“No way he’s better than KD” Stephen A. Smith dismissed all claims of Giannis Antetokounmpo being as good as Kevin Durant


“No way he’s better than KD” Stephen A. Smith dismissed all claims of Giannis Antetokounmpo being as good as Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo

Arguments over who is the better player will always exist and will never cease at any point of time. The game changes on a nightly basis for every individual let alone the league. This year, it is going to be extremely hard to determine who ends up with the league’s Most Valuable Player award as many players have their own reasons worthy of the title.

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Stephen A. Smith

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been a constant in the MVP talks this season bring his team, the Milwaukee Bucks up into title contention once again after a very poor start to the season. The reign NBA champion had won two back to back MVP awards in 2019 and 2020 while also earning himself the title of the league’s best defender. As a player he has physical dominance over most of his defenders and is slowly starting to develop a consistent three-point shot, automatically making him a massive threat.

Jalen Rose confirms that Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is the best player in the NBA

Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo

There are many reasons why the Greek Freak can be considered as the best player in the league at the moment and there are very little reasons as why he should not be regarded as the best. Former NBA player and current analyst on ESPN’s NBA Countdown, Jalen Rose believes that Giannis is the best over Kevin Durant. Both players have been top three in MVP rankings for a while now and the debate is just starting to kick in.

Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo

I am tired of the Giannis disrespect. It’s not who’s the best three-point shooter, it’s not who has the most skill. You asked me who’s the best. The numbers Joel Embiid is putting up this year, Giannis has been putting em up each year. He also played against KD last year in the playoffs and eliminated him and his squad. “

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Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant

According the Rose, the reigning finals MVP has brought more fight to his game in the playoffs which ultimately won him his first ring. Giannis has been not averaged below 25 points for the last five seasons and is top two in the league scoring as he averages 29.4 points, 11.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game this season. Giannis has made significant changes in his game to fit his role on the Bucks roster. He also sometimes compared to Kevin Durant as well.

Stephen A Smith counters Jalen Rose in a heated debate on who is better between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant

Regardless of what went down during last year’s playoffs, Stephen A Smith came to support Kevin Durant saying, “How are you just going to ignore what Kevin Durant was missing. That’s a shameful comment.” The Brooklyn Nets were missing Kyrie Irving and James Harden during the playoffs due to injuries that left Kevin Durant by himself to carry the team against the powerhouse Milwaukee Bucks team. Durant would give in to the power of the Bucks but still managed to put up historical numbers.

To further justify his arguments, Smith brought out the fact that Durant is and always has been better as perimeter shooting than Giannis which earns him the right to be called the best player in the league over the Greek Freak. Kevin Durant is averaging 29.2 points with 7.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season. He has averaged 38.3% on 4.9 attempts per game from the three-point range throughout his career which is much better compared to Giannis’ 29% on 2.4 attempts in his career.

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