Fans Are Praising Kevin Durant For His Spot-On Nikola Jokic Comment

USA’s guard Kevin Durant (L) works around Serbia’s power forward Nikola Jokic during a Men’s round Group A basketball match between USA and Serbia at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro on August 12, 2016 during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP / Andrej ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

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Dan Le Batard made waves yesterday when he railed against the United States for not embracing Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic as a national celebrity. But of all the rebuttals to Le Batard’s point, it was Kevin Durant who may have had the best one.

In a since-deleted tweet, Durant retweeted Le Batard saying that Jokic would be bigger star if he were an American by stating that Jokic simply doesn’t want to be a star.

“I don’t think jokic wants or cares to be a star. Go to work and go home, FaceTime his horses and hop in the pool,” Durant wrote.

Even though the former NBA Finals MVP deleted the tweet, some Twitter users screen-captured and shared it. The basketball world on Twitter largely agreed with Durant’s point as well.

Jokic is a star.

He just doesn’t care to act like we’ve come to expect a star to act. Which is exactly why I like him. Same goes for Giannis. https://t.co/btqnP3j6du

— Tavan Parker (@TavanParker) June 7, 2023

You can’t be mad at this cause Jokic basically said this Himself and he plans to disappear after retiring in like 8-10 yrs https://t.co/1Q2dOdYhtQ

— glooksbro (@nbisadog16) June 7, 2023

who doesn’t want to facetime their horses, this is accurate and the dream https://t.co/7yS249asld

— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) June 7, 2023

He’s literally right if any superstar doesn’t care about being the face of the league why should we care https://t.co/TBQUFmK61b

— keion (@BucketHatKeion) June 7, 2023

If Nikola Jokic doesn’t want to be a national star and enjoy the benefits – and drawbacks – that come with that status then he’s within his rights to deny that opportunity.

Whether he wants to be a star or not, this NBA postseason and the NBA Finals have cemented Jokic as one of the elite players not just in the association today, but all-time.

Do you agree with Kevin Durant’s take on Nikola Jokic?

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