The debate over who the greatest basketball player of all time is often leads to nowhere, and by often I mean always. While you might think it’s a toss up between Michael Jordan and LeBron James, someone else might think it’s 2007-08 Most Improved Player Hedo Turkoglu and no amount of Twitter threads or think pieces will change their mind. It’s an endless cycle of yelling at clouds and/or walls.
And yet, people love indulging in the debate, even professional basketball players like Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors.
In an interview with Shams Charania of The Athletic, Durant talked about the players that impress him the most while watching film, and he said that Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are in a league of their own:
“Kobe (Bryant), MJ (Michael Jordan) and Kyrie,” Durant says.