Kevin Durant slams Emmanuel Acho over NBA ‘legacy formula': ‘Emmanuel is the worst linebacker of all time'
Kevin Durant isn't a fan of Emmanuel Acho's 'legacy formula.'
The FS1 analyst and former Eagles linebacker crafted his own formula Monday to determine NBA players' legacies — and the system did not particularly favor Durant on Tuesday.
'According to The Great Kevin Durant's legacy formula that was created in the best labs at MIT, Emmanuel is the worst linebacker of all time,' Durant feistily responded to Acho on X. 'You sure you wanna listen to this guy about greatness?'
4 Emmanuel Acho spoke on Kevin Durant's legacy using his own 'legacy formula' on Monday.
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Acho's legacy formula is simply a player's championships won divided by the number of teams they played for in their career — yielding scores that value players who stuck things out with fewer teams and brought them to glory rather than often jumping ship throughout their careers.
'How many championships did you win and how many teams did you have to play for to do it?' Acho said. 'That is your legacy.'
The basis of the segment on FS1's 'The Facility' was arguing whether or not Durant's legacy is hurting after he was just traded, joining his fifth different team in his 17-year career.
Durant's score by Acho's formula was 0.4, far lower than some of the other names Acho compared him to, such as Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James.
4 Acho showed how some other NBA legends stacked up against Durant using his formula.
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Duncan and Bryant scored 5.0's as they each played for just one team while winning five rings in their careers, Curry scored a 4.0, James a 1.3 and Nowitzki a 1.0.
Durant won two championships with the Warriors but has now been with the Thunder, Warriors, Nets, Suns and Rockets — tilting Acho's formula heavily against him.
4 Kevin Durant spent two full seasons with the Suns before he landed with the Rockets on Sunday.
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4 Before Phoenix, Durant played 129 games with the Nets.
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Despite his low score by Acho's standards, the 36-year-old Durant does have quite the legacy as a regular season MVP, two-time Finals MVP, 15-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA selection and a four-time scoring champ.
But Acho argues that the more he chases new cities and new teams, the worse his career will be looked back upon.
'The more you travel, the more you water down your legacy,' Acho added. 'Jokic ain't moving around. Giannis ain't moving around. Steph ain't moving around.'
As for Durant's fiery rebuttal about Acho being the 'worst linebacker of all time,' Acho spent just two seasons in the NFL and played in 20 games — starting in two.
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