Beijing time on June 21st, Barkley previously said Durant needed to lead the team to win the championship as a "bus driver" and believed that Durant was not the "driver" of the Warriors back then. This statement caused thousands of comments. There was a stir, and people from all walks of life began to discuss it, and Barkley and Durant also started to argue. Recently, according to US media reports, Perkins and CJ McCollum both opposed Barkley's statement, and Durant even called Barkley "a bunch of nonsense."
Recently, Perkins said on the "Get Up" program that Durant was the "driver" of that Warriors team. He said that in the 2016 Finals, the Warriors were leading 3-1 but were overturned by the Cavaliers led by James. The 73-win team failed to have the last laugh. "To be honest, if KD hadn't joined, could the Warriors still have won those two championships? Can they beat LeBron ?" Perkins said, "I don't think so. The Warriors brought in KD in order to defeat LeBron. ."
"Therefore, it can certainly be said that KD is the driver. After all, he won two consecutive Finals MVPs when he was with the Warriors. After the Warriors won the championship this year, we can see that Stephen (- Curry )'s emotions were finally released, He won the Finals MVP, and it can finally be said that he led the team to win the championship."
Pelicans star and current players union president Mike Collum also talked about this topic on the "Get Up" program. "I strongly disagree with Barkley's view. Although he is a legend and a Hall of Fame superstar. He was the driver of a team, but he failed to lead the team to win a championship," McCollum said. "KD's situation is The difference is that he did join a very good team with a championship lineup, but he is the driver of that Warriors team, even though there is Stephen on the team."
The Warriors recently won this year's championship, which also made Duran Special was pushed to the forefront, and Barkley's remarks were mentioned again. In response, Durant still responded with fierce words. "Barkley is bullshit," Durant wrote on his social media update. "This is a terrible analogy made by a disgusting so-called celebrity just because we have received more bread than him (referring to Barkley's lifetime). No championship). It’s just a matter of time, Chucky (Barkley’s nickname), stop talking nonsense about the players.”
Regarding Barkley’s remarks, Durant and everyone from all walks of life will have such a strong reaction, which shows that this topic is still will continue.
On June 21, Beijing time, the "Qiao Zhan Controversy" has resurfaced recently. The famous mouthpiece Shannon Sharpe listed the top 10 players in history on the "Undisputed" program, placing James first, beating Jordan . This move caused dissatisfaction with Skip Bayless, and the two sides started to argue about it.
4 days ago, Skip ranked the top 10 in history in the program, ranking Jordan, Magic and O'Neal in the top three, while ranking Kobe at 7th, James at 9th, and there was no one in the top 10. Curry.
Today, Sharpe also ranked the top 10 in history in his mind. He ranked James first, with Jordan and Kareem ranked second and third respectively. In addition, he ranked Curry 10th and O'Neal was kicked out of the top 10.
Undoubtedly, Sharpe and Skip will definitely have a debate on this. Sharpe mentioned Grant Hill's comments a few days ago. When Hill was a guest on the "All the Smoke" program, he said that no one has endured so much hatred like James, but Jordan does not need to experience this. This is related to the information explosion in today's Internet era.
Sharpe undoubtedly agrees with Hill’s remarks. "In this day and age, no other athlete is under as much scrutiny as LeBron," he said. "At 16 years old, all eyes are on LeBron. Not only does he have to live up to people's expectations. , and even have to exceed expectations."
Skip, who has always been called the "No. 1 James", responded: "I don't hate LeBron, and I respect his achievements.But if you keep forcing me to compare LeBron to MJ in the GOAT debate, you're forcing me to humiliate LeBron. "
Beijing time on June 21, according to US media reports, Golden State Warriors During the championship parade today, head coach Steve Kerr was interviewed and talked about assistant coach Kenny Ah. Turkinson 's decision, he gave the reason why his assistant was reluctant to leave.
"We have a good location, and with a group of excellent players, we are in a very high-quality part of the country. Atkinson has two children, both of whom love San Francisco . I think it's really hard to find a job in the middle of the finals without any breathing space. I think Atkinson also felt it during the finals. He felt that now was not the best time for him and his family to leave here. " Cole said, "I'm glad Atkinson trusted his instincts and I hope Charlotte can finally have a great coach. Everyone can move on and we're really lucky to have him back, especially after losing Mike Brown, I needed Atkinson even more and I'm glad to have him back. "
Atkinson had previously successfully interviewed as the head coach of the Hornets, but just before the two parties signed the contract, the Warriors assistant coach suddenly repented and decided to stay in the Bay Area to assist Cole and no longer serve as the head coach of the Hornets. Some people also speculated that Atkinson May be ready to take over for Cole.
