Kevin Durant is one of the best players in the league, and he is arguably the best shot-creator in the game today. As of right now, Kevin Durant is having a productive season with the Brooklyn Nets, averaging 29.9 PPG, 6.7 RPG, and 5.5 APG.
Throughout his time in the NBA, we have seen Kevin Durant take subtle shots at his haters on Twitter and through the media. When speaking to Nick Friedell of ESPN, Kevin Durant had a bold take on NBA fans, claiming that they have “become more entitled than anything.”
Fans have become more entitled than anything. So they’re starting to question our motives for the game, or how we approach the game. The ones that do question — like who are you? Just shut up and watch the game tonight. We go as hard as we want to go. We go as hard as our bodies allow us to go at this point.
They only see us when the games come on, but the travel, the practices, the shootarounds — we’re constantly moving around. So every game’s not going to be a high-intensity playoff game. It’s going to be times where as a fan you’re going to have to watch and see, “Oh, these guys traveled. This is the last game of a road trip. They may have to dig a little deeper to win this game. It might be a little sloppy tonight. We can appreciate that about the NBA because there’s so many games and these guys go through a lot of moving around throughout the season.” So if fans just stop taking us for granted, for one. Stop putting too much pressure on each athlete to live up to their standards. But then everybody appreciate what we bring to the table. … (Laughs) It’s seven, eight games on a night. Every day. You rarely get a day off as a fan from the NBA, so learn to appreciate the grind that we go through and stop just looking at the money and expecting us to just perform for you and perform from the standards — those high expectations that you put on each one of us as individuals.
In this segment, Kevin Durant makes some very good points. There are definitely things behind the scenes that fans simply don’t know about, and it is true that sometimes fan expectations are unreasonable. Hopefully, we see fans simply learn to enjoy the game in the future.
Kevin Durant Likes To Interact With NBA Fans On Twitter
Even though there are times when Kevin Durant calls out NBA fans for their behavior, he seemingly enjoys interacting with them on social media, particularly Twitter. Once, he even defended his Twitter usage, claiming that interacting with fans on social media “should be encouraged.”
I don’t see a problem with me interacting with basketball fans, it should be encouraged…steve should’ve also said that I’m never late and I work through every rep in practice with game speed. That should be more interesting than what I do on Twitter.
There is no doubt that Kevin Durant being willing to interact with fans is good for the game. It is nice to see that he is willing to be among the masses on NBA Twitter and simply talk basketball.
This year, Kevin Durant has managed to lead the Brooklyn Nets to the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference, with the team having a 25-13 record. Hopefully, we see them go far in the playoffs, and there’s no doubt that they have the chance to win a championship.
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