Kevin Durant somewhat famously returned to Instagram last month after a two-year absence. Starting over on a social media site can be tough. You have to pick a username, a profile picture and refollow all of the people you want updates from. But it’s been a few weeks since KD has been back to using the site, and he’s posted a few pictures to prove that he’s gotten back into the swing of things.
His “following” list, though, is remarkably short. In fact, there’s just one person on there at all: musician Jorja Smith. Eagle-eyed Bleacher Report writer Jordan Ramirez pointed out Durant’s truncated list of follows on Thursday, which sparked a bit of speculation. What is Durant trying to do here?
https://twitter.com/JRAM_91/status/905844978387001344
If Durant really only wants to follow Smith on Instagram, well, that’s fine. But until someone notices like Ramirez did, it’s tough to actually get Smith’s attention like this.
Then again, his attention to detail isn’t all there right now anyway. Here’s an easy opportunity for Durant to get her to see one of the NBA’s best players is interested on Twitter, which KD has used extensively in this Summer of KD.
!!ATTENTION BLACK MALE BALLET DANCERS!! favourite this if u wanna be part of something special n wanna kiss my neck 🖤
— Jorja Smith (@JorjaSmith) September 7, 2017
So what if he’s not a ballet dancer? I’m sure he’s got the footwork to pull it off. Either way, this tweet did not make it into the 84 likes Durant currently has on Twitter, so we’re struggling to get some engagement here. Perhaps this is a more subtle way of reaching out to his celebrity crushes, or maybe he’s just a fan of her music and wants to get her some quiet attention in this very specific way.
No matter what it is, it’s definitely smoother than what he tried with Scarlett Johansson back in the day.
