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Kevin Durant Did Everything Possible to Avoid Picking James Harden in the All Star Draft
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The NBA All Star draft was on the night of the trade deadline, which made for an amazing bit of television.
What happened is that captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant were live on TNT doing their selections, and Durant was super-annoyed about James Harden leaving Brooklyn for Philly. So Durant did not want to pick Harden, but LeBron also refused to pick Harden, and that led to this moment with the final two guys remaining on the board:
Kevin Durant picks Gobert over James Harden last and LeBron is laughing https://t.co/dm3jSUJ3cJ
— Alex 👋 (@Dubs408) February 11, 2022
Ernie Johnson: “that worked out nicely for you”
Hilarious. The TNT crew is awesome. And LeBron putting the clipboard over his face while being unable to stop laughing? Awesome.
There was also this piece of footage right after that clip:
Harden was picked last for the All Star reserves for Team LeBron and Charles Barkley starts making fun of him that his injury is all healed up now that he is traded lol
Durant and LeBron laughing was priceless pic.twitter.com/NsxMVdtMsI
— LSH (@_LSH24) February 11, 2022
“He hasn’t played, is he healthy?”
“He got traded, he’s healthy now!”
Charles Barkley and that entire group makes for some of the best sports television out there.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com