{"id":1123239,"date":"2021-12-15T21:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T02:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1123239"},"modified":"2021-12-15T21:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T02:28:45","slug":"survey-nba-vets-snub-lebron-for-best-player-choose-kevin-durant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-nba-vets-snub-lebron-for-best-player-choose-kevin-durant\/","title":{"rendered":"SURVEY: NBA Vets Snub LeBron for &#039;Best Player,&#039; Choose Kevin Durant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurvey-nba-vets-snub-lebron-for-best-player-choose-kevin-durant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1123239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sean-m-haffey-gty-640x480-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">NBA star and hardcore left-wing activist LeBron James has lost the \u201cbest player\u201d spot to Kevin Durant in a new survey of ex-NBA players.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic surveyed 118 former NBA players and asked them who they thought were the best players and coaches, what players are future stars, and what teams are the best for the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately for the left-wing James, he only pulled in second, losing by more than ten points to Brooklyn Nets star Durant. Only 31.6 percent of ex-players voted for LeBron, while Durant, who earned a whopping 44.4 percent, rose to the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>The other three of the top five were very far back in the pack, with Giannis Antetokounmpo gaining only 13.6 percent of the vote, followed by Steph Curry at 3.5 percent, and in fifth place, Joel Embid at a mere 1.8 percent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9503546099291\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tell us: Who is the best current player in the NBA? <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXdMpISi1k\">pic.twitter.com\/SXdMpISi1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1471148602613501958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>One former NBA player even insisted that Durant has been better than James for the last five years:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9898305084746\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">44.4% of former players surveyed said that KD is the best player in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Agree?<\/p>\n<p>Players weigh in on LeBron, Popovich and the current state of the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sam_amick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sam_amick<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaBRobbins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshuaBRobbins<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OPq0OSICLm\">https:\/\/t.co\/OPq0OSICLm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OOilh45GIn\">pic.twitter.com\/OOilh45GIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1471150327223230481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 36-year-old James\u2019 age is becoming a concern among some sports reporters. The issue arose in a recent <i>Sports Illustrated<\/i> article in which James was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/lakers\/news\/lakers-is-lebron-james-finally-aging-ak1987\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> to be \u201cshowing worrying signs of age-related decline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James didn\u2019t help the conversation much in March when he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lakersdaily.com\/lebrons-james-on-his-health-im-never-going-to-be-healthy-again\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that he was \u201cnever going to be healthy again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One has to wonder how long it will be until James retires from the league to take up his activism full time?<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA star and hardcore left-wing activist LeBron James has lost the \u201cbest player\u201d spot to Kevin Durant in a new survey of ex-NBA players. 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