ESPN's best players of the 21st century

[Derka 5556]

people drag KD for going to GS but they all seem to forget that once he actually got there and was winning championships with his clutch performances everyone was gong, “holy shit this guy is clearly better than lebron, kevin durant is unquestionably the best player in the world.” ever since his achillles exploded everyone just forgot that, even though he’s statistically been as good as/better than he was prior to his injury. KD gets slammed for joining a super team, and yet his time on that super team is the only time in his entire career that he’s gotten his proper respect.

he's the best all around scorer ever, it’s no secret that he’s made himself into a very good defender for many years now, and he’s arguably the most clutch star of the last 25 years. KD is latest example that nobody punishes/props up players more for winning/losing titles than the nba and its fans do. if KD had won that third title/finals mvp in GS then the way he is viewed today/in the future would be totally different, totally elevated from where it is now. only lebron can argue that he’s been a better player this century, but with only one mvp and two titles people seem to forget that.

[closetohumping 17287]

Durant left Oklahoma for California. I’d never blame a rich dude for doing that. Plus he hated playing with Russ