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"KD broke the league,'' Garrett told 'The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima' and 92.3 The Fan when asked he watched the finals.
Carman asked him to elaborate. Durant joined the Warriors in 2016 and beat they the Cavs in the NBA Finals the last two seasons.
"You hopped onto a 73-9 team and he took the easy way out in my mind," Garrett said. "It's different when LeBron left. He went to [Miami to join] Wade and Bosh but it wasn't something that was already guaranteed, something you already knew was going to have immediate success. [James] had to gel and work things into place.
"With KD, you just stick him in and he scores. You already knew what they had. They were 73-9 before and you put the second-best player in the world on an already all-time great team and of course you're going to have success, pretty easy success. Anyone can have an off night and they can still find a way to win."
Garrett continued to rip Durant for shortcutting his way to success.
"If I were him I would've never made a move like that in the first place,'' he said. "Me, I'm too competitive to try and ride on somebody's coat tails to get a W. But for him, you might as well stay at the spot you're at now. There's no point in leaving since you've already taken that moniker where he's been called the snake and cupcake and all that. You might as well stay and just keep on winning."
This was posted elsewhere in Cavs section, but I love Myles. Literally no one respects Durant or his "accomplishments" besides Warriors fans
Even if he's in another sport, it's nice to hear an athlete with that take.
Basically, what almost everybody outside of GSW fans are thinking. But seems like so few people that have a platform to speak from actually do. Watching the talking heads try to break down the finals as if it was anything other than a massive farce just hurt my brain.