When it comes to the Twitter clapbacks, there are few athletes that bring the fire better than Golden State’s Kevin Durant. The one-time member of the Oklahoma City Thunder has previously stated that he enjoys interacting with fans, and during the season, his Twitter account is generally very silent.
But when it’s summer time and there’s little to do besides watch baseball and Game of Thrones like the rest of the general public, the Twitter fingers of Durant come out to play.
In fact, Durant might be better at throwing out insults than he may be a basketball player. Just breeze up and down his Twitter timeline and you’ll find 90 percent of his summer tweets are responses to basketball fans who have a bone to pick with the eight-time NBA All Star. Here’s an example.
you will not beat me in a Nba debate. Set it up, face to face chump
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 31, 2017
During an appearance on First We Feast’s Hot Ones, Durant explained his frustration with people who call out his game on social media, and how he might try to respond to people online by getting a tattoo.
“I just hate the basketball takes about my game,” Durant said. “That’s what gets me the most. You tell me I can’t shoot, or I can’t post up, or I can’t pass, or I can’t rebound well, or I don’t defend well … you say that, I go off. Not go off, but I’ll definitely try to make you feel stupid. I get the snake (emoji) comments so many times, I might just tattoo one of those on my arm.”
Now, Durant having a visible tattoo would be a change for the usually very buttoned up public persona of Durant. But a snake tattoo, depending on how it looks, might be infringing on Kobe Bryant’s Black Mamba gimmick. It’s an interesting development to the summer and another look into the complex mind of the man people used to call the Slim Reaper.
