Charles Barkley compares LeBron James teaming with Dwayne Wade on Heat to Kevin Durant joining Warriors with Stephen Curry
Charles Barkley said that he holds Durant and LeBron James accountable with the same standard and that is why KD needs to win a ring being the leader on a team.
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Charles Barkley and Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant was traded to the Phoenix Suns in a deal between the Suns and the Brooklyn Nets. Over the years, since leaving the Golden State Warriors, Durant has been finding it difficult to find a home. He has become what might be called a journeyman superstar in the league. However, despite everything, his move to the Warriors in 2016 is considered the most infamous move by a superstar player. Comparing Durant’s move to the Dubs, to LeBron James’ to Miami Heat, Charles Barkley said that there is no difference between the two moves.
Speaking to Stephen A. Smith, Barkley said that between Durant’s move to the Warriors and LeBron’s move to Miami Heat, there was no difference. “First of all, there’s no difference,” Barkley said. However, he added that James, unlike Durant, accepted that to cement his legacy, he had to win without Dwyane Wade. “If you go back and look at LeBron…He says, ‘I had to win a championship without Dwyane [Wade] to get oldheads’ respect.‘”
Barkley has previously said that when Kevin joined the Warriors in 2016 he wasn’t the “bus driver” in the team. Interestingly, Durant and the Warriors won two championships in two consecutive seasons with the Golden State. In both Warriors Championship runs, Durant was declared the Finals MVP. Despite that, Barkley refused to change his stance. He said that Stephen Curry was the leader, even with Durant on the roster. “He’s an all-time great, but…he going to have to win a championship where he’s the leader of the team, and he’s the best player,” Charles Barkley said.
Are Phoenix Suns with Kevin Durant, the new superteam in the NBA?
Conventionally speaking, any team which has the caliber to reach the NBA Finals and fight for the championship is a championship-caliber team in the NBA. One of the reasons that Durant’s move to the Warriors was considered building a superteam was the fact that they had been to the finals the previous year. Two years ago, without Durant, the Suns went to the finals finally losing to the Milwaukee Bucks. Analyzed in this context, they can be called championship teams.
However, there are other facts that should not be ignored. In Durant’s trade, the Suns have lost some of their key pieces, like the defensive star Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, who were key pieces in their finals run two years ago. Despite that, they remain one of the brilliantly constructed teams in the Western Conference, and many believe with this roster, they are either championship or bust.
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