Skip Bayless blasts ‘shameful’ Kevin Durant suggesting the Phoenix superstar is ‘semi-retired’
Skip Bayless blasts ‘Kevin Du-can’t’, suggesting the Phoenix superstar is ‘semi-retired’ and ‘has no burning desire’ after Denver’s Suns playoff blowout
- Kevin Durant and the Suns were utterly humiliated at home by the DEN Nuggets
- Phoenix was eliminated last year in an elimination game at home vs. Dallas
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Skip Bayless bugged Kevin Durant after the Suns’ humiliating 125-100 Game 6 loss to Denver that ended Phoenix’s season.
Bayless, a longtime critic of Durant, reveled in the stunning loss and tweeted about Durant during the game before moving on to FS1’s Undisputed Friday morning.
“I think he’s semi-retired in his head,” Bayless said. “He has achieved what he wanted to achieve, now he wants to hoop.”
“He’s done… you saw his body language, he didn’t care last night. That was embarrassing. He’s embarrassing. That was pathetic last night.
“He didn’t show up, you know and I know,” Bayless told debate partner Shannon Sharpe. “He has no burning desire… he’s a made man.”
Skip Bayless gave a scathing assessment of Kevin Durant after the Suns’ playoff exit
Durant scored 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting as the Suns suffered a 125-100 home loss to DEN
Durant was traded by Brooklyn to Phoenix on February 9 in hopes of bringing a title to PHX
Bayless also referred to the two-time NBA champion as “Kevin Du-Cant” on Twitter as the Nuggets raced a boat over the Suns in Phoenix.
He scored 23 points 8-of-19 from the field, in addition to five rebounds and five assists.
Mat Ishbia’s franchise traded for Durant in February, sending Mikail Bridges and Cam Johnson four first-round picks to the Nets in exchange for the “Slim Reaper.”
During his opening press conference, Durant said that Phoenix had “all the parts to be successful,” but eventually ran into a Buzzsaw that is the Denver Nuggets.
Durant won back-to-back titles with the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018, earning MVP honors in both Finals.
After a failed attempt at a three-peat, Durant signed for the Nets in 2019 through a free agency. After a year out due to an Achilles injury sustained during the 2019 Finals, Durant did not play during his freshman year with Brooklyn.
He spent two-and-a-half seasons with the Nets before moving to Phoenix in what many considered an ambitious takeover in the pursuit of an NBA title.