Kevin Durant is incredibly online, so he knows ESPN and The Athletic published reports this morning about the Celtics pursuing him in a trade.
But he chose to ignore them, instead weighing in on a different basketball conversation from this past weekend. Golden State’s Draymond Green, who played alongside Durant on the Warriors from 2016 until 2019, was watching the 1998 Chicago Bulls.
The Bulls won the championship in 1998, but Green wondered what would have happened if they faced the version of the Warriors that was loaded with Durant.
This is not the first time basketball fans have wondered what would have happened if the late 2010s Warriors played against the late 1990s Bulls. But Durant’s input on the conversation, however, was perhaps the funniest take on the matter:
I can’t tell you what the results would be, but I do know that steve kerr would’ve demanded that we put steve kerr in as many pick and rolls as possible https://t.co/PxeBdsCt3F
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 25, 2022
Durant was candid, admitting that he does not know which team would win.
But he also noted that Warriors head coach Steve Kerr would have looked at their opponents and scouted that Chicago’s defense was weakest at the guard position.
Jordan won Defensive Player of the Year in 1988, he was a nine-time All-Defensive First-Team recipient, and he led the league in steals three times. Dennis Rodman was a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Defensive First-Team honors seven times. Scottie Pippen was an eight-time All-Defensive First-Team recipient and led the league in steals twice.
Kerr played for the Bulls at the time, too, and he was on the floor for 22.4 minutes per game. He was a sharpshooter, but when he played alongside a Jordan-Rodman-Pippen trio, the guard was the weakest link on defense.
To be honest, Kerr is a good enough coach that KD is probably right. His pride would not prevent him from telling his team to exploit the littlest guy on the floor as often as possible.
