LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry have ranked among the NBA’s biggest stars since joining the league in 2003, ’07 and ’09, respectively. But as the focus slowly shifts toward the next wave of NBA standouts, the trio continues to play at a dominant level. Recently, Durant admitted that the attitude of some younger counterparts has helped him keep playing at an elite level.
Durant recently discussed how the players before him didn’t pass the torch but instead made his generation “try to take that from them.” He also credited younger players with not giving “a s---” about what he’s done in his career.
“Those older guys didn’t want to just say, ‘Here, young’un, you the next one up.’ You had to try to take that from them,” Durant told Michael Lee of The Washington Post. “I’m not going out there and relying on my name and what I’ve done in the past to get that respect. I respect that about the young players. They don’t give a s— about what you did in the past. It’s about today. So that keeps me on point.”
