Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor is joined by Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht on behalf of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and they discuss the advice Kevin Durant gave him, his LA teammates, and why he won't challenge Bronny to a game of Call of Duty any time soon. Hear the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Now I'm here with Lakers Rookie Dalton connect, you've said before, Kevin Durant is your goat?

Have, has your mind changed?

Um I mean, uh Katie is my favorite player, but, you know, obviously you give Ron his props.

So I think, you know, they're not just one goat, there's just multiple goats.

Uh You know, Ron's a goat of mine too.

What are some things that you've really admired about Kevin Durant's game that you've tried to install into your own game, his shooting ability to whatever, like no matter what he's a threat anywhere when he steps out on that court and I try to do that as well.

And uh I actually texted maybe a couple of times and texted him some questions about just some things I had to ask and he was super helpful, texted me right away and was just like you do this, I do this and like you see this defender do that stuff like that.

So he's just been super helpful and it's real cool that the guy I looked up to as a basketball player is a fan of my game.

So he just texted me and helping me grow my game, Kevin Durant, you're texting with him.

You got JJ Redick as a head coach.

You have all these different people who can help you maximize your game.

Do you feel fortunate in that regard?

Like for where you landed?

It's great that I got the teammates around me.

You know, I got Delo and A R besides bra and ad that been super helpful as our two main point guards.

Then you got tons of young guys.

You know, me and Ronny, uh coming in every single day since we got drafted, you mentioned Ronnie.

Uh we're doing this interview for Call, Call of Duty Black Ops Six, which is out on October 25th, Ronie, of course, this summer league, he won the competition that Call of Duty holds with all the NBA players.

Have you played cod with Bronny at all?

I'm not, I'm not, I'm not the best at it and you know, Bronny won the whole entire thing and he's told me that uh he plays in real sweaty lobby.

So I start, I stay away from, I stay away from that because I, I don't need uh I'm not that good at it.

So I just got to stay away, but I'm gonna hopefully here soon get back into it and uh play against Baroni and we went, I mean, playing against Ronny and Call of Duty.

I don't like your chances.

See the dudes like professional level.

That's why we gotta wait we gotta wait a couple of years.

I mean, on the court different story, I'm picking you, you know, every time, but in the Call of Duty lobbies, that's a different thing.

Unbelievable lebron.

Apparently a top 100 Madden ranked player.

Did you see that?

I've heard that he was good, but I didn't know he was that good at, uh, Madden.

It's crazy to me that, uh, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time could also be one of the greatest Madden players on the entire planet.

That is, that's just crazy to think about it.

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