Taking KD over Kobe is crazy

Anyone who tries to argue Durant over Kobe doesn't know basketball.

Why would anybody argue KD over Kobe?? It's obviously Kobe

Who in the hell would argue kd over Kobe..stop it

Rob rides KD so hard. He hates on Lebron and Steph but gives KD passes for EVERYTHING

Rob’s tone when it comes to LeBron & KD is night & day. He preaches winning but will always give KD a pass 😂

Kobe was a great defender

He's celebrated more than he should be IMO. Joining a 73-9 team you were just up 3-1 against and got smacked in a legendary comeback. Then using Westbrook as a scapegoat because he couldnt get over the hump. Then joining a stacked Brooklyn team. Having the opportunity to lead and failing. Then jumping to another stacked Suns team and being middle of the pack.

Rob acts like Kobe didn't go to 3 straight finals without Shaq!!!! He beat the most 50 win teams in playoff history

ROB PARKER!!!! CHRIS HAS SAID THAT TO YOU ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND YOU POO POOED IT!!!!! KD WOULD HAVE ZERO, LET ME REPEAT, ZERO RINGS IF IT WASNT FOR GSW!!!!!!

16:00 That caller had to be trolling! 😂

Rob hates Steph and LeBron so much that he is willing to sacrifice integrity and honesty for his narrative

Signing up to be the alpha and only shrinking from any sort of accountability in Brooklyn was the death knell.

Look and listen to these 2 talk about Kobe it’s cringe worthy smh

Too celebrated hasn’t done much since GS

Dude is an elite scorer who has somehow done nothing memorable in the league. Everything he’s done has been forgettable.

He is fairly celebrated, he is just not on Lebron level and even tho he is at Steph level, Steph did more than him so he always will be the 3rd guy of his era

Feels like this topic has been topic’d a thousand times on this show.

Rob casually tried to sneak doubt into a 4-1 gentlemen sweep finals😭😭😭

Stop it. Hello are you listening?? Warriors won TWICE without KD. And KD over Kobe is insane. Man, crazy.

The Kobe disrespect never ends with these two smh. Many view Kobe over LBJ. No matter how much the media tries LBJ isn’t on MJs level. There’s MJ and everyone else.

Larry Bird has entered the chat about that best passing comment Chris

magic did have an aesthetically gorgeous game. his passes were not only offensively potent, but the way he executed them had so much damn juice

As a 34 year old I do appreciate when Chris and Rob talk about 70’s and 80’s basketball and the culture that surrounded it. It’s a very cool insight.

He was so busy trying to be better than Lebron he made poor decisions on where to play. He is nothing but a hired gun. All the talent he’s played with and only two rings and those are cheap. What a waste. Dude needs to learn how to be his own man. You don’t have talent like that and cheap your way to a ring in your prime. Lebron left hating teammates, hating owner and still led the team. KD had great ownership in OKC. I would have loved to see him with a title in OKC. After he left GSW he should have went back to OKC and won there.

If longevity puts lebron in goat territory, then durant is much higher than you give him credit for. He's 8th in scoring in less games than everyone but Mike and wilt. You can talk about where he got his rings, but he got 2. A wins a win. He's definitely a winner. Look at the okc years and take your feelings out the equation. We have to stop the love and hip hop extras when discussing basketball. He has played 17 years. 2016 can't be the only thing people remember about his BASKETBALL career

People tend to forget that Harrison barnes was a no show in the 2016 nba finals, even with the warriors up 3-1..and harrison barnes was a big reason for why they were great in the regular season 73-9 he hit a few game winners....he was a no show in the finals , all the warriors needed was an upgrade at the small forward position that can hit open shots while steph and klay had all the attention....... adding durant was overkill, they would of still won if they added a kris middleton or a paul George or a gordan hayward........ This is why iggy won mvp in 2015, this is also why you see years later wiggins playing such a major role in there 2022 championship.....

We get it Chris you're not going to kill KD but continue to kill KD. Next topic now please stop beating a dead horse.

The MSOAT never gets old 😂😂😂

They weren’t one game away. They were up 3-1 and blew it , becoming the only team in nba history to note said lead in a finals series.

Durant could have gone to any team at that time , but he chose 73-9 team and they deferred to him. Stop acting like he just came in and was the best.

He couldn’t win. Chased a ring. Joined an already championship team, left them and hasn’t been back since. He’s on the level of a wilt or Clyde Drexeler (not playing wise but as milestones. It’s not what it could have been

Kd better than Kobe? LMAOOOO

Some guys drive the bus. Some guys ride the bus; and some of those guys get to park the bus. KD's the latter (ie, the most decorated bus-parker of all-time). Shout-out to Tony Parker (another all-time bus-parker).

Him joining golden state robbed fans of a super competitive western conference and nba.

Durant is a great player but he’s just not on certain levels 🤷‍♀️😂 like HE’S NOT ON CERTAIN PLAYERS LEVEL 😂🤦‍♂️ all he had to do was win a championship anytime outside of gsw and he wouldn’t be in this situation 😂😂 IM GLAD TO BE A GOAT JAMES FAN😂😂✌️

That okc team if they kept harden wouldve won one eventually

To me it's crazy to automatically put lebron at 2. He stacked the deck as well to win but he's given a pass. Edit. Broussard just proved my point. Lebron losing with the most talented team is a positive 😂 I'm done with the media man.

I'm so glad they cut that caller at 16:00. What a terrible take. I've never heard anyone ever say KD is better than Jordan.

to put him over D-Wade is crazy. Durant crumbles w pressure on him. And he is NOWHERE near the defender Wade was.

See I’m going to tell you why kd isn’t appreciated 😂 because he always want to get praised LIKE OTHER PLAYERS ( goat James, Steph, Kobe, mj) which is FAIR AND RIGHT 🤦‍♂️ but the problem is nobody and he doesn’t want to take the criticism, people changes the narrative when it comes to him, people will argue you down he’s better then goat James but when it comes to criticism people switch up blame injuries, blame Kyrie, James harden, Steve Nash, PEOPLE REALLY THINK just because he won 2 championships with gsw against goat James Cavs he did something

To be the greatest one must make the ultimate sacrifice.

The way they say Kobe ain’t even in the discussion yet Lebron is automatically in it makes no sense. People love to bring up Kobe winning with Shaq, but other than Gasol he had no All-Star help when Shaq left, no top 75 teammates. Yet Lebron is in the discussion but has no rings without Top 75 or Hall of Fame talent. Wade, Bosh, Allen, Kyrie, Love, Davis, Howard, and the list goes on, and he’s still behind Kobe in championships. I’m not saying Lebron isn’t in the discussion, but stop acting like Kobe doesn’t deserve it too!

He definitely in the top 10-15

Basketball is a TEAM game. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. Can you rise up and take your entire team with you? That’s a champion

When you said "Larry Bird" I thought of Charles Barkley holding his arms when Dr. Julius swung at him and barkley said "what did I do!?"

Chris has been salty with kd since he exposed him for lying about texting him. Lol

He drove thd buss because the warriors went to him

KD is incredible...but I've come to realize that he's simply the best role player ever.

I don't care about legacy. Tracy McGrady is my favorite player of all time because of how graceful he was on the court. Some of that is childhood nostalgia, I accept that. KD took gracefulness on the basketball court to a different level though. No one has or had a more beautiful game than KD. Idk why everyone is so obsessed with legacy. His game speaks for itself.

Nobody has Durant over Kobe, Kobe is ranked over lebron by the players

Broussard man how many times are yall going to talk about these dudes legacies.

As a Sixer fan growing up I hated Bird and Magic. I began to appreciated them both over time, Magic first then Bird. Magic as one of the greatest leaders . Bird has had a lot of stuff talked about him but to win MVP of the league 3 straight years is phenomenal. I don’t care what era.

I still feel the same about Lebron's Miami rings as I did all the way back then when he won them. That was a weak move & his Miami rings are only a level about Durant's Warrior rings. It's partially why I don't think Lebron is in the top 3 all time. A lot of revisionist history going on with Lebron's career these days where a lot of fans don't use context anymore towards some of his achievements.

Iverson was better than Durant

The vitrol KD gets for joining a 73 - 9 team is hilarious to me. Russell westbrok hasnt won a playoff series in OKC after he left , Steph and the warriors organization flew out to the Hamptons to have a meeting with KD but since the warriors won in 2022 majority of the media look pass the fact when they glazing the warriors. I get it though nowadays context doesnt sell because majority of the fans only care about who wins at the moment 😂😅.

Bringing up off the court things like Shaq having a rap album has nothing to do with how good a player is. 😂

People hate Durant for joining the warriors but I honestly don’t blame him for leaving. They fired because he got hurt, they traded harden for Kevin Martin which was a mistake, and they wouldn’t make a move to replace harden. I mean what do you expect him to do?

I feel like everybody that has any legit understanding in evaluating NBA basketball knows how all-time great Kevin Durant is. I just think a majority of those people (myself included) will never fully respect him for going to a championship winning organization that just beat him a couple months before, when his team had a 3-1 series lead on them. And then for that same organization to win ANOTHER title after he left, while he's tried to form super team after super team to, no championship avail. If KD never went to GS, he MOST LIKELY would go down as the George Gervin of this generation.

No way no how he’s better than wade

Me personally I would take prime Dwade over Kevin Durant.

Kd has a chance to finish 4th all time in scoring. Insane

His reputation is about where it should be.. He joined a super team and hasn't won since leaving. LeBron joined a super team, underachieved but still won afterwards. I look at them both sideways honestly and hold my nose when ranking them. I'm ready for this generation to retire honestly as they just cheated the game and themselves by all this team hopping, and anti competitive super team stuff... I'm ready for a league run by foreigners who compete... Joker, Giannis, Luka, Wemby etc

Kd warriors rings are the same as LeBron Miami rings period

Pete Maravich was probably the best passer of all time ...even Magic said he wanted to emulate his amazing style. of play as he watched him as a young player ....but yes Magic is rated as one of the greats for a reason

Durant never get a lack of credit. he's just get the credit he deserved, which means a top 30 all time, nothing more, nothing less.

I love Lebron but if your honest, all the former players take Kobe lol they all say this on the podcasts The way the media talks about Kobe is weird like it’s so strange

The kobe disrespect is getting out of hand

The Kevin Durant hate is ridiculous. He is the reason the Warriors became a dynasty. Without Durant, they probably only have 1 ring and the Warriors only won in 2015 because Kyrie and Kevin Love were injured in the finals. He is easily a top 5 player all time

The media are really going to try to ruin Durant's legacy by saying the GS rings don't count. They won't let this go, will they? I don't even like Durrant that much but that is totally unfair.

Neither Kd or lebron is worthy of praise

Kobe didn't have a style of basketball all he did was take all MJ moves and added a three point shoot.

Go figure, Chris Broussard, Rob Parker and Stephen A Smith all think competing against Charles Barkley and the Suns is the same as Duncan, Parker, Ginapoli and coach Pop at the Spurs. Also Jordan, Pippen and Rodman were not a Superteam. You can’t make this sh8t up. SMDH 🤣

Like when Lebron reached the top of the scoring list and got his respect, the same should happen for KD. He's gonna be top 3 and the discussion around his GSW years will change. He Won the MVPs.

Kobe over lbj 💯

Lebron is not in the goat conversation he did not elevate or change the game of basketball he should not compare Jordan never .

I believe he gets the correct amount of appreciation. As far as his move to GS, it is what it is. If he didn’t go to GS, Kevin probably wouldn’t have a titles, and GS may not have become a dynasty. They kind of needed each other. If people think he is under appreciated, then he should be getting as much criticism as LeBron has gotten. He always says he feels he’s as good as LeBron, or should be in the same convo. But doesn’t get the same criticism. Never has. Have to take the good with the bad.

Durant deserves to be in the middle to upper teens of all time greats. Jerry West, KG, Karl Malone, somewhere in there

He gotta go back to okc to win just like lbj went back to Cleveland

Durant has had harden(twice), Westbrook, kyrie, and couldn't win. Joined suns after they made the finals and had the best record in the league and couldn't win. Kobe won twice , made three finals in a row with Paul gasol as his #2. Durant gets celebrated as he should.

Come on folks quit lying to yourselves. Do you remember when Kevin was coming into the league the hottest topic you had with your cohosts and casts behind doors but couldn't admit it out loud to the viewers. Some have said it out loud that this kid with such a stature regardless of how he dominated his one year at Texas. Wasn't built to survive the big boy game the league provided. You had imagined him entering a place that he will fail in your heads. He made his debut on Halloween night with the announcer saying trick or treat. After all he has provided the game you guys still sound like you must be tricked all his career. It is the same player that the league had no answer for how to defend him. He can pull up from three. He can cross you up and get to his mid. He can drive by and dunk it down. There is no defender that was able to guard him unless they put their hands all over his body to rip the ball away for a turnover. He would just go into the rip through and go to the line and drain the free throw. The league had everyone complaining that he was unfair to guard and ended up banning the rip through. From that point on defenders are allowed to gamble putting their hands all over him for a turnover. Sometimes they get really all over his body when the refs don't call it. It mostly started in that series against Lebron in the finals when the league made sure the refs never made sure that skinny kid, they never chose to represent the league was never going to get a championship before the one the league chose to be the face of it. Ever since than whenever it is head-to-head with the ones, they promote they allow them to get away with fouling KD almost the majority of the games. Stop lying to yourself and you are too old to be taking it to the grave because eventually decades from now folks will look at the tapes and determine the truth for themselves. To promote the underdog story of the under sized light skin kid who the league can see selling to so many viewers, how many illegal moving screens the Warriors have gotten away with just to promote Curry. But to prevent the skinny 7foot alien who doesn't represent the majority of the viewers they are willing to take away rules to allow defense to hold him, grab and foul. The announcers also are part of the setup never mention it unless it is so evident as it is happening like every possession. The media the game is played on ESPN ABC or TNT don't rarely reply to those possessions. To top it off they got the post-game crew who are the voices of the league from guys who once played the game saying maybe that skinny guy should put on some weight to not be pushed around to end any debate the viewers raise up. How sick that if he can shoot over anybody, the only way to stop him is fouling him. Where is the fairness for him. Not every kid wants to look at the past and say yaa I will put on 300lb and stay in the paint and dominate. Some like KD decided maybe the game is better if I can move like a guard and play it. Why does he get taxed cause he adopted to? Evolved the game before everyone else did to handling and shooting from range at that height. Now every 7footer has adopted handling and range because of him. And who do you want to credit that if not KD. He is a career 55 EFG percentage doing it from all 3 levels and the only guy Shaq at 58 who did it from layups and dunks have been overtaken by this skinny one in less games. Sometimes no matter how loyal you can be to the past you have to give credit. Stop acting like Boston wasn't fouling him all series. Why are you lying to yourselves to prove point almost everyone knows it. Just cause Charles and Shaq who are on the side of the League promoting the game say he needs to eat some burgers, so they don't push him around doesn't change no minds. It has been known the game was rigged on certain matchups especially on head to heads to promote certain stars or teams for the benefit of league revenue. As well as to sale future upcoming stars. Do you really think anyone buys into that bus rider take when we watched and have tapes to go pull up to see who dominated. Just cause the league told Ty Luo to say he focused on Curry doesn't mean we buy it. Like whom even cares when that coach was 8-1 in that scenario. To promote Curry and Lebron the league had stepped on Durant all his career. Once the talking heads for the league lose out to the social media eventually everything you argue for and against will be history. We have tapes we can pull up that says nobody can guard Durant unless they are fouling him. You can also pull up the tapes in a decade when being light skinned is not big deal anymore and say look at all those moving screens to just sale Curry.

KD is definitely a great defender and rebounder and the best scorer ever💯🥱

The Warriors didn’t NEED KD, he was just a sludge Hammer to an Ant. They lost a game 7 with 2 mins left by one of the most clutch 3s of all time. They pick up KD and sweep them then gentleman’s swept them the following year. It’s absurd to think they couldn’t win in 5/6 games with Demar or Beal or Butler; any other good shooting guard. Then they put a nail on the coffin by winning without KD and beat the team that knocked KD out in the first round of the same season.

Chris is right on point about Dr. J And Dr. J is ahead of Durant.

I’ve never heard anyone EVER say Durant over Kobe

Durant and LeBron will never be celebrated as much as they could’ve been. LeBron jumped teams in search for rings, so did Durant, the flop era began and LeBron helped define it. Durant was a troll and went from likeable guy to NBA villain. LeBron shed tears and threw tantrums left and right. The guys are/were super talents… Their actions trumped their legacy. The media/NBA still tries to force a liking around LeBron… but that’s finally starting to fade. Two talents that I truly believe the NBA ruined while trying to force them to be the new faces. Oh well! They’re millionaires! They don’t care! Lol

Dude did you say some think KD is better than Kobe ! Smh well it’s people who really think Kobe is better than LeBron

16:01- go here if you want to hear a Leblanco simp 😂

Kobe at his Athletic Prime which was from 99-03 was a top 5 Player then. (Not counting 7 footers like Kareem, Robinson, Hakeem)

So we gone skip over the fact that Chris said Shaq was a great rapper😂😂😂😂

No one will say this, but KD’s heavy weed use has kept him from achieving his full potential. He has one of the STRANGEST careers of all time. SCOAT - strangest career of all time.

I Respectfully disagree when they say that Durant earned his two Rings. I believe he would've earned it if he'd taken the Brooklyn Nets to two Finals won two Rings.

Lol, the way rob tries to discredit lebron, who really believes he has lebron as number 2 on his all time list? I sure don't. I think he's just says that as cover for when he rips lebron, then when he's called out he says" I have him number 2 on my list"!

Both KD and LeBron made weak moves making these superteams in their prime. People don't consider the LeBron move weak because they go 73-9 the year before. But we know if he had never made that move KD wouldn't have went to GSW. They instantly changed the balance of the league and went to the finals every year they were there. Then LeBron went back to Cleveland and formed another superteam. They're both great and are first ballot Hall of Famers but I won't give LeBron a pass and then call the KD move weak.

KD is a generation talent, that's it.

I saw Steph this season and yeah no he's a legit 6'3. Not sure why analysts act like he's 6'0. He's a bigger dude than they say

This is my issue with sports media….. inconsistent criteria. “If kd didnt join Gsw he will be ringless” but then will go ahead and say Steph is top10 all time. So Steph gets all the benefits but no knocks? Really? Its not like Steph has been so dominant without KD. He has only 1 dominant playoff run after KD left.

Kevin Durant is s great player BUT he doesn't make his teammates better, he could fit in any offense but he's just a scorer...

Its not KD fault that ppl like skip have held LeBron to such a high standard and for the ppl bringing up steph STFU he wasn't criticized for not doing much after KD left actually he was given a pass

I feel like Chris & Shannon sharpe don’t like KD personally