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Former NBA champion Kendrick Perkins clarified his position on Kevin Durant after the two took jabs at each other on Twitter earlier this year. Perkins described KD as the best player to play for the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder. At the same time he made a distinction between being the best and greatest.

For example, Durant is the best player to wear a Warriors jersey, yet Steph Curry is the greatest Golden State player. Curry has been with the Warriors since entering the NBA in 2009, winning three championships with the Dubs thus for. Meanwhile KD signed a deal with his third NBA team last summer, the Brooklyn Nets after winning two titles with Golden State in 2017 and 2018.

Via Logan Murdock of NBC Sports.

“It’s just like if you talk about the Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry is the greatest Golden State Warrior of all time. You talk about the Toronto Raptors. Kyle Lowry is the greatest Raptor of all time. Does that mean that they’re the best player that ever came through?

“No. We all know that KD is the best player, in my opinion, to wear a Warriors jersey. We all know that KD was the best Thunder to wear a Thunder jersey.” 

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