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When Team USA’s Kevin Durant recently described how gymnastics star Simone Biles inspires him, he jokingly stated that “she’s inspired me to keep tweeting and keep doing what I do on the court too.”
Well, maybe he wasn’t joking.
Durant hit a big last-minute shot the United States’ semifinal win against Serbia. He then immediately took to Twitter, staying up until at least 5 a.m. local time trolling critics.
Where u from??
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 9, 2024
Kevin Durant Stayed Up All Night Laying The Smackdown On Twitter Haters
It began when Durant asked a U.S.-based Denver Nuggets fan where he’s from when the fan complimented Serbia on its performance.
That set off Nuggets fans, who quickly started criticizing Team USA’s all-time leading scorer.
To which Durant responded:
To all you nuggets fans, nobody gives a f— who yall lames believe is the best player in the league, players got major respect for Jok, we don’t worship him like yall do but most are in awe of his brilliance. Trolling you cornballs for rooting against us is apart of the game. Deal wit it.”
That set off an Australian Nuggets fan who claimed Durant and Team USA were being disrespectful. Durant could not have cared less.
“Lets talk about the fan culture that’s been created recently. A lot of huge egos who believe they are the reason for the advancement of a sport. A LOT of idol worship, a lot of hate and division based off wins and losses, a lot of disrespect of the work being put in by these incredible athletes, mostly by people who don’t know what it takes to be good at anything besides talking…go do something and get out the way,” he wrote.
Finally, when a fan suggested that the culture was around well before Durant began playing, he shut the conversation down.
“That’s what yall do, yall clowns. Use players to push these corny agendas yall got. This a brotherhood fam, u not apart of. It’s a problem now cuz social media got u clowns walkin around wit your chest out like u mean something. YOU DONT!!! YOUR TAKES DONT MATTER.”
Just absolutely legendary stuff from a hall of fame player and a hall of fame tweeter.