The back and forth between Charles Barkley and Kevin Durant has not settled down yet. On Inside the NBA, along with Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley expressed what KD needs to do to get the respect he deserves. Charles Barkley said that KD needed to be the ‘bus driver’ and lead the team to a title because he joined the Warriors that had already won the league.

KD won two rings there. But Chuck feels that Steph was always the face of the team despite KD winning two final MVP awards for consecutive NBA titles.

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Now KD once again replied to Charles Barkley. He also included a piece of his mind while talking about the pay difference between now and the time when Shaq and Chuck played.

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A few days after the Chuck-KD exchange, another ‘beef’ started to form. Rudy Gobert talked about how he would lock down Shaq if he played against him and Shaq obviously disagreed. Not only did he disagree but also said that he would destroy Rudy around the paint. Now that KD once again reacted to Chuck and included the money talk, Shaq included Rudy in the conversation as well to support his friend Chuck.

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Shaq said on the recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, “Let me tell you something. You think I’m happy Rudy Gobert is making 250? It may sound petty.” Nischelle Turner mentioned that Rudy’s averaging 12 points a game. Shaq continued, “That’s my point. So KD, you’re absolutely right. We are mad because the way we played, we didn’t get that. You got these shooters shooting for 22 percent, make millions. D Scott shot damn near 45, 50 his whole career. Most he made was probably seven million dollars. So yeah we get mad. You goddamn right, we get mad. We get petty. And guess what? We have an opinion and our opinion counts. So I think sometimes when these guys respond, I think [they need to understand] it’s a little bit of truth in our criticism that’s all.”

This was all an aftermath of KD replying to Chuck. He said, “All this s**t is nasty, another terrible analogy from a hatin old head that can’t accept that we making more bread than them. It’s just timing Chucky, don’t hate the playa.”

Moreover, this was in reply to Chuck talking to ESPN’s Get Up segment. Charles Barkley gave examples of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. He mentioned how Kobe said that he had to win a championship without Shaq and how LeBron James said that he had to win a championship without Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

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Chuck said that this is how it has always been. He said that KD is a great player but he won’t get the respect he deserves until he leads a team to a title. That’s how he will be considered one of the absolute greats. The game hasn’t changed. Kobe said it, LeBron said it, and so they are going to hold KD to the same high standard.