I really, realllllly want to say it's absolutely precious that the player who only started talking a little bit of smack after he made his job exponentially easier is criticizing a less talented opponent for chirping from an impervious place of comfortability. Unfortunately, Kevin Durant - aside from his undeniable ability to constantly come across as a snarky hypocrite - makes an excellent point here. I would never say Clint Capela's job responsibilities are "easy" seeing as I'm about 12 inches of height, 60 pounds of pure muscle, and a pair of spring-loaded sneakers away from being able to understand what it's like to make a living above the rim. However, in terms of doing the Houston Rockets heavy lifting come playoff time, he's basically the drunk chick starting pushing matches that her boyfriend will inevitably have to punch their way out of. The absolute worst case scenario for him is that he's made to look like a loser by association if James Harden and Chris Paul get knocked out after going blow-for-blow with the best basketball team in the world. That's not even meant to discredit his importance to a roster that, due to his presence, would maintain an advantage in and around the paint. It is, however, an acknowledgment that it's exponentially easier to talk that shit when the media that you're doing it through doesn't give a damn whether or not you personally do your part in backing it up. KD might have an "easy" job relative to what it would within a less talented organization, but failing to get it done would only open him up to that much more scrutiny. The same can't be said for the athletic center who doesn't touch the ball anywhere near enough to truly feel the pressure of his pompous postseason prognostication. To put it simply, in a hypothetical series that would ultimately be determined by a backcourt full of insanely underwhelming playoff resumes, no one is particularly concerned about the confidence of an offensively limited member of the front court.
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