked at how well he played. What pressure did he have playing for GS? It takes more than just skill to win a chip and he proves that

the only player everyone in the media or in social media call "unstoppable" yet he gets stopped every year since 2008.

This series kind of reminds me of the 2016 WCF where KD averaged 30 but was VERY Inefficient but to a fan who watches the sport leisurely they will still say he played well for some reason just looking at box scores

KD was LEGIT right there at the top of the mvp race last yeqr before he got hurt...HE WAS PLAYING UNBELIEVABLE before he got hurt last year....He had the Nets a game out of first.... He almost single handiy knocked off the Bucks coming off a torn achilles.... Bad luck and circumstances have played a HUGE part these last few years in his success

I feel like KD and Tatum have a similar problem of them CONSTANTLY being put in convos they DO NOT belong in

In his okc days he was shorter...with what the achilles injury did to people before kd, it is a miracle that he is a top 10 player

This Suns run was kinda proof IMO that Steph was better than KD in GS. The best example is how Book was getting single coverage and how KD was being doubled and triple teamed. This is EXACTLY what Steph had to deal with in GS with KD.

I mean we all ready knew this as soon as KD, left the warm clutches of Curry, Klay, Draymond and Steve Kerr. KD can do nothing without a proven dynasty around him. Cameron Payne carried KD.

Losing bias can really skew our view of a player. Durant was in MVP conversations in January this year. He still can produce superstar level performances but it’s obvious that Father Time is catching up to him as well. And he’s still sort of injured, slipping in warm ups and spraining his ankle. Granted it’s just a sprain, these kind of things are not good for his body especially at his age now.

“Aesthetic bias” is gonna have people STILL believe KD is the best player in the world

KEVIN DURCANT GET IT DONE WITHOUT CURRY

No superstar would of won this series with just DBook.😂😂

I feel like Durant has let the outside noise get to him. It has never impacted his game, but it has impacted his decisions. The Burner accounts prove that.

Boston exposed KDin 2022, he is nobody without steph!! 😂😂😂

KD came to the Suns in February 9 2023 and was injured. He got healthy to play a few games before he sprung his ankle during warm ups. He really haven't been there a full year with the Suns and some people really believe that he would take the Suns to the Finals this season.

As an okc fan i loved Kevin. But people looked at me like i was crazy when I said he's a glorified role player. Scoring. Thats it. No leadership no game management, some defense.

I was in denial, but after watching how hard they had to claw just to get through the Kawhi and PG-less Clippers, I had known that this team is realistically a first round exit. Denver is great at exposing teams that play with this “your turn, my turn” style (just ask the bubble Clippers of 2020).

KD reminds me of Tracy McGrady. Great scorer and pure individual basketball player. But not really a leader. Sometimes feels like he lacks that killer mental instinct to get his entire team going.

Problem for Durant is.....the celtics showed Durant can be defended.

I think that he lost his quick first step that he use to have in gsw and okc due to the Achilles injury so he really can’t blow by no body no more so he got to depend on shooting on shooting over players so I felt like he got worse even though how much the media want to hide it.

"Every season that goes by that Kevin Durant does not win a championship is a complete abject failure." *somewhere* Giannis: Oh my God....

In my opinion to act like his handle isn’t good or whatever is kinda silly to me the man at 7 feet tall moving how he’s moving is remarkable. His problem has nothing to do with his physical game he mentally just isn’t that guy like he was in okc and golden state. He was way hungrier and more desperate to be a winner and his play showed it. He looks like he’s just content with just hooping nowadays that’s what I think his biggest flaw is.

Yung Mustard when "Old Ketchup" walks in 1:50.

I’ve been saying this since 2017. Dude went to the Warriors and all of a sudden he’s the best player in the League. Gtfoh Lebron was dominating him while he was in OKC but since he beat Lebron he’s better? No

KD just wants to hoop. And that's all he does. Offensively he balls out in a vacuum and the team around him kinda just does what it does regardless. His game is... chemically inert. He puts up numbers that don't mean anything to team performance.

Let’s face it KD would be lucky to work at Burger King if he couldn’t play basketball. He isn’t exactly setting the world on fire with his intellect.

I guarantee most people came into this series and thought KD was the best player in this series just because of his track record and people like SAS and Unc co host. When it was clear before, during, and ABUNDANTLY clear after that Joker was the best player in that series.

“Locked up by a white man”. It’s gonna by hysterical watching Jokic win a title so everyone that hates on white players can cry about it all off-season.

This is the worst era of basketball fans smh. All this goal post moving just cuz a player lost ?? Steph and KD are still too 10 despite losing . So by that logic lebron can’t be the goat because of his finals record??? That’s stupid

Imo KD should just try to gain muscle/weight for next season since it’s the end of his career and try something new

I wish he would have stayed in OKC

Kevin Durant is literally the Vegeta of the NBA. Great Player that was number 2 who wanted to surpass Lebron and teamed up with Steph Curry to get a ring. He couldn't win on his own without a superteam.

"oFfenSe wInS cHaMPiOnShips" says the guy that gets slapped by a rookie playing good defense lmao

Kd's turnovers are a huge problem he has had his whole career. He can't deal with ball pressure and is a bad passer. Kd averages as many turnovers as Jokic but half the assists.

No other player at his lvl has played with as much help.

tbh I don’t feel like not having KD in your top 10 is that wild of a take right now. Regardless of his playoff performances he’s still an amazing player, but the NBA is currently so saturated with talent that even being a 25-30 point scorer isn’t enough a lot of times. With players like Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, Luka, Dame, SGA, Steph, Jimmy Buckets, Jalen Brunson, Booker, etc there’s definitely a lot of competition for those top 10 spots. Not saying he’s definitively not top 10 but I feel an argument can be made for it.

Everyone were yelling “super team” after that trade. I knew they were fools gold.

I was really rooting for Kevin Durant to silence the haters to show he can win without Golden State especially in Brooklyn the most, but when he followed kyrie after Kyrie requested to be traded it just seemed to cowardly to me.

it’s not fair to hold kd to best in the world standards atp. He’s realistically on the level of guys like Tatum and Jimmy butler tbh

Facts KD is not That good If it was not for Steph and the warriors he would have 0000 rings

I am not feeling the white boy comment. Why can't we all be hoopers?? They're in the NBA for a reason

KD without Suns narratives going crazy rn. We are reaching toxic levels of NBA social media

Can we all apprecate how elite D Book has played in the postseason.

Golden State was the only team that was perfect for KD's playing style

When he left OKC to join the Warriors after losing to them, that was the sign that he wasn't a leader.

Kd is literally an efficient version of T-Mac and Carmelo Anthony with two underserved ring's.

I feel like the “old head” syndrome is happening where people just hold to to their generation in this case the 2010s. It’s not even that KD is slightly worse it’s just that gust like Giannis Luka and Joker are just better. People just need to accept that at this point

Was waiting for Durant slander

Nothing to see here, just KD riding the bus to failure yet again. Can't do shit without a 73-9 roster

Bus 🚌 driver + 🧁 = I'M HIM KD

Bros middle name is Wayne 💀

Kevin Durant is the greatest role player of all time

I'm SHOCKED KD didn't request a trade to the Nuggets after the loss.....

The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps. - Marsellus He should have swallowed his pride and stayed with the Dubs. He would have 4 rings by now.

Kevin Durant being Kevin Durant

At least Kobe won 2 rings without Shaq

Bro said get locked up by a white man🤣🤣 No filter..

Best video I’ve seen on Durant. Major props bro

Both of Jimmy's finals run>Both of KD finals MVPs. Butler > KD all time

BOS made Durant look OLD in 2022 playoff sweep

okay tbh being a kd fan and being let down these past 2 seasons… im starting to think KD is a 2 but an all star talent type of 2 ofc but i just dont see KD doing KD type shit anymore his age is finally showing in his game he doesnt even look like the same player from years back at all because kd was carried by booker this whole playoff series. The suns have a handful going into the offseason and i except some major changes coming up because i really only see kd being the player he is now for like 2 more seasons maybe and after that 👎🏾

Im a KD fan and even i believe these critisms are actually fair if you watch tge series

KD is no leader of a team. He's just a scorer can't carry a team by himself.

KD is a 3rd option on a championship team. His game is limited at this point.

Look...been saying this. We all laughed at russ... We said he was the problem... Truth is, outside of playing with a stacked golden state team that already boasted a 2 time mvp and champ, Durant looked his best with russ. Everything said in video is true. Russ created offense...put pressure on defense , was the engine, and took the bullets from media. In golden state dude could just fit into what was there and because he 7 feet, shoot, and somewhat passive, he fit right in. We saw what happened with him and kyrie...man git swept. Tatum and brown really lil boy'd him out there Wasn't all roses against the clips...they were literally down the 2 guys that could defend him... Then gets to Denver and he simply didn't look good. Hes still a top 10 player in this league...but hes not top 5. And honestly...for those trying to pass the torch...hes never been , isn't currently, and never will be better than lebron

Yes I do believe KD can be a #1 and I do believe he’s the best player on the suns. All this series should show people is that he’s NOT LEBRON and to stop holding him to those kinda standards. Hes not that guy but still a great guy. He’s still top 5 but prolly at 5 right now maybe even 6.

He never put phisically effort to improve his body

KD deserves all the smoke

Booker has outplayed KD in basically every single game so far

It is true that KD tends to be heavily overrated by the media. For example imo Kawhi vs KD at their peaks is very much a conversation although the media and many fans would have you believe that KD is just levels above him. That said i think KD can be the best player on a championship team. I think in another universe the Nets could have won it all. Suns lack depth and reps, but these are fixable problems; I expect them to be better next year and the year after. As you say he is not as much of a plug and play superstar as the media claims but its not that difficult to build around him

no way u comparing a YOUNGER KD to a 35 year old KD🤦🏿‍♂️. a betta comparison is Brooklyn KD

Such a great analyze video truly. Great video and great explanations

4 stacked teams played on, only the warriors with championships

"never thought i would see Kevin Durant get locked up by a white man" unsubbed

Why does KD always and I mean ALWAYS get a pass? I’ve never seen a single player in any sport let everyone down time and time again only to be propped to the top of the league because his game is “pretty to watch” the dude is a great scorer don’t get me wrong but he doesn’t bring anything else to the table, and his efficiency has plummeted in the playoffs the past 4 seasons or so. He’s also a notorious playoff choker, there are a good amount of players who can score the same amount of points on either better or the same efficiency and can play make or rebound or play defense. If KD is on your team, and you don’t have a perfect super team, he is a massive liability.

KD meat riders love to stay quiet when he loses 😩

The high point of KD's legacy is that he got to be apart of Steph's legacy

As stars age, he can give you good games but going to be less consistent. Look at LeBron these days, he only goes off on important games. And let’s others carry the bulk of the load.

KD is not 7 feet tall. We gotta stop saying that. It's just not true

1. NOPE 2. NOPE If you want to win a ring, you can't have your number one be one of the OKC 3.

Honestly mustard I’m surprised this is a very fair ananlysis of you 💯

Imagine Jokic and Durant on the same team. WOuld be unstoppable

Let's get NEGATIIIVEEEE

Omg this man said Mikal Bridges I’m dead af 😂

As a warrior fan, when we had him and he was complaining about wanting more iso but when he went iso, it wasn't cooking like that. Basically, he doesn't some dribbles that don't do shit then tries to shoot over the top

It appears that Charles Barkley was correct about Kevin Durant and the bus driver/rider comparrison!!!

He's not the bus driver.

KD needs to hit the weight room so he can be less injury prone

I can just hear now how Stephen A and all these people who don't look at context are like man that's blasphemy that's ridiculous blah blah blah. Preciate the video man

And that's why KD isn't a HoFer. Just a taller Ben Simmons

What do you have against Mikal Bridges??? 😂😂

Just remember. If he didn't have his foot on the line, he would've dominated a top 5 series of all time. He was amazing that series. If a few things were different, you would be justifying him

Kids talking sports is like LISTENING FEMALE'S TALK about sports😂😂😂

There's a difference between a scorer, and an offensive hub. A couple of scorers ran into one offensive hub and this is what happens.

KD will request a trade to the Denver Nuggets next year..…lol

That lil music you use so easy on the ears