The comments section of YouTube is not exactly the most reasonable place on the Internet. It’s often full of inane arguments, terrible spelling and general riff raff that’s not hospitable to productive discourse. Unless you’re Kevin Durant, in the comments of your own YouTube channel, potentially implying that you’re better than LeBron James.
Durant replied to a YouTube comment on his page with a one-word answer that may have refuted someone saying LeBron is better than him. By transitive property, then, Kevin Durant believes he’s better than LeBron James.
So here’s the setup. Durant set up a YouTube channel and has been active on it this summer. He even posts in the community page, starting conversations with comments like “Narrative of skill? Which one matters to you more?” It’s in this thread where the comment comes in. YouTube user Joe Deezy says that LeBron is better, and Durant responds.
“Nah” could mean a lot of things here, including that Deezy’s argument is invalid because he spelled “facts” wrong. Classic YouTube reply, if it’s the case. But it could mean that Durant thinks he’s better than LeBron.
Now, sure, this is a weird place to state an opinion like this. But of course Durant thinks he’s better than LeBron James. He’s won NBA MVP awards and now he’s a champion and outplayed everyone in the Finals. Durant is one of the best players in the league, and has been better than James at times. And athletes are hyper confident individuals who think they can achieve more than their peers. Ego is a huge part of being an athlete, and even if Durant would never publicly say something like that to create drama, he’s going to think he’s better.
You don’t have to believe him. Joe Deezy certainly doesn’t. You’re more than welcome to tell him so in the comments.
