Kevin Durant got into a duel on Twitter with his former teammate at Oklahoma City Thunder, Kendrick Perkins.
It started with Perkins choosing Russell Westbrook as the best player to have played in an Oklahoma City jersey. Among many others who disagreed to it was Perkins’ fellow media member Marc D’Amico, who highlighted Westbrook’s playoff record in the absence of Kevin Durant.
Perkins, however, stuck to his initial opinion and that is when Durant criticised Perkins as a Thunder player. When Perkins joined Oklahoma, he was already far from his peak. His time at Oklahoma, hence, was not very fruitful.
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KD lost in the second round without Russ when I was there. So what that mean?
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 9, 2020
Yea and our starting center @KendrickPerkins averaged a whopping 2 and 3 during that series. U played hard tho champ lol
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
In reply, Perkins had said Durant had come up with the “weakest move in NBA history.” Perkins later called Durant a coward for joining an already strong team and Durant replied with a yawning sloth.
Durant had joined the Golden State Warriors after leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016, and is often criticised for it. But it does not make him a bad player at Oklahoma and he has proved his worth during his time there.
Boy stop you did the weakest move in NBA History!!! Up on a team 3-1 in the western conference finals and then go join them the following season?! Heart of Champion right there
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020
That’s fine!!! 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!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020
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— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
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The conversation seemed to have ended there and it remains to be seen what effect will it have on the duo outside of social media. Kevin Durant joined Brooklyn Nets in the pre-season but is yet to play a game for them.
Durant ruptured his Achilles in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors and is not expected to return this season.