Kevin Durant’s exchange with former teammate Bruce Brown has quickly surfaced and is creating conversations throughout the sports world.
Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas did not hold back when giving his response on the situation.
“KD decided to say that and you got ruffled, I did what you were supposed to do with me. Now Bruce Brown is in the back talking about I wish there was fighting,” Arenas said on his Gil’s Arena podcast.
On the show, the crew discuss a wide range of topics across the league and there is a lot of back and forth banter. This particular topic sparked a controversial debate on the podcast with the other members chiming in and giving their thoughts.
Arenas also shared that he did not think Durant crossed any lines.”Calling him a bum was crossing the line?! That’s bum as in you are sorry. That’s normal behavior. What the problem is, was he playing defense or not?!”
Kevin Durant Wanted to Cross the Line With Bruce Brown
After the game between the Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets, Durant spoke to some reporters about his exchange with Brown during the third quarter.
“I definitely wanted to cross the line,” Durant said. “That’s basketball. That’s in between the lines. Ain’t no respect. Ain’t no love. Nothing.”
“If people don’t show love to me — they (the Nuggets) cross the line a lot with their physicality, you know what I’m saying.”
The question that people are asking is what were the words that both Durant and Brown said to each other during the exchange?
Brown certainly did not like what Durant said to him. “As a man, there are certain things you don’t say to another man,” Brown said. “I wish there was fighting (in basketball), I wish we didn’t get fined.”
Whatever Durant said to Brown really struck a nerve and did not sit well with Brown. There is a sport that allows fighting between players and that is hockey.
So if Durant and Brown were in the NHL, would a fight occur? That could be the case.
Gilbert Arenas Backing Kevin Durant and Didn’t Think He Did Anything Wrong
During the conversation about Durant and Brown on Gil’s Arena, Arenas spoke on Brown’s response after the game.
“They asked Bruce Brown first, and he said ‘I wish we can fight,’ so obviously, he was rattled,” Arenas said.
Brandon Jennings, former NBA player and member of Gil’s Arena, shared his thoughts on Brown getting into it with Durant. “If you ain’t got the type of money KD got then you better relax,” Jennings said. “I get everybody wants to be tough, but if your money ain’t speaking that long, relax.”
Jennings did not hold back at all when comparing other players to Durant. One heated exchange between these two players has caused a lot of discussion and debate between former players.
It will be interesting to see what the narrative will be when Durant and Brown meet each other again and if there will be an encounter between the former teammates.
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