Richard Jefferson criticizes the Warriors for not running it back after the 2016 Finals: “They were like, ‘We’re gonna go get our big brother’” pic.twitter.com/NfqKRmTuOx
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 7, 2019
Here we go again. Now nearly three years after the fact, and some people still can’t get over Kevin Durant’s decision to join the Warriors.
One of those people appears to be former Cavalier Richard Jefferson, who explained his issue with Durant joining Golden State on a recent Cavs broadcast.
“That was the crazy thing,” Jefferson said about the Warriors recruiting Durant. “They literally had Harrison Barnes who as one of their guys. Drafted. Been there. And you understand, you’ve got to do that 10 times out of 10.
“Where I come from, in the park and in the streets, if you’re playing and you lose to somebody, the first words are run it back, same teams, Run it back, same teams, right? We don’t need to change the teams, run it back. That’s how we grew up. Because you don’t want to change anything. Like, no, we felt we were the better team, we just didn’t play well enough so let’s run it back. They didn’t do that. They were like, ‘we need to go reload. We’re going to go get our big brother.’ Like, oh, thanks guys. That’s fun.”
Durant, not one to let such comments slide, responded on Instagram.
“Everybody from the streets now,” Durant wrote on Bleacher Report’s video of Jefferson’s comments.
Then Jefferson responded to KD’s response.
Richard Jefferson ENDED KD. Respect to RJ. He keeps it real. KD needs to accept his decision and understand people will talk about, they’ll dissect it and laugh about it. He can’t get mad online everytime someone says he ran to the team that beat. Thats facts. pic.twitter.com/z0DPGwf6P0
— Meet Me At The Rim (@MirazNBA) April 7, 2019
*Sigh*
