The Summer of KD took a turn for the worse this week when the star made the odd decision to fire back at someone on Twitter by bashing his former team, the Thunder, and coach, Billy Donovan. Durant admitted to and apologized for sending the tweets, saying he was playing around and simply took things too far, calling it “idiotic” and “childish.”
However, the damage was done and questions remain about whether one of the NBA’s top superstars has a secret account that he uses to cape for himself — something he denies, but it’s hard to know what to believe right now. Unsurprisingly, the comments from Durant didn’t sit well with his former Thunder teammates.
Enes Kanter took to Twitter to call the Thunder a “family” after Durant’s admission, and elaborated further on how he finds it “sad” that Durant has nothing better to do than go after Twitter trolls in his spare time. As for his current team, they seem to be confused by Durant’s apparent obsession with OKC as well.
According to Chris Mannix of The Vertical, there are many in the Warriors organization, from players to executives, that are “perplexed” by Durant’s summer in which he’s ripped Under Armour’s shoes (worn by teammate Steph Curry) and gone after trolls on Twitter.
The Warriors will open training camp Friday and maybe then things will get back to normal. The sneaker tiff with Curry seems to have blown over, and by addressing the Thunder tweets he saves himself from having to later. But make no mistake: Many in Golden State, team officials and players alike, have taken note of Durant’s oddball offseason and are perplexed by it. They see a bright future for Durant in Oakland, league and team sources told The Vertical, and are bewildered as to why he is still addressing his past.
Teams and players are pretty much in a relationship and the Warriors can’t figure out why Durant, who chose to join them, still can’t seem to move past the Thunder. He’s fired shots at the Thunder somewhat subtly with his KD10 sneaker and then overtly on Twitter in his ill-advised mini-rant, which is strange since he’s been so insistent that he has no hard feelings towards OKC since leaving.
Durant’s tweets may confuse the Warriors and even concern them, but, while it’s fun to imagine a world in which Kevin Durant tweeting blows up a superteam, this likely will mean nothing and the Warriors will roll on to another title, re-sign Durant next summer and fulfill their destiny of destroying the NBA for the foreseeable future.
