6 times Kevin Durant owned his critics on social media
Kevin Durant is officially not nice.
Kevin Durant is not nice. That’s an old tag line from a Nike campaign they were running for Durant during his Oklahoma City days. It was totally untrue and forced back then. He was, in fact, extremely nice — probably to a fault.
Today? Truer words have never been spoken.
Durant is straight up eviscerating fools on Twitter. Kendrick Perkins was his latest victim last night. There were plenty more before him — fans, players and media alike.
Durant is a phenomenal basketball player, but these days his best work is coming off the court. Let’s take a look back at some of the all-time roasts Durant has gifted us with.
(Warning: These interactions contain some profanity.)
6. That time KD defended his move to the Warriors in an Instagram DM
Someone took to Durant’s DM on Instagram to go at him for joining the Warriors. He bragged to him about how well he sleeps and then thoroughly broke down why it made sense for him to go to Golden State.
Let me tell you, he’s a more patient person than he gets credit for. Most of us would swiftly hit that block button.
5. Durant vs. CJ McCollum
Durant went at CJ McCollum on his own podcast one day and then came at him on Twitter the next. McCollum was on Twitter talking crazy about Durant’s decision to leave the Thunder for the Warriors after their loss in the Conference Finals.
Then KD swooped in. NOT. NICE.
“Snakes in the grass boy I tell ya” is still a wild quote. It’s accurate though.
4. Middle schoolers can get it too
He literally roasted a teen on Instagram for saying he wasn’t in the “same galaxy as LeBron.”
His response was to call him a “middle school stephen a.” Ruthless.
Honestly? You’ve got to respect this. This is the equivalent of blocking a kid’s shot that’s six inches shorter than you or whooping them by 50 in 2K. Let them know who is boss.
3. That time he went at Chris Broussard
Everything always seems to come back to the Warriors, doesn’t it?
Fox Sports’ Chris Broussard said Durant’s “worst nightmare” would be watching his Warriors teammates win a title without him. He also said that he and Durant have a “love/hate” relationship and that they’ve had text conversations that span over five hours.
Of course, KD wasn’t having it. He called him out on Twitter.
Broussard chose to respond by clarifying that their conversations haven’t been through text, but rather social media DM’s? That’s… a choice. He didn’t want to drop receipts, though. He called respect for Durant’s privacy.
2. KD doesn’t care about your stupid math
It’s basketball. Only buckets matter.
Durant found himself in a Twitter conversation with The Action Network’s Matt Moore. The heart of the conversation? The death of the midrange shot.
Durant believed that too many players were taking threes and not enough were taking shots they were comfortable with. Moore argued that the three point shot was better than a midrange two.
To prove that, he dropped a chart that detailed the value of the three point shot. Kevin Durant’s response?
This is like when someone sends you a 10 page text message that they know you won’t read. This is how you let them know you won’t read it.
Somebody tried to defend the use of the graph in their conversation — and the graph honestly did make sense. But to Durant’s point:
… Fair enough.
1. Kendrick Perkins has to retire from everything now
I know this just happened yesterday, but it was just SO MEAN.
Perkins called Russell Westbrook “Mr. Thunder” in his return to Oklahoma City, which is fine. He’s basically a lifer there. But he’s very clearly not the best player to ever wear the uniform — that’s Durant.
Yet, Perkins tried to make that argument. He then called Durant out for losing in the 2nd round of the playoffs without Westbrook.
KD called him out for… not being good at basketball.
He tried to have mercy, y’all. He tried to give Perkins an out. He really did.
BUT HE CAME BACK FOR MORE AND GOT BURNED AGAIN.
THAT’S JUST MEAN.