Durant-Barkley beef intensifies as 'Inside the NBA' show responds / News - Basketnews.com

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After the Brooklyn Nets were swept in the NBA Playoffs by the Boston Celtics, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and Nets superstar Kevin Durant got into a beef about leading a team.

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Responding to earlier Barkley's comments, the Nets forward put several photos of Barkley and his Hall of Fame teammates in his Instagram post, implying that the Inside the NBA analyst would not be where he is without them.

"He put a picture of me and three old guys on there, I've got no problem with that," Barkley responded last night during the show. "When I was a bus driver, I didn't win anything just like him."

When Twitter users pointed out that Durant made a mistake by posting his Instagram post relatively early in the day which allowed the show's producers to make content throughout the day to respond, the superstar forward only noted: "An army of producers against the god. Just Another Tuesday."

The TNT channel's Inside the NBA show even prepared a video about the matter, featuring a video from the episode of the famous "The Office".

"The god is sitting at home with a play-in banner," Barkley responded. "You think they put the play-in banner up already?"

The crew of Shaquille O'Neal, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley even finished the show with Chuck driving an actual bus with all other members of the crew driving along in it.

"Listen, I could put up stuff about him and Russell, and James, and Serge Ibaka, but wait a minute. You want to put up him, Russ, James, and Serge Ibaka? I said no," the Hall of Famer explained.

"Listen, KD is a great player, the only point I was making is that life is different when you lead and you're driving the bus," Barkley concluded.

Although Durant averaged 26.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.3 assists during the playoffs this year, the superstar seemed lost against the Celtics' defense during the first three games. He shot the ball with a disappointing 38.6% accuracy and made more turnovers in Game 2 than he made field goals.

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