It wouldn't matter how many rings Havlicek won no one would give a fukk about him any way, hell no one would care about Jerry West ass if he wasn't the logo and a good execNah, for at least a generation everyone is going to remember that LeBron had 4 MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs, and a 17-4 record over Durant AFTER Durant joined the league until KD latched onto a 73-win team.
They're also going to watch a billion LeBron highlights for every one KD highlight.
I don't see how Durant overcomes that. People like Oscar or Wilt who get overrated in retrospect due to stats have some sort of overwhelming accomplishment, KD has never had that. And the rings aren't going to be seen as any bigger than Havlicek's rings - no one goes off about Havlicek being better than Jerry West and he has WAY more rings, but everyone and their mama knows West was way better when they were actually playing.
Here's another way to look at it. MVP votes since Durant came into the league.
2008: LeBron 4th, Durant no votes
2009: LeBron 1st, Durant no votes
2010: LeBron 1st, Durant 2nd
2011: LeBron 3rd, Durant 5th
2012: LeBron 1st, Durant 2nd
2013: LeBron 1st, Durant 2nd
2014: Durant 1st, LeBron 2nd
2015: LeBron 3rd, Durant no votes
2016: LeBron 3rd, Durant 5th
2017: LeBron 4th, Durant 9th
2018: LeBron 2nd, Durant 7th
Who is going to rank Durant higher than LeBron in history when everyone ranked LeBron above Durant damn near EVERY season they ever played?
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Durant is an all time great talent who is currently stacking rings and finals MVPs in his prime. If KD gets to 5 or 6 rings, 4-5 finals MVPs, and possibly a defensive player of the year or another MVP it's not gonna be so easy to put Bron over him.
Bron needs more hardware. Whether that's an MVP or a ring, him just Stat padding for the rest of his career ain't gonna be enough to DEFINITIVELY put him over KD to a non stan.
It's not impossible for KD to be considered the greatest small forward of all time once ALL THE DUST SETTLES. That's why KD would be a fool to even think about joining Bron in LA. Bron ain't winning shyt for the rest of his career, KD is in a situation where could realistically get to 6 rings and become a top 5 all time scorer.
Its gonna be hard to call someone the GOAT when there was another player in the same generation playing THE SAME POSITION that's possibly better than them and has more rings







