You could be right, you could be wrong. The difference now and in 20 years is we have more access to information at the palm of our hands.
So kids born today will be able to tell what the narrative of any given player was 20 years before their time.
It’s not the pre-internet era. You can actually read up on the nuisances of a situation very easily. GS were champions, and championship contenders, before KD ever donned a Jersey.
In fact, the narrative against KD won’t favor him if he fails to win a championship in his post-GS era.
Which I think would be unfair if that’s the case.