Rob Parker - Is Kevin Durant "Dead" to NBA Fans? 

This is crazy. KD is in his 17th season and is having a good statistical season. These expectations on these old guys has become absurd. To be this good after all his injuries is a accomplishment in itself

It's on the media for building up the narrative not Durant.

In my opinion, KD just hoops. Makes it look so easy and unfortunately all the injuries his teams have had. I believe he'll go down as an all-time scoring talent who should have won more championships.

KD numbers are up because Booker and Beal have been in and out of the line. So, the scoring load as well as other things fall on KD shoulders. If not for KD doing his thing Sun's wouldn't have a good record.

Rob Parker is the biggest KD apologist Lmao and he doesn’t even hide it

Maybe Rob should do more videos and write more articles celebrating players he likes, than running agendas every time a player he doesn’t like loses a game!

Fans don't make narratives, the media does... with that being said, as a fan, I still think he's one the greatest still playing

Chris way out of line putting Luka,Jokic and Embiid over Curry smh

Kd still has fans, it is the nba media that does not like him and try to tear him down at every turn. Who even came up withbthis stupid topic for the show. You mean there wasnt anything else in the nba to talk about to make up this topic

I can absolutely tell that Rob is not following basket-ball at all.

I don’t necessarily think he is “dead.” REASON #1 I’m a big OKC fan and was a huge KD girl back in the day. Back when KD was kind of an anomaly at his position, being 7ft and technically a guard. When he first got the league it was kind of foreign to see that. Kd and Russ on OKC used to be magic with their contrasting styles. Russ being a chaotic beautiful player , and Kd being more of a smooth and calculated. It was fun back then for everyone. It felt like every game has something special would happen. I mean go look at the old OKC highlights. Russ and KD were fun, and they looked like they were having fun together enjoying the game. People loved Kevin back then, loved what he stood for. Played for a small market team, and as far as we knew he loved it. He didn’t seek recognition for his greatness, the old kd was fiercely humble. He loved him mom and wasn’t ashamed to say it loudly. He was kind and seemed pleasant to be around. Back then KD was a guy you wanted to win, wanted to root for. Because he was different, he wasn’t outspoken and “arrogant” like Lebron came across. He wasn’t the “The Chosen One.” He wasn’t chosen nor was he destined to be. No, Kevin was just someone who worked really hard to get to where he was. Which a lot of people related to. He was young, excited for his future in the league, comfortable with who he was. As time went on Kevin inevitably changed, he got older and started to think differently. He wasn’t the same guy that he was all those years ago. He loss his humble character. His confidence in who he was, and became insecure and eager for validation. His young kind demeanor changed into perpetual irritation. REASON #2 His game however didn’t change. Kevin Durant has always been great, efficient, disciplined. Perfect from the midrange in his spots, can’t drive as well to the hoop as he once did, and not as good at the 3 pointer as he once was. Kevin Durant has always been consistent on the court in the regular season. Scoring is where his expertise is, to the point that’s it kind of predictable. The games has evolved to the point where everyone puts up 30 pts a night. There is just other players more fun to watch than kd at this point. In conclusion… kds lack of a real basketball home, becoming unlikeable to the general basketball fans, and his predicable playing style is what caused Kevin Durant to become kind of an afterthought in the regular season… and considering he hasn’t made a deep playoff run in years … the league as a whole.

Chris was really fast yo counter those Rob's jabs at LBJ. 😂

Kd is elite, true hoopers who actually played know that idc about fans who just watch

Durant being off the grid is the best thing that could happen to him. Being connected to 24hr sports media grid is poisonous.

i want my wife to love me like rob loves Durant

Over the last few seasons I saw weakness with KD I hadn’t seen before. I watched him get swarmed and make bad decisions. I’ve seen him get bullied, out worked and watched him defer to others when he needs to be a damn leader. He’s just another scorer. A tall ass Reggie Miller.

Kd one of the greatest talents nba ever seen but he just not a leader n never strived to be. He can be the best talent but he needs a real leader to cover up his leadership flaws. Like if kd was on the heat the past few years they would’ve won because butler will fill that void and haslem

so for the media KD must win alone 1vs5??

No. Not at all. I just think because he went to the Warriors, the daggers are gonna be on him until he wins outside of GSW. Goosing superteam rings on basically rookie difficulty may have weirdly set KD back legacy wise & he would need to prove he can win at least 1 title when facing some level of adversity

I can’t respect how Rob keeps bringing up Kd had a foot on the line when the game went to overtime But when Jr smith ruins regulation for lebron, it’s “he had 5 more minutes to win and he didn’t”

He's not dead to me. I don't care what all the crybabies say. He's a great basketball player and I love watching him play. And I don't care what all the Twitter trolls and haters have to say. I'm the same with Kyrie. Don't care what all the trolls and media narratives about him are. He's a great basketball player and I enjoy watching him.

Imagine Rob Parker on with Cam and Ma$e once a week 😂😂😂😂

For me, it’s hard to get excited about KD because he’s spent his whole career on super teams and has only got to the finals 1 time outside of GS who won before he got there and after he left.

His personal performance/game is rarely the issue, as I think the vast majority of fans appreciate what he brings to the table in that regard. I would agree with Chris, that it’s likely a combination of the constant team moves, those teams not advancing beyond the 2nd round of the playoffs, and injuries creating an out of sight, out of mind effect. The respect for his game remains the same amongst the purists, but he might need to get to/win the Finals to revive the casual fan’s interest

He hasn’t won enough. Numbers are great but I thought he left golden state to show he could win elsewhere. For me he has to win

Durant is elite at his strengths (iso-scoring) but he's not a do-it-all type of player that affects the game in a multitude of ways like guys like Giannis, Lebron, Jordan, Jokic, even Steph. I don't know if his Suns team compliments his skill set enough. They'll have to iso everyone to death to win.

People are off him because we know he is good, but you can't build a team around him. He makes no one else better. But the biggest reason, He keeps trying to build super teams and still losing.

I will never understand why Chris always interrupts people when they are trying to talk, why even have Rob Parker or Rob G here if you speak for them ?

That’s what happens when you burn bright, he wanted to go directly to the mountain, but then losing dropped him down just as fast. But he teamed up and had the best team ever…sacrifices 🤷‍♂️

When you say "im not a leader" people dont take you as seriously regardless of your talent.... especially with all the stars who have ascended over the past 5 years

The day he went to Golden State his GOAT status Dropped I’m Sorry

He is dead because he has no “edge.” He is simply a great scorer. He isn’t necessarily a playoff staple. A finals staple. He doesn’t have some rivalry. He hadn’t won a ring without daddy curry. He has no leadership edge. He is just a great hooper that hasn’t achieved as much as we thought he would. KD has 1 regular season MVP???

I agree with Rob Parker, ‘Durant is NBA dead.’ Is he still a very good player? Yes. Is he a HoF’er? Yes. However, I am becoming increasingly apathetic about his play or his team’s performance. But, good for him (Durant) because I think that’s the way he wanted it. Down the road he might regret it though if his name is never brought up in the GOAT debates.

Tier list is 85% winning. Had the nuggets lost to the lakers in the WCF, AD would have been praised to the point of possibly being more valuable than Jokic. KD, same thing. He went from winning with OKC and GSW, to not winning deep in the playoffs with the Nets and Suns, enough.

The NBA in general doesn’t seem to have that same type of buzz anymore

I was watching in season quarterfinals and I was thinking the same thing… What happened to Durant dominating status amongst fans…The answer is Kyrie and Brooklyn

He’s only dead to the media. Real fans know KD is balling

The way the media hates on KD is crazy

Kd is an all time great. Still great. But considering injuries, team flip flopping, playoff losses including a sweep…it’s hard to get hyped about him.

I know a lot of people have what ifs but if he didn’t get hurt during the 3peat attempt and kyrie or harden didn’t get hurt/toe behind the line he would’ve been viewed in the GOAT conversation. It blows my mind how much he’s talked down upon when he’s arguably the best scorer ever and has won everywhere he’s been.

Jayson Tatum is really the guy lost in the shuffle.

KD is better than all the guys CB name

Im not the biggest fan if KD but when i watch him play i dont see any decline and he's having crazy shootn season . Same tier as Jokic, and Luka

I am not a Durant fan - so don't follow him much. Earlier today, I watched a short clip on his response to that controversial timeout at the end of the Suns/Lakers game and thought "Wow, he handled that situation very maturely." Usually, when it comes to the media, I usually hear stories about burner accounts, responding to fans, being to emotional and immature, etc. It's been a long time since I heard one of those stories about him. I think he is just maturing - is not out here living life for clicks and likes - and is just doing his job, playing basketball. It's like a Tim Duncan vibe, which is good.

Durant is the old man yelling at everybody to get off his lawn

Rob will push KD to the heavens! If he wins. 😂😂😂

For me it’s the “I don’t want to be a leader attitude” and always going at the fans on Twitter. If you don’t want the responsibility of being the best player, you won’t get mentioned in these conversations

Idk if he’s dead to fans, but him joining the Warriors and forming the super team in Brooklyn, then going to the Suns, definitely tarnished his legacy for a lot of people.

I still think kd going to warriors was a bitch move. And then he thought he could carry on the Nets and nothing happened...

He's not a leader and his game isn't exciting anymore. Him getting punked by the Celtics really hurt how people few him now.

KD going against the bucks was the last chance he’ll ever get to get another ring but his foot had to be on the line we all witnessed greatness that night ‼️

Should’ve got Brooklyn a ring that was his opportunity to show us he is the best player in the league hands down now he just a great scorer a great shooter no more crazy highlights cause of age just shooting over everyone

Kd has to win a ring without golden state or people will always look at kd as the guy who couldn’t win outside of golden state

Wtf is this topic lmao dude is currently the most efficient top scorer in the association 💀

The reason why KD is so dominant is because he doesn't take advice from sports analysts if you're sniping from mid-range why would you shoot more threes? You can train all you want in the off season but every person's lab work has a cap you can train as much as you want and you're never going to shoot like Steph or Kyle korver Kevin Durant understands his shooting mechanics and knows what works best for him and he is elite at it he will never shoot like Steph Curry and why would he He's a 7-ft forward shooting over 6'7 average defenders take the easy shot

I think is hypocritical when they said Lebron’s scoring doesn’t impact as much on winning but KD does. They made this narrative from the 2021-2022 season, because lakers lost to every good team and only beat the bad ones. Yet Nets that year did the same. So why didn’t KD get the same criticism? Playoffs wise? Well simple East gets to play with more weaker teams than West.

He’s not dead it’s just that the younger talent in the NBA has caught up to him it’s only so much he can do at this point in his career but just and FYI fans stopped liking him after he went to the warriors

Kevin Durant is having a mvp year but nobody wants to talk about that he playing old man game and old school basketball

Kevin Durant lost to LeBron last night after he air ball a 3 and LeBron 39 in 21st season. Leads league on 4th quarter made shots and points 😂

Going to Golden State affected his popularity. Then going to Brooklyn and now Phoenix just kind of makes him look like a journeyman. Now if he would have won a chip in Brooklyn it would be a lot different.

•KD doesn’t play the media and PR game like LeBron does. •KD’s game has not evolved like Lebron’s has- that’s why it feels like LeBron has been around forever in a good way and KD has been around forever in a bad way. •A lot of NBA fans blame the superteam era squarely on him- they haven’t forgiven him for joining GSW and certainly haven’t forgiven him for joining BKN. •The Suns have been disappointing and no matter what pieces they add they still have to go through LeBron or Jokic. •He’s always hurt.

The media created this & labeled Kd soft for responding. It stems from Kd going to GS & beating there Prince in back to back finals

Averaging 30 shooting 49 % on threes and Chris’ brilliant advance to to change what is working extremely well

Labron puts up 30 & the love he gets is mad as hell, KD puts up 30, 38 & his dead these media guys drive me nuts!

I agree with Rob..KD is NBA Dead..he doesnt move the needle anymore...It would take him joining the warriors again the celtics or bucks for him to have a legit chance at a title..Lebron goes to Phonix with Bookers and that team i promise Lebron would move the needle

Broussard is absolutely correct. I'm one of the biggest KD fan and I can't watch him lose night in and night out. It's always something with his team. I think that the curse that the rapper put on him is real.

I don’t like him playing big minutes at the 4, and having to facilitate too much. Not his strengths. Physical play gives him problems post injury with age and losing a step. Coaches can’t just roll the ball out to him and expect for him to get it done. Have some type of offensive system.

Chris broussard is in love with lebron lol lebron has not been better than durant as a player since 2018 ,lebron was not always hurt when lakers didnt make playoffs.Durant is having a amazing season

Did Chris say KD should take more 3s? OMG.... Chris needs to go back and watch MJ film...😒

It’s like Brou said along time ago. Most guys play to get paid, once paid they lose their fight to play or win.

The hell is Rob TALKIN about? How are you “NBA dead” averaging 30+???? He in his 16th year and putting up numbers and you questioning him! THIS GUY!

With KD haters it’s a zero sum game 😂😂 win or lose don’t matter if he drops 40 and 10 😁

in terms of moving up the all time list and winning another ring and being on a championship team yes to all that. as aside kick player and getting his numbers, etc.. he is steady and to me never the same since he left Golden state. not buying him and Devon Booker just don't feel it. he been hurt a lot and not as driven as he once was

Sometimes we just have to appreciate the game instead of all this extra expectations

I think people are realizing that other players are just better. Yes he brings scoring but what else? Fans are also seeing that in the playoffs that style of basketball doesn’t work.

I really hope he wins a chip this year. Used to hate him because he joined GSW when they were on their peak and caused the league to become boring for a couple of seasons. But seeing him on the Nets, and how he handled himself there despite the chaos around him showed me how great of a player and person he is.

I don’t want to hear excuses lebron to the Washington generals to the finals in 2007 and 2018 and those losses count, and 2015 Kyrie and love were both injured and Lebron doesn’t get a pass.

Wish they woulda showed what the callers said.

Rob Parker, sad really sad. Kevin Durant was considered a joke when he joined a 73 win team with the 1st unanimous MVP. Giving the team that was 3 points away from being back to back champs, the last 3MVPs - 2014,15, 16. Anything to discredit Lebron. 'We ballers know what time it is' SMDH 🤫

Everyone’s numbers gone up this year… least defense ever Dantoni is somewhere smiling loving it

See here’s the thing the media pushed this guy as someone in Lebrons level. We have seen Lebron keep the Heat afloat when Wade and Bosh started to have injury issues. We saw him still make a finals when Kyrie left. I don’t think Durant is dead to fans just that they’ve come to terms with who he actually is.

But at some point in the last four years, Kevin Durant was playing in the playoffs, while LeBron James was sitting at home, watching as a fan, making it make sense

He’s not winning any of these primetime games but that’s also cause his team injured

KD doesn’t care what the fans or media thinks ! That’s the reason why there is no big buzz around him . Ya don’t care about us then screw you

Broussard is right, HE NEEDS TO WIN!

Seems like he is faded from the forefront similar to how Drexler did. Not talent wise, but the view of him being a superstar in the public's eye. People are getting quite abiut him like after the Olympics Clyde faded. Had some injuries an no longer viewed the same. Clyde did come back to light briefly by winning a title.

Rob is spot on

Durant put's up great numbers like LeBron, but they don't impact winning anymore, and we've seen in the playoffs when teams get more physical, he disappears 👻

If anyone disregards KD for the GS move and him going to 2 other teams after then keep the same energy with LeBron and a couple of other teams including magic and Kareem, the Bill's Boston team, the Tim Duncan spurs, and the Celtics of the 80s. They were powerhouses that got exceptions to the rule of drafting and that criticism doesn't exist for them. It's coming of as extremely hypocritical and u guys are looking to nitpick and hate

Because he moved from a stable organization, that being the Golden State, and then moved on to unstable ones. In Brooklyn, they had a problem with Steve and his system, and then with Kyrie and then James. And then he moved to the Suns with a new owner and a new coach and then they traded an old CP to an injury-prone Bradley Beal. It's not his fault but he keeps getting in those kinds of situations. So, how's he supposed to compete for a championship. Is KD dead to fans? Maybe a little bit. But the fans are just waiting for him to get back to contention, same case with Kawhi and PG.

KD was getting popularity when some people thought he could be better than LeBron. The same goes for Curry. It was about LeBron for more than 20 years.

The way he went out in Brooklyn really showed he's not that guy

Durrant left a team that fell apart in the 4th quarter of a western final game 7.....then proceeded to join the team that beat them and won the championship the next year. Biggest bitch move in history.... I would of had more respect for him if he picked up his ring from a pawn shop. Can't really call the dude a champion. So not dead but worse

Chris Broussard it's plain and simple Kevin Durant's Talent is never in question but the fans are tired of his lack of leadership especially after leaving the Golden State Warriors and talking about you wanted your own team and that circus of a show that happened in Brooklyn and then come to Phoenix and we all know it's Devin Booker's team. Kevin Durant has become the biggest Girl Scout cookie ever in history and he's called Tagalaong ... he's tagging along any NBA star at this point that is not LeBron to get a ring but then not be the key leader ship in the locker room to Galvanize or restore order whenever needed

We don't care until he wins without Steph. He is still a great player, but we don't wanna hear nothing until he wins.

Dude, what?!?!? He's a great player! Entitled, but he's a show, actually by more being in the brightest of spotlights he's been less annoying, he's great in the court. Top 25 all timeb EASY (I'm not a KD burner by the way😂)

KD is still KD… the media just milks LeBron & Steph so much they don’t mention the great Kevin Durant. Don’t forget he won them 2 FMVPS❗️

As soon as he requested the trade from Brooklyn it was waving the white flag in fans eyes. Went to a #1 seed with a superstar in PHX just like he did with GSW. Even if he wins a ring with the Suns people will still think he wasn’t “driving the bus”

Lebron has being moving,everybody knows kevin durant still an all time player

Today's constantly assessing media makes it a daily occurrence to criticize people. Over time it becomes our nature. KD was one of the best players in the league for years and a championship level performer. Enough said in my book. Things just didn't work out for him after Draymond challenged him and insulted him. They should have jettisoned Draymond and kept KD. Some things in life just dont work out your way.