Kevin Durant has clapped back at Skip Bayless after his scathing comments about the Suns star.
Bayless didn’t hold back when talking about his old foe KD on his show.
“The more I watch him at age 36, the more he looks mentally semi-retired to me,” said Bayless. “He is participating in a documentary that’s being made about his life and times. And it just feels to me like he is winding down his basketball (career). And it’s reflecting in the Suns’ win-loss record. Because they started off 8-1 this year. Since then, they have gone 20-31. They are 28-33 overall as we speak.
“That’s four games out of the play-in, even though Kevin is putting up tremendous numbers. Kevin Durant-style numbers. He’s averaging 27-6-4, shooting 53-percent from the floor and 40-percent from three. But they just don’t guard because they don’t seem to care. They look lifeless to me. They are the flip-side of the team at the top of the West’s standings. The team Kevin started with, that team is motivated to go places. The Phoenix Suns just look like they are done to me because Kevin looks like he is on his last mental legs. He’s not really into it the way he used to be into it when he went to Golden State. And now, to me, as gifted as he still is, Kevin is just going through the motions. And the Suns have set in the West.”
Durant, being the keyboard warrior he is, hit back at Skip on X.
“F**k it, we’re both washed,” Durant replied. It was a great run @SkipBayless.”
Mind you, this in the midst of Kevin Durant putting up some impressive numbers.
Over his last seven games, Durant stats are as follows:
-21 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 1 BLK, 53.3% FG-29 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 62.5% FG-34 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK-26 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK-17 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL, 70% FG-28 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL26 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
Is Durant being depicted as the scape goat or are Skip’s comments warranted?
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