Kevin Durant is one of the few superstar athletes that is constantly engaging with trolls on social media, whether they're downplaying the titles he won in Golden State, or taking a shot at his decision to sign with the Brooklyn Nets instead of the New York Knicks. Ever since he got caught using a burner account on twitter, KD hasn't been shy about clapping back from his verified @KDTrey5 handle - but that doesn't mean he has completely abandoned his alias.
During a recent conversation with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on their "All The Smoke" Podcast, Durant revealed that he still keeps his burner account active just in case.
Says Durant, "I'm still going to do the burner thing. I'm still gonna do that." He adds, "Certainly people I'm gonna come back on my regular account, but if I'm trying to do my thing, you know what I mean, I got the burner. I just slipped up that one time."
In addition to the discussion about twitter trolls and burner accounts, Durant also spoke with the fellas about his relationships with Russell Westbrook and Draymond Green, his decision to join Golden State all those years ago, and how he feels he cemented himself as a legend in the Bay Area.
Check out some more highlights from the episode below and click here to listen to the full podcast.
Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins Trade Jabs On Twitter: “You Took The Coward Way Out!”
Perk & KD do battle on twitter during Westbrook's return to OKC.
All eyes in the NBA world were on Oklahoma City on Thursday night, as Russell Westbrook made his return to Chesapeake Energy Arena for the first time as a member of the Houston Rockets. But at some point during OKC's 113-92 victory over the Rockets, the attention shifted to twitter, where Westbrook's former teammates, Kevin Durant and Kendrick Perkins, were engaged in a war of words.
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The twitter beef started when Perkins labelled Russ "the best player to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder jersey." Shortly thereafter, KD got into the mix and the conversation got a bit heated as KD called out Perkins for being a bum and not working on his game enough. Naturally, Perk clapped back, tweeting that KD pulled "the weakest move in NBA history" by signing with the 73-9 Golden State Warriors.
For instance, one of Perk's tweets reads:
"You worked that hard and still had to go join a 73-9 team. Truth be told you don’t even feel like a real Champ, you have hard time sleeping at night huh knowing that you took the coward way out!!!"
Check out the complete back-and-forth in the tweets embedded below.