Yahoo Sports MinuteKevin Durant says Allen Iverson was 'pound for pound the best' in Instagram post
It's a figure of speech usually reserved for the boxing and mixed martial arts world. Calling someone the best "pound-for-pound" anything is subjective and hard to define. Was Sugar Ray Robinson the best pound-for-pound boxer ever? Many say the man born Walker Smith Jr. was. When it comes to MMA, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has been given the title in the past. But what about basketball? Surely, Michael Jordan is somewhere on the list. He may top it. But not for Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant.
Chuck too real. He changed the way we play ball. He changed the culture of ball. He is pound for pound the best. He paved the way. I can go on and on. But he’s a legend and I’m just walking the path he created.
KD took to social media to tout former Philadelphia 76ers great Allen Iverson (who weighted 165 lbs. during his playing days according to basketball-reference.com) as "pound for pound the best." This isn't a new take either. LeBron James said as much last year. But what is interesting is the reverential tone Durant took to describe Iverson. The mercurial future Hall of Famer was no doubt an influential player. But he was many other things too — not all of them positive. When it comes to answering the subjective question for Durant though, The Answer was the answer. Just don't ask about his stance on practice.
