Kevin Durant has made it clear that he’s not a fan of popular NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith.
KD gave his opinion about Smith after the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers 103-97 on Saturday night.
“Yeah, Stephen A., I don’t understand how people even listen to Stephen A.,” he told a reporter for The Athletic in the locker room. “I’ve been in the league for 18 years. I’ve never seen Stephen A. at a practice, or a film session, or a shoot-around.”
“I’ve never seen him anywhere but on TV talking shit about players,” Durant continued. “He’s a clown to me. He’s always been a clown. You can write that, too.”
His comments come after Smith criticized him during an Oct. 24 episode of ESPN’s First Take.
“I don’t question the greatness nor commitment of Kevin Durant,” Smith said at the time. “When you are that great … you should be able to be a better leader than he has shown.”
Hopping on X to defend himself, Durant responded to the First Take’s account post of the conversation. “I would disagree stephen," the player wrote. "I would argue, passionately, that my intangibles have always been on par with my talent.”
KD’s been on a war path lately. Last month, he ripped into people who follow and believe the content posted on the parody X account @TheNBACentel.
“Sometimes I wake up and look at @TheNBACentel comments just to truly see how many dummies come online thinking that they have high iq. Good morning,” he wrote on X.
Durant didn’t stop there. He continued after a fan responded to him and let him know that KD commenting on the troll page makes the jokes even funnier. In his retort, Durant speculated that the person who runs the account must be one of his fans.
“I must’ve made this dude mad 8 years ago and he’s still in his feelings,” he wrote.”The NBA season is upon us.”
