Rob Parker: âThis whole thing is crazy, you knew Kyrie Irving was coming back. If youâre KD you could have said âletâs look at this thing and see if we can finally all get healthy.â You got Ben Simmons, you got Joe Harris, and you got this team, letâs give it a shot. You havenât given it a real shot yet and when they did play and had the âBig 3â they were winning. To bow out in this circumstance and situation, especially on KDâs part, heâs lost a lot and Iâm talking about basketball respect. No one has lost any respect for him as a person, he can do whatever he wants, heâs playing a game, but basketball-wise â I gotta admit, Iâm OUT on KD. Heâs a great player, everybody knows that, but I donât like the way he moves, I donât like what he has done to his career, just questionable move after move, and itâs hard to hitch my wagon to a guy like that and want to see him have success. Iâm not rooting against him but I canât stand in that camp because I donât understand it. The franchise took both of them on, gave KD a max deal⌠[Chris Broussard: âWhen they knew he wasnât going to play the first season.â] Theyâve done [the Nets] everything they could do, and Iâm not a Nets apologist but I donât see what the Nets have done wrong here. I think heâs -- and not all players, but this era has developed and shown us some of the most selfish players weâve ever seen. They destroyed the Nets organization and franchise as far as value and where they go from here. The way they move around without any regards for anything, I just donât think itâs good. KD has lost a lot of basketball respect and people will look at him as âyeah, he was a great player...â and thatâs about it⌠They didnât give it a real shot and thatâs the crime in this. If youâre a KD fan where is the respect level for him? It feels cowardly, it feels weak. Itâs cowardly to cut bait rather than run and say âletâs give this a shot.â This is a lame move by him. This is worse [than what happened at Golden State]. This is the head of the snake cutting bait. This was supposed to be HIS moment to be THAT GUY and to cement his legacy but he cut bait.â (Full Audio Above)
Listen to Rob Parker explain why he thinks the basketball world has lost a lot of respect for Kevin Durant when news broke that Durant was reportedly seeking a trade out of Brooklyn, as Rob says he thought it was cowardly that Durant is once again deserting another franchise at the drop of a hat.
Check out the segment above as Rob details why he can't ever look at KD the same way again.
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