Barkley "You don't join no 73 win team and talk about driving the Bus"

[Dubious Handles]

Well that didn't take long lol. With Brooklyn likely going home early and GSW being the favorites at this point, it will be a spicy offseason for KD in the twitter-verse.

Start the video at 4:10. Chuck is talking about Trae first, then goes in on KD while delivering some memorable one-liners.
"All these bus riders, they dont mean nothin to me". Classic Barkley

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[holdenwait]

he says "all the bus RIDERS, they don't mean nothing to me" they're just along for the ride and acting like the big man

[lonniefire]

Shorter version here which starts at the part about KD

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[lonniefire]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

[Mamba Mentality]

Kenny doesn't seem all too pleased by the bus driver reference.

[LBJKB24MJ23]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

well he won in LA. so it continues to stand.

[lonniefire]

Kenny doesn't seem all too pleased by the bus driver reference.

Kenny said “some bus riders give instructions”

[Lunartic]

Charles telling it like it is
All KD has to do is just play 75% of his ability and this series looks much different, even if he loses to a good Celtics team that's fine.
This trash version of KD makes people question his entire legacy.

[ReddoverKobe]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

Come on, thats not even in the same universe and you know it.

[Dubious Handles]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

It was one of these buses down in Miami.

[holdenwait]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

Wade was the driver in 2006 with an aging Shaq riding the young stars bus

in Miami Lebron applied for the bus driver position, demoting Wade to co-rider status. they probably used one of those one seat arrangements with Bosh in the middle.

[Shaka_Zulu]

Kenny doesn't seem all too pleased by the bus driver reference.

That was the best part of this real talk humorous statement. Because Kenny was legit salty for rest of the long ass show. Kenny was legit avoiding to look at or talk much to Chuck after. Except for trying a get swept at 1st round joke at Chuck that landed poorly.

In a panel that includes Shaq, you have to a special kind of mental midget to be the one that's the most sensitivity easily bruised ego clown up there lol

[theforumblue]

lol kenny got all kinds of sensitive

[Dubious Handles]

Kenny doesn't seem all too pleased by the bus driver reference.

That was the best part of this real talk humorous statement. Because Kenny was legit salty for rest of the long ass show. Kenny was legit avoiding to look at or talk much to Chuck after. Except for trying a get swept at 1st round joke at Chuck that landed poorly.

In a panel that includes Shaq, you have to a special kind of mental midget to be the one that's the most sensitivity easily bruised ego clown up there lol

Kenny consistently has the worst takes on a show which has Shaq on it smh.

[Down3223]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

lebron didn't do what KD did lol

[KyRo23]

So was Lebron a bus rider as well when he joined the Miami Heat, joining a player who had already drove his bus to a championship already?

He was. Seemed as if that championship bus was on the ride of the road for a handful of years before LeBron got there huh

[Capn'O]

Kenny doesn't seem all too pleased by the bus driver reference.

Not even a little bit. Chuck just fed him some material though and he missed a great shot to land. Especially because Barkley then joined those same Rockets and didn't win.

Put a sign on his butt that says "how's my driving?" He would have had Shaq on him too.

[holdenwait]

Kenny doesn't seem all too pleased by the bus driver reference.

That was the best part of this real talk humorous statement. Because Kenny was legit salty for rest of the long ass show. Kenny was legit avoiding to look at or talk much to Chuck after. Except for trying a get swept at 1st round joke at Chuck that landed poorly.

In a panel that includes Shaq, you have to a special kind of mental midget to be the one that's the most sensitivity easily bruised ego clown up there lol

dunno why he got so weird about it. role players are role players in the end. bus rider/driver thing was more about alpha's doing alpha things while betas acting like alpha's but without pulling their weight/delivering the goods.

all these damn busses need people in them towards the back catching a ride somewhere to have purpose after all! that's where you fit in just fine Kenny

don't think I've typed BUS in my life as much as I have in the last 10 minutes

[TheLand13]

Charles telling it like it is
All KD has to do is just play 75% of his ability and this series looks much different, even if he loses to a good Celtics team that's fine.
This trash version of KD makes people question his entire legacy.

Why does this have to be a case of Kevin Durant playing like trash? You're saying all he has to do is play 75% of his ability, how do you know that isn't already happening?

People do this all the time with star players and I don't understand why. They did the same thing with LeBron back in 2011, that he just choked and collapsed under pressure. Why does it always come down to that? Because the guy is so good that there's no possible way opposing teams can slow them down, let alone lock them down? That's a terrible mindset to have. How can you possibly expect to win anything if you're already giving up on the possibility of slowing down the opposing teams best player?

And it's even worse here because the performance in question couldn't be more obvious. Durant isn't playing any worse than he normally was. He's not out there missing open looks on a consistent basis. He's not a step slower than he used to be. His decision making isn't any worse than it is now (not saying he was ever bad in that regard, just trying to make a point). He's the same player that he was last year. The difference here is that an elite perimeter defender with the physical capabilities to guard Durant is actually taking on the challenge of defending him. And the results speak for themselves. And if Tatum isn't the one guarding him, he has Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart (who just won DPOY) and now Rob Williams to deal with, as well as a few others.

In other words, this is not a trash version of KD. This is KD going up against a team we haven't seen in a while: one that is taking the art of defense very seriously again, has multiple versatile defensive wings capable of guarding a multitude of players, and is both well coached and well prepared for the challenge ahead of them.

We need to stop ignoring the greatness of other teams because it's more convenient to say "this star player is playing like ****". It not only discredits the work they are putting in, but it's completely ignoring what's happening on the basketball court and that just isn't okay.

[Lost Angel]

let's not forget that if KD didn't tear his achilles he would most likely be driving whatever bus Barkley is talking about.

I'm surprised he's even this effective after that injury, that's usually a career ending injury. People never come back the same from that. To even be able to do what he does after the injury is impressive.