Kevin Durant

“Your GOAT case can be hugely strengthened, if you can say 6 rings to 6 rings” - Skip Bayless says Kevin Durant saved him for LeBron James by winning the 2017, and 2018 NBA Finals

"I would've laid his a** out a couple of times" - Shaquille O'Neal on what he'd do on facing Steph Curry and beating Warriors and Michael Jordan's Bulls, Kevin Durant claps back with, "Bring Shaq up in that pick and roll and test them hips"

“Kevin Durant had foot injuries early in his career, how’s it working out for him right now?” - Alan Hahn believes 1x NBA All-Star and his agent should hold out for a max contract this summer, says they should refuse a deal with conditions

“He has the highest-scoring quarter in a finals game in nearly 30 years, since a guy named Michael Jordan did it” - NBA analyst says Steph Curry “shows up” in the finals, cites him having more PPG than Bird and Kareem

“When Kevin Durant was there he was not the best player.… Now he is the best player” - NBA analyst says he’s extremely concerned about Steph Curry’s injury because he’s the face of the franchise

“He saved me from LeBron James and his billions of blind witnesses” - Skip Bayless says Kevin Durant wrecked James’ legacy by himself, believes he saved Steph Curry’s legacy

“The Splash Brothers have become more of a drizzle” - NBA analyst believes Steph Curry is missing Kevin Durant, says Klay Thompson has been good, but not the same

“Steph Curry led a contingent across country… to get down on bended knee and beg Kevin Durant” - Skip Bayless says Steph Curry is the only superstar who would’ve sacrificed and get a player clearly better than him

“This would not be happening if Kevin Durant was still on this team” - Stephen A. Smith on the Warriors’ going 1-9 without KD in the NBA Finals, says Kevin Durant deserves a lot of love

“In the Olympics he was just flat out cold blooded, ‘give me the ball and get out of the way’” - Skip Bayless says Kevin Durant is the weirdest mix, believes he’s ‘thin skinned and cold blooded’

“This is so not Jordan… This is KD-esque” - Skip Bayless says LeBron James is feeling left out after hinting at starting his own podcast, believes LeBron is creeping into burner account territory

"They're not going to get the credit they deserve until they win a championship by themselves" - Charles Barkley on the legacies of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving being hurt by the success of their former teams

“He’s made not showing up to work into an art form, magicians don’t disappear as well as this dude” - NBA analyst believes giving Kyrie Irving a long-term deal is the “definition of insanity”

“Kevin Durant was the best player on those Warriors teams, and if you go look at those finals, Steph was awesome” - JJ Redick says Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors Big 3’s legacy has been secured