With Kevin Durant now in Golden State, it feels like a distant memory when him and James Harden were teammates in Oklahoma City.
However, that doesn’t mean Durant has ignored what Harden brings to the table.
When the NBA released it’s annual All-NBA teams, Harden failed to even make the third team, which still bothers Durant to this day.
“Nobody really appreciates what he does except for the players in our league,” Durant said. “Everybody on the outside doesn’t really appreciate what he brings. Anybody that can put up 29 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and not make the All-NBA team, that’s like a sin to even think about not putting a guy like that on the All-NBA team.
“As a player and someone that played with him and a fan of the game I was (angry) because somebody is right here in front of you and you can’t appreciate him. If he were to retire tomorrow, we would have so many stories and videos about how great he is, but he’s here right now doing it. Appreciate what he brings.”
I don’t care how bad Harden is defensively because when you average 29 points, 7.5 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t at least make the All-NBA third team.