LeBron James disagreed with the comments made by Kevin Durant about how the media has treated Kobe Bryant during the final stages of his career.

James said the media has done a great job of building Bryant up to the stature he has as one of the league's best players of all-time.

Durant strongly derided the media on Monday when asked for his response to Bryant's retirement announcement.

"I've been disappointed this year because you guys (media) treated him like (expletive)," said Durant. "He's a legend and all I hear is about how bad he's playing, how bad he's shooting, time for him to hang it up. You guys treated one of our legends like (expletive) and I didn't like it."