Scottie Pippen has been starring in several controversial statements for a few months, and probably all this is a strategy to promote his latest autobiography, which is published in the United States next November.
The last affront of the former Chicago Bulls player has led him to criticize Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, who came within an inch of winning the Eastern Conference Semifinals tie against the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 7.
“KD, as great as his attack was, he was his worst enemy because he couldn’t play team basketball.”Explained Pippen in an interview with GQ. “He tried to go blow by blow. Have you seen LeBron take a shot like that?
He wouldn’t, he would be smarter”.
Asked why Durant had not surpassed LeBron in the current hierarchy of the NBA, Pippen again influenced the individual game as opposed to the collective, an idea that the first excerpts of his new book also give off, where hits Michael Jordan for the same thing.
“KD can score better than LeBron, and he’s probably always been that way. But has he surpassed him? No. He tried to beat the Bucks alone instead of using the team. You understand? LeBron would have figured out how to beat them without being exhausted and perhaps without taking the last shot. But LeBron is not KD. KD is a shooter, a scorer, but he doesn’t have what LeBron has. “
All that background noise reached Durant through social media, where he never cuts a hair. To answer Pippen, KD turned to two of his most famous episodes:
“It wasn’t the great Scottie Pippen who turned down the game because of the last second shot. Why did it hurt that your coach drew the play for the best scorer? “
“This guy Scott wanted to enjoy his summer too, so he decided to rehab for the season., LOL. You, Scottie, WERE FOLLOWING PHIL, NOT YOU! “
Kevin Durant’s tremendous response kept the NBA collective entertained, including a CJ McCollum who described with a GIF of his the feeling of the majority of fans.
KD was eliminated after scoring 48 points and add 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the seventh game with Kyrie Irving injured and James Harden seriously touched for muscular problems. In front they had a Milwaukee Bucks who have been one of the best teams collectively in the entire NBA for years.