Kevin Durant: Joe Harris ‘right up there, getting there’ with Splash Brothers
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Kevin Durant was on two, count’em two podcasts Thursday but the one quote that caught Nets fans’ attention was the one on Twitter Spaces with Banksy Gonzalez, better known on Twitter as Boogie Bousins.
Here’s what he said.
“Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the best shooters I’ve played with,” Durant said. “Joe Harris is definitely right up there, getting there.”
Heresy! Harris on the same level as the Splash Brothers! Please! Some might say. Not us. We’ve been preaching just how historic Harris’s deep shooting has become.
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