Kevin Durant keeps engaging in Twitter battles, even after the NBA season is finished for him. The Brooklyn Nets superstar just finished a playoffs run where he went off, having incredible performances against the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, respectively.
Unfortunately, the Bucks beat the Nets in a dramatic Game 7. Now that the season is over and Durant is focused on playing in the upcoming Summer Olympics, the player has returned to social media to talk and debate with fans.
In recent hours, he ran into a tweet of writer Touré Neblett claiming that the 2021 NBA Finals will be a nightmare for the league seeing the four teams remaining in the competition.
“Is this not a nightmare for the NBA? None of the big crossover stars are left in the playoffs—guys who casual basketball fans know and want to watch. No Lebron, Steph, Durant, Luka… Only one of the top 15 best-selling jerseys are still playing. This is not good for the league.”
Durant didn’t like this and replied to the writer, diminishing his opinion, implying he shouldn’t be talking about pro basketball.
“Imagine TOURE knowing what’s best for professional basketball,” KD replied.
Imagine TOURE knowing what’s best for professional basketball https://t.co/nfLpEFBet8
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 21, 2021
NBA fans reacted to this, agreeing with Durant. This scenario is beneficial for the league; we’re watching young players becoming stars, veterans who haven’t won get a real chance to win the ring, and more.
Lol how else do they become stars? New faces and teams that never won a championship is good for the NBA. It gives fans hope and makes drafting potential stars exciting. Anyone that disagrees is sheep.
— BostonGreenz (@BostonGreenz) June 22, 2021
Toure?, no. I think this will produce new stars and faces and people are tired of the super teams and stars. In addition, this is the first time in a while where there is no clear dominant team(s) bringing excitement to the conference semis and finals.
— Rand (@madefromself) June 21, 2021
Actually this is a dope scenario for the @NBA one of the leagues main objectives is to build new stars and we’re getting it in @DevinBooker31 & @TheTraeYoung and to top that it’s a possibility that either @Giannis_An34 or @CP3 will get their first ring. Not bad at all.
— Terrell Jones/NBE (@TjonesNBE) June 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/macaliniw/status/1407072917406507009
Lol when Lebron, Curry, or KD
make the finals "NBA sucks its too predictable"
When they don't "NBA sucks there's no stars in the finals"
Some people just like complaining
— Matt Maran (@REALMattMaran) June 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/bignatsnut/status/1407076392676831237https://twitter.com/PartyWithWolves/status/1407091612547756033
Lol how else do they become stars? New faces and teams that never won a championship is good for the NBA. It gives fans hope and makes drafting potential stars exciting. Anyone that disagrees is sheep.
— BostonGreenz (@BostonGreenz) June 22, 2021
in my opinion this is GREAT for the league…I don’t care about the casual fan….this Is 4 teams playin “team basketball “…..just gonna miss Steph and the kid from Dallas…but this restores my faith in the league
— Michael J. Noonan (@noons2004) June 22, 2021
At the end of the day, the league is always trying to bring something new to the table. We won’t see LeBron James playing in the Finals at the age of 40, trying to maintain fans entertained.
This is great for the association. The playoffs are for diehard fans, not casual ones trying to watch something different on TV.
