“Kevin Durant Made The Clutch Shot Of The Year, I Want KD”: Skip Bayless Picks ‘The Slim Reaper’ Over LeBron James To Take The Last Shot In A Game

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Last shot in the game? Who do you want? Max Kellerman might say Andre Iguodala, but Skip Bayless is picking Kevin Durant over LeBron James.

The FS1 host on ‘The Undisputed’ had a heated argument with co-host Shannon Sharpe about who the clutchest player in the league is. Sharpe said that the argument had levels to it. Through the first three quarters, Sharpe would roll with LeBron no matter what.

However, if the game came down to a tight back and forth in the final period, and if you’d need that closer, Sharpe would pick Kevin Durant all day.

Skip Bayless, a notorious LeBron James hater, chimed in with his own take on the scenario, saying that there was no contest between the two and that he’d take Kevin Durant any day.

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Skip Bayless Says Kevin Durant Made The Clutch Shot Of The Year, Going Over LeBron James For Clutchest Player In The NBA

Back in the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks series, Kevin Durant made what looked the game-winning buzzer beater of the playoffs, year, maybe even decade.

After losing Kyrie Irving to injury and James Harden playing with a sore hamstring, Kevin Durant took up the lead role for the Nets, putting in some historically memorable performances as he tried to lead the Nets to victory. That included this insane shot during game seven of the series:

However, his foot was just barely over the three point line, something that happened because of huge shoes. Thus, the shot did not win the game, and the Bucks would eventually go on to win overtime, sealing the series. This is how close that shot was to being a three:

It’s for this shot, and all the other incredible performances KD has put up that has Skip Bayless picking him over LeBron James to take the final shot of a game.

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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