Kevin Durant isn't nearly done talking... or tweeting... or posting on IG, even as his trash-talk exchange with CJ McCollum is producing more negativity about Durant on social media.
Durant told Yahoo Sports' Shams Charania that people need to stop telling him to stay silent. He. Isn't. Listening.
“I should shut the [expletive] up, right?” Durant told Yahoo Sports. “Man, get out the way. I done did the work, I done showed you what I do. I know y’all don’t like me, but get out the way and let this [expletive] roll. I ain’t want no smoke with nobody. I ain’t want no problems with nobody. It’s everybody’s sentiments, like, ‘Yo, shut up, KD.’ I’m not talking, I’m just being me. Everybody’s just acting crazy.
Durant has been catching grief ever since leaving the Thunder and joining the Warriors two offseasons (and, now, two NBA titles) ago. Golden State's dominance sounded like a touchy subject during Durant's appearance on McCollum's podcast last week.
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The internet couldn't troll KD enough for his putdowns of McCollum's Trail Blazers, or the players' post-podcast Twitter "beef." Durant insisted to Charania that there's no ill will between the two.
"Me and CJ are tight. We talk on the phone all the time about little [expletive] like that. It was a friendly jab, and everyone ran with it," Durant told Charania in Las Vegas, where Durant is attending Team USA minicamp. "But I can’t get into [expletive] like that with other players because people just don’t like me at this point.
"It won’t stop me. It'll fuel me to be better and better. I know you think I'm sensitive, but I’m just tired of holding it in."
In a separate media session, Durant parried with a reporter who asked him questions about whether Durant was upset with McCollum's reactions to Durant's burns:
Funny Kevin Durant back-and-forth with a reporter on the CJ McCollum twitter tiff yesterday pic.twitter.com/kgNPLVSYro
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) July 26, 2018
That started another round of Twitter psychologists breaking down KD's frame of mind. Durant made it sound as though he'll give them another opportunity to do that soon enough.
