Trump support in sports isn't going away — Las Vegas Raiders, USA soccer, and golfers are all supporting the president



More and more athletes are jumping on the presidential bandwagon and supporting Donald Trump with their dance moves.

After Trump won the presidency for the second time, athletes from across the country paid tribute to him with his signature dance as a form of celebration.

Now, nearly three weeks since the election victory, the Trump-themed dances show no sign of slowing down, and the trend is spreading across more sports.

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers showed off his moves after a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Although the Raiders fell short with a 34-19 loss, Bowers led all receivers in receptions and yards.

Perhaps unlike before the election, the Raiders' communications team was not shy about showcasing Bowers' dancing touchdown celebration and posted a stand-alone clip of the 21-year-old on social media.

In soccer, the U.S. Men's National Team appropriately represented the new president during a CONCACAF Nations League match against Jamaica. Team USA took home a 4-2 victory, and when star winger Christian Pulisic scored just 13 minutes in, he ran to the corner flag to dance in front the St. Louis crowd.

"Made it look too easy," the team proudly wrote above the video clip on X.

In another angle of the celebration, Juventus player and international star Weston McKennie can be seen joining in on the dance.

Either talented athletes are doing the Trump dance or the dance itself is a good-luck charm, because LPGA golfer Charley Hull found herself in a race for the Annika tournament championship over the weekend. Hull pulled out the Trump dance during the final round and landed herself in a three-way tie for second place on the leaderboard, earning $229,909.

These weren't the only athletes showing off the president's dance moves.

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones made a point of thanking Trump at UFC 309. Trump was in the audience at the Madison Square Garden event.

Jones shared his rendition of the viral dance before handing the president his belt to hold after his victory.

With college football players and even Wayne Gretzky coming out of the woodwork as Trump supporters, enthusiasm for the red, white, and blue is at an all-time in the sports world and shows no signs of stopping.

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'Trans non-binary' athlete to represent US in women's track event at Paris Olympics



The Summer Olympics are almost upon us, and the U.S. plans to send hundreds of its premier athletes to Paris, France, to compete for gold for the red, white, and blue. Among those athletes will be a female track star who identifies as "trans non-binary," prefers "they/them" pronouns, and even once slammed America for allegedly "hurting trans people."

On Sunday, Nikki Hiltz, a 29-year-old female mid-distance runner, finished first in the 1,500 meter event at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, thus punching her ticket for Paris for her first Olympic Games. Throughout the race, Hiltz and Elle St. Pierre, a veteran of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, were neck and neck, but in the final stretch, Hiltz turned on the jets and crossed the finish line with a personal best time of 3:55.33, beating St. Pierre's previous Olympic Trials record by two and a half seconds.

'Sometimes I wake up feeling like a powerful queen and other days I wake up feeling as if I’m just a guy being a dude, and other times I identify outside of the gender binary entirely.'

Hiltz views her win not only as a personal victory but a victory for the LGBTQ "community" as well. "This is bigger than just me. It’s the last day of Pride Month," she said. "I wanted to run this one for my community."

During the race, Hiltz said she "could just feel the love and support" from the "LGBTQ folks." "You guys brought me home that last hundred [meters]," she insisted.

Fellow runners St. Pierre and Emily Mackay will also compete for Team USA in Paris. Opening ceremonies for the 2024 Games begin on July 26.

Hiltz has been a star athlete since her days competing for the Razorbacks at the University of Arkansas. Her UA bio claims she was a member of the women's track and field team, uses female pronouns for her throughout, and even refers to her as her parents' "daughter."

Yet, somewhere along the way, Hiltz decided that she did not like the female label. In 2021, she publicly announced that she identified as "transgender." "That means I don’t identify with the gender I was assigned at birth," she clarified, according to Pink News, an outlet that promotes transgenderism and other LGBTQ issues.

She also described herself as gender "fluid." "Sometimes I wake up feeling like a powerful queen and other days I wake up feeling as if I’m just a guy being a dude, and other times I identify outside of the gender binary entirely," she explained helpfully.

Her Instagram account is filled with pictures of LGBTQ-related events and causes. She also features many pictures with her romantic partner, Emma Gee, who, according to Pink News, was the first openly LGBTQ+ athlete to compete for Brigham Young University, which is run by the LDS Church.

In another Instagram post, Hiltz even thanked NBC and its correspondent for "getting [her] pronouns correct" on a broadcast about another women's 1500m race she won last year.

Hiltz may have difficulty determining her gender on a day-to-day basis, but when she travels to France, she will compete in the women's category against competitors she describes as "people" whom she "deeply love[s] and respect[s]."

In 2021, the International Olympic Committee sidestepped the transgender issue by deferring to the organizations that govern each individual sport, and World Athletics, which governs international track and field events, has forbidden men to compete in women's events. Women who identify as transgender may compete in men's events "if they have satisfactory signed declarations of their gender identities," NBC News reported.

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'Dream come true': 16-year-old Quincy Wilson to become youngest ever male USA track & field Olympian at 2024 summer games



Track star Quincy Wilson will become the youngest male to compete for the United States in track and field at the Olympics in 2024.

The runner and his coach both publicly confirmed that he was added to the Team USA relay pool for the summer games in Paris following an impressive performance as the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Wilson broke the under-18 world record in the 400 meter that stood for 42 years, only to break the record again in the semifinal two days later.

Despite finishing sixth in the final and failing to qualify for the Olympics, he was added to the USA roster. He was happy about his finish at the time nonetheless.

'I told my mom, dad, and now, it's the dream come true.'

"I've never been this happy a day in my life when it came to track. I've been working for this moment. ... That's 42 years, 42 years of nobody being able to break that record, and I broke it twice in [three] days," he said, per ESPN.

Coach Joe Lee received the call from the committee responsible for the relay pool selections and immediately played a prank on the young Wilson. When he called the 16-year-old, he pretended that he had bad news.

"I was extremely nervous and then he called me and said just like, 'Unfortunately, we have some bad news.' And then he was like, 'I'm just kidding. We're going to Paris,'" Wilson explained.

Wilson told ESPN that when he found out the news, he "started running around the house" after realizing his dreams were coming true.

He also posted an image of himself on Instagram with the caption "WE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS."

The young star from Potomac, Maryland, said he started visualizing his goals at just the age of 8, when he was competing in the Junior Olympics.

"I remember [seeing sprinters] Justin Gatlin and Usain Bolt go head-to-head and I was just like, 'I want to be up there one day,'" Wilson reportedly said. "I told my mom, dad, and now, it's the dream come true."

The high school junior then said he was dreaming about making the Olympics before his third run at the trials in Oregon.

"I was dreaming about it when I was in Oregon about to do my third run. I dreamed about being an Olympian," he recalled. "It was just being on that Olympic stage, holding that gold medal, and things like that."

While Wilson will become the youngest male to compete in track for Team USA at the Olympics, the youngest in either gender goes to Barbara Jones.

All the way back in 1952, the Chicago-born sprinter was just 15 when she competed in Helsinki.

Not only did she compete, but she won the 4x100-meter relay race alongside fellow Americans Mae Faggs, Janet Moreau, and Catherine Hardy, according to Encyclopedia.com.

Olympic records indicated that she was also the youngest person to win a gold medal in Olympic track and field at 15 years and 123 days old.

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World Aquatics' transgender policy was established in June 2022. Since then, World Aquatics has created an open category for transgender athletes to compete in.

Team USA junior hockey players capture hearts with patriotic singing of national anthem after winning world championship



Team USA junior ice hockey players captured hearts and sent a little pride back to America with their emotional, patriotic singing of the national anthem after winning the world championship Friday in Europe.

Check out the smiling youngsters belting out "The Star-Spangled Banner" after beating host Sweden 6-2:

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As you can see, nobody was taking a knee.

The players' verve caught the attention of more than a few prominent folks who praised their unashamed patriotism — in stark contrast to other American athletes who made headlines by disrespecting the anthem:

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“Att’n USA women’s soccer — this is what is expected of you if you agree to wear America’s jersey,” Megyn Kelly wrote on X. “Otherwise LET SOMEONE ELSE DO IT. These boys show how it’s done. Listen up. God bless them and God bless America!”

Riley Gaines sent a direct message to outspoken women's soccer icon Megan Rapinoe, who gained attention years ago for kneeling during the anthem and then made a name for herself by espousing left-wing social views.

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Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott wore his pride on his sleeve:

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Sports media personality Sage Steele called out her former employer ESPN, saying the American sports network completely ignored Team USA's "special moment" — unlike Canada's TSN Sports, which aired the stirring video:

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Former women's soccer star Carli Lloyd loved what she saw:

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After the U.S. women's soccer team in August made their earliest-ever exit from the World Cup — which pleased quite a few observers due to the wokeness associated with the team — Rapinoe took comfort in her squad's social activism that she said "changed the world forever."

A month later Rapinoe said said she's prouder "by a mile" of her "gay rights," "trans rights," and "racial justice" activism off the field than of her on-field accomplishments.

For her part, Lloyd criticized the women's team for celebrating after a 0-0 World Cup draw against Portugal, and former U.S. Men's National Team star Alexi Lalas called the women's team "unlikeable" after their elimination from the World Cup.

Anything else?

OutKick said Team USA's junior hockey players came into the world championship tournament in Gothenburg as the favorites to win the gold medal and went undefeated.

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USWNT players adopt victimhood, but wait until you see what their actual salaries are



While the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team has many beefs, one of the women's biggest complaints has been their “disparaging” salaries compared to what their male counterparts earn.

“They did work out a deal where they share equally with the men’s team, all the revenue, despite the fact that they’re not bringing it in,” says Pat Gray, clearly annoyed by the flagrant entitlement.

Their salaries must have been abysmal for such a drastic shift, right?

Well, not exactly.

“The number-one highest-paid women’s soccer player on this planet: Alex Morgan from the United States,” reports Pat. “What did she make? $70K a year? $80K a year?”

Turns out $7.1 million is her actual salary.

“How is she getting by?” asks Jeffy, who can’t quit laughing at the absurdity.

But Alex Morgan isn’t the only player making it big.

Megan Rapinoe earns $7 million, and Trinity Rodman earns $2.3 million.

“How do you make ends meet on just $2.3 million?” Pat jokes.

Crystal Dunn, Julie Ertz, and Sophia Smith all earn $2 million a year as well.

Clearly these professional athletes aren’t struggling to make ends meet.

And yet, even though they now share revenue with the men’s team, “they just got permission from the U.S. Soccer Federation … to go ahead and kneel during the national anthem again.”

“It’s pathetic,” says Pat. “[You’re] millionaires and you’re not bringing in the same revenue as the men, so you got a sweet deal for yourself – what are you complaining about?”

“It almost makes one want to not root for them,” Jeffy says.

Pat agrees, adding, “you’ve got to push pretty hard” for him to “[want] the U.S. National Team to lose, but that’s what they’ve done to me.”


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Dramatic photos capture the moment Team USA swimming coach heroically saves unconscious swimmer



Harrowing photos capture the moment a Team USA swimming coach rescued an artistic swimmer who fainted in the water during the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

U.S. swimmer Anita Alvarez, 25, sank to the bottom of the pool after completing her solo free routine on Wednesday.

U.S. swimming coach Andrea Fuentes said the lifeguards didn't react fast enough to save the unconscious swimmer, so she took matters into her own hands.

"I have seen that instead of going up she has gone down and I thought, 'Something strange is happening here,' Anita was not breathing and she has not breathed for two minutes," Fuentes told Spanish broadcaster Cadena COPE in a radio interview. "When a swimmer finishes their routine, the first thing they want to do is breathe."

Fuentes explained, "I called for the lifeguards, like, 'Go into the pool, can't you see she's going down in the water?'"

She said the lifeguards "weren't reacting," adding, "So after a couple of seconds, I went in as fast as I could."

Fuentes told the BBC that she went into "problem-solving mode."

The coach – who was still fully clothed in a T-shirt and shorts – heroically raced to the water and swam to the bottom of the pool to rescue the lifeless Alvarez.

\u201cAn American synchronized swimmer was rescued by her coach after losing consciousness during a competition. @tjholmes reports. https://t.co/kWY5S6eOU4\u201d
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"I don't think I've swum as fast ever before, even when I got Olympic medals, and well, in the end, I was able to get her up and she wasn't breathing," Fuentes continued.

Fuentes previously won four synchronized swimming Olympic medals for Spain.

Dramatic photos show Fuentes pulling Alvarez – a two-time Olympian – to the surface with the assistance of another swimmer.

\u201cCoach Andrea Fuentes leapt in to rescue Team USA's Anita Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of the pool and was not breathing at the World Aquatics Championships.\n\n"It was a big scare. I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren't doing it" \n\nhttps://t.co/QzBH5TRcvD\u201d
— AFP News Agency (@AFP News Agency) 1655947713

"In the end, everything came out OK," the hero coach remarked.

Once out of the pool, Alvarez was given medical treatment before being taken away on a stretcher.

In a statement on the USA Artistic Swimming Instagram page, Fuentes gave an update on the condition of Alvarez.

"Anita is okay – the doctors checked all vitals and everything is normal: heart rate, oxygen, sugar levels, blood pressure, etc… all is okay," she said.

"Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay," the U.S. swimming coach noted. "Tomorrow she will rest all day and will decide with the doctor if she can swim free team finals or not."

Fuentes explained how swimming is different from other high-endurance sports.

"Marathon, cycling, cross country … we all have seen images where some athletes don’t make it to the finish line and others help them to get there," she said. "Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them."

USA Artistic Swimming told the Associated Press, "Watching yesterday’s medical emergency of 2x Olympian Anita Alvarez and subsequent rescue by coach Andrea Fuentes was heartbreaking for our community. She gave an exceptional solo performance and competed brilliantly in four preliminary and three final competitions across six days."

Alvarez – USA's 2021 Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year – finished seventh in the final.

Last year, Alvarez fainted following a routine during an Olympic qualifier in Barcelona. In that instance, Fuentes also rescued her in the water.

Whitlock: Dominance of US women at Tokyo Olympics demonstrates access without investment is worthless



The Olympic Games are a reminder that America produces the strongest, most accomplished, and skilled women in the world.

With a gold-medal victory over Brazil on Saturday, the U.S. women's volleyball team pushed America past China in the race for gold. We won 39-38. We won the overall medal count 113-88 over China.

Our women led us to victory. Sixty-six of our 113 medals were won by women. The dominance of American women is not new. Our women have been outperforming our men since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The performance gap is now widening.

It's an indication that no country on the planet has invested more resources toward the physical development of women than the United States. It's proof of the popular idiom, "you get what you pay for."

I am not complaining about the investment. Participation in sports is a great tool in promoting good health and strong leadership. The landmark 1972 Title IX legislation changed sports for women in a good way. Before Title IX, American women rarely participated in sports at the high school or collegiate level. Less than 2% of college athletic budgets were directed toward women.

Title IX changed that. The legislation — signed by former President Richard Nixon and co-authored by congresswoman Patsy Mink (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) — prohibited any school receiving federal funds from discriminating based on sex. The law caused a dramatic pivot in the way athletic departments spent their money. It did far more than open doors for women in athletics. It provoked financial investment.

Which brings me to my point.

Title IX is an outgrowth from the civil rights movement. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 inspired Title IX. The 1964 law prohibited sex-based discrimination in the workplace. The feminist movement quickly capitalized on the law's passage and sought equalize financial funding between girls and boys, men and women.

Women realized that access was great, but investment was better. Black people settled for access to white schools, neighborhoods, and businesses. We were uninterested in self-sufficiency.

Again, I'm not criticizing tennis star Billie Jean King and the other feminists who led the charge for Title IX. They were smart, strategic, and pragmatic.

Black people had the exact same opportunity in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Act. As I mentioned in a previous column, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, working as an Assistant Secretary of Labor in President Lyndon Johnson's administration, called for investment in the negro family in 1965. He wrote what would be called the "Moynihan Report," a five-chapter analysis of issues impacting black Americans. His report was titled, "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action."

Liberals, of course, labeled his work racist. The mainstream media smeared Moynihan and his assertion that America should invest in the black family in general and the black man in particular. After initially supporting Moynihan's report, President Johnson disavowed it after the media backlash.

Almost immediately, white female liberals started making their case for national action to promote women. That call for national action led to Title IX.

Let me repeat, I am not criticizing women for fighting for equal treatment. I'm simply pointing out that one group calls for strategic investment and another group calls for access (and reparations).

Fifty years of investment in women's athletics has produced remarkable results. Our women are the best in the world, and it's not really close. Strategic investment works. It prepares you for new opportunities. Unprepared people do not maximize opportunities.

Let's suppose women athletes had demanded access to participate in men's sports rather than the resources to get their sports up to standards. Where would they be today if they had begged for integration rather than independence? Would they be the most dominant athletes on the planet?

Moynihan observed that America needed to invest in the black family to get it up to standard. Once the family was up to standard, he correctly assumed the neighborhoods and schools would get up to standard.

With a shove from corporate media, black elites chose dependence and integration.

I'm not remotely pro-segregation. I just realize the worthlessness of integration without independence, self-sufficiency, and shared cultural values.

Team USA superstars call out American media after winning gold medal: 'Teach these people some loyalty'



NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Draymond Green sharply criticized American media on Saturday after Team USA won the gold medal for men's basketball in the Tokyo Olympics.

What is the background?

Last month, ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins, a former NBA player himself, voiced doubt about Team USA's ability to win the gold medal.

"I'm not confident at all," Perkins said. "And it's no disrespect but you look at the players they have [Durant], [Green]— they play cute, right? In a good way, right. They get buckets? They're not guys that are going to go down there and mix it up in the trenches."

Perkins added that other teams played more physically, which he said was key to winning basketball games in the Olympics.

The comments, from Perkins and other sports commentators, followed two back-to-back losses by Team USA in exhibition games prior to the Olympics. The losses were notable because Team USA rarely loses basketball games on the world stage.

What did the athletes say?

After Team USA beat France to win the gold medal, Durant, who scored 29 points en route to victory, blasted critics on social media. He was joined by Green.

"Everybody who said we were going to take the L— they had some power rankings out," Durant began before being interrupted, referring to FIBA rankings.

"Kendrick Perkins, you talk a lot of s***, a lot of s***. Act like you're American," Green interrupted.

Durant then continued, "They had some power rankings out. They had us fourth behind Slovenia. Come on, man. Talking about they're catching up to us, like, are you serious? This skill is unmatched, you dig? ... I had to talk my s*** real quick."

(Content Warning:This video contains strong language):

“I had to talk to my sh*t real quick” KD and Draymond letting the doubters have it! 🤣🤣 https://t.co/htDBi1A2vt

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) 1628313729.0

Green continued his criticism of American media — and Perkins, in particular — at a post-game press conference in which he explained why winning gold in Tokyo felt a "lot sweeter" than winning gold in the 2016 Olympics, citing "doubters."

You turn on American sports talk TV, and you got guys like Kendrick Perkins, you know, doubting us. Somebody needs to teach these people some loyalty. How about you cheer for your country? But then when guys don't play, "Oh, you need to go represent the country." And then you lose, hit a little bump in the road. And everybody's, "Oh, everybody's caught America." You are an American, too. Act like it.

Do your job. You know, I do some media stuff. I understand doing your job. But, when you talk about a special group, you better be sure you're right. And a lot of people got it wrong. And trust me, I'll be posting those guys. I'll be posting everybody I found who said something. No one holds people accountable anymore, but I will.

For his part, Perkins congratulated Team USA on Twitter, but said he was going to "keep talking my Sh$t."

Whitlock: Basketball star Kevin Durant is this Olympic’s Charles Barkley



The hunt for Kevin Durant's basketball legacy and identity is over. We know exactly who Durant is and what he means to the game. The Tokyo Olympic Games clearly defined Durant.

In an era of fraudulently packaged, corporate-handcuffed professional athletes, Kevin Durant is the realest one playing. He's skinny Charles Barkley with championship rings.

When he was on the court, you couldn't take your eyes off Barkley. Built like a Hall of Fame offensive tackle, Barkley exploded up and down the court like a triple jumper. Off the court, you couldn't avoid Barkley either. His mouth and deeds courted controversy.

The same is true of Durant. His rail-thin, 7-foot body belies his playing style. And his authenticity and transparency keep him in the news cycle.

Thirty years ago, the force of Barkley's personality and playing style overshadowed Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird at the Barcelona Olympics. Barkley was the leading scorer on the Dream Team and the biggest attraction.

In perhaps the weirdest and most disappointing Olympics in history, Kevin Durant was the lone star and biggest attraction. He came across as the only star athlete who actually wanted to be in Japan. Gymnast Simone Biles, the face of the Games, sure didn't want to be in Tokyo. Naomi Osaka? U.S. track and field sprinters?

Leading this Olympic basketball team to the gold medal was important to Durant. He accomplished his goal Friday night, scoring 29 points in an 87-82 victory over France. It's Durant's third Olympic gold medal. He draped himself in the American flag and celebrated like representing his country meant something to him and his teammates.

Durant is a "real one," which is urban slang for someone who values their authenticity. That's the connection between Barkley and Durant.

Kevin Durant wears his flaws. He feuded with Draymond Green when they were teammates at Golden State. Durant traded Twitter barbs with his former OKC teammate Kendrick Perkins. Durant once had to apologize for explaining his authentic reaction to visiting India and being shocked by the country's primitiveness. Everyone remembers Durant getting busted with a burner social media account. Durant's nasty Instagram exchange with actor Michael Rapaport featured some very regrettable language.

Durant, like him or not, tells people exactly how he feels. He engages with people he probably shouldn't. Durant is real.

Let me tell you the realest thing about Durant — his hair. We've seen LeBron James drop a fortune trying to fix the bald spot at the top of his dome. Durant's bald patch is worse. He doesn't care. He owns his George Jefferson. It reminds me of the way Barkley owned his weight problem.

Kevin Durant is relatable.

When he entered the NBA 13 years ago, he had loftier goals than being the most relatable superstar of his era. He wanted to define his era. He had a chance to unseat LeBron James as the heir to the throne vacated by Michael Jordan a decade earlier.

When the Seattle Supersonics selected Durant with the No. 2 pick in the 2007 draft, James had yet to win an NBA title or MVP trophy. Despite a four-year head start, he was still within Durant's reach.

Five years later, Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden — playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder — met LeBron's Miami dream team in the NBA Finals. Had the Thunder won, it would've ruined LeBron's legacy and catapulted Durant to the top of the NBA food chart. It would've been the second consecutive year that James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh failed on basketball's biggest stage.

The Heat won the series 4-1. Durant and OKC never made it back to the NBA Finals. Westbrook refused to defer to Durant, who was clearly the more talented and transcendent player. Frustrated and desperate to make ground on James, Durant bolted Oklahoma City for a Western Conference rival and championship-proven Golden State. His goal of defining his era ended when he left Oklahoma.

By the time he won his first title with the Warriors in 2017, James held three championship rings — two with Miami and one with Cleveland.

Kevin Durant will never be regarded as the best player of his generation. That title belongs to LeBron James. Durant likely won't be regarded as the best shooter of his generation. His former Golden State teammate Steph Curry owns that distinction.

Durant will be Charles Barkley with championship rings. Barkley seems much happier than Michael Jordan.