Kevin Durant adds his voice to criticism of TNT: 'Them old heads need to go delight in retired life'
Posted: January 23, 2021
Scores for the NBA on TNT this season, a welcome alleviation for the league and also the TNT production staff, thinking about the pandemic, but in current weeks, game phone call and also studio staff have taken some hits from fans and movie critics.
It's not uncommon for example to listen to game commentators misidentify players, as they did a couple of games when Chris Webber on more than one occasion called Taurean Prince "DeMarre Carroll." And also 8 years after the Nets moved to Brooklyn, there are been references to the New Jersey Nets.
Yet the biggest as well as most current objection has actually been routed at the "Inside the NBA" studio staff, Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal. Present gamers are not going to forgive and forget past complaints. Back in December, Kevin Durant was short with Barkley in a post-game Q. & A, overlooking and also away while offering him a one word response on his post-injury rehabilitation. Not just did KD give the Chuckster short shrift, He also was respectful with others on the panel.
This naturally followed Barkley had actually implicated Durant of being a "guest" on the Warriors 2 NBA champions ... despite having actually won the Finals MVP twice. KD doesn't forget.
Then, Thursday night, things obtained weirder. The "Inside the NBA" staff has actually gotten down on the current NBA, going beyond well past positive criticism.
An Instagram message by BasketballNews.com's Etan Thomas sparked a debate concerning Barkley's current remark that NBA gamers "are entitled to some favoritism" when it concerns the COVID-19 vaccine as a result of just how much they pay in taxes. Durant didn't keep back after seeing that, responding to the blog post in the remarks.
" I do not know why they still ask for this pinhead's opinion," Durant talked about the post.
After that, O'Neal had a weird, to say the least, post-game exchange with Donovan Mitchell. O'Neal telling Mitchell that he does not assume Mitchell can take his game to the following level. Mitchell, seemingly shocked, can only summon an "Aight ...".
Durant signed in on that particular as well.
" Them old heads require to go take pleasure in retired life," Durant discussed an IG blog post pertaining to the back-and-forth. "These kids have instructors they collaborate with day-to-day lol.".
LeBron James additionally weighed in: "There's a distinction between positive objection as well as soft despising though. I've seen it both methods come my way, mainly the hate. You can hear it in their shipment.".
It's unlikely we will certainly become aware of any kind of exchange in between the NBA as well as TNT. That'll be private, however it's likewise unlikely the league won't say anything. Will it suggest anything?