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Steve Kerr has dealt with a fair share of impressive basketball players since he was taken in the second round of the 1988 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.
He played with Michael Jordan in Chicago. He saw his teammates try to handle Hakeem Olajuwon. He has to game plan against LeBron James. He’s still coaching Stephen Curry, who has revolutionized shooting in the game.
But only one player can be the most talented player of all time. As far as Kerr is concerned, he’s not giving that title to any of those four players — not even MJ.
That honor, instead, belongs to Kevin Durant.
Kerr deemed the Brooklyn Nets forward “the most talented basketball player I’ve ever seen in my life,” when factoring in “everything: size, speed, athleticism,” per Logan Murdock of The Ringer.
Kerr also stated Durant is “very coachable,” adding:
He was a sponge, especially the first year, he wanted to learn a new style… I think he really enjoyed playing the way we played, and he was really easy to coach. When a star makes it easy, for a coach to do his job, he just allows everything to click. And so, that first year, I think one of the reasons we were so dominant was because we had that dynamic across the board between Steph, Klay, Draymond, Kevin, we had it all lined up and everybody was on board and clicking, and it was a smooth ride.