Matt Barnes says Steve Kerr is absolutely right ... telling TMZ Sports Kevin Durant is, in fact, "more gifted" than Michael Jordan!
"He didn't say a better player," Barnes told us out at LAX this week. "He just said more gifted."
Kerr -- who played with His Airness in the '90s -- told NBC Sports Bay Area this week Durant's skill set is just flat-out better than Jordan's was.
"He's the most talented basketball player on earth," Kerr said of Durant.