For two years, Kevin Durant and LeBron James stood atop the NBA as the league’s two best players, facing off in both the 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals.
Although KD’s Warriors ran through the Cleveland Cavaliers in both series, LeBron’s miraculous performance in 2016 and overall track record still has many fans anointing LeBron as the league’s best player. But former Chicago Bulls star Toni Kukoc is one of the few arguing for Durant’s status as the NBA’s top talent.
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“Plenty of times LeBron is mistaken as a point guard,” Kukoc wrote in a Reddit AMA on Saturday.