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Salutations utopians well leave it to Charles Barkley to give everyone some material on this inactive uh week of NBA action at least until Thursday um Charles was watching the Phoenix Suns and as you all know he’s a true Phoenix Suns Legend uh one time MVP took them
All the way to the NBA finals uh he was on record during a game questioning Kevin Durant leadership I’d like to preface my statement by explaining that uh Katie and Charles Barkley have a rich history of trading Jabs uh Charles Charles does so more than KD um I think ironically
Enough now looking at everything uh in perspective Charles may even have been the reason why Katie elected to join the Golden State Warriors but but this topic of leadership is so fascinating to me because it’s a very subjective word uh that’s the first thing we need to
Unpack but actually let’s talk a little bit about his history with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Draymond before I set it off in Golden State Warrior with the Golden State Warriors Katie has been known to publicly bump heads with Russell in front of camera and in the press conference act like
Nothing happened no matter how much they tried to grill him on the inner workings of what his discussions or uh Adverse Events were in with Russell Westbrook furthermore the same thing happened in Golden state where it all came to a full head steam of head when him and dway uh
Uh Draymond Green had a massive blowout over the discussion of ex’s and O’s and how they were going to go about closing the end of the game KD believed he should have brought the ball up Draymond felt he should have been the one to bring the ball up I
Personally agreed with Draymond because he’s not a scorer he should be the one to uh bring the ball up and put apply full pressure on the defense make them collapse kick it to KD KD wanted the whole game to stop and be around him not much of that’s not uh the
Characteristics of someone who’s very passive or someone who’s afraid of the moment which is tend which calling someone a non-leader has an undertone of being considered uh one thing I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older learning the art of psychology and personality traits goes a long way in the world in terms of
Success in any environment and KD possessed this introverted Sigma male personality and both of those things because naturally human nature is to uh hate what we can’t understand we live in such an abbreviated Society where everyone wants to package you and say oh this is what they are and now I got you
Cool stored memory on to the next but with Sigma introverted individuals there’s no telling where their mind is at what moment he’s an artistic individual even just recently released a rap album you’re not going to be able to figure him out that easy and so when you pair that with the fact that
The title of leadership which is someone who’s a leader of men or a leader of a pack it’s very difficult when you’re an individual he has gone Frontline war with Westbrooks he’s gone Frontline war with Draymond Green what exactly is the the line being drawn between a leader in
Terms of being in the gym doing what you’re supposed to do leading by example being up in people’s face I.E Michael Jordan which we seen again blow out case in point we Champion Jordan for getting into it with Steve cert and going as far as taking it to fistic cuups for
Something that Kurt mind you didn’t even have any control over Phil was calling plays for Steve je Jordan went into a jealous rage next thing you know he made an example out of Steve trying to send a message to Phil and we Champion that and
He’s from that era and mind you on the topic of Jordan this is exactly the kind of conduct by Charles that gets him in trouble with people because as you all know there’s doing your job but then he takes it to a point of there’s no form of damage
Control there is no exit route there is no exit Escape door he puts you on full trial for an unnecessary measure and why him and Jordan are in a situation of irreconcilable differences despite one time being best of friends over 20 years ago because he goes too far
How do you know what Kevin Durant says behind closed doors to his teammates outside of the Limelight maybe he’s the type to pull you over they have a saying I can show you the water I can’t force you to drink it if Katie everyday shows up if KD is everyday a basketball Junkie
Gym rat watching film we all know he loves the game to that point he always says I just want a hoop that’s why he left Brooklyn they got Beyond basketball with Kyrie then why what exactly do you want from Kevin Durant he’s doing his part he’s in the gym he’s showing up he’s
Prepared the irony is the people that are question that were questioning him Draymond he only had a limited pool of people that were willing to hand him that 100K 100 Mil he was looking for Russell was on the outside in after the whole debacle with LeBron
So you know I just think that it’s a little reckless it’s a little unfortunate that Charles decided to take this route with ktie because it’s the timing of it it’s so calculated knowing that he’s at the end of his career he is what he is and the
Phoenix Suns are at a stall at a gridlock right now they literally have no more assets that they can move tangible assets to get a Difference Maker on a veteran title contending ball Club they are what they are and they’re really kind of like Milwaukee where they
Got a lot of Glamour and they got a lot of uh big contracts and established players and there’s not much wiggle room that’s why the Patrick Beverly trade February 8th on the trade deadline was so excellent by their front office it was a great last ditch effort the Suns
Don’t have no move like that they can make quite frankly so you know when this season falls short for Phoenix which in most most likely will and there’s some really bad matchups like the Clippers that immediately come to mind or a team like the Pelicans who are just overall bad
Matchups we know who’s going to take the blame and they’re going to say that it’s Katie’s fault and to an extent it may be but how can a guy who’s a career 50 wins everywhere he goes was the Difference Maker when he arrived to Golden State
When they were at the very Pinnacle of their success LeBron and the Cavs had figured them out they they snuck a quick ring against Cleveland because the first time was because Kevin Love and Kyrie were out for the finals then they got their confidence after that they smelt blood
Then the then LeBron’s like I got you figured you better bring in a wild card and that’s exactly what they did and then started to posture like they were them but the crazy thing is you can’t tell me KD is not a leader when Russell Westbrook wasn’t even a
Starter at UCLA he came off the bench for Memphis against that Infamous Derrick Rose CDR Joey dorsy backourt dorsy clamped Kevin Love in the national championship CDR and and and Derrick Rose was like Prime Jason kid and krie KD on The Fast Break the way they’ll
Take off on you you make one bad shot and they’re gone Russell Westbrook came to the league as a pure raw specimen no jumper no point guard instincts he was a backup to Darren Collinson and I believe Josh ship he was n even a starter now he did
End up showing more fight than than Darren Collinson did and what I call the no Moss championship game where he I swear he deliberately filed out because Derrick Rose was just too much listen I still go to YouTube and watch Derrick Rose first step it was unbelievable he
Was Allan Iverson with a turbo kit but to say he’s not a leader there is not another player that Russell Westbrook could have entered the draft and entered a situation in and been been able to been afforded the position the ability to make mistakes he had the Ultimate
Green Light because Kevin Durant was a walking mismatch seven-footer who can put the ball on the floor and can shoot from all three levels especially all the way out to 35 you just don’t find it with that level of coordination and IQ and passion for the game and had the
Wherewithal to say I have to let this dude make mistakes you’re not wuss wouldn’t have been that next to LeBron Paul George maybe before the injuries but Paul George after the injuries wouldn’t have been strong enough to hide his deficiencies they went to the finals with him being a raw
Specimen KD was patient never humiliated him to the media publicly that’s leadership don’t do that Chuck it’s easy to pick on the guy who’s not nice and chill and family oriented But ultimately it’s a very very bad faith argument Kevin Durant is a one in a million
Dude it’s sad what he did in Golden State I wish he didn’t I hated the move more than anyone but the question is leadership is unfair all right utopians I’ll try to do better next time don’t count the days make the days count love and light peace
