{"id":1911998,"date":"2023-04-09T01:28:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T05:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-durant-doesnt-agree-that-80s-and-90s-nba-players-were-tougher\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T01:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T05:29:21","slug":"kevin-durant-doesnt-agree-that-80s-and-90s-nba-players-were-tougher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-durant-doesnt-agree-that-80s-and-90s-nba-players-were-tougher\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant Doesn\u2019t Agree That \u201980s and \u201990s NBA Players Were \u201cTougher\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fkevin-durant-doesnt-agree-that-80s-and-90s-nba-players-were-tougher%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=1911998&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-->\n<div id=\"primary\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-547768\" itemscope=\"\"\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"jw\">\n<h2><span>OutKick shows<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"outki-1660639230a9a0c849c3be9691ee7d90\">\n<h2><span>OutKick shows<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"botr_HYH6RvlJ_bl37PYGe_div\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Video Player\" role=\"application\" aria-describedby=\"jw-botr_HYH6RvlJ_bl37PYGe_div-shortcuts-tooltip-explanation\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Hot Speaker: Nate Bargatze,&#8221; It Still Seems Crazy That There To See Me ,&#8221; After All The Performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span aria-live=\"assertive\">0 seconds of 16 minutes, 15 seconds<\/span><span aria-live=\"assertive\">Volume 0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kevin Durant wanted to throw his helmet into the circle and decided to stand up for today&#8217;s&#8217;s recreation despite the ongoing debate over whether the NBA in the 1980s and 1990s was tougher and more vigorous than the group today.<\/p>\n<p>Durant explained that he had recently been watching adventure film from earlier in the day during the most current season of his radio&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UVTK9bo_8hU&#038;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The ETCs<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledges that players only got away with more in the external era before him and that the NBA of today wouldn&#8217;t allow them to foul the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Durant remarked,&#8221; I go back and watch a lot of that 90s and 80s things, and they play bodily but I really think they got away with many flagrant interceptions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>The notion that NBA individuals were tougher 30 years later than they are now doesn&#8217;t sit well with Kevin Durant. ( NBAE via Getty Images, photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Durant is correct. Today, multi-game punishments would be the result of some of the turnovers actors committed 30 years back.<\/p>\n<p>Durant continued,&#8221; We play body here as well.&#8221; &#8221; There&#8217;s&#8217;s more room, but guys play physical, and we have strong, athletic guys here as well.&#8221; However, there were numerous obvious fouls that went unpunished and left you out of the game, giving the impression that it was a little tougher.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the discussion about the various periods of the sport, Durant&#8217;s&#8217;s perspective is among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/kevin-durant-oklahoma-city-booed-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most level-headed<\/a> out there. 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