Kevin Durant is one of the finest players of the modern era and will go down in history as one of the best players the game has ever seen. No matter what anyone feels about the way he has switched teams for contenders, KD’s ability on the court is unquestionable. He is one of the best scorers we have ever seen and does deserve a seat at the table with the greats of the sport.
Despite everything KD has achieved, he is decidedly in a different tier from the absolute legends of the sport like LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Michael Jordan. Those are players usually talked about as the greatest of all time, and KD is usually not a part of that conversation due to his resume not matching up with the others.
KD was live on Instagram with rapper Jay Electronica who openly told KD that he doesn’t look at KD as the GOAT of basketball. Instead, KD is the GOAT herder of basketball. Electronica elaborated by saying that GOAT herders lead the GOATS and round them up.
"All those guys with the ball, the handles, the rings, they're GOATS. What about KD? I say nah, KD ain't the GOAT. KD is like me. KD is the GOAT herder. We round up the GOATS. We lead the GOATS."
– Jay Electronica to Kevin Durant on IG Live 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vzlWqFlPsB
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 19, 2022
“All those guys with the ball, the handles, the rings, they’re GOATS. What about KD? I say nah, KD ain’t the GOAT. KD is like me. KD is the GOAT herder. We round up the GOATS. We lead the GOATS.”
The analogy of GOATS and GOAT herders is a little confusing, but the sentiment is fair. The rapper tried propping KD up as a special figure in the history of basketball, but the analogy seems to not have conveyed what exactly he wanted to convey.
KD has never been called a great leader and is not known to focus on being a locker room leader. KD is very focused on just playing the game rather than getting lost in all of this, so his focus never deviates from getting the ball to go through the bucket. Regardless, KD still has to prove that leadership can be his strong suit, and if he gets traded away from Brooklyn to a team like Boston, he may get a chance to put that on display.
