Charles Barkley told his Inside The NBA studio mates that Kevin Durant made the Golden State Warriors a dynasty. Before Durant’s arrival, they were just an accomplished championship caliber team, according to Barkley, who thinks Durant’s injury spells doom for the 2019 Warriors. “[Kevin Durant] made them a dynasty,” Barkley said, “let’s don’t sleep on that…they did not become a juggernaut until KD got there.”
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But what about the Splash Brothers, 2x NBA MVP Steph Curry and his backcourt partner, lights-out marksman Klay Thompson? Those guys — without KD — led Golden State to an NBA title and a NBA record-setting 73-win season in 2015-16. Shaquille O’Neal asked why those two Warriors couldn’t lift the team in Durant’s absence. O’Neal asked: “So you don’t think we can see the old Steph and Klay?”
Barkley says it’s an unrealistic expectation. “No they’re not the same,” Barkley asserted.
“You think their level of play has decreased that significantly?” Kenny Smith asked.
Barkley skirted a direct answer to that, but said that without KD there will be “too much pressure on Steph and Klay” because “they don’t have any other scorers.” The pre-KD Warriors, he said, had more depth.
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