Kevin Durant’s reputation took a massive hit during the playoffs, as he and the Brooklyn Nets were embarrassingly swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.
The Celtics were absolutely dominant, and Kevin Durant played really poorly thanks to their lockdown defense. A lot of people have been critical of Durant as a leader thanks to this performance. And one NBA legend has taken a shot at Kevin Durant after this series.
Shaquille O’Neal posted a fan tweet on his Instagram story which sarcastically listed Kevin Durant’s accomplishments since he left Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in 2019.
The list had no accomplishments, pointing to Durant’s lack of success since leaving Curry and the Warriors to team up with Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn. Shaq is clearly not impressed with Durant’s tenure in Brooklyn so far.
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Shaq had been extremely critical of Durant throughout the entire series, as he did not think a player of Durant’s caliber should be performing the way that KD did in the series against the Celtics.
On top of that, Shaq is also a big fan of Stephen Curry, so he probably appreciated Curry more than Durant and used this to take a shot at Kevin Durant.
Durant is not the only player to have faced the wrath of Shaq recently. O’Neal recently took a shot at Rudy Gobert on his podcast, saying that Gobert would not be able to stop Shaq in his prime.
Gobert responded by saying that he would shut down Shaq, which prompted Shaq to respond to him once again on Inside The NBA.
Durant is yet to respond to Shaq taking a shot at him. But given how active Durant is on social media, plus him not appreciating people coming at him, it would be a safe bet to assume that he would respond to Shaq at some point.
