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“Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are the 2 most skilled players of all time!”: LeBron James and Dwyane Wade leave out Michael Jordan as the pot stirs

Jeet Pukhrambam
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"Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are the 2 most skilled players of all time!": LeBron James and Dwyane Wade leave out Michael Jordan as the pot stirs

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were quick to jump on Twitter and defend former NBA player Tracy McGrady for his comments on the duo.

Tracy McGrady recently hopped on the Club Shay Shay podcast to talk about NBA players and their skills. He gave a take that a lot of fans will find egregious.

According to T-Mac, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are more skillful than the duos of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, and LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

That is a serious, eye-brow-raising take. His explanation was quite virtuous. T-Mac talked about the sheer range of skill sets that the Brooklyn Nets’ tandem possessed.

In McGrady’s defense, Shannon Sharpe did pose the question first. When Shannon asked if they are the “most skilled pair of teammates that we’ve ever seen?”

McGrady’s response: “without a doubt….without a shadow of a doubt.”

Also read: “LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, skill-wise, are not touching Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving”: Tracy McGrady keeps the Nets duo even above Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade jump to defend!

While a lot of fans and media will react to this with outrage, we reckon that the comments from two future Hall-of-Famers will definitely add fuel to the fire.

Dwyane Wade was the first to jump and add that T-Mac’s comments were not a dig and that he was right in a certain regard.

LeBron James later chimed in and was in agreement with both D-Wade and T-Mac. He also added that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were the most skilled players of all time!

The fans will surely react to this in a myriad of ways and so will other experts, media, and basically everyone in the NBA community. Will this start a new debate that engages the fraternity? We will see.

Also read: “Kyrie Irving would have been in the MVP conversation!”: Marcus Spears announces the ONE thing Nets star needs to do to win MVP in his career

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Jeet Pukhrambam

Jeet Pukhrambam

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Jeet Pukhrambam is The SportsRush's Lead Editor for Basketball. After freelancing for five years as an independent writer, Jeet created thousands of blog posts and articles. He now covers intriguing news reports and throwback stories on all things NBA. His interest in NBA started with the ascendancy of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2016-17 season. Since then, Jeet has managed to coalesce his knowledge of the game and his writing to create pieces that are reflective of the current state of the league. Now, he ensures that The SportsRush produces the highest quality of writing. In his free time, he enjoys playing football, cooking, traveling, and dancing to techno. Jeet takes pride in his critical thinking, music playlists, and his love for spaghetti.

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