{"id":5197,"date":"2017-12-26T19:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T01:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=5197"},"modified":"2018-04-13T02:28:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T07:28:28","slug":"commentary-kevin-durant-and-lebron-james-and-their-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=5197","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Kevin Durant and LeBron James and their differences……"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0major\u00a0difference between\u00a0Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors\u00a0and LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavs\u00a0is not on the court of basketball.\u00a0\u00a0It\u00a0is in the walk of life.\u00a0 James is a man, with a family, who leads his team, win or lose. \u00a0KD is a\u00a0man child, without his own wife and family, but with an overbearing mother, who follows others as a major clog\u00a0on a team of great superstars. They both are supreme basketball players at the highest of levels of the sport. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

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Yet,\u00a0Kevin Durant\u00a0is not the sportsman that LeBron James is.\u00a0Durant see the game\u00a0with winning and having fun doing so as most important. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

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James sees the game is more than just about\u00a0winning.\u00a0To him, the honor of leading a group of guys in that journey of the game, season to season, to a championship as most important.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

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Is\u00a0this Durant\u2019s\u00a0fault chasing titles and having fun as the most important thing in life?\u00a0 No, I do not think so.\u00a0 He was raised the way he was and you cannot change into something you are not.\u00a0He will always have that personality of wanting the game to\u00a0be fun.\u00a0 It was not fun in Oklahoma City after a long run on Reno Street.\u00a0 It just was not.\u00a0 \u00a0Maybe in time Durant will shed his childish dreams of life having more to do with yourself than others.\u00a0 Sure, he loves his teammates in Golden State as he did in Oklahoma\u00a0City.\u00a0 But to a point.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
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Time will bare the truth.\u00a0 In that truth, LeBron James will come out\u00a0 as the real winner, both in life and on the basketball court.\u00a0 We can hope for Mr. Durant to realize the game is not all about just winning and having fun.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n

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That is the way I see it sports fans.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n

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