Kevin Durant Claims Kyrie Irving Is Better Than Allen Iverson

Durant did have high praise for Irving in 2017, which could be the moment that initiated everything, and could very well be the reason for them being teammates right now. Durant was certainly not trying to diss Iverson in any way, but simply saying how good he believes Irving is on the floor.

“Kyrie is better than [Allen Iverson] to me.

I’m going from like skill for skill. His handle is better. We might have to cut that out — I don’t want no problems with A.I. Y’all might have to cut that one. I don’t want that to get out. I’m just saying I feel like Kyrie got more skill.

I was telling some of my friends after Game 2, I was like, Kyrie, he just makes you happy when you watch him play. You just smile when you watch him play, because for somebody to be that skilled, you know he had to work tirelessly at it. The stuff he has in his package is next-level stuff that you can try to teach your kids to do it, but you’ll never be able to do it.

I’ve never seen nobody block [Irving’s] layup, and he’s 6-2. I’ve never seen one person pin his layup on the glass, not one. Because the spin he got on it and he don’t got to look at it,” Durant said.

“I’ve got so much respect for him because I know how much work he has to put in to be that good.”