Kevin Durant might be the only person with two Hall of Fame careers. His basketball craftsmanship doesn’t need much explanation. The four-time NBA champion is bound to enter the Hall once his decorated career ends. And then there is his infamous social media demeanor. The Slim Reaper gave fans another instance of being unforgivingly himself in a recent tweet calling out some “dummies”.

The 36-year-old used another ‘troll’ account to make a point. He admitted to visiting ‘TheNBACentel’, a parody account to assess people sharing their views about the basketball landscape based on their reporting. Durant admits it’s a part of his morning routine sometimes. Seems like today was one of those days.

He specifically wrote, “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,”.

In the past, Durant has been open about his social media experiments, which include having a burner account. However, he regularly responds to his detractors through his main account, and he admits to enjoying the confrontation. Centel recently posted about Durant’s reasoning for being single, which many felt to be his true justification. He responded to one of the responders saying, “You got centel’d…,”.

NBA community reacts to Kevin Durant’s morning habit

Kevin Durant’s morning admission received a mix of reactions from his millions of fans. Some saw the humor and uplifted the Sniper for his habit. “KD really a generational hoop grinder. Mastering his follow through in clubs and waking up to just check Centel. What a legend,” one fan sarcastically wrote.

It referred to the popular video of Durant practicing his shooting form during a night out with his friends. The background of the moment though is another example of Durant’s ‘trolling’. His friend felt he could lock him up due to him lifting all week. But even with tired shoulders, KD was “trying to show him what I would do once we get on the court”. 

Some fans though hit back at the Phoenix Suns’ gargantuan scorer, taking his comments too literally. “LMAO I find it funny that KD is calling out Centel where he is in fact using alt accounts to defend his legacy,” was one comment of such a nature.

Does the backlash stop Durant from indulging in ‘burner’ accounts? At one point it did. However, after realizing his sole purpose was to talk “s**t” using those accounts and that it was enjoyable for him, he admitted to making another one to continue his practice. The identity of the remade account still remains undiscovered.

It’s one of the things that amuses some fans. Most celebrated athletes find disconnecting from the social world as means to remain unaffected by the naysayers. Kevin Durant though loves to interact. “KD don’t just think something about trolls and keep it pushing like most famous athletes and celebs, he will actually tweet it,” a fan noticed.

When at a fan fest recently in New York, the two-time NBA champion spoke briefly about his social media usage. Despite the majority of his retorts being a form of call-out, Durant says he won’t hesitate to show appreciation to those who approach him in such a way. “If you troll, I’m going to troll back. If you show love, I’m going to show love back. I try to reciprocate energy as much as possible to give people more of an in-depth experience of who I am,” he said about the same.

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