Durant talks James
Posted by Unknown on Friday, December 07, 2012 with 19 comments
Recently in Sports Illustrated, LeBron James stated that Kevin Durant is his inspiration. Yesterday Kevin Durant responded James' comments with the following statement:
‘Well, I really appreciate that comment because people want us to hate each other so bad. That’s true. People want us to hate each other. I really respect him and I really compete against him hard — him and Kobe (Bryant). I play against those guys, they’re the guys who I’m looking at, who I want to get to, and I compete against those guys really, really hard, but we’re friends. We’re friends, everybody knows that. Once you get on that court and you’re playing against one of your friends, you play to win no matter what. Sometimes he might get the best of you, I might get the best of him one time. But I really respect him (James) and that’s cool that he thinks of me that way and I’ve just got to keep working hard to continue to get better.’”
‘Well, I really appreciate that comment because people want us to hate each other so bad. That’s true. People want us to hate each other. I really respect him and I really compete against him hard — him and Kobe (Bryant). I play against those guys, they’re the guys who I’m looking at, who I want to get to, and I compete against those guys really, really hard, but we’re friends. We’re friends, everybody knows that. Once you get on that court and you’re playing against one of your friends, you play to win no matter what. Sometimes he might get the best of you, I might get the best of him one time. But I really respect him (James) and that’s cool that he thinks of me that way and I’ve just got to keep working hard to continue to get better.’”
His inspiration?? Really??? Man this is so weak! No wonder it took that nigga 10 years to win a ring. And its easy to look clutch against ya so called inspiration. Lets c lebron do it against somebody who really want to beat his ass because right now im seeing hes still lechoke, hes still lebrick n the 4th qtr....aint shit changed
ReplyDeleteHow many championships does durant have? How many mvp's does durant have? (Hes got a scoring title) WOW. Lechoke? Haters always gonna hate. Hes gettin tripple doubles and the heat still losin...but its not his fault
DeleteEveryone, Mr. Skip Bayless^
ReplyDeleteThank u. Now I don't got to speak on it. Well said.
ReplyDeleteLol Skip aint lying neither if thats wat he said.
DeletePreach always be hating on heat and james....I wondering why that is, what's he ever done to u?
DeleteLebron if just trying to be respectful, and, HAHA, LeChoke?! He's done proved himself, some people are just going to hate, smh.
ReplyDeleteI Dnt see the problem with that statement I'm sure that when Kobe looked back n saw LeBron coming to take over h reigns of being the best player n the league at a time when he wasn't ready to pass on the torch it inspired him to work harder and be better hell if u look at the stats and watched the games immediately after playing in the first Olympics with LeBron Kobe became a better team player and shared the ball more and began to put more faith in his teammates. ...that's inspiration all though kobe never said it.....that's what guys do when they wanna be the best they're constantly looking at the other guys and what they do well and incorporating it into they're game to make them selves better especially when that person is right on ya heels...bottom line great players are inspired by and admire other greats listen to magic talk about bird, mj, or Dr j...
ReplyDeleteU sound crazy as fuck. Yall lbj lovers r fuckin brainwashed man! After there first olympics together all i heard was it was lbj, melo, and the rest of the young guys who learned so much from guys Kobe and billups. As far as fundamentals and paying attention to detail when it comes to there practice habits. U sound insane and so disrespectful cause kobe been doing this shit aint shit lebron or k.d. can teach them about bball. If u saying kobe became a better team player after the olympics then u must wasnt watching b4 cause aint shit changed about kobe bryant. And as far as im concern its still very debatable who the best player n the nba is today. If u look at it lebron aint doing more than kobe is doing right fuck wat they team records say kobe is kiilin niggas out there lebron is nothin more than the KING OF MEANINGLESS STATS with 1 ring...thats it! And that inspiration shit is just said to keep the compitetion soft if he ever meet k.d. n the finals again...nothin but game and niggas c right thru that shit. Inspiration??? I can understand the word motivation, but inspiration? Thats sum bullshit
DeleteVery well said i would say every superstar has a high level repect of other superstars. Things such as larry being "speechless" and calling magic the best hes ever seen comes to mind.
DeleteI will say the only person who didnt was michael jordan the grestest of all time. And everyone expects this mentality if you want to compete for the best of all time title. But the problem is mj was a natural dick, he wasnt just a competitor he was an asshole. And its not fair for people to expect that mentality. Being a dick isnt the only way to be competitive.
But the only thing u said that means anything is hes the greatest of all times. Who cares if he was a dickhead? He got it done
DeleteThat wasnt my point. I love mj and who he was. I said dont expect everyone else to act like mj. In this case lebron paying a compliment to durant is something the greatest of all time wouldnt do. So thats why lebron is getting put down.
DeleteMan it no damn difference when kobe respecting MJ and trying to be like MJ. Cmon now
ReplyDeleteExactly so wat does he need to learn from lebron? Totally different players....kobe lost weight and cut back on his strength training years ago so he can b a smooth, elusive, versatile scrorer and still b effective at it at his age today. He aint worried about being a all around player like bron, wtf?
DeleteO and i told yall the knicks...that new york city pride, fuck linsanity
DeleteUr wrong he was too slow when he put on muscle.
ReplyDeleteAll Lebron is saying is that Durant is inspiring him to get better. Don't blow it out of proportion.
ReplyDeletePeaches is a bitch dude! I mean preach.
ReplyDeletePreach its sad wen u brag bout Kobe like dis n he downs his teammates. I'll take a triple double over jus points n 4 assist any night. Also said Kobe got 5 rings n two finals MVP says Shaw meant alot in his first 3. He probably stop putting on weight to look like Jordan lol. What's a good player if his team not winning cause I don't remember Jordan letting his team lose like dis lol. Sucka
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