Kevin Durant has responded to some pointed criticism from Charles Barkley. Barkley questioned Durant’s management throughout a TruTV different broadcast of the All-Star Recreation.
“No disrespect to Kevin. Kevin’s a follower,” Barkley stated. “He’s not a frontrunner. He’s confirmed that on all his stops. [Devin] Booker’s a hell of a participant, additionally. I believe he’s going to should take the initiative and take this Suns crew to the following stage.
“… However I stated the identical factor with Boston: Certainly one of your guys has to step ahead, he has to step ahead, and for me, for Phoenix to achieve success, it needs to be Booker.”
Durant has since responded in an interview for Boardroom.
“I don’t really feel like I would like individuals to name me a frontrunner, however I additionally don’t need individuals to say I’m not one both, as a result of they don’t see what goes on behind the scenes of what I discuss or my intentions or relationships that I’ve constructed with my teammates and my help employees,” Durant stated.
Suns head coach Frank Vogel has additionally defended Durant.
“He undoubtedly leads by instance, however he additionally speaks up when he must,” Vogel stated on Bickley & Marotta. “Not each participant goes to be a rah-rah kind. Each participant leads in their very own approach.
“You need to lead inside your character. I realized that as a coach a very long time in the past, that I can’t are available in and attempt to be Rick Pitino, as a lot as he impressed me to get into teaching. Our personalities are completely different.”
Barkley has lengthy been vital of Durant. In an interview with CBS in March 2023, Barkley known as him “very delicate” and “a part of a technology that may’t be criticized.”
Durant is clearly bored with being known as out by Barkley, and it was solely a matter of time earlier than he clapped again.
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