Kevin Durant beat Serbia, then stayed up all night getting into Twitter beef
KD back to doing KD things.
If there was a gold medal for “terminally online pettiness” then Kevin Durant would be the all-around champion. KD has had an ... interesting life online, to say the least. He’s quick to clap back at people who upset him, he’ll never let slander go, and Durant will even create a burner to defend himself.
So naturally Durant’s Twitter fingers were ready to go after USA needed a comeback to beat Serbia in the Olympic semi-finals, which led to Nuggets fans bragging about Nikola Jokic — annoying KD.
Where u from??
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 9, 2024
Keep in mind that this was posted at 11:09 PM ET, which means it was just after 5 am in Paris. Durant was still awake after the game and decided to fight. He eventually went to bed, but as soon as he was up again it was right back to arguing online.
To all you nuggets fans, nobody gives a fuck who yall lames believe is the best player in the league, players got major respect for Jok, we don’t worship him like yall do but most are in awe of his brilliance. Trolling you cornballs for rooting against us is apart of the game.… https://t.co/JVwxSi0eJD
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 9, 2024
It just kept going ...
Lets talk about the fan culture that’s been created recently. A lot of huge egos who believe they are the reason for the advancement of a sport. ALOT of idol worship, a lot of hate and division based off wins and losses, a lot of disrespect of the work being put in by these… https://t.co/UFRak9kSEG
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 9, 2024
And going ...
That’s what yall do, yall clowns. Use players to push these corny agendas yall got. This a brotherhood fam, u not apart of. It’s a problem now cuz social media got u clowns walkin around wit your chest out like u mean something. YOU DONT!!! YOUR TAKES DONT MATTER https://t.co/DVWyR9ZDMD
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 9, 2024
Essentially Durant’s argument boils down to this: There’s a forced narrative, largely predicated on the marketing machine that sells the concept of the “battle” that has fans believing that players around the league actively dislike each other. While there are certainly some who don’t get along, for the most part there’s nothing but mutual respect between NBA players.
Durant is furious that American fans would be pushing Jokic over Team USA just because of their NBA allegiances, and thinks that’s really dumb. Especially when behind the scenes nobody has any disrespect for Joker, which eliminates the “Nikola vs. the world” narrative.
It’s kinda fair, but also KD should probably just drop this one and concentrate on the medal.