Anthony Edwards has time and again called Kevin Durant his idol. And the latest Lakers first-round pick said, “I’ve always modeled my game after Kevin Durant.” Dalton Knecht even called KD his favorite player. However, Durant doesn’t feel the same. Earlier this year, he raised a question that caused some stir online about his inclusion in GOAT status and his former teammate Sebastian Telfair provided insights.

On the DJ Vlad YouTube channel, Sebastian Telfair touched on Kevin Durant’s place in the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) debate. “We appreciate KD so much, he got to wait a little bit,” Telfair said on djvlad, who was part of the OKC Thunder squad with KD before being waived off after 4 months. When DJ Vlad asked him the reason why Durant was ignored in the GOAT debate, the former point guard hinted at the performance of Durant for the last couple of years.

“Maybe the narrative of him switching to Golden State at the time and then leaving, he should have stayed in Golden State.” Explaining further he said KD could have won 6 championships and it would have been easier to write his story.

However, Sebastian Telfair once again emphasized he already considers Durant as one of the GOATS. “You won a championship, you made all the money you want, you got your Nike deal. You’re the coolest dude like yo’ you are the goat bro.” Telfair suggests that KD should have stayed with the Warriors in order to raise his stocks in the GOAT conversation. However, Durant had a totally different viewpoint on the GOAT conversation.

Kevin Durant on GOAT take

KD spoke to the Arizona Republic and asked, “Because I went to the Warriors. Why shouldn’t I be in that? That’s the question you should ask. Why not? What haven’t I done?” When talking about why he’s not in the GOAT conversation.

Durant was drafted as overall #2 by the then-named organization Seattle Supersonics. Thunder and KD parted ways after the 15-16 conference finals which they lost to the Warriors. The ‘Slim Reaper’ announced via Players’ Tribune that he was moving to the Bay Area. After 8 seasons with the Thunder, the move was hated by the fans since they disliked the method of him trying to win a championship.

Since then KD hasn’t lived up to the hype of him winning and now the rumors of him leaving the Suns’ are also rampant. However, he has categorically denied it. “I get sad when people buy into lies and just make up s–t,” said Durant.

So, KD feels him moving to the Warriors was the reason for him not being considered one of the greats. But his former teammate Sebastian Telfair feels KD moving away from the Dub Nation might be the reason.

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